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I. M , RICE EDITOR
01.O0 Per Fear * Advance
PUBLISHED EVEEY THURSDAY.
Entered at tbe Post-office at Valentine , Cherrj
f county. Nebraska , as Second-class matter.
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The Gordon and Ainsworth editor *
are really quarrelling over which town
contains the most good looking bald
headed men. Here is a part of theii
controversy as given in last weeks
Star-Journal :
In quoting the Star-Journal's chal
lenge th-it Ainsworth had more and a
handsomer lot of bald-headed men
than any other town of its size , the
Gordon Journal says :
We call the bluff on Bro. NBnrleigh.
The only really handsome bald-headed
man that Aiusworth ever had was D.
H. Griswold. and he moved to Gordon
and was put in the herd headed by the
editor. Gordon has the handsomest
herd of numan Holsteins 'in the state
and to settle the matter we propose
that thesetwo rival towns have pictures
of their leading representatives publish
ed in the illustrated edition of the Sun
day Bee.
; Nuff said. " The Star-Journal sees
Bro. Lyon and goes him one better. It
has madearrang ements with photo
grapher Austin for a group picture of
some half dozen of our best conditioned
White-Faces and will pit them against
the same number of Gordon's scrubby
Holsteins. A wire from Lem Coldren
and Jim Porter asking for places in the
group has been taken under advise
ment. Even the editor of the Star-
Journal will shave off his luxuriant
'growth of handsome hair , but that
we'll get ahead of that arrogant and
haughty Gordon editor.
The following clippings from The
Nebraska Independent , the official par
ty paper of the fusion forces of the
state , are of interest to every citizen of
the state :
The republicans would teach the
young of this state by their example
that embezzlement pays and that treas
on should be rewarded. They illus
trate these truths by the lives of'Deav-
er and Bartley.
For the last ten years plutocracy in
politics has followed one policy. Ad
vocate one thing during a campaign
and as soon as in power do the very
opposite. Cleveland was elected on a
tariff reform issue and then congress
went to work and passed the Lighest
protective tariff bill that ever got
through that body. They made a re
duction where rates had been placed
five or six hundred per cent above the
prohibitive point , but the bill was the
highest protective bill that was ever
passed. Mark Hanna foade a cam
paign on the ground that the coinage
of silver must be stopped and as soon
as in power went to coining more sil
ver than was ever coined before.
declared that they wanted "one dollar
as good as every other dollar" and
then flooded the country with bank
paper under promise to redeem it in a
better dollar. This is the way it has
been all the time.
Now the republican papers are at it
again. This time they say that this is
the end of fusion. When this election
is over that will be the end of the pop
ulist party. The "democrats will have
swallowed the pops. " Those who be
lieved the stories about the big row
that was going to be , believe this just 1
as readily. The reason why these re t
publican editors engage in this sort of t
talk is that they are not capable of dis I
! cussing any question of government or s
1 political economy and they are" doing t
their very best when they fill their col S
umns with this sort of silly gossip. It i
is a hard job to rdit a republican paper v
these days. Vital questions which are s
of interest to the people must be ta e
booed. What would become of a re a
publican editor if he should write an v
article against the trusts ? He dare not b
write one openly defending them , so
there he is between the devil and the c
deep sea and has either to say nothing tl
or engage in idle gossip. it
Well Defined d
Why wage-worker should ever aic
c <
vote the republican ticket is one of
those things which the friends of or g (
ganized labor can not understand. The tlPJ
position of the republican party to PJIt
wards labor has always been so well It
defined whenever a contest came up tl
between it and capitalistic employers tl
that it ought to be known by every
1
man of sense in the whole country. Of
late the republican papers have been it :
making unequivocal staceaients upon th
the subject. The following from the cc
Dakota County record has been copied
with approval in the Inndini' rei u' ' ! i-
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in importance to the trust question and
the man who controls the unions is as
dangerous as the president of a trust.1
That is , as every man of sensa knows
the position of the republican party to
ward organized labor. That statement
should be printed on a poster and the
bill-boards of the cities plastered with
it so that the wage-worKers may no
longer be deceived by the hypocrisy ex
hibited by republican candidates dur
ing every campaign. Just before an
election they are all great erganized la
bor fellows.
Followed Mc'JKinley
The republican editors who are crit
icizing Governor Savage for paroling
Bartley should remember that he is
only following the example of their
great and holy McKmley , McKinley
has pardoned one after another of the
national bank embezzlers in such a
continuous string that there is no keep
ing an account of them. The last one
was Charles Mussey of Rutland , Vt. ,
who used his position as cashier of the
Merchants National bank to steal $127-
000. His robbery broke the bank , in
flicting heavy loss upon his neighbors
and caused much suffering lie was
"sent up" for seven years.
