4 * ! fita \k \ - J- T E VALEN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER'OF CHERRY COUNTY , NEBRASKA VOLUME XVI VALENTINE. NEBRASKA. OCTOBER 17.1901 NUMBER 39 CLOSING OUT SALE V o See OurCtit Price , Shoe Counter. Clothing , Boots and Shces , G-ents Furnish- V , . ; * ings , Ladies' Skirts Capes and Jackets. < - > . " ' , ] , ; - Tailoring in All 1'ranchcs. D. STINARD , Clothier C. H. COUXEM , . President. JK. V. NICHOLSON , Cashier B ANKOF VALENTNE. Valentine , Nebraska. . - . A General Banking Business Transacted . - * ' - . . . ' BnyH .and i Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange Natloiiai Uank. New York. First National Bank. Omaha Neb HEADQUARTERS FOR WINES , LIQUORS AND.CIGARS . OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS Valentine - Nebraska F PAPER HANGING w to CALCIMINING. R B. DENNIS , 49 Valentine Nebraska * * Al work well done to 40 T- YtAKNbnAW .JAMES B. HULL Sole Agents for . HERALD PURE RYE WHISKEY Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER Choicest Wine and Cigr ? ? . VALENTINE.X NEBRASKA GET AT THIS YOUR PRINTING Can SatJpfv Yot 'in Oualifv Pric * and Workvnanhip Kennedy * Jake Kline of Chilis was m our burg last Saturday. Ihe round-up is still going on in the Sn ikf i iver coiictiv Al .eit-Oainow. of Spurks" , wa.i > i call er at Keuiif ly Ia t t unday Ed Richards .vsts si business caller at Kennedy the first of the week. \ Mr. and Mrs. Beekleyvere do'ng some trading at Kennedy last Saturday. G o. Ford passed through Kennedy , Sunday , on his way to Steer creek. Chas. Carter from snake'river was seen in our'city the first of the week - Uncle Alex Ayres has taken a con tract for putting up a sod house for J. Gee , Iioward Laypbrt of Valentine passed 1 through Kennedy last Friday porting election notices. ' Fadlis , ! & Steadraan have bought the iDawson & l H hs } ' and are busy meas uring it at Ihe present writing. Mr. and ? > Irs. Grange of Oasis stop ped in Kennedy last Friday night on their way home Iroua a trip in the east. EKOKE.I AltM No one should miss Jim Ray's sale October 24. Come and enjoy the free lunch. ' fC. J' O'Conner and son purchasers of ' .Walte's ranch .were in town Mon day , ' . WANTED : To lease a cattle . ranch , address , II. D. Kelly , Norfolk. Neb ; . Jim Ray'ssale will commence at 10 o'clock on Thursday next. Be on time or you will miss something. Mrs. M. B. Harden went to Cody Monday morning on business and plea- sure. She expects to be gone about two weeks. F. M. Hackler orders the Valentine Democrat sent to his little girl Nora who is at the M. E. Hospital and com- ( plains of being lonesome. The Y. W. C. T. U. will meet at the M. E. Parsonage Monday Oct. , 21. Do not forget your questions. Bring them sealed in an envolope. Major Anderson returned last Sat * urday from his trip over in South Da kota looking after his ranch that is ( in charge pf his nephew. ( The young people of Valentine enjoy ed themselves very much at the Ep- vrorth League social Saturday night. They especially enjoyed the game of : 'politeness" and their supper. Ihe Junior [ League will give an ex perience social on Friday Oct. , 25 , at Hornby Hall , and will sell peanuts , candy , popcorn and lemonade. They desire liberal patronage. Gamqs , "songs and orignal poems will be the order oP * the'evening Admission Sets. TALK OF THE TOWN ! N ItowJey and wito were trans acting bu.iinua m tvu Tuesday. ( Jliaa. Linebrink and wifewere Val entine visitors during the past week. Fred Whitieinore , president of the Valentine State Bank , spent most oi last week here. Joha Foster is able to be about soire now and drove op Tuesday returning in the evening. Mrs. J A. Sparks departed week ago Sunday for u visit of several weeksvith her bister at St. Joseph , Missouri. T. 13. Ir vin Was in our city the firdt of the week. He tells us tint he has moved his family into Gordon for the winter. Dr. Winder and Major Miner have come in from their summer's work and are making their home again at The Donoher. A. . Timelier is