THE VALENTINE DEMOGRA
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HAWAIIAN FISHERMEN.
and Teetli Play n Part 1
Caiitnrinjp the OctopiiM.
The native fisherman of Huwai
uhile an adept with the hook and lin
docs not scoiv to use his Imnds to ca ;
ture his urcwhen occasion arise
The bonito is the fish most general
catight Avith hook and line , and as tl
book used is of mother of pearl , niac
from the shell of a rnollusk now qui
iv..o , which glistens with an iride
cence similar to the shimmer from tl
scales of the smaller kinds of iisli c
which the boiilto lives , no bait is neei
ed. The barb of these hooks is <
bone , and two tufts of hog's bristli
attached at right angles 10 the barbc
end keen the inner'lside up , so that tl
book lies flat on the surface of tl
sea. When a likeljlishing groun
bas been reached , the fisherman , stain
ing up in the canoe , casts out bis Hi :
violently , so tbal the book falls"wit
a slap on the water and attracts tL
attention of the tish. The line an
book anIben drawn rapidly towar
the bout , as though it were a spool
and the bonito. taking the book to I
a small lisb. rises to it immediatel :
It is fortunate for tbe fisherman tin
be bas to waste"no tinn * in baiting hi
book , for this method of casting frigb
ens the school , and the tish disappea
within ten or fifteen minutes.
An Ingenious plan by which ver
large lish are caught is by planting
long pole on the shore in such a pos
tion as to cause it to lean decidedly t <
ward tbe water. On tbe top of tbi
a bell is arranged so that it can swin
clear of tbe top of the note. A bloc
and fall are also attached to the.pol
close to tbe top , and a long line , wit
baited hook at the end , is run throng
the block and allowed to float out t
sea , the land end being tied in a slit
knot to tbe bot.om of tbe pole. As soo
as a lish is booked its struggles cans
tbe bell to ring , whereupon the fishei
man runs to the pole , loosens tbe slip
knot and playn' tho lisb until he ba
drowned it , when it is hauled , ashore.
In fishing forpctojMis1 the native dive
to thi1 bottom and with a stickpoke
around in flie small holes In which th
octopus lives. When he touches oiic
it seizes tbq stick and allows him t
draw it out of.tup . hole. When h
reaches the surface , the native grab
it with his hands ad : : bites into th
hea'd.thus killing the animal. -
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
Dp not let rubbish of any kind lie un
derneath Ihe. tree's , 4t harbors vermin.
A. yard'or lawn always looks barrel
without sbind 'ornamental trees am
shrubs.l
As ai apple'-or" pear'dreliard will las
a lifetnu > ; . particular-care'niust lie tak
en in the selection of varieties.
If currants and gooseberries are prim
ed In .tree , forw they win hoafMawi
qud finer fruit. Prune'every year * .
To havo a odd garden the'IaiuV'ninsi
be kept rich by liberal tssv. of manurb
During the .winter , is the bent time t (
apply it. ' - -
Nearly all hoti.se plants will be bene
fitetl by bavin } ? the "blossoms t'.uit ap
pcar-immediately after planting In pott
pruned oft' . Letthe" plant get Well cs
tabltehod'"before JiowerHig.
The rose 5 * a hearty feeder and will
therefore boar annual manuring. 'bil
oly well rotted and thoroughly lined
mr.inrro j < ho.I l lie used , taking eaiv to
wrij it xvi-ll into Uu * noil eurly in th <
whiter
fOriT fl.Ui DER.
Hn-.r 'it V.iiM Tiint Unrip 5-ani Bnllt
it 41:1 B - / li.rioJl. .
Curio- ; " liii'.rcft 5s an American for !
r.-Ji h.IIK b" < lt o'l Ci'itisb soil. IIo\ > -
many caj jruess what fjrt it is : UK !
wluK- ucleV The luune is For !
Mou ; uint-iy. ami the loeatlon is on an
island near Hie foot of LakeChamphtin.
nl oit.half a mile northeast of House's
rcint. N. Y.
A biiort linie ago. when traveling hi
that ; urt of ( he country.kl saw Ih..s frrt
ai.'d : ; > kcd the name of it.Vhy. . tha ;
is Fort Blunder , " aid my Vifonmuit.
"Di < J . ou never hear of it ? " ' I confessed
f rjoraru-e. anil he expaine ! rmail r.s.
