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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1903)
THE VALENTINE'DEMOCRAT ! . M RICE EDITOR $1.OO Per Fear in Advance PUBL1BHED EVERY THURSDAY. Entered at the PostrOfflce at Valentine. Cherry county. Nebraska , as Second-class matter. M * H BMWB M MBI BI B BI * " > M' B M H B * * - - - - - - - - STATS OFFICERS EZRA P. RAVAGE , Governor , C , F. STKBI.K. Lieut. Governor. GEO.V. . MAitsu , Secretary of State. CHAP. WESTON , Auditor Pub , Accts. WM. STEUFEU. Treasurer. FitAMt N. PKOUT , Atty. General. GEOUOE FOWLER , Com , Pub. Lands and Bldp. LEE UAUDMAN , Librarian. U. S. SENATORS JOSEPH II. MlLLAHD. CHAS. H. DiETitiCH. CONGRESSMEN flVla ELMKII J. DOIIKETT. Rep. 1st DIst. t DAVID n. MEKCEK , Rep. 2nd DIst. JOHN.I. ROIHNSON.FUS.3rd Dist. Wn. L. STARK , us. 4th DIst , A. C. SHALLRNBEUGEB , Pus. Gib Dist , WM ; NKVILLE , Fus. CthDist , COUNTY OFFICERS W. C. SHATTTCK , Treasurer C. S. RKECE , Clerk. W , R.IOWNE , Judge. L , N. LAYPOUT. Sheriff. A. M. MOKKISSEY , Attorney. ETTA BKOWN , Superintendent. LKKOT LEACH , Surveyor. ALFKED LEWIS. Coroner. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JB W. E. HALEY , 1st DIst. ALKxBuiiK. 2nd Dist. L. LAUFKB , 3rd Dist. Charles H. Faulhaber Brownlee Breeder of Ren'st'd Herelords. Hyam , No. 74,538 , at head of herd. Young bulls from 6 to 13 months old for sale. f HENEY AUGUSTON 7 : Blacksmith Brown lee , Nebr. Does general blucksmithingathard 1115 times prices for cash. PAT HETT Valentine , Nebr. ' , . " " j * _ Good , Hard Rock for sale in any "quantity. " H. M-CRAMER , City Deliyeryman , Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and from the depot and all parts of the City. 12. " W. A. KTMBELL Barber First-class Shop in Every Respect Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic. Golden Star Hair Tonic , Herpiclde and Coke's Dandruff Cure. TryPompeian Face Massage Cream LEROY LEACH : . County Surveyor Valentine or Woodlake GENERAL. WOKK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. JOHN PORATH Biege , Nebr. Tubular wells and Eclipse , wind mills. ( A. M. MORRISSET I Attorney at Law Valentine , Hfcbr. A. N. COMPTON Physician and Surgeon Office at Quigley & Chapman's irug Store. Nights The Don- -ioher residence , Cherry Street. Edward S. Fur ay Physician and Surgeon Qfflce Fraternal Hall or El liotts Drug Store. 19un2 [ ; ' [ P. E. AM. V.B.B. ' TIME TABLE WKST BOUND No. 27 Frt. Dally 233 P. M , No. 25 * except Sunday 9:40 A.M No. 3 Passenger Bally 12:49A. M. EAST BOUND No. 28 Frt. Dally C:50 A. M. No. 26 * except Sunday 5:00 P. M. NO. 4 Passenger Daily 4:47 A. M. SOCIETIES , K. of P. ChERRY LODGE NO. 169 meet ? Itt aud 3rd Friday of each month.at8:3b. M. V. NICHOLSON , M AUXIN CHBISTKNSEN , C.O. KofB. & . S.D VAI.KXTIXJL : LODGE wo , 205 1. o. o. F Meets Thursday night each week , AMOS UANDALL , j , T. KEKLEV , N , G. Sec'y. . F. A. M. NO. H > 2. Meets SstTtusday each month T. C. HottNuyV , W , THOMPSON , W. M. Sec'y. A. O. U. IV. XO.7O. Meets 1st and 3rd Mou day ol each month. \v. A , PKTTYCUEW , U. G , DUNN , M. W. Hecordei. . HOXOIt NO. HO.Meets 2nd and 4th Monday each month. JENNIE PJJTTIJOHN , W. A.f ETTYCREW , C. of H. .Recorder. Jl. W. A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each mouth. Ai.NV. NICHOLSON , W. K , HALEY , VJ. Clerk Fit ATI ! B A ! ALi UNION NO , SOS-Meets every Salunaj nigh J. A.UUKNBACK , E. D , CLAKK , F , M. Sec'y. HOY All NEIGHBORS.- 2nd and 4th Wednesdays each mouth. 31AKY QUIGLEY , MINNIE DANIEI , Oracle. Jtec. and Daughter * * of Protection .Lodge Ao. G. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays each mouth. A , E. PETTYCREW , WA.'PKTTYCREU % Pies. Sec'y Royal Highlanders , Devon Castle No. 291. Meets 2nd Friday eaca mouth. Ei > CLAUK , . . E. HALEY , I. P. Sec'y. MILL PRICES FOR FEED , Bran , bulk 75 per cwt $14.00 ton Shorts bulk 85 per cwt $16.00 too icreenmga 70c " | 13.UO Chop JTeed . . . . 