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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1903)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M. RICE EDITOR companies pay losses in full , dlscoja-nt . - - ! . M. RICE , Agent. f -If I * " * - _ . i 1 1 t AVJ.Ji ill * . . , t.T. / ; " . . - . . . . ! ' Avt.T : ill ' . - iiO.i.KioL. . : ; . ' . ' l * ' ' in ' P'-y < > i ' " * ii" r < ( IM . - . ' ! . ' i * ' , rich. u.f > c V" i , . . _ . 'iv.j-'d1.- . . . ' . i.i i Oils' , lit' : IU'I > . . i' l.ir.tii ; i.i i ( .vH'o. ' thry irarli : 'lrli' ; inm w .j'i . * . ' I.I. ! < : : . ; o.i t.'lm. rv i : ii : mur"- "oH fcV ; r.UiU-r y/o / ; ; : bu t.j i.-n-n i.i three shorVfin : piv iyinr trflw. I'.ict the ispiviatw' ? " ' ' \vitklu\v their Drills aromnl eueli others T. . . ' sjJi.Vu.tsr lho..t to tt.ui i. j' . \ , h.t a pretty pjcimv of chhlh : nfsoljlu5 c'rlon ; thtiy made.Vhin th . spoke , however. IH % t-'u-r lit hi bn-ath. "I won $ U yesterday. " ri'itr.jrked tlu juu'.igcr of i he I'.vo , who may pi ( ; : by ! luivo been cij lit. "Hone.stV IJov/V" dumanil- cd tlif other , bi i\vt ( l. " ( * ; . my fa the : ; u : < l I l rr < ri a r.ice , and uiy horse won. " \YJM l3. ! ' ij'M-liaLuit rcjily. Dtifo : ' i sj ) ctator had fairly recov ered I'lUsi . . : V M..j { ; i'rllij ; otl'cct of this Fl c < ? i'h a JV.p tjf" little irirls dretv * up tlii- Isoi.sOne of the littlest of v/as in iliiiidiltlfs with hpr hair , v.-hich had l > ? cn th'essod In some occult feminine fashicn beyond t'ue spectator's pov/or to describe and had slipped its ribbon. _ Aa ah oKler girl M niggled to i-c- tlt rt it to order she said roiuonstrnt- iiifrly : "What makes you try to wear ii- ' tlIvay. . Gladys ? , It's hniclj ioo' Hhorr. " The little tot turned on her a wiihcrin ; : glance. "It's the fashion ! " she exclaimed , with crushing finality. To these disclosures of unblinking so phistication may ; be added the tale of a neighbor whose little boy is just sis. lie had hoped to keep the child uncon scious that he is. the heir-of millions and hod brought him up in the strictest simplicity. And yet the other night , ns he climbed on .hjs father's knee for a good night kiss , he electrified the father by demanding. "Papa , how much are you worth ? . " * * * r HAD NO FAITH IN SIGNS. . - - - - - - , * - Be IViiM an Enemy of Superstition. With nn Exception. Mr. Ilolley looked at his grandson with a mixture of amusement and re proach on his shrewd nld face. It was dusk in the barn , a , time for confi dences. "I dunno vhere in all the earth you got suc.li uo : ons , sonny , " the old-main said. "JCot fromyour ina's folks or your pa's eith T. There never war. any talk of belief In signs and su perstitions , in either the Ilolley or the Ifawcett stock , that/s .sure. It , must have come from that foreign lady they had to teach you , I expect1 "Andyon don't believe there's any Iiann ina bird'a ilyiiig into the house or breaking a mirrpi * or seeing iu.blarK cat , grandpa ? " asked the little boy earnestly , ' "And do.n't you care wheth er a pin sticks straight up in the llooi or which shoulder you see the moon over or whether yon get anything on you wrong side out ? Not any of those things ? " "All fooIishneES , " said the old man. with n reafisnring pat of the hot little luiUd. "I'm glad you've talked it out with me. sonny. N'ow. you just put it out of your lu-ad , and I'll tell you what I'jljlo. V\'hon we .go up to the house. Til plvc you a little , old penny I've been saving f-.r you for a lucky piece. You jr.st oarry it in your pocket all the ttae. change it from one suit of clothes to-another , and see what it ' 11 bring you. " " "Do they really-brins luck , grand- 1)flV"'ttfiLrd the little boy. -"C6um they do , " said-Mr. Holley firmly.V4ienwe , get another spare time. I'll reluti1 to you a few cases that's coirte under my own eye of lives sa'ved by Vm. 'rind so forth. Course they do. " f- tjnvUnKtJcce nfnl Hanks. " A great many men have been left be- hlwl betause erf their listlessuess , ' their oi8y gpirfg jyvays. They weretoo slow. tJppariiifMtifcs wjuia"iitit wait for them. "F2c'yTWbuIT ( ; tirt Ve.