In prison Mussey apparently fell ill.
His family physican abandoned his
case for unstated reasons which may
now be conjectured. An out of-town
doctor was obtained by Alussey's
friends. In a year he was said to be at
death's door , and upon this ground Mc-
Kinley pardoned him.
That was a month ago. The Rut
land dispatches relate that Mussey has
just gone into the Adirondacks on a
hunting trip as well as any one.
The bank embezzler is necessarily
and always inexcuseable ; always and
necessarily he has sufficient intelligence
to know wnat he is doing and what ha
voc he may cause. Perhaps the pict
ure of Mr. Mussey gayly departing up
on a pleasure trip while his victims
toil to repair the ruin he wrought may
cause ihe supporters of McKinley to do
a little thinking , that is , if they can
think which is somewhat doubtful.
The practice under this plutocrat gor-
erninent is , if a man steals a loaf of
bread for his starving wife and child
ren , send him to prison as long as the
law will allow. It' he robs a public
treasury or steals the savings of the
poor which they have deposited in a
bank pardon him. How long a gov
ernment can endure that administers
justice after that fashion is a thing not
very hard to figure out.
More Convicts Escape.
The old State Hypocrite did not
make a sensatoual paragraph out of a
very interesting item of news that oc-
cured last .Friday night. The follow
ing is the way it read in the Omaha
and Chicago papers :
"Charles Bennett , alias Smith , and
Ed Tuttle , the latter serving a third
term , escaped from the penitentiary
last night by climbing over the eigh
teen-foot wall. 'Both were on night
fluty in the bakery.
"Bennett was convicted of larceny in
Doulas county and sentenced to one
fear. Tuttle was convicted , of bur
glary in Cass county and sentenced to
ihree years. Timbers for the construc-
loii of a new building for the Lee
Broom and Duster company were used
ay the convicts in making their ascent
ver the high stone wall. Up to noon
oday no clue as to the whereabouts of
he men had been found. "
E yer since the republicans got con-
rol of the penitentiary , the institution
las been a disgrace to civilization. If
Uese things had occurred under a pop-
list administration , there would have
ieen an uproar from one end of the
bate to the other. Not only that , but
be great dailies from New York to
an Fiaucisco would have been full of
; . VA large part of the penitentiary
'as burned down. Another fire was
iarted right under the nose of the
uards in broad daylight. Convict
fter convict has escaped , some of them
alking away while the sun shone ei
nghtly upon guard and convict. is
It is pr obable that not one republi- isw
m out of fifty in the state knows any- w
ling about the conditions in the pen-
mi tiary , and the republican papers
ill see to it that they don't. Ihe con-
trons in the other slate institutions on
onwl
e not much better. Under this con- wl
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mdition of tLiugs. the only way to liti
it the truth to the people is to get 101
f Independent auh othsr populist
ipers into the hands of the people.
is by the subsidizing of the press that
ic evils that we now suffer from and
e dangers that confront us exist.
he populist principles depends up.on
; press. That fact should be made
e paramount issue sit every county
nvention
Where wrro the republican s
inn , Jiee f nvic > flimb n over the
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Cut He branded
on left flip. Smiitt
without quarter
circle.
Horses brand
ed on left shoul
der.
R M Faddis & Co.
Tostofllce address Valentine or Kenno
Cattle branded
same as cut.
Some branded
on left
thigh.
Some on
leftside 01
hip.
J P GARDINER
Tostoffice address
Cody , Nebraska
On 'eft ' side of cat
tle ; horses O right
armRange
Range , north and
south of Kiobrara
Riverl2-miles south
jvest of Cody
1) N GOUKLEY
rostofilce address
Rushville , Neb
On 'eft hip ; also
5OO on left side ;
Horses
should-
Hanpe-Cedar Lake
D. Bray
S D
Cattle branded on
left thigh or hip
same as cut
Horse brand
same on the lelt
shoulder
Charles Richards
Bierriman. Neb
Urn F. Sln.idt
Rosebud S D
Ramp as cut
or wit bar under
S ; right ear slir
and dulappcd
Tiorses branded
same 011 k-ft hit )
Charlotte E. Bovill
Merriman Neb
Left side or hip
Range north o Eli
Vetal Vlandry.
Codv , Nebr.
