THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
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STATS OFFICERS
EZRA P. SAVAGE. Governor.
C. P. STKKLB. Lieut. Governor.
GKO.V. . MARSH. Secretary of State.
OHAH.-WESTON , Auditor Put ) , Accts.
WM STEUKER Treasurer.
FRANK N. PKOUT. Atty. General.
GEOUOK FOWLER , Com. Pub Lauds and Kldu.
IKE HAKDMAK. Librarian.
U. S SENATORS
JOSKPH H. AIlLLAUD.
CHAM. H DIKTRICH.
CONGRESSMEN
KLMER J. B-ORKKTT. Rep. 1st Dist.
DAVID n. MERCER , Rep. 2uu Dist.
JOHN J. BOIHNSON.FUS. 3rd Dbt.
Wai. L. SIARK , us. 4th Dist.
A. C.8HALLRNREW5ER. KllS 5th Dist.
WM. NKVILLE , Fus. 6th Dist.
COUJS I Y OFFICERS
W. C. SHArrrcK. Treasurer. *
C. S. REKCE , Clerk.
W , R. 1 O\VNE , Judge.
L , N LAYPORT. Sheriff.
, E. D. CLARKB. Attorney.
ETTA BEOAVN , Superintendent.
LBROT LEACH , Surveyor.
ALFJIED LEWIS , Coroner.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
W. E. HALE ? , 1st Dist.
ALEX BUBR. Snd Dist.
L. LAUFEB , 3rd Dist.
Charles H. Faulhaber
Brownlee
Breeder of
Reni'st'd Heretords
o
Hyam , No. 74,538.
at bead ol herd.
Young bulls from 6
to 18 months old
for sale
HENEY AUGUSTON
Blacksmith
Brownloc , Nebr.
Does general blacksmithingarhani
'times pric.es for cash.
PAT HETT
Valentisie , K 'kr.
Good , Hard Roc.k for sale in any
qnantitj.
H. CRAMER ,
City Deliveryman. i
Trunks , valises and packages hauled t > nd
Irora the dppol and all parts of the < Mty
I -Telephouo 12.
W. A. KTMBELL
Barber
First-class Shop iii Every Respect
Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic. Oolderi Star hair
Tonic , Herpicide and Coke's Dandruff Cure. !
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
LEKOY LEACH
County Surveyor
Valentine or Woodlake
GENERAL WOKK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
_ .
JOHN PORATH
* t *
Rif e , Mebr.
Tabular wells and wind mi Us.
A. M. MORRISSEY
*
Attorney at Law
Valentine , X br.
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A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Quiglej & Chapman's
Drug Store. N ights The Don-
oher residence , Cherry Street.
Edward S. Furay
Physician and Surgeon L
Office Fraternal Hall or El-
CCr
liott's Drug Store.
F. M. WALCOTT
ATTORNEY ABSTRAGTER |
- - Valentine , Kebr. '
Practices in Pistrict Court and U. 8. Land
Office. Real F.state and 'lanch Property
and sold. Bonded Ahufractpr ,
:
John Nicholson ,
Dentist , j
Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22 j !
and 23rd of each month. .Reserve i
your , wprjj for him. Office at Donoher ]
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V.B.B.
\\Ktii liuUttn
No. 27 Frt. Dally 2 33 P. M.
No. 25 " except Sunday 9:40 A. M
No. SPassenKer Bally 12:49A.M.
KA8T BOUNU
No. 28 Frt. Dally G :50 A. M.
No , 2 ? " except Sunday 5:00 P.M.
NO. 4 Passenger Ddiiv 4:47 A.M.
SOCIKTIKM ,
; K. of 1 * . ChERRY LODGE NO. 169 , meets If
and 3rd Friday of each month at 8:30.
| C. M , JfUHTER , C. S. GOULD.
t C. C. K , of K. & . S.
YAIi\TJL\friJODGK.\0,205I O. O.F
Meets Thursday night each week ,
AMOS UAMJALL , J. T. K.KELEY ,
A , G. Sec'y.