contemplating a trip back east'and thinks of starting about next Sunday. Mr. Timelier will probably go to Chicago , Buffalo , New York and Washington , U. ( J. and * will visit with his brother and h fam ily in Philadelphia. We joffi his friends in wishing him a pleasant jour ney , a good visit and a safe return. The newspaper can't elect aet of candidates nor can it sway the' opin4 ions of people unless upon questions not fully understood. We will tell j on omething you ought to know. Some already know that we carry a complete line of good writing paper , alf sizes , envelopes to match of best quality. Our printing is fir. class and prompt. Call when you Want any thing1 iu our ine. Now for the telephona Hue through he sandhills. Let all come to the front and take Stock who are inteicsted ai d bid for ptheir. direction. ' Ti. liw should'run south ffoui Valeiitine to Simeon thence down th6 valley to Oa sisKennedy and Brownlee. Branch ines may be established if people are nterested to that extent or have tut- iue run to the different ranch es o ( , hose who take stock along the line. Let some om-jNuggest a time to meet and get together. S. F , Gilm tn the owner of the Mm nechaduza mill f'and the electric light jlant here and a party of his friends. M. Sharon , NI I ) . Ely , II. W D k eran Dr. 1'upe , of O uuh i , came up last Friday night and after making suitable arrangement * while the weal-i- er was moderating Saturday , started Sunday for the reservation iea Louie Bordeaux's place "whereiithe will hunt and enjoy a splendid outing. They took along an abundance of plies , a large tent and a stove. L. C. Starr has pulled out we hear , and has gone to Atkinson , where he hopes to pick in greener pastures. HH owes rent whenever he has stopped iu Valentine and owes about everybody he . He has " to can. neglected" pay any e and all bills he made that we know of t tw and seems to think that people should w not ask him to pay. He is smooth a tongued and full of promises but finds it 1 cheaper to move than to pav house I rent ] or money that he has borrowed * ji jisi Starr's complaint is , generally.that he si has 1 some money coming but 3011 don't get lo ee him when ft comes. To the t good { people of Atkinson we will sa/ t that they will do well to get the money C for whiTt he buys and collect your rent . in advance. \ V Teacher's Association. h his The teachers of western Cherry is county will meet at Merriman Satur1 ! day p. m. October 26 at which time ifti the 1 following program will be render tia ed. a Meet at 1:30. : b , . . a Music. S ( "How can teachers best interest patrons in the school. " c MAE JERMAN . "Review of the first three chapters n of Hinsdale's Art of Study. " nt ; Conducted by W F. MORGAREIDGE jf oc "Seeing eyes and hearing ears. " c * PROP. CLARK , of Cody sc sccl Music cl clW "Value of a thorough knowledge of W mathematics. " a LAURA TILLSON slv " \v "To California and" , back. " JENNIE CROWE n. Mutic. n.f f < All who are interested in education a are urged to be present and' ' make 1 this a profitable meeting. 1c 1h COM. c ; Educational Department. BYLTASlETfiH. somehow trust ilu. there Is i , i.uiaer worm iu mend all error uncl "A man may have a thousand ac- quaiiuakctb and obly one iriend. " Archie Pelt j crew was a visitor in tne high school Monday afternoon. Caesar is now thinking "that upon another war lie cught to The llth grade is this week pre paring ouuines on tue JbVrmauou ui ihe o'ousutuciun" . A new book has been added to the ijrary"Tne Maid ot the jMaTden J-.ane" , by Amelia Burr. borne oi the H. S. yirls were recent ly initiated iuto tue mysteries ui tuc "coitce mm , " to\vn stairs. -kAarainuti j i paaseu olt quie.iy ti rou uuut cue scuuu. last Friday aa i as exteraal ap [ eara.uo jc are uu- cciueu. 