-taken advantage of Uave succeeded , if . the . . . . . , . vuj u v. miv * * - \ v ' over , and consult " ' 'their "frfen'dtf or.'jif , tbe.y nad"'oniy come bad ? , : these gjejQ | $ i people would now be.on . the , heiguts-iahj ' stead of. looking wistfully , up from' p ] foot of the mountain , feut "aras/'oppof- ; tunities never return , and heVjh8 is' not ready to seize them as'fBey.'flil' ' onward1 will have only regrets' .for his : portion. i-'l- j Slameie Reporting. _ _ ' ' Siamese reporters 'are not quite 'so .deft as our own "specimens , _ aay the' London GMtfe/but they tiaye a flpe-im- "presHpnistlc ; touch whjclr charms. the 'Jade'd fancjr. jHere Is an. , account of a murder'fvom that happy lan'd : ' ' "SbctotlDg ptitrage ! Oh , fedi'ful ago- . jiy ! 'Khoon Tong , one of Phya Song's staff , was on n mission to Lampoon. .and on nlsreturn - instantly hot dead by ome .misQceants. scoundrels. Oh , ' ' ' - f All'f i-iends 'untini'ely'death ! Ohfearful eil > ressej their"morne. . 'The cowardice < fog"is"stIH at large. Six" soldiers and six policemen were at once dispatched/ ' Notice Tdftenttp by underelgned on my premises one , , Jtlile south of 8perbsNebrI , one pale red steer ' * ith'white face ; short txvo years'old , has ear ark crop ofleftear-and split ; in riRht ear : -Il p.been At pay place since April I8n 1902. No orjber marks or brands perceivable. Can have property and " ) w ai6 COOPER 'osto. flW ruldrass Uste. Bniinl re jHten'ilyiW tmimled mi HS < 'Ul liyrsc1 * ' nuiHi'i' r loft nip Also some i attic Banee S- > oth.aud . and Duett T.akd. ALOtfZO HEATH Postofllce > ddresH Cody , Nebraska On left side. Hor ses left sbouhler. Range north of Cutcomb'Lafce " TJ. G. Criger. Merrlman-Nfb. Brand recorded No. 10ST Brand , eas clit on si A1S _ ieft hip Ranpp lOmlles south of Merri ti an oil tiltNio ) hrara. ' John Gresh Mcnlman On both sides ; some on right side and hip. Horses same with out bar , left tliigh , > RanKe.Lake Creek and Little White Kiver. D. Bray Rosbjud S D Cattle branded on left thigh or hip same as cut Horse brand same on HIP left shoulder A T DAVIS Postofflce address Hyannls , Neb On right side horses on left shoulder also cattle on right side Range 16 miles north of Hyanniwi J. J. Peck. Cody , Nebr. On both sides. Horses CC on left thigh. Range Head Pass Creek , S. D Seth Gary Merriman , Nebr. On both side and hip. Herd mark , dewlap. Horses same on left shoulder. Ransre Lake Creek and LHtJe White River. D. A. Hancock ' Blackburn'Mo. or Simeon. Nebraska Cattle branded on left side as oh out ; also 1(5 on li'ft < ide with z _ on it'll n i ( / ) ; some cattle ; also Si on right side Horse brand , rake and 16 on left shoulder or hip Home ranch on Dewey Lake.Range on Niobrara River , east of Fort Niobrara ; all fii Cherry County/Nebraska A. Benson Address Arabia * - Nebraska. Range-North of NioJjranv river. SawyerBros : . 4'ostoffice address. f Gaels , Nelir. G.'K.Sawyer has charge of these cat tle. .Horses DS on ieft sh > nl'i"r. Some stoc' US pf t bide H' > rnfH \ same left"tfiiKb7 JlanRe pn 8nik rivergjjj 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. I TRADE' MARKS - DESIGNS > : .v --r . ' - . . .COPYRIGHTS &c > Anyone sending a nfcetch 'and ' description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention Is probably pntentable. Comraunfdn- llonsatrtctly confldentlaU Handbook on Patents sent IreO. Oldest.acency or securing patents. Patent * taken 'tbrboch 'Mann ' & Co. TOcelre tptcial notic .without chpreet In the Sckntific American. A hRndgqmely lllnntrated weettljr. I/nrgest cir- culation of'nny ficlentiDc Journal. Terras , $3 a rent ; fonr months , fL . Soldbyall newidealers. Jt rf c 7 Branch Office. 