T3 V 7 w j t VI r i A I 11 i ft f ii t e- r i i r 2 If L i 7 If I P M h mi I t so again THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT i M RICE EDITOR 100 Per Year iit Atlvanc PUBLiailED EVEBY THURSDAY Entered ai tfte Post oaice u Valentine Cherr county Nebraska as Socond riass matter Neiigh 2ebi Juno 27 Owing ti lie hish water for the past two weel s and the sudden drop of the Elkhorn river in the last two Java twelve fees of the north part of the dam at thh place washed out at 5 oclock tlii morning Every effort is being made to retain what is left This is a heavy loss to the proprietor S F Gil man and also to Neligh as the electric light plant isrun by this power World Ilerald Nebraskas Cattle Qnccn It is said of Annie Fanteuburg 1G years old of Sidney that she can go oi t upon the ranges catch the wildest horse in the herd rope it throw it and brand it without assistance then rrtun to the house and cook a meal that would tempt the appetite of a pampereu epicure She is known as the horse and cattle queen of western Nebraska Miss Pantenburg lives upon the ranch of her father late John Pantenburgj nine miles east of Sidney She is a typical western girl having been born on the banks of Lodgepole creek with in an hours ride of Sidney Her taste instincts and training are in sympathy with the freedom of the western prairies and the buoyancy of out door lief She is said to have inherited the nerve and daring of her father who was a famous freighter between Sidney and the Black Hills in the early days Since the death of her father the young girl has taken personal supervis ion of the ranch She has 3000 acres of prairie and hundreds of head of cattle under her control and concerns herself very little with spring styles of skirts or modes of headgear Miss Panten burg keeps tab on the markets and does adl the buying and selling for the ranch fcbe determines when a con signment of stock is to be disposed of It is with her that the neighboring ranchmen confer when the brand of a maverick is in dispute She is credited with knowing every cattle and horse brand in western Nebraska and south ern Wyoming The Pantenburg fami ly consists of an invalid mother and two younger brothers besides the young mistress of the ranch Exchange Washington News Washington June 21 1901 The same interests the sugar and tobacco trusts which made Mr McKmle turn such a sudden summersault on the Porto Eican tariff question are now working to nullify the provision of the Foraker act That act provided that whenever the legislature of Porto Eico notifies the president of the IT S that a system of internal taxation has been put into effect that wGuld meet the ex penses of the government of the island the president should issue a proclama tion declaring free trade with Porto Eico and that in any event the tariff on Porto Rican products should cease to exist March 1 1902 An extra ses sion of the Porto Eican legislature has been called to meet July 4 for the pur pose of giving the president the notifi cation provided tor in the Foraker act and requesting him to issue a procla mation declaring free trade Thus the trust interests are working to prevent on the pretemded ground that the sys tem of internal taxation provided by the legislature of Porto Eico will not provide the necessary revenue but in reality because they intend to prevent free trade between Porto Rico and the U S if they can Their plan is to compel Mr McKinley to decline to is sue a free trado proclamation and then to get congress to amend the Foraker act extending the tariff on Porto Eic an products before it expires by limit ation It is difficult to say what the result will be Mr -McKinley wants free trade with Porto Ricb as he did when he sent his annual message to the Jast c ingress but the trusts compelled him to eat his words and do their bid ding thenand they may be able to do Russia is hitting back at this govern ment which the short sighted policy of the administration has involved in a lariff war First the Russian duty on American machinery Was raised and now the duty on American resin and bicycles goes up a notch or two When it is remembered that what wo buy of Russia is not a drop in the bucket com pared with what we seJl her the silli ness of a sj stem of tariff retaliation be tween the twp countries is apparent It is quite certain that this sort of pol icy will not result in extending our for- eiga markets an object that Mr Mc- Z7 - HilTiTfflliirffiY11 Ains worth Star