It Veeinsthat after their of 1-SVJ
the Kovor.nnent of the l.ied Sinto
beruie : convinced that the entrance to
LKe Champlain should be guarded bj
a fort strong : e ou h to en a e'any
Ilriti li : iet wlilch might attempt to
force 'an entrance to the lake , and so
Fort Mnnt omei-y was constructed at
a cost of nearly $500.000. It was an
immei.5e fortification for those days
and was ui ranged for three-tiers of
guns.
Just about the time It was completed
the joint surveyors fixing the line be
tween the United States and Canada
came nlonp and , after doing a good bit
of figuring , announced that Fort Mont
gomery v"aH on Canadian soil. The
northern boundary of New York state
was tho forty-iiftli parallel , "anil this
fort was saveral hundred yards over
tho line. Work on the fort came to an
immediate'standstill , and the matter i
was made the subject of a special
treaty.
It was decided that In view of the
fact that the United States had not in
tentionally encroached on.Canadian soil
forty-fifth parallel should be bent a
little out 'oits course at this point BO
as to include the fort That is-why
the fort is called"Fort Blunder. " It I
was uovei-armed and has never been
occupied by more than one or two men. j
C F COOPER
Postofflce address
Oasts , Nfcbr
Brand registered 2
Cattle branded
left side same as i
Horses branded
left hip.
Also some
branded ;
-R 'ith. and west of Hankberrv
, nd Duck Lake.
ALONZO HEATH
Postofflce address
Cody , Nebra !
On left
side. Hor- |
ses left
shoulder.
Range north
Cutcomb Lake
U. G. Criger.
Merriman N * b.
Jrand 'recorded
fo. 1087. '
Brand e as
ut on si
Ais
Bft hip
Range 10 miles
outh < < r Merri
lan ou the Nio
rara.
John Gresh.
Merriman , Nel
O'n both sid
some ou right s
and hi/ .
Horses same wi
out bar , left thi ,
Rance.Lake Crt
and Littleh
Kiver.
D. Bray
Rosejud S D
Cattle branded
left thigh or 1
same as cur.
' Horse bra
same on the 1
flHonider
A T DAVIS
ostofflce address
Byannis , Neb
On. right side
horses
) n left
shoulder
ilso'dnttle
> n right side
Range 16 milesj
inrth oT Hvanni
J. J. Peck.
Cody , Nebr
On both sides.
Horses CC >
left thigh.
Range Mead Pa
Creek , S. D
Seth Gary.
erriman , Nebr.
n both side and
ji. Herd mark.
! wlap ,
orsos same on
[ t shoulder.
mee Lake
eek and Little
hi tn River.
D. A. Hancock
Blackburn , Mo. <
Simeon. Nebras *
Cattle branded c
left side as on out ;
HIS.I tit on U-fl sir
\viUi u : ; h' j iu | . ,
sonieontUe ; rtiso
1 on rigbt side. Hor'
brand , rake and i
kon left shoulder c
I hip
Home ranch on
swev I ake. Range on Niobrara River , east (
rt Niobrara ; all in Cherry County. Nebraskj
A. Benson
Address Arabi
Nebraska.
Range North c
Mobrard river.
Sawyer Bros.
I'ostofflce address.
Oasis , Nebr
G. K. Sawyer ha ?
charge of these cat
lie. Horses I > S on
left shoulder. Some
left side
same
thigh. Rauge on riv i f
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MILLS BROS ,
Werriman , Nebr.
Cattle and hor
ses branded on
[ eft side or shoul-
ier.
ier.Brand
Brand register
ed 1091.
Range 12 m'les
southwest of
Merriman ou
Niobrara river.
H A BDCB.
Postottice addro
Hyannis , 1
Branded on lelt e
Range eighteen in
north of Hvannis
Roan Brothers
Woodlake Neb
John Roan's
privtae mark , slit
IR left ear
D N GOUELEY
Postofflce addresf
Rushville , 1
On left hip ; z
[ 5OO onleft si
Horses lei
shoulder ,
RanpeedarLi
Sandy Williams.
'
Merriman , Nebr.
1
Mostly on left
side. Some on
right side. . . ,
.Horses same on
eft shoulder.
Jtan'ge Lake
3reek , S. D.
J A SATJLTB
Cattle on lef1
lip
Horses on left
ihoulcier.
Some stock
ret bearing my
ormer brand as
bown be'ow. '
Postofflce address
Gregory ,
On left side or h
horses name on 1
"shoulder
Range-Arkani
Vailey and Snake
A'leh & Qona
Niobrara. /
Brand registered
Horses branded
nleft hip
Range , Niobrara
iver 12miles east
f Valentine
G.H.