1.05 " $20.00 Corn 95 $18.00 " Chop corn 1.00 " $19.00 Uats 1.20 $2300" ETTA BROWN SUPf , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Examination Third Saturday of each month and Friday preceding. % ALENTJN NEBRASKA Paint , Wall Paper , Calcimine. Brushes , Pure Linseed Oil Varnishes AT Christensen's Moses & Hoffacker. Simeon , Nebr V on right or left > shouJder of hors- 33 O on left jaw. H on left side. H on left thigh S. N. Moses X = XIeft slde N right shoulder O add hip. SEQUAH (3267) Dark brown , Foaled Nov. 24th , 1889. Sire "Nimrod" (1066) ) , by 867) ) . Sequah's dam 289 Lady- 'Coraet" (151) ( ) , by "Eclipse" (191) ( ) a by "St. Giles'(037 ( } by "Wildfire" bird F. S. Vol. 7 by Restless T. B. Sequah's G. dam by Larrywheat T. U. ) He will , stand for season of 1902 at Sherman's barn. J.W.STETTER. . " ' ' - V Owner \ \ REFORM IS POSTPONED Administration Will Leave the Trusts Undisturbed. LUEEWABM PEESIDEITT'8 ' MESSAGE Document "Is a. Victory For tlie Do Nothings The Baron * Do Not Fear Trust Controlled C\ugre Tariff Will Continue to Protect the Trusts and Rob the People. The fight in the ranks of the Repub lican party on the trust and tariff is sues has resulted in the triumph of the Hanna faction. "Let well enough alone , " or do as little as possible , is to be the programme in congress and not a vigorous reform of abuses which was promised before election. It had been fondly hoped that Presi dent Roosevelt would add the weight of his great office to the side of the people aud urge reform. But to the great regret of all who believe in "equal rights to all and special priv ileges to none" the lukewarm recom mendations in the president's message are a victory for the do nothings. Strange to say , there is no specific rec ommendation in the whole message for a law to prevent the extortions of the trusts or the subsidies granted them by the protective tariff. It is not the production of the strenuous Roosevelt , but the glittering generalities of the anxious politician , intent on pleasing all factions and especially the stron gest. If Mr. Morgan or Mr. Rockefeller had been president and had written the message or decided upon its contents , It could not have been more conserva tive and the intention made more evi dent that no legislation of consequence will be attempted by congress. The financial kings of Wall street , through their senatorial and congressional al lies , appear to have by the force of numbers deluded the president into the belief that there is great danger of dis turbing the business of the country if any reform is even attempted. The presidential chariot has been hitched to the Juggernaut of Wall street , which ruthlessly ignores the cries of distress of those under their feet. The presi dential recommendation for a tariff commission has for weeks been the demand of the principal Wall street organ , it being 'well known that the procrastinating workings of such a body would hinder rather than accel erate reform. In fact , President Roose velt emphasizes this when he says. "The unhurried and unbiased report of this commission would show what changes should be made in the various schedules. " "Unhurry" is just what Wall street and the trusts desire. Furthermore , the president has been led to believe that reforming the tariff by removing the protection that allows the trusts.to sell their products cheaper to foreign ers than to our people "would be whol- , ly ineffective. " Thus the beef trust , the coal trust , the steel trust and the hundred other trusts , as far as the tar iff is concerned , are to have free rein to continue their exactions. But Pres ident Roosevelt recommends that the duty on anthracite coal be repealed , though he acknowledges that such an amendment would only be of service in such a crisis as was produced by thrj coal strike. He does not recommend ! that bituminous coal should also be free , though that would be of greater , benefit in regulating the price of fuel at all times. Regarding the power of congress to regulate the trusts the president is evi dently in an uncertain mind and makes no specific recommendations or sugges tions. He , however , acknowledges that it may be necessary to amend the con stitution to give more power to con gress. It is safe to say 'that the present con gress will pass no legislation that will Injuriously affects the trusts or relievo the people from the exorbitantly hijrh prices of the-necessaries of life that the protective tariff now allows the trusts to impose. An attempt will be made in the next congress to amend the anti trust law , and some change or addition may be accomplished in view of the ap proaching presidential election , but that any legislation that will regulate the trusts in the public interest or prevent them from extorting all the present laws will allow is hardly possible un less the whole power of the administra tion should by some miracle be thrown on the side of the people , and this Pres ident Roosevelt evidently does not in tend to countenance. Thus the issues are