Journal Miss Fanuie Clark was in from the ranch last Friday and took her sister Sirs liila Johnson back Mrs JLila will reintiin for several wees enjoying the pure breeze of Brown and Cherry counties Last -week Wednesday Chas M Stimson an old newspauer friend of the writer stopped off in Ains worth a few hours on his way from his home m Iowa to Valentine It was a mutual surprise as some twenty odd ears had passed since we met or had kept tab on each others whereabouts However these remarks are made preliminary to the announcement that Uro titimson has we understand accepted an ed itorial aud mechanical position on the Republican at Valentine and will abide in the sand hill country for a time He is a vigorous and versatile writer aud Bro Barker is to be congratulated over his addition to the editorial as well as mechanical force There is talk of abandoning Ft Nio brara and some claim to have inside information that it will soon be in the handd of an overseer and the sol diers taken to other posts This is doieby the author les because we didnt vote for M P Kinkaid for con gress They say we are populists up here and dont deserve anything and when we have been subdued they will S2nd soldiers to the post again This was the argument of the republicans all the way through the last cam paign and wound up by keeping 14 away from the polls down to the Fort refusing to grant them permission to come up to vote We know of the party who went down to talk to the commanding officer calling him out side the Fort and arrangements were to keep them at home Our repub licans rejoiced over it at the time aud would now rejoice but as these votes would not have changed the election in any particular as it was afterward learned they would now draw down a long face and talk of honesty for the purpose of again de ceiving some voter and cajoling him into voting for a republican this fall Their ticket is already planned and you couldnt change it It has been fixed up for the past two months and they are amoni you now hunting for votes Its a nice little ring and theyll tell you a nice little story - Estray Notice Taken up at mv place 5 miles north eat of Kilgore Neir one bay mare weight abmmt Six Jbs Iminded L r on right shoulder on left shoulder 1 on right hip r ViJect1ne Neb Jane 6 iwi t -- V - Cuas Bukvs rft4i5 fir rirfniiiniir Kinley constantly professes to keep in j Henry Fliniaux Simeon Nebraska view Secretary Gage has just ordered KpirsterP a counter travelling duty placed on No sic Quarter W la I llllt IHIC ill ar no in limy 1 he Industrial Commission has re ceived a number of affidavits concern ing the Standard Oil Trust which will be printed in its permanent report Following is an extract from one made by F S Monett former attorney gen eral of Ohio Campaigns come and go commissions investigate and legislat ures meet and adjourn and magazine article are written and read and yet through their monopolistic and crimlit d exactions the Standard Oil combin ation of transportation and distribution thereof levy tribute upon the owner of the oil rock and exact from the consum er an unnatural profit The public aio its victims the little band of law viol ators owning and controlling shares ai e the beneficiaries of the plunder The public for a hhort lime stand aghast at their very boldness and defiance The government alone can check their abuses Senator Jones of Ark Chairman of the Democratic National Committee has betn in Washington all the week He talked freely of the political outlook but said he wished it understood that he made no pretense of representing anybody but himself in the opinions expressed He thinks that the next session of Congress will devote a great deal of time to the Philippine question with which the Supreme Court has said Congress alone has power to deal and that out of the discussion will grow the principal issue of next years Congress ional campaign Ought the Constitu tion to follow the flagV Senator Jones thinks that we should not control any people who are not considered good enough to enjoy all the rights and priv ileges of American citizens that m e should assist the Filipinos to set up an independent government notify the powers that we will brook no interfer ence with it and then withdraw our flag from the Philippines but believes that a majority of the republicans will stand by the program of holdh g the islands for the money that can be made out of them He said that he would fight the ship subsidy bill which he ex pects