K A. F. & ,
A. . 31. $ W ltt . - Meets 2stTu suayrach month
T. C , IJOttMitv , W , W , Ti
W. M. Sec'y.
A. O. U. IV. .XO.7O.Meets Ibt and 3rd Mou
day 01 each month.
\V . A. I'KTTVOUKW. U. G , DlWN ,
M. VV. fcteeorue. .
i
J > i < , < jiltKiOI. . 11O.OUO. . HO. Meets
2nd and 4tli Mondui eauh aiuuth.
liROU'N , IEZ , JPETTVCREW ,
O. of 11. Recorder.
31.V. . A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each
mouth.
AI. V. MOHOLSO > , W. E , HALEY ,
v.j. Clerk
NO. 508 Meets
every { -aiiiMjij uith
J. A.liuiuvuACK , E. D , CLAUK ,
F , M. Sec'y.
AK1GIIBOKS. Meets 2nd aud
4th Weduesdayo each mouth.
AlAKY QUIGLEY , MINNIE DANIELS ,
Oracle. JKec
Sou * and Danjihttrs of Protection
o. 6. Meets Snd and 4th Fiidays each
muulh.
EKNKY GuAHAar , Mrs. JENNIE LEWIS ,
Pies. Sec'y
Iloj-ul Highlander * , Devon CaMtie&o
2O1. Meets 2nd Friday eaca mouth.
ED CLARK , .E.HALEY. .
I. P. Sec'y.
MILL PRICES FOF FEED ,
uulb 75 pel ewi $14IM"
85 per cwi $16.00
creeumga 70c " $13.00
t hop Feed . . . .1.05 | 20 li (
Corn 95 $18.00"s
Chop noni 1.00 $19.00
. .1.20 * 23 < i i -
ETTA BROWN
SUPI , PUBLIC INSTRUC1ION
Examination Third Satnrda\
inonth aud Fridn > preceding.
ALENTINE NEBRASKA
Moses & Hoffai-ker.
Sinieon. " > ebr
\ on right nr loit
4t f-limililt-r ol hors
es
Q on left j.iw II on leftside. II on left thigh
S. NT. Moses
X rich ! shonlder
shonlder'l
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congress. The action uf tins congres- >
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ment , which receives Mr. Bryan's per
sonal attention , the Commoner con
tains a Current Topic department ,
wherein a uon partisan dihcusaiou of
topics of timeh inteiest and other val
uable information will i e found. The
Home Department is conducted by an
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summary of 'he world's news told in
narrative st > le. and Air M.mpm's depart -
part ui ut Whether Common or Not
a
contains original anecdotes aud wit ,
moral lessons in homely phrase and
yer.se. and appeals to old and young 0
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rapid increase in circulation now j a
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AN our farmer readers should take
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Tli GreJut Ki of its Kind.
The- excellent record of the "Mer
cantile' ! attracting much attent
ion. It now has in Nebraska over
seven thousand policy holders and
over six million dollars of instir-
0e
ence : in force. It has annually for
five years on an average declared
fit
to ( its policy holders a div
idend of 15 to 20 per cent ; that is ,
it has saved in cost to its policy
holders that much. There is no
man but what would like to .be ins
na s
a 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 boarders -
ers some of the very strongest
Mutual companies in the world ,
Many both farm and city whose poli
cies are as good as gold anywhere
and the reputation of which goes
unquestioned. Among the number
none are better than the Farmers
Mutual Insurance Company and
The Nebraska Mercantile Mutual *
Insurance Company , both of Lin-
1Ci
coin , and the Trans-Mississippi
Mutual Fire Association of Omal i
ha , and our readers should carry
in these companies all of the insura
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 Inlo
surance Journal ,
These companies are represent-
ed by I. M. Rice of Valentine. In
these , . companies together with the
German Mutual of Omaha he has st
written thousands of dollars of inat
surance for people in Valentine , R
Crookston , Cody , Merriman ,
Gordon , "Wooklake and through
out Cherry Co. There has never
been a question as to the reliability
of these mutual companies and a
those holding policies in them can
tlti
testify to the saving in cost of in
surance. There should be no dis
crimination against them because
they have saved thousands of dollars
lars to policy holders , and. insur
ance rates have been lowered 25
per cent by virtue of the existence a
of these companies , in which even to
those opposed to mutual insurance
have profited. They insure city
and farm property , school houses
and churches.