626 F 8t , Watbloirton. D. Job Work / + * t - at .the .theDEMOCRAT DEMOCRAT , MILLS BROS. Merriman , Nobr. , ( /attlrand hor- Kt'B branded on left hide or shoul- Bntnd vl 1031. -Range- southwest of Mnrrlnian on Niobrara nvpr. H A BUCK Postotllce addre Hy&nnis , Neb Branded on lelt 'side Range eighteen miles north of Hvannis lloan Brothers Woodlake Neb John Roan's piivtaemark , slit in left ear D N GOURLEY PostoRice address RushvUle , Neb On left hip ; also 5OO CHI left side ; Horses should- Range-Cedar Lake Saicly Williams. Merrlraan , Nebr. Mostly on left side. Some on right side. Horses same on left , shoulder RangeLake Creek. S. D. J A RAULT * rattle on lef * hip. - Horses on left shoulder. Some stock yet bearing Juy former brand as shown below. PostolHce address Gregory , Nei On left side or hip horses same on iefi shoulder Range-Arkansas Va.ley and Snake A'len & Sons Ft Niobrara.- Brand registered NolffO Horses "branded on left hip Range , Niobrara river 12 miles east of Valentine G.H. Seager. , Postofflce address Codv , Neoraska r'attle branded as on at on left side , hip i d shoulder ; horses iamfe ' Kange , Snake. Creek J.-B : Lord Net ) ' Stock branded same as cut back of right shoulder and on right hip Range on the Niobrara . . tt : F. W. Jcrsig Valentine. Nebr brands as follows " q left side , loin left thigh. ANLIfcotltn" erHide' 1 Also the following brands : Range betweenthe , Gordon and Snake south of the NJohrara river J B Wallingford . , KennedyNeb. * , / - Cattle brandeo same as cut ; also - " ' s ine branded - on lafthlp. ' : P 8 ROU8CHE Postofflce address Brownlee , Neb On left"Blde pr "any part of animal. Ear mark right ear cut off ; horses branded same on left hin.-AIso has stock branded B on side or shoulder , ol-JK or IV or O * IVI. iorO or JPZ. Also the'following. the first one be < ingpasideIandhlp WTn. FSchrnidf Same asdut or with bar under Sright ear slit and jfulapped ft. Horocs branded same on left hip Garner Brothers. Cody , Nebr. Anywhere on cat tle. Horses on left shoulder. KanjreNorth Kli F. T. Brackett Riege. Nebr. Bran I UogUtered . Brand right side i , jr hip Horseisame oi > right shoulder Range , Niobrara 6 miles south of Kilgore -F. M. VValcott. Valentine , Nelr. Cattle branded on left hip. 0. W. Bennett Simeon Neb Stock branded with 7 on left hip also same as cut Range between Gordon and Snake creeks and on the Niobrara river Frank T. Lee. " " Brownlee. Neb. Cattle on left side ; ttors'essame on left shoulder. Range Four miles northeast nf Brownlee Chafes Richards. rnman. Uobert Emery RoebudS- ! . Cattle branded on both sides. Horses on left thigh. Range on Cut Meat creek. D. M. Sears. ' Kennedy , Nebr. Cattle branded as on cut.left side Some on left hip. Horses same on left shoulder. Range Square Lake. WILLIAM WILSON Postofflce addresB Kilgore Nebt Two half circles of left hip and leftside ° fnec Horses same on left shoulder Some cattle branded 'reaper hook on left hip DOWNING1" 3 Postofflce addreas Gregory , Neb On left side ; also COLE on' side Range" 'Stevenson Lake1 W. E. Haley , - Valentine Neb Brand registered No 200 'Range in Sharps Ranch and German precincts 6 miles south of Kilgore - Little. . Merriman , Nebr. On either side Horses same on hip. Also g Range Lake Creek SD * ' * WILLIAM .BEAMER Gordon , Nebr. Cattle branded same as cuton left side. " " " "Horses branded ; on left 'shoulder. . J r Range 6 mile- south of Irwin. JULIUS PETERSON Postofflce address Gregory , Neb Branded as on cut 'Range ttvo miles' north of GVeeory . P.C. ; &M.Q : Metzger. , / Nebraska. - - - * Merriman Cattle branded on * left side as cut. somehav Horses same on left thigh cattleon _ left , site. Bange oa Snake f-5 miles so.ith of Merrjtnan , Others range 8 miles northwest of Merrjtnan , . James Goodfellow. . Cody. Nebr. Cattle branded on left side. Horses J j on left jaw Range Between the Mohrara and Lake. N. S. Rowley Kennedy , - Nebraska. Same as cut on left ( side and hip , and on left shoulder of hor ses. AlsoKBH on left side laud hip. 3 on right hip and F-f on left side. Q on left hip of horses. p 011 left jaw and lelt shoulder of horses , It ! / v on left hip of horses. R M Faddis& Co. Postofllce address Valentine or Kennedy. Cattle branded same as cut. Some brando on left IB thigh. Some on leftside or hip. J P GARDINER Postofflce address Cody , Nebraska On 'eft ' side of cat tle ; horses O right armRange Range , north and south of Niobrara River,12-miles south west of Cody Frank Rothletitner Postofflce KilgoreNeb. * Cattle branded on side'as on cut &ame oil bin | Some on left Hftyne Cody , Neb Brand reginteren No 1087 Horses branded on left shoulder Ranee north and south of Cutcomb Lake in Cherry Co Pat Peiper Simeon Nebr G. W. McFarland ValenHne , Nebr Range : four miles east of Fort Niobrara , north and south of Berry bridge the C. E. Wright. Valentine Nebr. Brand registered No. 374. Brand .anywhere on right side C. P. Jordan. Rosebud , SD Horses and cattle same as cut ; also CJ BE JJ on right hip. Range on Oak and 1 Butte creeks. A liberal reward for information leading to detection of rusllers of stock bearing any of these brands. Morey & Hewett. Gordon , Nebr. Brand registered 2292. On left hip of cattle. Horses same left should er ; also 94-O leftside. . - Range South of Saake 35 miles < e of Gordon. Eobert Quisenbery Postofflce address Simeon , Nebr. S Mt hip on IT cattle. Horses same on right shoulder. Ranee on Snake River. Jos. Bristol Valentin , Nebr. Range on Nio brara river four mileRpastof Ft. Niobrara. Horses and cattle branded nB connected on left hip or side as shown in cut Albert Whipple & Sons Rosebud , R. D. Cattle branded SOS on left side OSOonriehtslde Some cattle also have af on neck Some with A on left shonlder and some branded with two baas across hind quar- Iters. 808 on left hio. Some cattle v connected on both sides and teft Mpof h WILLIAM FERDOS. * * - * Postoffice adflrwi Brdwnlso , Nt _ Like cut on eitbar left side or hlpralso nitcft side. Horses -jameascut on left hip. 925O.OO RR- , V A R l > Tor con- i i ! u - cattle- convu uoii or anyone unlawfully handling * * * In untnd * . Henry Flineaux SimeonNebr Brand Registered No 81C. Quarter Circle Club. Cattle branded on left hip. Some without quarter circle. Horses brand ed on left shoul der. PIKP.BR03 PIKP.BR03Postofflce Postofflce address Crookston , Neb Cattle branded 1'E on either hip or right side. Horses EB OB left shoulder. Range On Mlnne- chaduza 5 miles east of Crookston , J.F. Swain Sparks , Nebr , Cattle branded on eft side as shown ncut. Range South of Sparks on Nio brara river. MOGLE' - Postofflo address Cody. Nebraska On either side cattle herdmark left ear clipped and rint ear splithonos ; t * anded same'on left sh onlder Range on Nio . < an and Medicine flanyoo D. Stinard. Valentine , Nebr. State Brand reg- istered 15M. Cattle and horses branded same as "out on left hip. Range2 miles east of Ft. 'Nio brara , Nebraska Land and "Feedisg Go. 3artlett Richardspres Will G Comstook , V. P. Chas C Jamison Sec&Treaa Cattle branded on any part of animal ; also the following : brands : horses' same Range be.tweeifc Gordon on the F. / &M. V.B. B. and iyannis on B.&M. B.R. in Northwesters Nebraska. Address , BABTITT RICHARW , Ellsworth. Nebraska. Metiger Bros. , Gregory Neto Cherry Co Branded on left- side and thigh. Earmark , square crop right ear Horses * have same brand on eft thigh. Range on'Qor- don and tinake ] Creeks , - A. Reward of 450 will be paid to any nrson for information leading to the arrest ano final . . conviction'of * * ! _ * i _ any - person - or PAMOHII ntaal. ' . Q. W. BEAMER , , - . ' ; rX" L- _ . Gordon , Nebr. , oh Iefts5 evisj > . cut , frinch box and 2lnch circle Br id-regl tored br ' ed ieft.flhoul- 'der. ' box. Registered 878. Bangej-fl rnjles s < Juth of Irwin on Niobrara river. ' . ' f- , ' , J , . V L ROSEBBBRY PostofUce address Pullman , Neb Branded on lef t bio ; horses game Herd- mark-double dew-lap. Rangeequth east of Brush Hill A J PLUMER ' Postofflce address o Hyannis. Neb 0 right side and nip Also nave stockbranded on rieht aide and hip Horses un right hip RangeSouthwesternCherry ; county J. A. TARTAN Pullman , Nebr Cattle branded JT on rigbtside" Horses branded JY on right shoulder Reasonable reward for any information leadfng to the re covery of cattle strayed from . range- SWEENEY BR03. Postofflce address Pullman , Neb Cattle branded as on cut ; horses branded ame as cattle except reversed S , Bee block Range Stever and Stepheneon Lakes and South S3CO reward will be paid to ny persoa lor la- formation leading to tBe arre.st and eonvictlon of any permoa or persons stealing catUewltti'tlif aboTe brand. ' * * *