to see pushed to the front vgain just as hard as ever that he doubted whether Babcocks much talked of anti tariff bill would ever get out of the House Ways and Means Committee and rather expected the order of the trans continental railroad bosses to smother Nicaragua Canal Legislation to be obeyed by the lepublican leaders Cattlr branded mi Ml hip Some without quarter circle Horses brand ed oa left shoul der Postoffleo address Cody Nebraska On left side of cat- tle horses O right arm Range north and south of Niobrara Itiverl2 iniles south west of Cody SSg22222iEEEE3 R M Faddis Oo Postofflce address Valentin or Kenne I 353 j tmmmm J P GARDINER W m F H nidt - JEeQ Kr l Vetal Vlandry Codv Nebr Cattle branded anywhere some wi th under neath the brand Horses on gWEs left shoul gSSS der WEZm Range Little White River aud mouth of Cedar Creek S D Cattle branded same as cut Some branded on lett rij ujjku Some on left side or at mn D N GOUHLKY D Bray Pustofflee address Rushville Neb On left hip also 5UO on Hit side Horses rasJ should gj left er Range Cedar Lake Robjud S D Cattle brauded on leftthigli or hip same as cut Horse brand same on the left shoulder Charles Richards Merrlman Mob jccr Rosebud S D Same as cut or wit bar under S right ear slit aud dulapped Horses branded same on left hip Charlotte E Bovill Merrlman Neb Left side or hip Range north o Eli BgZSiKttl1v JPc2Zfr3 John DeCory Rosebud S D J JXD j Some branded 1 D 117 on left side ilorseb 1D on left hip Range in Meyer Co ou Antelope Creek Reuben Quick Beat RosebHd S D Cattle branded same as cut or on hip Range Blabk Pipe Creek Peter Vlondray U s tm n J G COOLEY Postofflce address Hyannis Neb on right sk te bor es same on right shoulder nge six miles northwest of Moth er j i j Rosebud 8 D Left side Left car Mopped Horses VB branded Range Little White River at inoith of 3ednr Creek C E Wright WaRtf4iiSLe Valentine Nebr Brand registered No 374 Brand anywhere on right side tt Cody Neb Higli Grade Bulls I have at my ranch 20 miles south of Valentine in Dewey Lake precinct 8 high grade flerford bulls two and three years old and three head of f ul blood Galloways which I will sell cheap These bulls are all first class and were raised on my ranch W G Ballard Woodlake Nebr - J 9 CHARLES VtiufftdF C P Jordan J tip bearing any of these brands Wm J Alien Ft Niobrara Neb Brand registeed NO 870 Horses branded on left bin Kauge Niobrara river 12 miles eat of alentme IPX E23 J fmfwT Tyfaos M RICHARDSON Postofflce address McCann Neb Branded on leftside Range McCann Ko8 bud ST Horses and cattle same as cut also CJ BE J on right hip Ksinj on Oak and Butte creeks A libera reward for informal ion leading ro detection of rustlers of stock Morey Hewett Gordon e r Rrcind registered KJitt On Ml hip of cuttle Horses same left should er also OACS leftside Range South of Sanke 35 miles se of Gordon Sbadbolt Fleishman Hervey iJanch Two miles cast of Crookston m Cherry couutv Nebraska Cittle branded OO on left hip on right hipandonrijhtside with 3 inch letter Wm Cavarnuph Mgr Crookston Neb Lailey Nebr Lert side S F left shoulder ilerdmarkrdew lap itanjce Kiinge 3G and 37 be tween Niobrara and thCinke UMknaMC W 0GI George F Damon ISD FD Albanv Neb Catt I branded Vtl nn Infr rihs nr right shoulder SI on right hip and left ribs Bon left hip Horses FD or SD on right shoulder IJange 7 mi north cast of Albany Neb Agent for Pasteur Black Leg Vuccine JSM James Goodfellow Cody Nebr Cattle branded on left side Horses J2 on left jaw Range Between Ihc Niobrara and Medicine Lake GART3IDE Postofflce address CoJy Neb Cattle branded on left side also C G on left hip of catIe and left shoulder on horses Rantre on Niobrara 10 mi southwest Cody A T BRACKETT A c Postofflce address Kiege Neb Branded on left side Range Three miios Southeast of Georgia Fat Peipei rob LZJ Ty fxJa rrtff irtV rr itf niiVntir n i Cattle hrmdMl asoucutleft Mdu Some on left hip Horses same on left shoulder flange Square Lake fedo George Heyne Brand registered Noirar Horses branded on left shoulder Ramre north and south of Cutcomb Lake in Cherry Co Cody Neb On both Frank Livermore sides or BFSj any on I nu Also L on hip or shoulder Range Little White River and mouth of Cedar Creek S D Irwiu Nebr irtBlfc emmmsmmss L B Lesser Merrlman Nebr WmM rex f SI csy I S Vi 8 Mjvwm psm8gS55l GEORGE JE5SEN Onleftsidi al so on same side SM underlined Horses under lined M on Uft thih Ilanire Little Whiteltiver Postofflce address MerrimanNeb On either