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Thursday , February 2O , 190 *
The land leasing bill introduced in thehous
by Congressman Uowersock of Kansas and ii
the senate by Senator Millard Is the all absorb
ing theme among the residents of that portioi
o xebraska. and in fact the entire west , whicl
would bo rallected by its passage. There is in
dount but that a largo number of the cattlemei
who live and have homes in the cattle country
are strongly opposed to the bill as it now stands
The consensus of their opposition is concisely
put by Dr. A. J. 1'lumtr of Hyannis. Dr. I'lum
er has besn a resident In tlie west for maiij
years and is engaged in the cattle industry , His
wide experience and thorough knowledge of tht
west lends weight to his opinion touching tht
subject of leasing the arid public lands. He hat
been an indefatigable worker in developing and
building up the cattle business in what Is gen
erally called the sand hills. In discussing tlit
matter among oilier things he said :
"The many articles appearing daily in the
newspapers seem to me to shed very little light
on the real [ object of .the measure and of tin ;
powers behind the scheme. Some of these arti
cles have evidently been written by interested
parties , anl arc { presented with a view of mis
leading the public. We have read of how much
icnitit to the public a vast expenditure of public
funds in coustructing reservoirs , ditches , , etc. ,
would be to develop the resources of the west to
accommodate our growing population ; also.ha\e
we noticed the comments on the public domain
being used by private individuals for stock
raising purposes. These comments might lead
some to believe that stock-raibiug is an illegit
imate business and that those engaged in it.
like lliu ancient Jews before their subjugation
by thu llomans , became lindolent and lo\\ly in
spirit and full to agncultural pursuits , abandon
ing their high ideas of milituriBin. The fact is
that these agriculturists , on account of the
crowded condition of the east , drifted to the
unoccupied area , snaring with the red .man his
hardshipsthan ; finding the climate and soil un-
prolitable to the raising of crops , and tinding
the frieght rates se high as to cut down all pro-
lit in shipping their products to market , they
drifted into Block raising. As their herds grew
they were grazed partly on public laud , since it
was unused aud no one was harmed thereby.
Some were so uucceseful that they accumu
lated a competency for tht ir families , as a re
ward for their frugality and self denial. This
encouraged others to emigrate , until now there
air millions who have built themselves homes.
They have taken it upon themselves to use tue
government laud until some one elae steps in to
shard'it with them , then each usea his respect
ive share , until a third arrival , etc. , ad intinitum.
Thus , It is seen how they are benefited by Uncle
Sam's land. . .They claim they do no harm to any
one.
Fencing of Kanjses
"They have increased in numbers in some lo
calities , until by the mixing of their stock it hah
become necessary for each jinau to fence his re
spective range. This enables them to more than
double their number of stock , and also produces
harmony among the owners of the cattle and
dispenses with roundups , the bugbear of the
small cattlemen. Sooner or later they will all
fence unless something is done immediately to
check them. However , when an emergency
arises there is always someone to meet it. In
the present case we find much agitation against
fences ; not by those who own or wish to own
laud but by so called public benelactors , who
wish to have the fence down in order that the
small stockmen will be frozen out , to accommo
date .eastern syndicates , in getting control of
this vast territory , which somprises one-half
the area of the United States. They have cre
ated press agitation making it appear as the
universal seiitiment of the western people when
in truth It represents a very small and insignifi
cant portiom of them , JKearly every agitator is
the representative of some cattle corporation or
syndicate. They have very ingeniously and
skilfully during the last few years , endeavored
to create a sentiment for government irrigation
to benillt , as they claim , the poor man. This is
only an excuse to create a demand for a large
and continuous fund , which would be derived
from the territory.adjacent.to the lands so beni-
lited. The leasing of the government laud is
paramount to the purchase of it. These finan
ciers inject into their bill a clause to continue
to allow the land to be homesteaded. This is
only a blind to easternpeople , who do not know
that it requires from twenty to sixty acres to
pasture a cow the year round : consequently a
homestead of 160 acres or even WO acres is in-
6U flieieiit to support even a Chinaman unless he
has access to the contiguous government land.
