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8TATK OFFICERS
EZRA P. SAVAGE. GoTcrnor ,
C , F. STKKMC' Lieut. Governor.
GKO. W. MAKIH. Secretary of State.
L'HAH. WWTON , Auditor Pub , Accts.
WM. KTKUFKK. Treasurer.
FBAKK N. PROUT , Atty. General.
' GKOROK FOWLKR , Com.Tub. Lands and Bldg ,
LBB HAHOMAK , .Librarian.
U. 8. SENATORS
JOIKrn H. MlLTiARD.
CHAS. H. DlKTRICH.
CONGRESSMEN
EUIKll J. UURKKTT. Rep. 1st Dist.
DAVID H. MKRCKR , Rep. 2nd Dlst.
JOHN J. ROBINBOS.FUB. 3rd Dist.
WM. L. STARK , us. 4tU Dist ,
A. C.SHALLENBEROER. Fus.5tli Dist ,
WM. NEVILLE , Fus. 6th Dist ,
COUNTY OFFICERS
W. C. biiATrrcrc , Treasurer.
C. S. RRECB , Clerk.
W. R , To\rifK , Judge.
L , N. LATroRT. Sheriff.
A , M. MORRISSKY , Attorney.
ETTA BROWH , Superintendent ,
LBROT LEAOTT , Surveyor.
ALFRED LEWIS , Coroner.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
W. E. HALEY , 1st Dist.
ALEX BURR. 2nd Dist.
L. LAUFBR , 3rd Dist.
-"Charles H. Faulhaber
Brownleo
Breeder of
Rec'st'd Herelords.
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Hyam , No. 74,535 ,
at head of herd.
Young bulls from 6
to 18 months old
for sale.
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HENKY AUGUSTON
- -/Blacksmith
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Brownlee , Kebr.
Does general blacksmithingathard
times prices for cash.
FAT HETT
. _ ' . Valentine , Kebr.
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Good , Hard Rock for sale _ in anj
quantity. . , .
H. M.
City Deliveryman ,
Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and
fron ) the depot and all parts of the City.
12. . /
W. A. KIMBELL
Barber
First-class Shop in Every Keipect
Eau de Quinine Hair Tori'io , GoldettStar Hair
Tonic , Herpicide and Coko's Dandruff Care.
Try Pompeian Face Maiingq Cream.
LEROY LEACBT
County Surveyor
Valentine or Woodlake
GKXBBAI * WOKE : PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
JOHN PORATH
Riege ,
Tubular wells and Eclipse wind-
. mills.
A. M. MOKKISSEY
' Attorney at Law
Valentine , K br.
A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Quigley & Chapman's
'Drug Store. Wights The Don-
oher residence , Cherry Street.
Edward S. Furay
Phy&ician and Surgeon
Fraternal Hall or El
liott's Drug Store. 19un2
F. M. WALCOTT
ATTORNEY ADABSTRACTER
Valentine , Nebr.
Practices Jn District Court and 'U. 8. Land
Office. Real Estate and Sanch Property
bnuchtand sold. Bonded Abstractor
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John Nicholson ,
J . Dentist.
Willbe'inValentine on'the 20 , 21 , 22
andard'of each month. .Reserve
your work ictilm , Office at D.onoher
fiouw ,
P. E.H. V.R.R
TIHC TABLE -
WEST BOUND
No. 27 Frt. Dally 2 : M P. M
No. 25 " except Sunday 8:40 4. ft
No. s Passenger Bally 13:49 A. M
EAST BOUND
No , 28 Frt. Dally 0:50 A. M
No. sc " except Sunday 5:00 P. M
KO. 4 Passenger Dally 4:47 : A. M
SOCIETIES ,
K. of P. ChEBBY LODGE NO. 169 meets lei
and 3rd Friday of each raontMt 8:30.
M. V. NICHOLSON , MABTIN CHBISTKNSEW ,
C.C. KofB. & . 8.D
VAfcENTlKg LODGE MO. 05 1. 0. 0. *
Meets Thursday night each week ,
AMOS BANIJALL , j. T. KKKLEY ,
N , G. sec'y.