Cattle branded
my where ; some
d th undcr-
leath the brand ,
lorses on
eft shoul-
ler.
ler.Kange Little
Vhlte River and
nouth of Cedar
Jreek , S. D.
John DeCory
Rosebud. S. D ,
. Some branded 11)
417 on left slfle
Horses JD on lefl
hip
Kangein Meyer Go
on Antelope Creek
Eeuben QUICK
osebud S D
Cattle branded
ime as cut or on
IP
Range , Blabk
ipe Creek
Peter Vlondray
Rosebud , S. D.
Left side. Left car
. ronped.
Horses branded
T
* O
"Range Little White
River , at moith of
Jedarnreflic.
Bunch for Sale Cheap. si
Stock and implements complete for ! siO
O ]
gaging in the stock business. This
a chance for some man who has abont' ! ' si A
000 to invest. Call on I. M. Rice or
ite us. vvm
vvui
ui
? rom my place two miles east of CrooKston
2 black mare aboni nie yea s old. smil
ite spot In. forehead , collar marked , sinal
ite spot on back , fore Top sheared and very {
le inane weight abo ut H5 . Liberal reward
information leading to her recovery.
D. PIKE , .
Crookston. "Ncli. '
From my place on tho Rosebud "I-PS-
atiou on Tuesday , July J6v-UpOI.
ee horses , one "bay m re , branded
left side , one sorrelIiorsq
branded R on left siJe and j
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tr no
" .Ill" itHV
. . . , ti J
CJ BE JJ on right
Lip.
Kince on Oak and
Bntte creeks.
A lioenil reward
for information
leading to detection
ssSCSsS3 of rnsllers of .stock
bearingany of these brands.
Morey & Hewett.
Gordon , Nebr. -
Brand roistered
2292. On left hip
of cattle. Horses
same left should
er ; also QAQ
< 6 TW
left side.
Range South of
Snake 35 miles
se of Gordon.
Shadbolt & Fleishman.
Bailey , Nebr.
Left side ; 3 P
lelt shoulder.
iieidmarkrdew
lap.Jtanpe
Jtanpe Range
3G and be
tween Niobnira
the 'ii'ike.
Hervey iiancb
Two miles east of
Crookston , in Cherry
county , Nebraska
Cattle branded OO
on left hip , on right
hip. and on riirht side
with 3-inch letter
Wm Cavanaiigh Mgr
Crookstou Neb .
George F Damon
Albany , Neb
Cattle branded
Fl > on left ribs 01
right shoulder ; ! * I >
8D FD on right hip and left
| ribs ; 6 on left hip
Horses FI > or SD on
right shoulder
" - 'Range 7 nil uorth
cast of Albany Neh
Agent for Pasteur
Black Leg Vaccine
Wm. J. Alien
Ft Nlobrara Neb
Brand registced
No 870
Horses branded
on left hip
Range. Niobrara
river 12 miles east
of Valentine
James Goodfellow.
Cody. Nebr.
Cattle branded
on lelt hide.
on
left jaw
J. A. Adamaon.
Valent'na , Neb
On left side or hip
A4left si or hip
On left side
Niobraui
CHARLES QARTSIDE
Postoffice address
Co.ly , Net
Cattle branded 01
j eft side ; also C G
on left hip of catilt
and left shoulder on
! horses
[ Range on IS'iobran-
lOmisouthuestCodi
A T BRACKETT
'ostoffice address
Riege Neb
.randed on left side
tange-Three miles
ontheast of Georgia
Pat Peiper
Irwin Nebr.
George Heyne
Cody , Neb
Brand registered
01027
Horses branded on
ft shoulder
liance north and
uth of Cutcomb
ike iu Cheirj * Co
Frank Livermore.
Cody Xeli.
On both
les or
y
i
so Lon hip or
oulder. P <
Ranjre Little Bi
lure Kivcr and '
win of Ceilnr .i
eek 6. D. K:1
tti
'el
. B. Lesser. or
Mtrrfman , Xc-br
On left sid" : a ;
so on sd je ; i Je
Horses , uuder-
liiifci M on UJi
thigh.
Range Lit Hi
White Hiver.
GEORGJ5 JESSZX
Ka
"JT
"JTy
-ar
> n . . : .Htr left tefl '
vj ir hip ; hoi es s Ji
' 01
A shoulder
f Cof CrtA
S . . ' ' . ! KV . <
it.jbi ; o mder ! and
u rigllt-hlp
Range on the
Niobrara
D. M. Sears.
Kennedy , Nebr.
Cattle branded
as on cnt.left side
Some on left hip.