1'he debate iu tne coustituiiouai cuu\ciiuua dueau't begin lu cuuipare WILU the theolo uu uisjus-a ous ia the it. fcj auujcCi. unier i resc i. coii- aiucruuiuu Ja "i'lie Ji.xpcuiciicy 01 : . Growlen contends that there id a cerium siu.tciiicut iu wnicn includes tne expression , " en , cniidreu and otuer hou uteusils" . il aUCh la tue CuSC - ha ? lowered hiuiaeli in the u. . o. estimation. Don' fore. Jim Hay's sale. Jesse Weat the Woudiake Hotel uiu.u was iU LOW a iVlondd. , ) . W. E vVdite and -unity are no'.v bjard.Ujf at-i'ue Uonohcr. Don't tail to attend the sale at Jim Ray's vUce on Thuraday next. Peter Wantz of Johnsto.vn tva3 in our city last Thursday on business- ? , J. C. Rounds wasa visitor to our city on business the first of the week. ( V. in Ballard was transactin ; bu.- iness in town last Thursday . nd Fri day. day.We We are sorry not to be able to print as much news matter as usual for lack of space. "TrviAise Member" for "that tired feeling ; " it'a better than med- h ine Valentine , Friday Oct. , 18. Sam Eudson brought in a bunch o horses hi Ion ring to aim and J. W. Stetter which they divided and orand- cd in the stock yards , Tuesday. R. J. Cook came down from Cody Sundav to visit with his fan ily for a few days. Mrs. Cook has been con fined to her bed for more than a wt ek as a result of heart trouble. Next week we want correspond ence frrm every locality in the coun- tv. If your part is not represented wwant to hear from you. We want all the news. Leml a hand. Geo. Bakewell came up from Wood Lake Monday and tells us that he has just returned from the Buffalo expo sition and other eastern points. Mr. and Mrs. Bakewell saw McKinley at the 'public hall before he was taken to < Washington D.C. and w ere in a crowd that trampled people down. W. C. Shattuck came dow i from Merriman Mondav and in company with Charley Reece struck southward hunting lor votes. If the Uepublican so sure that our men are not stand ing a show of tiettinjf any votes why it necessary to send out these men hunt 'eoi up. Don't ye think they are hunting in vain ? It will take a better looking set of n etythan Reece and Shattuck to hood-wink even some of the rep ublican voters. r " While there is an interesting story cleverly told in the comedy "A Wise Member" that comes to Valentine next Friday , October 18 , the enter tainment does not depend on the plot the pi ly alone to carryit to suc- ress. There is an abundance of good songs , of impersonations and 'bits of character acting that give variety as well as comicality \ to the perform ance. The piece is clean in con struction and situation , and "sparkles with spontaneous humor. A strong feature in the finale of the first act medley of song and dance with ef fective choruses that never fail to arouse the enthusiasm of the audience The great success "of 'this company last season is being more than dupli cated , this , their .second season. \ i WE BENEFIT OURSELVES MOST g i WHEN WE SERVE YOU BEST | OUR LOW PRICES ARE CUR BEST ARGUMENT * % Dry Goods , Clothing < , \ < 'a 4 < 3 Boots and' Shoes to 49 GroceriesTand aTnll 49 49 -3 General Line at j * 49 49 Lowest Prices. 49 to 49 toto 49 toto I DAVENPORT d THACHER toto toto toto 49 49 General Merchan ts. toto toto 49 toto 49 toto Let Us Give You a Few of OUR PRICES It witted Coffee. - per Ib JLOc S Pound Sucks of Pearl Hominy - JTCto S JRi.'s Diftitioittl C Sotip - - S Burs Litirye Ifar Wool Soap . 2O Ponnd * of Good Itlcr - - Bargains in EVERYTHING the Next Two Weeks to Make Room for Our spring ! Stock.- CROOKSTOX , NEBtt. ' MAX E. VIERTEL CITIZENS-MEAT-MARKET J. W. ST TT R , PROP FRESH. FRUIT AND GAME IN THEIR SEASON Fii-st class Hue of Steaks-Roasts , Dry Salt Meats , Smoked Breakfast Bacon THEDONOHER # Is the Best Equipped , most Comfortable , Largest and Best Two-Dollars a-Day * * FCRST-ULASS MODERN" HOTEL In Northwestern Nebraska Bath , Hot and Cold Water , T\vo Sample Eooms 7ALENTIHE - NEBRASKA U. G McBRIDE g CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER CARPENTER IN GENERAL VALENTINE NEBRASKAf Cherry County Stone Co * Contractors .and Builders in General : Composition and grave ! roofs , slate roofp. ttrick ' and cement sidewalks. Native lime aud imported ornamental cut stone. Brick for sale. " ' ' VALENTINE , ' " .