MI XKCIIADUZA. LODGE A. K. A
A. M. flu. 19 . Meets 2stTu sday each raontl
T. C , HOHKJtV , W , W , THOMPSON ,
W. M. Sec'y.
A. O. U. W. NO.7O. Meets 1st and 3rd Mon
day ol each mouth.
w. A , FKTTYCKEW , u. G , DUNS ,
M. W. BecordeL.
HO.\OR NO. HO.Meets
2nd aud 4th Monday each month.
JENNIKPBTTIJOHN , W. A.PETTYCBEw ,
C. of II. Becorder.
M. W. A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each
month.
M. V. NICHOL30X , W. IJ , HALEY ,
V.O. Clerk.
FKATJERNAli U&'ION NO , 5S8-Meets
er ry Saturday ni li
J. A.HOBKBACK , E. D , CLAKK ,
F , M.
BOYAI * rtJKl * HBOBMeet 2nd aud
4th Wednesdays each month.
MARY QUIGLBV , MIKNIE DANIEIJ ,
_ Oracle. Kec.
Sonw and. Daughter * of Prelection
Lodge Ae. 6. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays each
month.
A. , E. PETTTCHEW , W , A. PumrcKEW ,
Pies. Sec'/
lloynl Highlanders , .Devon CMtJeJfo.
2U1. Meets 2nd Friday oi.ca month.
ED CLAKK , , E. HALET ,
I. P. Sec'y.
MILL PRICES FOR FEED.
bran , bulk 75 per cwt $14.00 too
shorts bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 toi >
screenings 70e " $13.00 "
L-hop Feed . . . . 1.05 $20.00
Corn 95 " $18.00"
Uhopcorn 1.00 " $19.00"
) ate 1.20 $2300"
ETTA BROWN
SUPf , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Examination Third Saturday of each
month.and Friday preceding.
* ALENXINE - - NEBRASKA
Paint ,
Wall Paper ,
Calcimine.
Brushes ,
Pure Linseed Oil
Varnishes
Christ ensen's.
Moses & Hoffacker.
J on rJght irleft
6bould ru > f bors-
on left jaw , H on left side. H onleftlblgh-
S. N" . Moses
-y left side
rlRbt Bhoalder
aadhip.
(3267)
Dark brown , Foaled Nov. 24th ,
889. Sire "Kimrod" (1066) ) , by
367) ) . Sequah's dam 289 Lady-
Oomefc" " " (191) ( )
(151) ) , by "Eclipse"
y "St. Giles'(687) ) by " Wildiire"
ird F. S. Vol. 7 by Eestless T. B.
equah's G. dam by Larry wheat
C. R )
He will stand fof season of
902 at Sb.ermaajs bam.
Owner.
SUBSIDY LEGISLATION
Again to Be Brought to tht
Front In Congress.
PUHDS PUBNI8HED BY THE TBUSTi
Republican Congrre lonal Commit'
tee Favorable to Subaidie * Orgran.
iced Lobby In Washington to Urff <
Steal No Reform of Treats or Tar
iff This Session.
The ship subsidy bill that passed th <
senate at the last session of congres :
and has since been held up by th
house committee on merchant marin <
is to be pushed through at this session-
at least so the New York' Commercial
a good Republican authority , informs
its readers. The Republicans did no
care to add to their burdens by the pas
sage of this bill just before the con
gressional elections ; but , having sue
ceeded in securing a majority of th (
next congress , they consider that the
ship subsidy steal , the tariff subsUlj
steal and the numerous other enact
rnents , present and prospective , thai
are to benefit the few at the expense ol
the many have all been indorsed by the
people.
A majority of the voters of the con
gressional districts of course did nol
think when they voted for Republican
candidates that their action would be
considered an indorsement of the ship
subsidy steal , but it is interpreted by
the Republican leaders to mean that.
The same argument is being used by
the trust organs and most of the Re
publican congressmen that have ex
pressed the opinion that the people vot
ed to "let well enough alone. " The
leaders have determined that no legis
lation against the coal trust , the beef
trust or the steel trust shall be enacted
into law. *
To stop public clamor the house of
representatives may pass a bill for a
tariff commission aud for publicity of
trust transactions , but the senate will
not have time to pass upon tbese is
sues. But the ship subsidy bill cannot
thus be postponed without defeating it
entirely , for the next congress has
much smaller Republican majority than
the present one , and there is groat
doubt if the bill would pans the senate
if it should again be considered there.