'ostottice address
Codv , Neoraska
attle branded as 'on
ut on left side , hip
ml shoulder ; horse *
line
ange , Snake Creek
J. B. Lord
Simeon Neb
Stock brand <
same as cut back i
right shoulder at
ou right hip
Range on tl
Ntobrara
F. W. Jersig
Valentine. Nebi
brands as follow
RQ left side , loi
w orhip .
- leftthiKl
A\Left | ] or eitl
' Also th
following'bniiids
i
left aide
t
lange between the Gordon and Snakt
ifh of the Niobrara river
J E Wallingford
KennedyNeb.
attle branded i
18 as cut ; also
le branded
| ou lef till p.
P 8 ROUSCHK
Postofflce nddrcss
Brownlee , Neb
kOn left side or any
part of animal. Ear
mark right ear' cut
I off ; horses branded
[ same ou loft hipjUso
has stock branded II
k divide or shoulder ,
lor JKorWorO''VL
| or < ) or FZ. Also
the first one being on side and hip
Wm F. Schmidt
S
as cut
or with bar under
S ; righr ear slir
and dulapped
branded
same on left bin
Garner Brothers.
Cody , Nt
Anywhere on <
Ue.
Horses on
shoulder.
RangeNorth
Eli.
F. T. Brackett
Kicge. Nebr.
Brauil Registered
Brand right sldd
same on
right shoulder
Range , Niobrara
B miles south of
Kilgore
F. M. Walcott.
Valentine , Nf
Cattle bram
on left 1
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 , Nel
Cattle on
side ; horses sa
on left should
Range F <
miles uortheas
Brownlee.
Charles Richards.
Merriman , Neb
Robert Emery
Rosebud , ; S-
Cattle brand
on both sides.
Horses on 1
thigh.
Range on (
Meal creek.
D. M. Sears.
Kennedy , Nebr.
Cattle branded
is on cut.left side
Some on left hip.
Horses same on
eft shoulder.
Range- Square
Jake ,
WILLIAM WILSON
Postofflce address
Kilgore Nebi
Two half circles <
left hip and left sic
of neck Horses
same on left should
Some cattle brandi
reaper hook on left h
H V DOWNING
'ostofflce addreas
Gregory. Neb
in left side ; also
5 0 L E on side
Range Slevennon
ake
E. Haley
Valentine Neb
Brand reglstere
No 200
Range In Sharp
Ranch and Gerrua ;
precincts 6 miles
south of Kilgore
Little.
Merriman , Nebr
On either side
Horses same on
hip. Also >
Range Lake Creeh
SD
WILLIAM BEAMER
Gordon , Nebr.
Cattle branded
same as cut ou
left side.
Horses <
branded I
on left
shoulder.
, Range 6 mile *
south of Irwin.
JULIUS PETERSON
itofflce address
Gregory , Neb
, nded as on cut
ange two miles
th of Gregory
P. C. & M. O. Metzger.
" " '
'
Me > riman Nebraska. .
Cattle branded on
left side as out.
some hav.
Horses
s.une on left thigh
cattle
on
left si 'P. .v.i.ii--
iiuke 35 miles so .t i of Werrinun. Otlurb
; e 8 miles n niiwest ol Mertlmau.
' \ * '
James Goodfellow.
Cody. Net
"Cattle bran
on left side.
Horses
leftjaw.
Range Bet\\
the Niobrara
Medicine Lak
N. S. Kowley
Kennedy , - Nebraska.
Same as cut on left
side and hip , and on
left shoulder of hor
ses. AlsoK ou
left side
hip.
3 on right hip and
left side.
Q on left hip of horses.
p ou left jaw and left shoulder of horses ,
UJ
/ % on left hip of horses.
B M Faddis& Co.
rostofflce address Valentine or Kenned
Cattle bran
same as cut.
Some bran
on loft
m thigh.
Some on
leftside or
hip. i
J P GARDINER
Postofflce address
Cody , Nebraska
On left side of cat
tle ; horses O right
armRange , north and
south of Niobrara
River,12-miles south
west of Cody
Frank Rothleutner
Postofflce addi
KilgoreNeb.
Cattle branded c
side as on cut ba
on bin.
[ Some on
side.