joined between the Democrats and the party in power , and the final battle will be fought in the national campaign of 1904. Who can doubt the result ? On the one side will be the great mass of consumers who find their incomes squandered to fill the pockets of the trust magnates : on the other side is the Republican ma chine , with Its Wall street allies. The machine is discredited in sonic states , even by the voters of the parly It repre sents and would be discarded by the voters everywhere if the contributions and official patronage were not so large ly used to maintain it. Yet in spite of lukewarm president and a trust con trolled congress reform is certain , and the longer it is postponed the more rad ical will be the remedy. The bill of Senator Lodge to reduce the.tariff . on Philippine products com ing into the United States from the 7f per cent of the Diugley rates , which they now bear , to 25 per cent is a good n step toward fair play to our impover ished and plague stricken subjects in f ! those islands. But why should not > there be as free trade between them nnd us as there is with Porto Rico or vrith Hawaii ? ' " -A TAX ON TEA. Coddling an Infant Industry That AV111 Want Protection. The ghost of the lamented Le Due still walks In Washington. It still gib bers of American tea. Ilere , for ex ample , it bobs up in the annual report of the secretary of agriculture : "The work on the growing of Amer lean tea was continued during the year at Pinehurst , near Sumnierville , S. C. , In co-operation with Dr. Shepard. There are now about 100 acres in tea gardens. The yield of tea in these gar dens last year was about 4,500 pounds , and this year will be about 9,000 pounds of marketable tea. During the year careful attention was given to re ducing the cost of the production of tea , with very satisfactory results. A tea farm will be established in Texas If suitable land and co-operation can be secured. " But let not the American tea drink ers rejoice over the development of this new industry. The success of these experiments will mean , not cheaper tea nor better tea , but a tariff on ira ported tea for the protection of the new infant , andva tariff on imported tea will mean dearer tea. It will mean a taxed breakfast table. It will mean a new grab for the widow's mite. The American people may justly look with apprehension upon every such ef fort to diversify industry. Tobacco users for a generation have paid royal tribute to a handful of Connecticut to bacco growers whose pitiful industry has been coddled by the government at the cost of the people. Better tobacco than Connecticut has ever grown or can ever grow can be had from Cuba at a fraction of the labor cost , yet peo ple who use tobacco are robbed at wholesale by a tariff tax under which a few tobacco growers enrich them selves through forcing upon consumers an inferior product at an extortionate price. Secretary Wilson's tea farm is only another menace to the happiness and well being of the American people. Johnstown Democrat. A SIGN OF DISCONTENT , Rcnson For the Great Increase In the Socialist Vote. The Republicans are looking for an explanation of the great increase in the Socialist vote at the recent elections. The party of "stand patters" in special privileges and distributers of vested wrongs need not look far for the expla nation. Henry Fawcett gave it when he said : "It has repeatedly been shown that the friands of revolutionary chahges de rive their motive power from the bigot ed opponents of progress and from the stubborn upholders of unwise laws arid unjust privileges. It might as well be supposed that the railway engine would move if it were deprived of steam , that wheat could grow without soil or that man could live without food as to imag- ijicjthat a revolutionary propagandism could be maintained if it were riot kept alive by the recollection of some wrong inflicted i and by the continuance of some evil unredressed. " Xot only will socialism continue to in crease rapidly , but it will soon be the law of the ? land if effective measures are not taken to curb the power of the trusts. The people may do some fool ish things and jump in wrong direc tions when they see danger ahead , but they will not much longer stand still while the trusts plunder them. Possi bly Herbert Spencer was right when in 1804 he said , "The movement toward dissolution of existing social forms and reorganization on a socialistic basis I believe to be irresistible. " He then prophesied "civil war , immense blood- t-'hcd and eventually military despotism of the severest type. " Generosity of the Railroads. i Why Dnild Good The first bill Introduced into the .ouse of representatives was one to n ppropriate money for the establish- lent in the department of agriculture f a bureau of good roads. Good roads , J e are told , would do good to qll men. J But why have good roads ? Do wo eally believe in them ? They are cer- ninly opposed to our system of gov- " rnmeut , which builds tariff walls and arb wire fences between us and for- igncrs. Our tariff wall Is harder to ross with goods than the highest & nounuiin range or the widest ocean , fo . pniijul of sugar can be carried from lu Philippines to the United Statea rr o'ip-half i-ni-.t. but cannot be got ver liiV tariff wall for less than about y cvnls. Why build good roads to iu'poa : the rust of transporting good ? ' 1-CM u-o ? iro Hvlnjr behind artificial S . ircv ; : ; ; to obstnn't the passage of ? \Viiy not abolish the tAriff I Ah exchange says : "A man came in the other day with what he thought to be a conundrum ; Why is a newspaper like a wom an ? " The various answers given are : Because it has someone to run it. Because both have to be * known to be appreciated. Be- canse both are good advertising mediums. Because it changes its dress. But the correct answer is : Because every man should have one of his own and not be running after his neighbor's. An amusing extract from a Bel gian paper gives the following in cident : A woman whose husband had lost his life in a railway acci dent received from the company ten thousand francs by way of compensation. Shortly afterward she heard that a traveler who had lost a leg had been paid twenty thousand. The widow at once put on her bonnet and shawl and went to the office of the company. "Gentlemen , how is this ? " she asked. "You give twenty thous and francs for a leg , and you al lowed me only ten thousand for my husand. " "Madam , " was the reply , "the reason is plain. Twenty thousand francs won't pro vide him with a leg but for ten thousand you can get a husband. " Down the River. The roads are in very bad order at present. Hay will be very scarce by spring if the snow keeps on much longer. Harvey Johnson went to Valen tine the first of the week to work on the ice. Mrs. Lon Nollett and Mrs. Robi- dou went to town Tuesday and re turned home Wednesday. The Xrnas tree given by school district No. 33-4 : was well attended and all enjoyed a good time. The New Year opened with nice weather. Hope it will stay nice weather the remainder of the year. Dock Grooms is breaking horses these days. This snow is a bad thing for the horses but all right for the rider. A. "W. Grooms had very good luck in turning over his summer herd , he found everything except one red yearling heifer , branded ZZ on left side. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Taylor gave a New Year's dinner this year. There were about 40 people pres ent. New Years was also their anniversary. YOUNGSTER. The Greatest of its Kind. The excellent record of the"Mer- cantile"is attracting much attent ion. It now has in Nebraska over seven thousand policy holders and over six million dollars of insur- r cncc in force. It has annually for five years on an average declared to its p'olicy holders a div idend of 15 to 20 per cent ; that is , it has saved in cost to its policy p liolders that much. There is no f' man but what would like to be in business that would yield him 20 per cent profit. The Mutual In surance Journal. The Mutual Insurance people of the state can be proud of the fact that Nebraska has within its board- 3rs some of the very strongest Mutual companies in the world , Many both farm and city whose poli tics are as good as gold anywhere md the reputation of which goes inquestioned. Among the number aone are better than the Farmers j , Mutual Dlnsurance Company and Ihe Nebraska Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company , both of Lin coln , and the Trans-Mississippi Mutual Fire Association of Oma ha , and our readers should carry in these companies all of the insur ance they can place with them up to the full amount desired. No person claims but that in case of loss they are fairly treated and when the amount is agreed upon , paid promptly. The Mutual In surance Journal. , These companies" represent ed by I. M > &c $ of Valentine. In these companies togel German Mutual of Om. written thousands of dol surance for people