The only hope of the subsidy schemers
is to push the ship subsidy bill to a vote
at this session.
There is another and more potent
cause for pushing this bill at this tinu'
than its apparent indorsement by the
voters , and this is hinted at in the New
York Commercial of Dec. 0 when it
says :
"It is asserted , moreover , , that thi-
managers of the Republican congres
sional committee have come back fronV
their recent campaign feeling very
friendly to the subsidy Idea and that
this will be a new and potent tnfl nJ-p
operative in states where tb" snhriUJy
has heretofore boon weak "
This insinuation , translated Into
plain language , means that thf p-vwov
ful corporations that are to be bon *
fited by the passage of the subsidy
bills and the defeat of tariff reform leg
islation paid an unmentiomxl sum to
the Republican congressional commit
tee. This corporation fund was to be
used to purchase enough votes In the
doubtful states and congressional dis
tricts to re-elect the candidates who
would return the favor by voting for
the ship subsidy steal in particular and
against tariff reform In general. That
this subsidy to the Republican con
gressional committee was a large one
is certain or the managers would not
Impose such an Impolitic task on Re
publican congressmen as to compel
them to vote for these very unpopular
measures. How much money will be
used by the steamship trust to induce
congressmen to vote for the bill can
be imagined by the large sums already
spent on the elections. The short ses
sion of congress has generally been ,
when the Republicans have been in
power , prolific of scandals. This ses
sion will , from the present outlook , ex
ceed former ones in the magnitude of
the subsidies granted to corporations
and the large disbursements to con
gressmen to bring it about.
The steamship trust has an organized
lobby in Washington headed by Clement
A. Grlscom , vice president of the Penn
sylvania railroad and president of one
of the largest steamship companies in
cluded in the new trust. Some of the
railroads , especially the Pennsylvania ,
are part owners of the steamship trust ,
and their money and influence will
doubtless be used in the anme direc
tion.
tion.The Republican voters who Indorsed
this carnival of corrupt legislation
have only themselves to blame for the
subsidies that may be voted and the
continued extortion of the coal trust
and of the numerous trusts that are
selling their products to foreignnrs
cheaper than to Americans. The evi
dence is overwhelming that the present
Republican congress and its successor
that has Just been elected are controlled
by the trusts and corporations , and no
relief can be expected from them. This
situation will gradually dawn on the
minds of the independent voters and
tvill force them to side with the Demo
crats in 1904. With a reform Demo
cratic president and a reform congress
to back him. corruption and extortion
svili be banished from tbe-seat of na
tional government and an era of hon-
26t politics will'result.
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Toncbe * the People.
"We won't touch the tariff , " says
Quay. It i3rthe tariff payers that the
Quayites prefer to touch. Louisville
PROFITS AND CHARITY.
Barons Rob the People nnd Par a
Small Percentage as Hash Money.
The Standard Oil company notified
its customers Dec. 10 that it had ad-
>
vanced the price of oil another cent
per gallon. This is an increase of 3 }
cents sinca the. beginning of the coal
Strike. '
On Dec. 11 Commander Booth Tuck-
er.of , the Salvation Army got a prom
ise by telephone from J. Pierpont Mor
gan that he would do all in his power
to aid the Salvation Army to supply
the poor with coal. The army is hold
ing meetings on corners in the tene
ment section of New York for the pur
pose of giving Instructions as to how
to use porous bricks which may be
saturated with kerosene or petroleum
and used for heating purposes instead
of coal.
Morgan controls the coal and Rocke
feller the oil trust. Each profits by
the other's monopoly and high prices.
The prices of both coal and oil will
average 40 to 60 per cent higher this
year than last year. There is almost
no limit to the price which these coal
and oil barons could obtain in winter
for these earth commodities. Their
monopoly is now complete" enough , but
they fear the wrath of the people too
much to double prices at once. They
welcomed the coal strike because it
accustomed the people to higher prices.