These public benefactors know too well that the
homestead law would exist in name only , and
that the bulk of the land would be gobbled up
by a few individuals. The future settlers would
be as completely shut out as they are in Mexico
under the laud grant system. The population
now existing would be decimated ; where then ,
would be the benefit of irrigation when there re
mains no home consumption for their pioducts
and when freight rates are so high as to devour
profits.
profits.Oppose
Oppose Government Irrigation.
"Those who are clamoring for irrigation are
those who despise a farmerand who have means
at their own command to irrigcte all tfie irrig
able land in the country , If they so desired. The
only feasible scheme to get lands irrigated is not
to have the government irrigate , but to make
the products worth the cost and then people
will fall over each other building ditches , reser
voirs etc. This tht-u could be accomplished iu
two wajs ; first , by increasing the population iu
the west to consume these products ; second , to
devise soaie means of cheaper transportation.
If these would-be benelactors v. ereto direct their
untiring energy toward getting the government
to build a railroad or two to transport the pro
duce to the eastern markets at cost , I , for one-
would take them beriously ; but they know very
well thathcu irrigation takes place , if at all ,
the irrigators will he at the complete mercy of
those holding the leases to all the irrigable con
tiguous lands , and their products would be so
cheap that they would evetually sell out to those
grandees at a small figure. Then the govern
ment will not only be giving these parties all
the lacde UDjusDjr , put will be actually raising
alfalfa toSIeed their slock almost gratis. Ver
nice scheme , and sounds elegant to those io <
far removed to smell the 'nigger in the woo <
pile. '
"Those."people , it .ceems , have suddenly grmvi
so open niartd that their consciences won't ul
1 > w them to use the public land without paying
for it , but tlu-lr religious scruples are not abovt
shirking their just share of their state ant
county taxes In most Instances. If they reallj
wish to pay for the luiid they are n-.ing whj
dou't they apply to the government to appoint
a revenue collector for'eacu district , whose
duty It would be to assess each man a stipulated
price per acre lor that enclosed within Jus
fence xvithout any leasing and then for each suc >
ceeding settler wno shares tills area with a sum
proportionate to his holdings. Then every one
would have , as they h.ive now , an equal show
The country would go ahead developing in tht
future as In the past. JJut this is what the syn
dicates and land grabbers do not want because
&o long as the government land cannot bo ab
solutely controlled by any particular individual
It is impossible for any safe-guard against the
worst form of monoply that ever existed in any
country. Should any one doubt this statement
I refer thPin to Old Mexico or the land grants of
California for enlightment.
"The powerful syndicates back ofjtnis measure
will not leave a'stone unturned to accomplish
their ends , They are at this time trying to co
erce the smaller men into passive submission by
threatening them with pressure on the govern
ment to have their fences all pulled down the
coming spring unless they sign petitions favor ,
ing tills lavThe smalkr men are frightened
into submission , because they know they could
not exist alongside of their more powerful cor
poration neighbors , if their stock were allowed
to mix indiscriminately ; they could not alford
the expense of roundups and an army of riders
to gather their cattle , as could the larger cor
porations ; they know the fence isths only
means by which a small man may protect him
self from being eaten out of house and home.
Change Act A'ecessary.
"If these land-grabbers were to represent to
the government that the fences on the public
domain today interfere with the settlement of
the same and asked that government agents
have plenary power granted tnem , so that , after
a hearing it was determined that a fence inter
fered with the settlement of theso lauds , 1
would then take them seriously. Hut , that is
just what they do not want , because under the
present system they cannot freeze anybody out
uo matter hOw small he is. ;
"If a few of our wise legislators from the east
were to come out to the prairies and study the
conditioHs for themselves , without taking the
word of interested 'parties , some of whom are
members of congress ifrom the western states
Lhis clamor for leasing the land , and tearing
tlown fences would cease ; aud , in my humble
opinion , the purposed irrigation by the "govern ,
tiieut , would as a consequence cease. The
same harmony and good will , which is now
characteristic among ranchmen , would contin
ue. The government would also continue to de
rive a revenua from the sale of public lands to
; ictual settlers , and the states continue to derive
revenue from leading school lauds , to support
our school system. But. .if this bill passes , it
will do away with the homestead act and also
with the leasing of school laud , far no one would
lease school land or homestead government
land If the laud surrounding it were all lease d.
