THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
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I. M. RICE EDITOR
$1.OO Pe Year in Advance
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
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Entered at t b e Post-office at Valentine. Cherry
county , Nebraska , as Second-class matter.
RANCHMEN IN COURT FOR FENCING
FUBLIC LANDS ,
Special dispatch to the World Herald.
Alliance , Neb.Aug. 4. Judge Har
rington of O'Neill held a special term
of court here to investigate the charge
that the injunction granted at the last
term of court prohibiting H. II , Miller
and John Leith , or their agents , from
fencing certain lands in this county
which had been filed on bv twenty-nine
colored citizens of Alliance and had
been violated.
At that time a complaint was made
to the court charging that Miller and
Laith procured and hired the parties to
make the entries ; that immediately
thereafter relinqueshments as well as
leases were secured from the entrymen
and that they were paid so much each
for filing said homesteads and for that
reason they were not bone tida home
steaders and an injunction was asked
for the purpose of prohibiting Miller
and Leith fencing said land and there
by freezing out several small home
steaders.
At the trial the evidence was held to
fully sustain the allegations in the peti
tions , as one or more of the entrymen
made affidavit that they were paid
I * > 9 money to make the filing and that they
1 did not intend to live on tha land or
make it their home.
The court accordingly granted the in
junction asked for prohibiting the said
Miller and Leith from fencing the land.
Shortly after court adjourned , it is al
leged , that Miller and Leith and their
agents disregarded the order of the
court and fenced said land. This as
shown to the court in the form of affi
davits.
When court convened the judge ap
pointed N. C. Noleman as special coun
ty attorney to represent the state , ow
ing to tne fact that County Attorney
Mitchell was attorney for the defend
ants.
ants.Under
Under the direction of the court an
information was filed against II. II.
Miller and John Leith , who , it is al
leged , hired the other defendants to vi
olate the order of the court ; also against
W. 11. Corneal , who is a colored saloon
keeper and who at one time lived in
Lincoln , and two other colored men
named Ben Johnson and Ben Carter.
Attachments were issued and the de
fendants appeared before the court and
through their attorney B. F. Gil'nan ,
asked for a continuation. The court
granted a continuance until the next
term of court which will be November
18 , and held the defendants in bonds in
the sum of $200 each.
| | As a result of this trouble complaints
were sent to the interior department ,
and a special agent from Washington
"by the name of W. B. Lesser is now
here investigating the Whole matter as
well as other complaints which were
made to the department.
Mr Lesser in conversation with ybur >
correspondent , said that he regretted
very much that the ranchmen could
not agree among themselves so far as
running their cattle on government land
was concerned. He was of the opinion
that the filing simultaneously of so
mand entries indicated strongly that
they were fictitious and , of course that
whenever complaints were made to the
department regarding fencing of pub-
lic domain they at once thoroughly in-
v ebtigatcd the matter and reported just
Ilia amount of hind fenced and the
amount of government and deeded
land and in case any government land
was fenced the department would ord
pr the fence removed. In other words
he said that it was the policy of the de
partment to protect the pubic domain
from being fraudulently acquired by
any person or persons , but that all bona
fide homesteaders , whether rich or poor
would receive the full protection of the
government. He was of tke opiuion-
that the frequent complaints and trou
ble between ranchmen would eventually
result , if kept up , in the removal of all
fences that inclosed government land.
Mr. Lesser will remain in Alliance sev-
jiral days.
Extra yc < 7.
Strayed or stolen from Valentine ,
Nebraska one dark bay horse branded
a on left hip , has sore back and left
a
hip lower than right. Notify
ALES W. LONG , JJritt , Nebr.
% l > r. W. I. Seymour , eye , ear , nose
% nd throat specialist. 116 " 0" Street ,
Omaha , Nebr.
- J
Kennedy
The weather is hot anil dry and - the
grass is drying up.
Mrs. C. A. Gee was at Kennedy Sat
urday doing some trading.
D. M. Sears was a business caller at
Kennedy one day last week.
Quite a number of people from Ken
nedy took in the shoxv at Valentine the
8th.
Howard Laport was seen in our burg
last , Wednesday on his way toralen'
tinp.
Uncle Alex Ayers went to Oasis
Sunday after . Wonder if he got
them.
George Rojers brought in a load of
gco3s from Valentine for the Kennedy
store , Saturday.
Mr. Rojers hurt his back in Valen
tine last week while loading a five
pound box of yeast foam.
A storm of cattle swept down on Mr.
Beekley's cabbage patch one day last
week and ate them all up.
More Sunday ball players than week
day hay pitchers turns out at the school
house 3 miles west from Kennedy.
BROKEN * Aim.
Penlirook.
Miss Delia Oaborn is working at Mr.
Haley's.