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Report of school district No. 65
for the month beginning Jan. 19 j ,
and ending Feb. 13. Number of
ed
days taught , 20 ; number of pupils
,
enrolled , 6 ; number of days all
pupils attended , ,119 ; Edith Lip-
trap missed one ; Willie Eoberts
was not tardy ; number of visitors ,
. CDJTAS > T RQJBERJS , Teacher *
Ecport of school district No.
for month ending Feb. 13. Num
ber of days taught , 19 ; number of
pupils enrolled , 12 ; average daily
attendance , 10N ; pupils not absent
during the month were : Kate
Buckminster , Otto and Mable
Glendening , Loyal , Leonard and
, ,
Winnie , Dahlgren ; Those one day :
Leo Buckminster and Gco. Mc-
Namec. JESSIE BOWERIXG ,
Teacher.
A man in Michigan by the name
of Moon got married , and that was
a change-in the moon. In due time
his wife presented him with a
daughter , that was a new moon.
Then he went to town and got
drunk for joy , that was a full moon.
When he started for home he had
25 cents in his pocket and that
was the last quarter. His mother-
in-law met him at the door with a
rolling-pin ' and there was a total
eclipse , and he saw stars. Ex.
* .
Three Eivers ( Mich. ) Reporter :
Bettie Better bought some butter ;
"But , " she said , "this butter's
, . . .
bitter ;
If I put it in my batter
It will make the batter bitter ;
But a bit of better butter
Will make my batter better. "
So she bought a bit o ? butter ,
Better than the bitter butter ,
And made her bitter batter better.
So 'twas better Bettie Better
"Bought a bit of better butter.
The Kansas City Star narrates
that a good lookin , well to do
Springfield bachelor who was being
teased by the young women of a
club for not marrying , offered to
make the girl whom the club should
elect his wife just to show them
that he was not averse to matri
mony. Each girl went to a corner
and wrote her choice on a piece of
paper , disguising her handwriting.
There were nine members of the
club , and the result showed one
vote for each. The young man is
still a bachelor , but the club is
broken up and its members arc all
mad at each other.
The old story has started on its
rounds again. This time it was
Mark Hanna who once gave a ban
quet in Ohio to fifty farmers. The
dessert was to be 25 watermelons.
So the day before the dinner Mr.
Hanna had them pulled and poured
a pint of Piper Heidsick wine into
each melon , then placed them on
ice. After the dinner each farmer
was ' given a half of a watermelon.
They began tasting them , winked
at each other , looked wise , and before -
fore the "affair was over every
farmer was slipping the seeds into
his vest pocket. Western Pub
lisher ,
A Missouri editor whose wife is
strong i woman's sttffraigst lias
sprung the following base rhyme
or his readers : Eockaby baby ,
your mamma is gone ; she's at the
caucus , and will be till dawn ; she
wore < pap's trousers , and in them
looked queer , so hushaby baby ,
your papa is here. Eockaby baby
your mamma's a terror ; she's run
three , , conventions , declared for
three , fellows ; she's great on the
straddle way up on a vote , so hush
aby baby , your papa's the 'goat. '
Eockaby baby the dishes are clean ,
papa's clone scrubbing and put on
the beans ; your mamma is late ,
seems always to lag ; but heaven
help papa if she comes home with
"jag. " Western Publisher.