George Heyne
Cody , Neb
Brand registered
S 01027
Horses branded on
eft shoulder
Ranee north and
south of Cutcomb
in Cherry Co
Pat Peiper
Simeon Nebr
G. W. McFarland
"aleniine , Nebr
Ranee : four
niles ast of fort
fiobrara , north'
, nd Boutli of
Jerry bridge the
C. E. Wright.
Valentine Nebr
Brand register
No. 374.
Brandanywhei
on right side.
C. P. Jordarr.
Rosebud , SD
Horses and catt ]
same as out ; als
CJ BE JJ on rigl
hip.
Range on Oak an
Butte creeks.
A "liberal rewar
for informatio ;
leading to detectloi
of rustlers of stocl
aringany of these brands.
Morey & Hewett.
rdon , Nebr.
and registered
2. On left hip
cattle. Horses
neleft sliould-
also 94.O
t side.
nge douth of
ike 35 miles
) f Gordon.
Eobert Quisenbery
Postofflce address
S left hip on
V cattle.
Horses same on
right shoulder.
Ranee ou Snake
River. ,
Jos. Bristol
Valentin , , Nebr.
Range on'Nio
brara river four
miles east of Ft.
Niobrara.
Horses and
cattle branded
a R ronnected on
left hip or side as
shown in cut
Albert Wnipple & Sons
Rosebud , S. D.
Cattle br.-'irf
SOS on lefr Me
OSOonrhrht.ii''e
Some cattle aiau
haw a - } - on neck
Some with A on
Mt shoulder and
some branded
with two haas
across hind qnar-
ters.
it : * branded SOS on loft hin. Some cattle
ded AW bar cpnuected on both sides and
WILLIAM FERDON.
Fostofflce a Jdres
Brownlee , Nt _
Like cut on eitber
'Meftsidej " '
Horses
same as cot
on left hip.
* 25Q.OO RE-
BAttU i ° r c011-
M K handling cattle
unlawfully
convfctffii or anyone
In these orands.
Jlenry Flineaux SimeonKebr.
Brand Registered
No 816. Quarter
Circle Club.
Cattle branded
on left hip. Some
without quarter ,
circle.
Horses brand 1s
ed on left shoul ; :
der.
PIKE BROS
BROSPostofflce
Postofflce address
Crookston. Neb
Cattle branded PE
on either hip or
right side.
Horses PB on left
shoulder.
Range On Minne-
chaduza 5 miles
east of Crookston.
\
. Swain. i !
Sparks , Nebr.
Cattle branded on
eft side as shown
nout.
Range South
of Sparks on NIo-
brara river ,
FRANK MOQLE
Postofflo 'address
Cody. Nebraska
On either side cattle
herdmark left ear-
clipped and riyht ear
split jhorses D anded
.same on left ah oulder
Range on Nio i > ara
land Medicine Canyon
D. Stinard.
Valentine , Nebr.
State Brand reg
istered 1554.
Cattle-and horses
branded same as
cut on left hip.
Range 2 miles
east of Ft. Nio
brara ,
Nebraska Land and. Feediag Co.
3artlett RichardsPres Will G Comstock , V. P.
Clias C Jamison Sec&Treas
Cattle .
any part of animal ;
also the .following
brands :
horses bram
same *
Range between
Gordon on the P.E.
'
Metzger Bros. ,
Gregory Neb
Cherry Co
Branded on left
lide and thigh.
Jarmark , square
iroo right oar
Horses have
lame brand on
eft thigh.
Range on Qnr-
lon aud Snake
Jreeks ,
G. W. BEAMER. , .
Gordon , Nebr. ; , .
"
Cattle branded'
' on left sideAVIL ' >
cut , t8-inch oo. (
.
Brand ' >
registered' < c
3 It BOSEBEBIlV
3stoffl < Je adOriess /
anded'on left 'hip ;
irses same Herd-
arldpuble dew- .
Bange gouth---
stofBnishKili -
- "
Postofflce address ,
Hyannls ,
Also fiave stock branded
right side and hip
" *
Horses
un right hip
age-Southwestern Cherry
nty
-
J. A. YARYAN.
. ,
t Pullinin.i
. uP ded
3e U
iiorses branded JY
"n right shoulder .
Reasonable
to the
tofflce address
Pullman , Neb |
: le branded as on
horses branded
e as cattle except
ireed S
block
? s and South
X ) reward will be p..M to any person for In
lation iRadiaK to the arresfandxonvfctinn
ly person orperaoua steajjig catUe witU Ui