Dave Ilamar has , been helping John
Grooms. Jr , to stack hay.
Mrs. Small , who-has been quite sick
for some time , is rapidly recovering.
Clarence Bruce and Al Seman hava
been xvorking for Mr. Ilittle for a few
days.
days.We
We guess Win. Hughes has about
gixren up the idea of going to Wayne ,
Nebraska , as we see he is making hay
fly now.
Part of the large picturesque place
called Tunnel Rock one mile north-east
of Penbrook was blown do Arn Saturday
evening by a strong dash of wind ; the
writer was one of the first to see it aft
er it upset.
A quotation from Daniel Webster
reads as follows ; "When my eyes
shall be turned to behold for the last
time the sun in heaven , may t not see
him shining on the broken and dishon
ored fragments of a once glorious un
ion , on states dissevered , discordant ,
belligerent ; on a land rent with civil
feuds or drenched , it may be , with fra
ternal blood. Liberty and union now
forever one and inseparable. " '
PORCUPINE.
We print by request a letter fro m
Rasmus Hanson , now of Denmark , who
formerly lived on the river south of
town and later in the hay Hats. Last
fall Mr. Hanson and family went back
to Denmark and now writes as follows
to his friend , Jim Vincent. We omit
a part which is not of public interest :
Dear Friends : We have been travel
ing from one relative to another and at
present are visiting with my brother ,
Franky had the measles but is now all
right. He likes this country first rate
but he always says. America Papa , he
must admit that it is the nicest country
le has been through yet but still he
cries America ; he says the country is
nice but everything is forbidden. It
would be a , very fine place to live if it
was free like in th" U. S. HH can tuk
the Danish language now just as weil
as he can tne English. We go to
church when we possibly * can one or
two times a week and have heard some
of the best preachers in [ Denmark and
we enjoy a general good time taking it
all around ; we have been riding around
in a wagon qnite a good deal all around t s
in the country , sailing in steamers , rid
ing in cars on the tram , been in the
woods , parks , circuses , theatres , zoo
logical gardens , plains and plateaus ;
we have been in Hell and Heaven
[ places of amusement. ] We have
seen old buildings from some of our
oldest kings' periods , and the latest
Kind of buildings and I must say that
Denmark does not hang back of the U.
S. only that it is so crowded ; every
thing here proves high order , intellig
ence , conimtm-wealih , durability , and
high grade of test , sociability , health ,
humor and great life everywhere. Ev
erybody has money though most of the
Farmers owe § 100 ou every acre of land
lie possesses and the farms wh'ch as a s
L-ule are from 20 to 100 acres American ?
measure are full ot animals , lifiehorce- ,
jjood milk cows , sheep etc. The high
ways are mostly cov.ered with chara-
nanks , phaetons , carriages and other
irst class vehicles. Girls and bovs are
janstantly flying on bicycles , even old '
.
vomen and men have I seen ride these
jreat necessities. Farmers here have
so-operative dairies , sugar factorias ,
iheese factories , butcheries , money in-
ititutiouer , msuranceetc.
Yours Sincerely ,
R. HANSEN
Hellinge , Denmark.
Wnll * for Sale.
Eight registered and two high grade
lereford bulls , and one high grade
horthprn for sale. These animals ara
com twelve to thirty months old.
H. S. SAVAGE , Simeon , Neb. S (
I
Henry Fliniaux , Simeon , Nebraska.
Brand Registered
No 81C. Quarter
Circle Club.
Cattle branded
on left hi ] ) . Some
without qnar er
circle
Horses brand
ed on left shoul
der.
R M Faddis& Co.
Fostofflce address Valentine or Kfenuo
Cattle branded
same as cut.
Somebranded
on lett
thigh.
Koine on
leftside or
hip.
J P GARDINER
Postoffice address
Cody , Nebraska
On 'eft side of cat
tle ; horses O right
armRange
Range , north and
south of Niobrara
River,12-mil es south
west of Cody
D N GOURLEY
Postofflce address
Rushville , Neb
On left hip ; also
5OO on left side ;
Horses
sbould-
flange-Cedar Lake
D. Bray
Rosebud S D
Cattle branded on
left thigh or hip
same as cut.
norse brand
same on the left
shoulder
Charles Richards
Merrlman-
Rosebud S D
Same as cut
or wit bar under
S ; right ear slit
and dulapped
Horses branded
same on left hip
Charlotte E. Bovill
Merriman Neb
Left side or hip
Range north o Eli
Vetal Vlandry.
Cody , Nebr.
Cattle branded
anywhere ; some
wi th under
neath the brand.
Horses on
left shoul
der.
der.Range Little
White River and
mouth of Cedar
Creek , S. D.