left side or hip horse3 same on left shoulder R age East of Cot tonuood Luke I rrA -- y ii m irinrT iiiPt IraaLv Newton Nebraka Cattle branded as on cut Some eft side or hip J R Lord Sw Simeon Neb Stock branded panic as ut back of rlht shoulder and on right hi llange on the Niobrara D M Sears Kennedy Nebr 25i s j cSmkmmMa Charles U ism me e - cai Rfe lr A Si a M tst ri Faulhaber i82mtmmm JJrovvnlee hr or left sale of caMle Uorsen same on leltjshoiilder Lett ear cut off of lie Jange on Loup ver Stotts Stetter Cody Nebraska Branded on leftside Jtang Tin Can Lake and Morgan Flats fiSwrVbk f TU5 I WILLIAM FEKDON fostoflice address f Jrownlee Nob Like out on either leftside or hipalso tf55eit side iVsCR Nore William Shangran Cody Nebr On leftside Horses same Range f ake Oreek S Dakota same as cut on lett hip 250OO RE- WAKI lor con- convietion of auvone unlawfully handling cattle in these brands PS KOUSCHE Postofflce address Brownlee Neb On left aide or any part of animal Ear markright ear cut on horses branded same on left hip Also has stock branded H on hide or shoulder or JKorWorOVL irO or JtZ Also tliefollowing the fint une bomg on side and hip H9BPQS9RS W anen raoraa W3R I E R Vandegrift Brownlee Neb Same a on cut Range Between Goose Creek and Nonh Loup I illlSt MiWiiMWi Frank T Lee Brownlee Neb Kame on Gordon Creek Gorsucb Bros Cattle on left side horses same ou left shoulder Range Four miles northeast of Brownlee fe Julius Heckman B ownlee Nebr Sfrjgpfe cL T w I Sawyer Bros wMwlfcMSBBW C F COOPER Postofflce address Oasis- Neb Brand registered 2003 Cattle branded on left side same as cut Horaes branded on left iiip A Iso somo brandrd cattle Range south of Brownlee Postofflce address Oaaia Nebraska Robert Quieaenbery have charge oithese cattle horses Dson left shoulder some stock brands Y toy where on ti RangeSnake uve tZJffi iit jiyji ft MW Ifl M Jil pttTyr Sfj Range P iith and west of Harkberrv nd lucc i ik Gregory Nsb Chen Co Bmuded on left side and thigh Earmark smiir0 cron right ear Horses have same brand on left thigh Rantre on dou and Snake Creeks 1 tittcant nf tin tt ii j eraon for information leading to the arrest a nal cpaviction of any person op nTi11 J r D JJ STONKit SON Newton Nebr Brand registered No 411 Cattle branded same as cut on left sldo or left lii p Horses same on lelt shoulder Ilance South of Gordon creea M crr37rtrriEjAn IBni JjtfSfSm Teeter Bros v 8WEKNU1T 15ROS Postofflce address Pullman Neb Cattle branded as on cut horses branded same as cattle except rcversea s See block Range Stever and Stephenson Lakes and South GEORGE N DAVIS Simeon Nebr Cattle branded on leftside Horses same on left shoulder Range Gordon Cree Newton Nebr Cattle branded on left side same aa cut Horses on left shoulder flange Retween he Gordon and 3nko Louis F Richards Merrlman NeS Wl rL 4B 8 LA k Garner Brothers 1 o8 inWa rrT I irTrM i Codj Nebr Anvwhere on cat tle norses on Fife i P A Cooper CP J DAWSON BALL Postofflce address Chesterfield Neb Cattle branded on leftside as on cut alsoVleltneckandZ left hip some v lett neck v left shoulder nd Z lefthiDhorse8 VZ left hip Range Suake River313233 J A SAULT8 11 m whirF7Tj jffrwiii Valentine Nebr State Erand reg istered t5TL Cattlo and horses bnmded same as cut on left hip Range 2 miles east of ft urara B Stinard Chesterfield Nebr Cattle branded same w cut on leftside Horsei simo on leH shoulder JA Also on left side 1 left shoulder Range- North Eli 5jA msuilSjL 5t nUB JHhIB S300 reward will be paid to anv person for in formation leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons stealing cattle with the above brand C Evenson Codv Nebr On left side and thigh horseg the same on left side Range -Between Niobrara and the Snake PostofTlco address Gregory Net On left side or hip horses same on left shoulder Range- Arkansa Valley and Snakr JULIUS PETERSON ostofflce address Gregory Neb Branded as on cut Range two miles aorth of Gregory WILLIAM BEAMEB PIKE BROS s3twb3jE3Clr4LrSi SmMBSR Jiietzger Bros ISB InLTirK r p2i p i i V7y ry SS2Si5n rceWaaS5S3on lKangeon NiobrS - a3 7 fly - Gordon Ifebr Cattle brandetf same as cut on lett si e Horses flRSW bnindedjMmN on left iSSui shoulder Etumm Ranee c mite south of Irwin i 3 jt i iSiTiriiiMfc Postofflce address Cmoksrou Neb ijrandel on eithe sideotarlnial1 acme a rife nt hip baTl tlVWI iiiS60 Ha nethaduza 5 mlles est of Crookston J A Adamson Valentine Neb On left side or hip A4 left si or hip On left side TLin uatf L2 I Mm -- B rT f