Horses same on
left bhoulder.
Range Square
Lake.
Charles II. Fa ilhaber
Risht or left side
of cutrtle
Horse * same on
lettishotilder
Left ear cut off of
cattle
Range on Loup
river '
Stotts & Stetter.
Cody. Nebraska
Branded on left side
Range. Tin Can Laka.
and Morgan Flats
WILLIAM FERDON.
Postoffice address
Brownlee. Neb
Like cut on "Itber
left strip ir hlpalso
! left side.
same a.i cut
ou left hip.
_ _ con-
' - " -
convi'ctibn of anyoue"uiiia\viuliy haudling cattle
in these brands.
William Shnngran.
Cody , Nebr.
On left side.
Horses same.
Range Lake
Oreek , S. Dakota.
P 5 IIOUSCITE
Postoffice address
Hro-.valee , .Neb
On left $ jde or any
the-following ; f'f Pr t one 1 ci" ? on shle and lap
E. II. Yandegrift.
Brownlee. Neb.
Same a or ; cut.
Elange Between
3oo.se Creek and
North Loup.
Fraub T. Lee.
Brownlee , Neb.
Cattle on left
side ; horses same
oa left shoulder
Range Four
miles northeast of
Brownlee.
Gorsuch Bros.
(5 $ rj
rewtnn , Xebrska S sSK * ; *
'atlle ' branded if _ ,
s ou cut BSerJ fe = > / {
Some ga | U
am.'C on Goruou
reek
Julius Ileckman *
B otfhltte Nebr
Range south of
Browulee
Sawver Bros.
Bi
Postoffire address
Oasis , Nebraska
Kobert Quiesenbery IK
Jiav ehaj-j ; oi these
attle ; horses Ds on
left shoulder ; some
stock branch Y
iny where on t.
, Snake mtj.
C F COOPSIi
stofflce address
Oasis , 2S'
ud registered 2C9 >
ttle branded on
\ side same .as cut
rses branded on
thip.
terry
raH < fcton left
R3 * * ? * & j
J " -OC5 I
J l
J
\Wi \
fftctira ofS25f > v-ih v -
i-akj tofv
: f rl forn st . . ! fj.i.rfj.i > j to Tite3rr tand
uf a y pfton or Arsons steaJ
f > r V V iJ -r * '
. * * $ * *
r r
Caruu branded
jSiiine J s cut on
lelt slilo or left
hip. Horses same
on lett shoulder.
of Gordon
Teeter ? Bros.
Newton , Nebr
Cattle branded oc
left side same aa
cut.
cut.Horses on left
shoulder.
Range Between
Gordon and
Louis F. Richards
? $ *
"W "
Merriman Xeli
Garner Brothers.
Cody , Nebr.
Anywhere on cat
tle.
noraes on left
shoulder.
Ran 50North
Elf.
SWEENEY BROS
Postoffice address
Pullman , Neb ,
Cuttle branded as on
cut ; horses branded
same as cattle except
reversed S ,
See block
Range Steverj
and Stephenaon
Lakes and South
$300 reward will be paid to nny 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
thurh ; horses the
same on left aide ,
itange Between
Niobrara and the
Snake.
GEORGE N DAVIS
Simeon. Nebr. < jjj&
Cattle branded
on left side.
Horses same on
left shoulder.
Gordon
reek.
! - # W
P. A. Cooper.
Chesterfield ,
Nebr.
Cattle branded
same as cut on
leftside. Horses ,
same on left
OI1UI11UC. .
Also on
JA left side
DAWSON & BALL
'ostofilce address < r
Chesterliel-X. N
rattle branded on
jfteldas oa cat :
Iso v leit neckandz
; ft hip : Mme V lelt
eck. V left shoulder
ndZlcfthiohorse3
'TZ left hip. Range
nake River,3l , 32.33
J A SATTLTS
Cattle on lef1'
il > -
TTorses on left
loulder.
Some stock
it bearing tn\
inner brand 515
lown belovr.
Postofflce address *
Gregory , Net
On left aide or hip
horses same on left
shoulder
Kange-Arkansas
Valley and Snake
PETERSON
htoffice address
Gregory. Neb
andedas on cut
iauge two miles
rth of Gregory
WILLIAM BCAMEB
Gonlon , Nebr.
Cattle bran-Jed
sa ie as cut on
Horses 3r
branded/
kV4 on ieTeUi5g
f8sv oti/ , .t.i .jr i .
3ttK : % j3&hf&- .
Bange-o ir.He " *
south of Invin.
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