John DeCory
Rosebud. S. D ,
Some branded 1 J )
417 on left side
Hordes .ID on left
hipKange
Kange in Meyer Co
on Antelope Creek
Reuben QUICK
Rosebud S D
Cattle branded
same as cut or on
hip
Range. Blabk
Pipe Creek RQB
Peter Ylondray
Rosebud , S. D.v
f.eft side. Left car
horses branded
H ) .
Range Little White
Kiver , at mot tii of
: edarOreek.
Bunch for Sale Cheap.
Stock and implements complete for
mgaging in the stock business. _
a chance for some man who has about
5000 to invent. Call on I. M. Rice or
vrite us.
Strayed.
From ray place two miles east of Crookston
ne black mare about nine years old , smal
k'hite spot in forehead , collar marked , smaJ
hite spot on back , fore top sheared and very/
ttlenmue weight abo ut 1150. Liberal reward
or information leading to her recovery.
ED. PIKE ,
Crookston. Neb.
Lost
From my place on the Rosebud res-
rvation on Tuesday , July 1(5 , 1901 ,
hree horses , ono bay mare branded
jbn left side , one sorrel horse
( branded EtXE c.n left side and
ne bay horse bearing no marks.1
SWIFT , Stl Francis Mission , liosebud
outh Dakota. - 27-tf
5 C. P. Jordan.
RosPbnd.RD
Horses and cattle
same as cut : also
C.T B JJ ou right
hip.
Itange on Oak and
Butte creeks.
A liber.il reward
for information
le.ifting to detection
of rustlers of stock
bearing any juf these brands.
Morey & IIe\vett.
Gordon , Nebr.
Brand registered
f SG. On left hip
of cattle. Horses
same left should
er ; also 24-0
left side. * -
Range South of
Snake 35 miles
se of Gordon.
Shadbolt & Fleishman.
. Bailey , Nebr.
Left side ; S F
left shoulder.
lleidmarkrdew
lap.
lap.itange
itange R.inge
50 and 37 , be
tween Niobrara
and the * } nuke.
llervey llancli
Two miles east of
Crookston , in Cherry *
county , Nebiaska
Cattle branded OC
on left hip. on right
hip , and on rifiht side
with 3-inch letter
Wm Cavanaugh I\lgr \
Crookstou Neb
George IT Damon
Albany. Neb
Cattle branded
I 'i > on lett ribs or
right shoulder ; W 8 >
on right hip and left
ribs : fion left hip
Horses FD or SD on
right shoulder
Range 7 mi north
east of Albany Neb
Agent forJL'asteur
' ' Black Leg Vaccine
Wm. J. Alien
Ft Niobrara Neb
Brand registeed
No 870
Horses branded
on left hip
Range. Niobrara
river 12 miles east
of Valentine
James Goodfellow.
Cody. Nebr.
Cattle branded
on lett side.
Horses J2 on
left jaw.
Range Between
the Mobraia and
Medicine Lake.
J. A. Adamson.
Valentine , Neb
On left side or hip
A4 left si or hip
On left side
Range on Niobrara"
CJIAKLES GAKTSLDE
Postofflce address
Cody , Neb
Cattle branded on
left side ; also C G
on left hip of catile
and left shoulder on
horses
Ranee on Niobrara
to misouthwestCodv
A T BRACKETT
Postoffice address
Kiege Neb
Branded on left side
Range-Three miies
Southeast of Georgia
Brand registered
No 1027
Horses branded on
left shoulder
Ranee north and
soulh of Cntcomb
Lake in Cherry Co
.Frank Livermore. "
Cody Neb.
On both
sides or | F9
any
in
\Iso L on hip or
shoulder. p <
Ranjre Little
White River and
mouth of Cedar
S. D.
L. B. Lesser.
Merriman , Nebr.
On left side : al
so on snme side ,
SM underlined.
Horses , under
lined M on left
thigh.
Ranee Little
White River ,
GEORGE .TESSEN" siito
to
Postoffice address en ]
I\IerrimanNel > SHI
On either left side 1 I
or hip ; Horses same 1
do
on left shoulder
R nge-East of Cot Cnei
touwood LaJre ei
ein
1
, T. 13. Lord
Simeon
Stick branded
pame n < 'iif buck of
rkbt shoulder und
on right hip
Hinge on the I 1
Niobrara
\
D. M. Sears.
Kennedy ,
Cattle branded
as on cnt.left side
Some on left hip.
Horses same on
left shoulder.
Lake.
Charles II. Fa/ilhaber
Brown lee
Ilishr or left side
of entitle
Ho rye * same on
letti'-houlder-
Left ear cut oil of
ca'tle
-Kange on Lotip
rher
Stotts & Stelter.
Cody. Nebraska
Branded on leftside
Range. Tin Cnn Lake
and Morgan Flats
WILLIAM FI3RDON.