The season of the kissing bug _
reminds us of the following little
effusion-our devil tacked on our
door some days back. As we arc
not in the habit of hiding our light
under a bushel basket or wearing
mask when we have a good thing * 3
say we pass it along : ' 'An old
maid stood on a steam boat deck g
whence all but she had fled ; and s
i
calmly faced a kissing bug that t
circled overhead. The maidens a
shrieked and the matrons swooned , s
and the men all swore amain , but [
the game old maid like a hero stayt
and whispered vcome again. ' ' > q
There was a buzz a thunder sound J
the old maid was she dead ? n
Nay , still she stood and cried for Jl
more , but the kissing bug had [ . . s
( Tex , ) Jfews ,
CONDUCTING FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
WJiy This Uoumlabout AVn.v o
Amuiicliiisr tlic Tnrill Fitiln.
In making treaties with foreign coun
tries the administration evidently does
not understand the conditions that ex
ist about the commercial matters that
the treaties arc drawn up to cover.
The latest treaty to receive a black
eye is that concluded'by the state de
partment with Newfoundland , which
these interested in the fishing industry
of the New England coast claim is dis
astrous to their interests. The opposi
tion < of some senators to the treaty is so
tid
decided that it will , like the Krench
treaty and ethers , be either laid aside
oily if brought to a vote will undoubted
ly be defeated. These treaties are all
SI to be made by the rule of
re that is , some one or t > ome
in must suffer to open our mar
kets to some foreign production. The
foreigner will not open his door unless
we will open our door to the same ex
tent. . . Therefore reciprocity and protec
tion do not work smoothly together ,
for if the door is opened by reciprocity
even a little bit some protected indus
try feels a draft and at once protests
that ] it will be made sick and perish if
the door is not promptly closed.
Trying to amend the protective tariff
by the roundabout way of reciprocity
is proving an utter failure or else the
Republican * management of the state
department is- not equal'to the occa
sion. All cf the important treaties that
have been arranged since the prohibi
tive tariff was enacted have not been
enacted by the senate , and there is no
probability that any of them will be.
The trusts will in the future as in the
past if they continue to manufacture a
surplus be compelled to sell at a far less
price to the foreigner than the protec
tive tariff allows them to exact from
our people. Certain trusts would be
glad to see a treaty ratified that would
open foreign markets to their products ,
but the equivalent reduction demanded
by the foreigner on other products
pinches the toes of another trust and
Interferes with its monopoly so that no
agreement can be arrived at.
Monopoly of the home market and
enormous profits for trusts is the prin
ciple upon which the protective tariff
rests , and any competition from outside
breaks down the theory and practice
which supports it.
The Philippine
There is Fircng opposition in the sen
ate to the bill for the reduction of the
Philippine tariff from T.J per cent bf
the Dingey tariff to 23 per cent of it.
The bill has passed the house of repre
sentatives , but the tobacco and sugar
interests are Urging the senators who
represent states where tobacco nnd sug *
ar are produced to keep the duty at the j
higher figure.
As we have free trade with Porto
Itico and Hawaii , it would seem that
common fairness wouid' compel tin ;
same treatment of the Philippine Is
lands. As the latter islands were pur
chased from Spain for the express pur
pose of increasing our trade with them ,
to keep up a barrier to prevent com
merce would sown an anomaly that
would defeat our own expressed pur
pose.
The protectionists are confronted
\vitli two horns of a dilemma , the wel
fare of the Philippines must be sacri
ficed or the competition from their
products must be met by our own pro
ducers. The imperialists and the ex
pansionists , who are also the protec
tionists , have created a situation that
will _ continue to plague them until they
are forced to accept either free trade or
free men.
Jfo Excuse For Delay.
Now that congress has appropriated
300,000 thanks to the Democrats to
prosecute the trusts , the administration
can have no further excuse for not
gathering the evidence that will put
some of the trust magnates behind the
bars. The criminal section of the anti
trust law is stringent enough to bring
any trust baron to time if it can be
shown that be has combined to raise
prices or to restrict interstate com
J
merce. There should be no difficulty in
proving thasc criminal acts against
poiua of the coal barons. The attorney
general cf tin * United States now has a
great opportunity to show that he Is
able md willing to do his duty. If he
is at nil i.1 ioi : or negligent. President
Roosevelt can show his concern for the
.suffering people by spurring his subor
dinate tp immediate action.