The 3V cents per gallon advance in
the price of oil means $35,000,000 of
extra profits to the trust which paid
dividends last year of $48,000,000. The
$2.oO or $3 per ton advance in the
price of coal means $125,000,000 or
$150,000,000 a year to the coal trust.
It pays to be a divine holder of the
coal and oil properties of this country ,
even if a part of the profits of the busi
nessis given as charity to the poor
to help them to keep warm. If a little
given in this way will keep the people
quiet while the trusts put on the
screws and add another cent per gal
lon or another 50 cents per ton it is a
good investment. The "Christian men
to whom God in his Infinite wisdom
has given control of the property in
terests of this country" arc both char
itable and wise. We nre at their
mercy , and they nre merciful unto us.
There is no law to compel them to give
a dollar of their profits to charity. Thpy
Just give out of the goodness of their
hearts , We may be thankful thnt such
wise and good agents are put in charge
of the coal and oil mines of this boun
tiful earth.
the President's Lead.
The bill introduced by Senator Cul-
lom to amend the antitrust law prohib
its Interstate commerce in articles
made by trusts , the penalty for viola
tion being a fine of from $500 to $5-
000. The meat In the bill is in the
proposed appointment of fifty special
agents to act as spies to report any in-
feifn ement of the law. What n snap
t&ese appointments would be for the
henchmen of Republican congressmen
of the Rathbone and Neely stripe ! But
"the boys" will have to wait some time
before the trusts will be called upon to
"put up the stuff" to avoid prosecution.
Senator Cullorn and the Republican
majority have no intention of really
reforming the trusts or the tariff , and
the flood of bills that have already been
introduced is only intended to please
their constituents. Since President
Roosevelt's "conservative" message has
been made public a good many anti
trust bills have been held up for revi
sion on more conservative lines , and
more will follow the presidential tip
that there is to be "nothing doing" at
this session and will go into the waste-
basket. The voters who expeeted Re
publican action against the trusts or
the protective tariff will again be dis
appointed ,
The Banket Get. * the Good Bills.
Pity the Poor Filipinos.
President Schurman of Cornell uni *
versily in a speech delivered before
the Nineteenth Century club in New
York on Dec. 11 gave a pitiful picture
of conditions in the Philippines , Which
is much at variance with the optimistic
picture drawn by President ttooscvelt
in his message to congress. Professor
Schurman said : "The Filipinosare the
victims of famine , pestilence , whole *
sale loss of farm animals by disease ,
depression of agriculture , decline of
trade and disastrous derangement of
the currency. The Insular government
is purchasing rice on the Asiaticcon
tinent to furnish the Filipinos with the
means of subsistence. " The great pros
perity which Republican organs and
spellbinders assure us exists there
would thus appear to be a myth , in
vented for political purposes , and their
tale of peace aiid plenty Is made out
of whole clottk i
I.
TWO KINDS OF BEGGARS.
Hark , bark the dogs do bark.
The beggars nre coming to town ,
Some in rags and some in tags '
And some in velvet gowns.
So loiiff as you have bepgnrs in velvet gowns eating unearned bread at the front
doors of Ihe legislatures , so long will you Imvc beggars In rags and tags rating the
crusts cf charity at the back doors of the nation. Herbert S. Uigclow.
COAL TRUST MISERY.
Prices Are Raised Beyond the
Reach of the Poor.
WAHTAND SICKNESS IN THE CITIES
No Restraint to Rapacity of the Conl
Baron * The People nelpleag In the
Hand * of the Trust Republican
Administration Makes No Effort '
Carry Ont the Lair.
The rapacity and greed of the coal
barons are getting almost beyond en
durance. Tbe bituminous coal combine
is equally as guilty as the anthracite
trust , for it has advanced prices in
about the same proportion. The coke
combine has also increased prices on a
par with its brother reprobates. The
pretense is being made by the hard
coal trust that it has a hard and fas !
price of $3.75 a ton at the mines , to
which is added the railroad freight
rate of $1.35 to New York , $2 to Wash
ington and "whatever the traffic will
bear" to other points , which varies ac
cording to the competition of river and
lake transportation. To these charges
is added $1.50 allowed the retailer for
cartage and profit. The agents of the
coal trust are , they say , obliged to
agree not to charge above the prices
given that is , on the basis of $ G.75 at
New York , $7.25 at Washington , and
at other points according to the In
creased railroad charges. The facts ,
however , do not substantiate this scale
of prices , for when the harassed house
holder puts in his order for coal to the
agents of the trust he is informed that
his order will be booked , but delivery
cannot be promised. Compelled to find
coal that will be delivered immediate
ly , the buyer finds that the independent
dealers have hard coal on hand , but
the price ranges from $0 to $15 a ton.