I'ostoJHce address
Brov/nleo , N'eb
Like cut on t-Itber
left .o'if or hipals
* *
%
"W vtl
conviction of anyone unlnwluliy handling cattle
in tliese brands.
William Shangran.
Cody , Nebr.
On left side.
Horses same.
Range I ake
3reek , S. Dakota.
r s KOUSCH.E
Postofllfe address
BrownICP , Neb
ou side or shoulder ,
or J 1C or XV or O ' VJ ,
O or V7 . Also
the-iollowing , the first one being on side and hip
E. B. Vandegrift.
Brownlee. Neb.
t
Same a on cut. 1
Range Between
Goose Creek and
North Loup.
Frank T. Lee.
Brov alec , Neb.
Cattle on Iff :
side ; horses hame
on left b
V _ - \X > Ilange - Four
ty l/\/l mk ! northea of
Gorsuch Bros.
N'euton , Xebraka
battle branded
is on cut
cutSome
Some
eft side oihij
Kaix/e ou Gordon
Jreok
J ulitts Heckman
B Xebr
Kange south
B.ownlee
Sawver Bros.
81
rostofiire address
Oasis. Nebraska
hobert Quiesenberj :
IMVC charge 01 these
attle ; horses Dson
'eft shoulder ; some
stock brands v
in j where one.
, Snake
C F COOI'JSR
ostoffice address
Oasis , Neb
rand registered 2005
attle branded on
ft side same as cut
orses branded on
ft hip.
Also some cattle
randed :
Vc
-SU
SUi
Range P uth and west of Ha'kberr/ i
- ' - -
id DUCK
Ca
Dn !
iletzger Bros. , cui
1
eas
Cherry Co
Branded on left
leand thigh.
irmark , s < iuare
np right car
Hordes have
me brand on
it thigh.
Itange on
in and
eeks.
A Iteirnrtl of $ ? 5O v.-Ill be paid to p.nv
rson for information leading to the arre t aiifi
ial conviction of any DersQc or persons steal
cattle rith above brand
D. B. SIGNER & SON.
Newton , NelT.
Brand registered <
NO-in.
Cattle branded
isame as cut on
le.lt sIUo or It-ft
hip. Hordes same
on lett shou'der.
Unnge South
of Gordon Creek
Teeter ? Bros.
, Xobr
Cattle branded on
left aide same aa
cue.
011 left
Itetvrcen
fne Uordou and
'Louis F. Kiclmrds
Mcrrhnan X
Garner brothers.
Cody , Nebr.
Anywhere ou cat-
' . .tie.
Horses on
shoulder. <
I7an"cNorth
Kh.
I'ostofficc ad Iroas
rullnrin.
Cattle bran Jed .is on
out ; hordes branded
same us r.ttle except
reversed * j ,
Heu block
Kange Stev
and Stpphenson
Lakes and South
S.-5CO reward will 'bo p.ild to nuv person for lii-
fonnat.on li-a-lint : to tlie arrest and conviftUMi
of any person or persons stewing cuttle v , ith the
above brand.
C. Evenson
Codv , Nebr.
On left side and
thteh ; horss the
same on left side.
Kaugetween ;
Mobrara and the
Snake.
GEOHGE DAVIS
Simeon. Nebr.
Cattle branded
on It-It sidu.
Horses anie on
left should1 ! ' .
Kaisjre Gordon
Creek.
P. A. Cooper.
Chesterfield ,
Nebr.
Cattle branded
same as cut on
leftside. Horsei
same on left
shoulder.
I A Also on
j f\ left hide
DAWSON & BALL
aiMress g.
,
Battle branded on
oftpu ! 3 as ou fist :
dso v leu nock andX
eft hipibonie vjeit
leek. V ieit shoulder
ind 55 left IUD , horss
V"Z left hip. IJnnxe
Snake JCiver,3lK5.
J A SAULT5
? JL
Cattle OT le
tip
Horses o left
honlder.
Some sfek
et bearing my
nrnur br.unl us
lumu below.
I'ostoffiee address
( fresorj' , Net
On lb t side or hip
horses sume on left
shoulder
JULIUS
o-tofllce.td.ires >
Gregorj' . Net
randed as on tut
Range two inIes
rthufG
WILLIAM BEAHIE31
Uorlpn , Nebr.
Cattle branded
same as cut on
left si e.
branded lor - * < tffc l
on left tJ&fl
. .
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rj dwftv - " . ? - . - - -
; . ? 1 yy-v'-r a ; i .ug.vn T uang , > o mie °
a Irwiu.
D. Stinard.
ilentine , Xebr.
ate Brand reg
ttle an-3 horses
inde < i same ;
t on lef r Lip.
Jange-2 miles
5t of Ft. Mo-
ira.
address
Cmokston ,
I on fci
.
ciot ox Crouks
ft
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