in V Crookston , Cody , Mci Gordon , " \ \ ooklake and thr out Cherry Co. There has n been a question as to the rcliabL. . . , of these mutual companies and those holding policies in them can testify to the saving in cost of in surance. There should be no dis crimination against them because they have saved thousands of dol lars to policy holders , and insur ance rates have been lowered 25 per cent by virtue of the existence of these companies , in which even those opposed to mutual insurance have profited. They insure city and farm property , school houses and churches. The Commoner , Mr. Bryan's paper will be especially interesting and in structive during the present session of congress. The action of this congress will probably determine the issues up on which the next presidential cam paign will be fought. The Commoner proposes to carry on a campaign of ed ucation and organization to the end that democratic principles may triumph. In addition to the editorial depart ment , which receives Mr. Bryan's per sonal attention , the Commoner con tains a Current Topic department , wherein a non-partisan discussion of topics of timely interest and other val uable information will tefound. . The Home Department is conducted Ty an experienced woman who . is widely known as a writer of household topics and who is an authority on the art of cooking in all that the term implies. This department alone is worth the subscription price. The other depart ments of this paper are all interesting and ably conducted , am ong which is a summary of the world's news told in narrative style , and 'Mr. Maupm's 'de partment Whether Common or Not contains original anecdotes and wit , moral lessons in homely phrase and verse , and appeals to old"and young alike. The Commoner as a whole is clean. entertaining and instructive , and its rapid increase in circulation now amounting -140,000 is'proof of the paper's strength and.influence. Arrangements have been made with Mr. Bryan "whereby The Commoner can be supplied at a very Ipw'rate with' THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT , both pa- , pers for one year for.SL.65. .Tlri .offer , applies to bothnew and .renewal sub scriptions , and should be taken advant age of without delay. All orders should ' be sent to I. M. RICE , Valentine , Nebr t An Emperor's Strange Fancy- . Strange fancies have taken hold"of some men regarding tlie manlier in which their bodies were to be disposed of after death and the ceremonies to be observed at their funerals. The great Emperor Charles V. had the curious idea of celebrating his own funeral. Shortly before his death he caused a tomb to be made in the chapel of the monastery of Estremadura , to which he had retired after his abdica tion , and on its completion he was car ried to it as though dead. Placed in a coflin and accompanied by a proces sion , he was borne along , while chants were sung , prayers said and tears shed. After the solemn farce was over he was left alone in the chapel , where be remained a short time before rising out of the coffin. Too Good Hlsrlilander.t. Some 3ears ago a vote was taken among the men of a certain highland regiment ( at that time not wearing the kilt ) to find out how many would be ia favor of-wearing the highland costume. In due time the sergeant major ap peared before commanding officer with the result of the voting. C. O. Well , sergeant major , hoT7. many are in favor of the kilt ? S. M. Two men , sir. C. O.-rOnly two. Well , I'm glad there are at least two good bighland- ers in the regiment. What .are their names , sergeant major ? S. M. Privates Patrick O'Brien and Michael Rodney , sir. Scottish Ameri can. Struck For ? 1C a Day. In San Francisco in 1840 clerki in stores and offices had munificent sal aries. Five dollars a day was the smallest stipend even in the custom house , and one Baptist preacherwas paid $10.000 a year. Laborers received 51 an hour. A pick or 'a shovelwas worth $10 and a butcher's knife . § 30. M. one time the carpenters , who "were getting $12 a day , struck for'G. All Tastes Provided' For. Sam Did de pawson tell his flock dat ! St. Peter would give dem each a habp ? Remus No ; he knew bettah. He. tole dem dat St. Peter would give dem each a banjo. Philadelphia Record. : What Started the Jatv Wife I wonder how you can..lookf trie in the face. _ " Husband Oh , a man can get used toi luything. New York Times. ! It's easier to.explain your neighbor's ! failure than your awn misdirected. ef- !