Thus the school land would be given to those
syndicates , and the government would ultimate
ly derive only a mere pittance from the rental
of the public lands. This would wipe out the
small men and everyone is aware of the fact
tnat. in the west , as in the east the small men
pay the bulk of the taxes. We all know that
corporations do not willingly increase their tax
es , and as soon as the small men are all frozen
out , they could then have the land for nothing ,
as there weuld be no one to compete with them.
; is they would have the key to the range.
"There is yet another aspect to the consequen
ces of this act. Our eastern friends may rest
assured that the people who are frozen out , will
not go east to seek their fortunes. They are
more likely to 'saye what they can from the
wreck , and quit the United States. It should be
the policy of the government in the future , as in
the past , to keep the energetic citizens within
our borders and it has been the boast of this
It isn't ' the Cook's Fault ,
It isn't ' your Grocer's ' Fault ,
that the bulk coffee you jusl
purchased turns out to be differ
entfrom the "same kind" boughl
before. Coffee purchased ir
bulk is sure to vary.
The sealed package in whict
LION COFFEE is sold insures
uniform flavor and strength. Ii
also keeps the coffee fresh am :
insures absolute purity.
A marvel
of healing
It is hard to understand how any
preparation can heal so quickly
as Violet Cream does. Apply it
to chapped or roughened skin
and there's an immediate sense
of relief , and a cure in the brief
est possible time.
This preparation is not a
beautifier : it only preserves
beauty. It puts back into the
skin all that the weather or
harsh soaps take out of it.
Price 25 cents.
Quigley & Chapman ,
Druggists ,
Valentine , Neb.
country that American energy Is equal to any
emergency in overcoming all obstacles in for
eign competition. How long will this continu e
mill the best American .Manhood is driven from
our shores ? Do we expect to hold the world in
abeyance with a set. of drones who know not
what opportunity means' ' Is it reasonable to
lope that any man , who lias had his home legis
lated from under him will hereafter feel very pat.
riotic in supporting the laws of the free and the
home of the brave , State Journal.
Art Sherman has opened a repair
shop.
shop.Mrs.
Mrs. W. A. Kimbell vr ont down to
Alnsworth to see a sister in response to
a telegram that she was very low.
A special examination for teachers
will be held in Merriman , Friday , Feb
ruary 28 , and Saturday March 1,1902.
5-lt Etta Brown , Co. , Supt.
Len Bivens will pay highest cash
price for furs.
Xotice of Herding.
I will run town herd beginning about
April 1st. All parties entrusting cows
to my care can be assured that they
will receive careful attention.
50 URIAS BOYER
Arrested for Horse Stealing
Manly Manna , a lad about 20 years
of ajje , was arrested by Sheriff Housl
and brought before Judge Beeley
yesterday for horse stealingCount ]
Attorney Wood appeared for th
prosecntion and Senator O'Rourk for
the defense. Tbe evidence shoivec
that 3'oung Manna took up an estraj
horse , belonging- Sam Stewart
After having the animal in his poss
ession several months , without ad
vertising , lie sold it to a horse trader
who aftei wards traded it to Chris
Hoist. Stewart later-found the anv
mai and claimed it. Young Manna
admitted all of the above , but his
youth , and ignorance of the law ,
caused JudgeBeeley to dismiss the
suit against him. This ought tc
serve as a warning to others to not
sell estrays without due process of
law. Young Manna might have far
ed worse. Gordon Journal.
Estruy Notice
Strayed fiom my ranee live yearlings , past ,
branded as follo\ys : Three branded X IJ con
nected on left hip and 52 Con left side ; Ont
branded 3T K connected on left hip and one
V K with bar under letters on left hip : Also
one bay mare 11 years old , weight about 1200 Ibs
branded X 15 connected on left hip. Keaspn-
able reward will be paid for information leading
to their recovery.
JOS. KllISTOL
3-4t Valentine Nobr ,
Notice of Appointment of
Administrator
In county court of Cherry 'county Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of Fred "Hussong de
ceased.
Gertie B. Hussong has filed in-my office a petit
ion praying for the appointment of herself as
Administrator of the estate of Fred Hussong de
ceased. All persons interested in said estate
will take notice that I have fixed the'22nd day of
February 1902 at 10 o'clock a. in. as the time and
my olllcein Vulentmc , Cherry county. Nebraska
as the place for hearing said petition. All per
sons interested in said estate may appear and
show cause If any there be why such adminis
trator shall not be appointed.