COfiL TRUST IN
No Promise of Relief From Its
Exactions In the Outlook.
OK1MINALS STILL 'U3PU3USHED ,
The Republican Administration Itc-
sponsible For tlie Strtttc No Step *
Taken lo Enforce the Criminal
Statutes cf tl e Autitrnnt La\v.
There is no more reason for : i tariff
tax on coal than for one on ice , and
tha latter necessity and Mt almost is a
necessity is on thy free list of the
Dinglcy tariff act.
Coal is taxed (57 cents a ton to pro
tect tha coal barons and allow them to
charge ] that much more profit in fact ,
the duty was iiuaided as a subsidy.
The coal barons are important people. '
They control United .States senators
and congressmen from a 'number of
strong Republican states , and when
the subsidies have been dealt out In
the tariff bill they demanded that coal
should be protected from competition.
This , cf course , was conceded by the
Republican majority that passed thu
bill and the Republican president that
signed it. So there is no escape from
the fact that the Republican party'is
responsible for at least GT cents a ton
of the extortionate prices for coal
which the trust is now charging. '
Neither is it diflicult to prove that
the Republican party is also responsi
ble for the coal strike and , until elec
tion day was near , made no serious at
tempt to stop it. There is a community
of interests between the trusts and the
Republican party leaders. A wireless
telegraph keeps them in constant touch
with each other , and when impdrtant
elections arc about to occur the contact
becomes closer , like thu embrace of
lovers * .
The psrty in power is responsible for
the execution of the federal laws , and
in times of stress at least when the
antitrust law was notoriously being
nullilkd the same party should enforce
it. When the beef trust began to hold
up the American people , as it did last
winter , if the administration had begun
proceedings against the beef barons
under the criminal section of the Sher
man law there would have been but
little doubt ref their conviction. Mr.
Armour or Mr. Swift convicted and in
jail for combining to tleece the people
would have at once stopped the ex
tortions and would have been a warn
ing to other monopolists , especially to
the coal trust magnates , wh.on combination - '
nation to restrict the output o'f coal and
keep up prices was notorious * . The fear
of an impartia enforceiiKMit of the lav
Would have made the coal barons think
twice before they declined to make a
small advance in the wages of the min
ers. Ten cents a ton advance in wages
would have settled the coal 'strike' ten
days after it began. A threat at that
time of prosecution by President
Roosevelt or his attorney general , even
ifthe beef trust had not been dealt
with , would h.'ive brought the haughty
barons to tiiTiO.
Xo such effort or even attempt was
made. The trusts are stilt in the sad
dle , booted and spurred , riding the long
suffering people to their undoing. The
president has washed his hands of the
wretched business , and his "commis
sion" drags along without much pros
pect of either miners or people being
helped by its.deliberations. The only'
relief in sight'is balmy spring , which
nature fortunately will provide in due
course of time.
Do the"Deceived Feel7-
President Roosevelt entirely disa
grees with Mr. navemeyer that the tar-
Jff is the mother of trusts aid in his
message to congress discussing the tar
iff and trust question says :
"Net march * would this [ refqruiing
the tariff ] bu wholly ineffective , but tLe
diversion of our efforts in buch a direc
tion would ineau the abandonment of
all iatellige'it attempt to do away with
these evils. "
The "Iowa idea' ' that the tariff shel
ters the trusts is thus also knocked in
the head by the chief politician of the
Republican party , and the'promise of
tue congressmen from the - western
states that f'ue Republic-ail party could
be rciied upon to ri'fcrui the tariff aud
prevent further trust extortion is post
poned indefinitely. How do tlu * llepub'
Ucau reformers enjoy tbe el