The natural conclusion to arrive at is
that the trust is selling at a large ad
vance in price to the independent deal
ers instead of supplying its own agents
at the advertised rates.
The rich and well to do are , of course ,
able to obtain coal , but the largely in
creased ccst to the poor , vastly aug
mented by the profits of the small deal
ers , is so serious that great destitution
and suffering are reported in the large
cities. In New York alone it is report
ed that 5.000 families are unable to
buy fuel , and the corporation of Great
er New York has appropriated $100,000
to purchase coal to be given to such
destitute persons.
There is no doubt that the misery
and suffering on account of the high
price of coni will lead to a great in
crease of sickness and a consequent
great loss of life from pulmonary and
kindred diseases.
The criminal section of the antitrust
law covers just such a restraint of
trade and monopoly as the coal trust is
imposing upon the American people.
The administration of that law is in
the hands of the attorney general of
the United States , and In each state the
United States district attorney can en
force the law in the federal courts.
Thus the whole machinery for bringing
the coal monopolists to the bar of jus
tice can be put in motion by the Repub
lican administration. One word from
President Roosevelt would compel his
attorney genera ] to net. As he does
nothing to curb the monopoly , it would
si-crn certain that he does not want any
: : rion ( taken or , for political reasons ,
docs not wish the extortion of the trust
stepped.
'I IIP criminal statute Would allow the
auvst of the coal barons , and upon con
viction of being parties to any restraint
r-f tnsde or of having formed a romh'
irio" to control prices they coUc
.prisoned for ; i jrenr. A coal 1 : : : oz. . :
j..il would HOOM bring him nnd his l.roth
< r robliprs to terms , nml the price of
would soon tumble.
Would Sot Float.
"PMic".ty"would certainly curb
. . ' . of the trusts. It would knoc.l.
' .i HfiMinlirs as high as n kite. Tht-y
vouiil be too light to float. Gulvestou
News.
exonerated.
Three-year-old Jack had pulled a
large bunch of nasturtiums in his
grandmother's yard , though strictly for
bidden to touch the flowers. A court
martial was held , with grandma ca
Judge advocate.
"Jack , " she said , ' "who pulled grand
ma's flowers ? "
With a sad countenance the beautiful
little fellow replied. "Kathleen" ( hia
elder sister ) .
Then the grandfather , a rather stern
old gentleman and" great stickler for
truth , spoke up.
"Jack , be a man and say. * I did It ! ' "
With a beaming expression of relief
Jack cried out , "Oh. yes ; grandpa did
it ! " Judge.WMV _
WMV M M * M WV #
The Royal "We. "
There has been a tendency of into
years on the part of royal personages
to discontinue the use of we and sub
stitute I. Before the reign of Richnrd
I. "I" ( Ego ) was alwaj'a used. Itich1 1
being the first sovereign in Europe to
use the royal "we" ( Nos ) . What gave/
rise to the change is a moot point.
Richard I. was the first king to seal
with a seal of arms which bore two
lions , and it has been suggested that
the lions were typical of the royal "we"
and occasioned its use. London Chron
icle. - "
Qttextloned Too
Tess You and Miss Sere don't seem
to be good friends. What's the mat
ter ?
Jess Why. she remarked that 'she
was twenty-four years old. and
Tess And you doubted-it- ?
Jess Not nt all. I merely said. "Of
course , but when ? " Philadelphia
Press.
Him Simple Plnn. . .
"And you say he got rich selling meal
tickets ten for a dollar ? IIow wss such
a thing possible ? " :
"Oh , Tery simple. Nobody ever went
back after the second meal. " Balti
more American.
A man's good work lives after him ,
but it isn't always identified. Satur
day Evening Post.
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