\Vitnessmy hand and seal of said court this
sj 5th day cf January 1902.
SEAL W.K.TOWXE
v , County Judge
3-3t
WANTED !
Reliable man for Manager of a
Branch Office we wish to open in this
vicinity. Here is a good opening for
the right man. Kindly give good re-
'erence when writing. THE A. T.
MORRIS WHOLESALE HOUSE ,
Cincinnati , Ohio
Illustrated catalogue 4 cts. stamps.
52-7t
2000 bushels of 1900 'Improved
Pride of the North" seed corn for sale.
3-10t M. P. BROSIUS , Valentine , Neb
Dr. J. M. Perrigo , ophtholmologist
and expert refractionist , recently of
Chicago will visit Valentine at The
Jonoher Hotel from Saturday , March
1 , to Wednesday , March 5 , returning
egularly. His instruments and ap-
) liances are of the latest improved
lattern , which , combined with his ex
perience , makes him really an expert
in his line and his work compares fav
orably with that of the best city ex
perts. Examinations free. 4-3t
.Bit
.Will open up a stock ; of goods
TODAY
THURSDAY , FEB. , 20 , 1902
AT
OLD COURT HOUSE , VALENTINE , NEBR.
EXTEAOEDINAKY BAEGAIN ATTEACTIONS
Values are the sort that you will appreciate. These goods
will be sold no matter what the loss is.
I will SELL a.New Clean STOCK of Dress Goods , Silks and
Velvets ; Men's and Ladies up-to-date Furnishing Goods , Muslins ,
Prints , Ginghams , French Flannels , Table Linens , Napkins
Towelings , RibbonsLaces , Embroideries'Veiling and all binds of
Yarns.
Also Ladies' , Misses' , Children's and Gentlemen's Shoes of the
Best Manufacture. Everything at Prices never before heard of.
CO E AND BE CONVINCED
V
OFF FOR THE PHILLIPINE ISLANDS SOON
So Come for your Photos and
See the Nicely Furbished Gal
lery at The Same Old Stand.
A. G SHAW , _ _ _ _ Valentine , Nebr.
Accouqta of Merchants , Raqcl eq , and Individuals Invited
Money to Loan en Pirst-class Cattle Paper
and Other Securities.
Valentine State Bank
.
( Successors to Cherry County Bank. )
Capital Paid Tip j > j
.
1HIIE43TO.IIS
FUED WHITTEMORE , President J. W. STETTER , Vice Presiden
/ CHARLES SPARKS , Cashier
T. C. HORNBY -W. S. JACKSON
Come to the
LUMBER YARD
FOR Lumber , Builders' Materials
Buggies , Moline WagonsEclipse "Windmills
Fairbank's Ste el "Windmills
J. A. SPAEKS.Mgr
Highest cash price paid for
The place to get the best windmill
also pumps and tanks.
First door south of the Donoher House.
S. MOON , Valentine , Nebr
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AINTINGcfr
4 * &
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PAPER HANGING
4 ?
4 ? CALCIMINING.
R S. DENNIS , -
4 ? Valentine Nebraska x All work well done
D. H. COUXEI.Ii , President. M. V. NICHOLSON , Cashier
ANK OF VALENTINE.
Valentine , Nebraska.
A General Banking Business Transacted
Bnys and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Chemical National Bank , New York. Correspondents ; First National Bank , Omaha tfeb
CITIZENS - MEAT - MARKET
J. W. STETTER , PROP
"RESH FRUIT AND GAME
IN THEIR SEASON
First-class line of Steaks , Koasts
Dry Salt Meats , Smoked
Breakfast Bacon
T. YEARNSHAW
HE OWL SAL
JAMES B. HULL
Sole Agents for
HERLAD PURE RYE WHISKEY
Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
Choicest Wines and Cigars , ,
VALENTINE X NEBRASKA
If your CATTLE SUFFER
from LICE , IICH or MANGE
* CHLORO NAPTHOLEUM
Sold by Quigley & Chapman ,
"V alentine , Nebr.
Richards & Coinstock ,
Ellsworth , Nebiv
