v THE VALENTINE. DEMOCRAT
I. M RICE
J IHUKMJAl.
liuutred attbe Postrofflce at Vumutme. ( Ui rry
eoimiv. Vobrajka. UH Second-class matter.
SOCIETIES ,
HL. of r. CbERHY LODGE XO. 1C9 , meet * 1ft
aud 3rd Friday of each month at 8:30.
C. M. JIuNTEii , C. S. GOULD ,
0.0. K , of It. & . S.
VALKSTlXISLOlltiJBN0.205 I O. O. F
Meets Thursday uiglit each week ,
AMOS RANDALL , J , T. KKKLEY ,
ailXXKCllAD&JZA 1 > O > CK A. F. &
A. 31. * 'o 11)2. Meets 2st Tuesday each moiitli
T. C , HoitNsY. W , W , THOMSON ,
W. M. Sec'y.
. . O. U. W. XO. 7O.- Meets 1st and 3rd Mon
.y ol each month.
' .A , PETTYCnEW , U. G , DUNN ,
M.y. . Uecordet.
J > KGItKKOKllOAOK XO. HO.-Meets
2ud aud 4th Moudaj each month.
UTTABWHVfl , IftEZ , PETTVCltEW ,
C. of U. Recorder.
M. W. A. Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each
mouth.
AI. V. MCIIOLSON , W. K , HALEY ,
VJ. Clerk
FKATEieXAi < UXIO.M NO , 508 Meets
every alunaj uigh
J. A.HOUNBACK , K. D , CLAUK ,
ltd A Li KK1OHKOK8. Meets 2nd and
4th Wednesdays each mouth.
Y QUIOLEY , MINNIE DANIELS ,
Oracle. Kec.
and Daushters of Protection
i Xo. O. Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays each
mouth.
HKNKY GHAUAM. Mrs. JENNIE LEWIS ,
Ptes. Sec'y
Itoyal HiKhlanders , Devon CnwtlcXo.
291. Meets 2nd Friday eaca month.
KD CLAUIC , KHALEY. .
I. P. ae 'y-
Charles U. Faulhaber
Breeder ol
ht'd Ueret rds
o
Hyam , No. 74,53s.
at bead ol herd.
Young bulls from H
to 18 months old
for sale
HENRY AUGUSTON
Blacksmith
Brown I c , Kc-br.
\ i
Does general blacEslmtlfino af liSrd j
times prices for cash.
PAT HETT
Valentine , Xobr.
Good , Hard Rock for sale in anj"
qnantit } ' .
H. CKAMER ,
City Delivery-man.
Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and
from the depot and all parts of the City.
W. A. KJMBELL
t
,
Barber '
First-class Shop in Every Respect
Kan de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star hair
Tonic , Herpicide and Cokn's Dandruff Cure-
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
I
LEKOY LEACH
!
r County Surveyor
Valentine or Woodlake
WOKK PIIOMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
JOHN POIIATH
, Xcbr.
Tubular wells and windmills.
A. M. MORRISSEY
Attorney at Law
Vaieniine , X br.
" M MM * * " " ' ' " " " - -
A. N. COMPTON i t
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Quigley & Chapman's 1
Drug Store. Nights The Dou-1 i
oher residence , Cherry Street.
I
Edward S. Furay
Physician and Surgeon
Office Fraternal Hall or El-
liott's Drug Store. 10UD2
F. M. WALCOTT
ATTORNEY AKDABSTRACTER |
Valentine , Nebr.
Practices In District Court aud U. S. J and
Office. Beal Estate aud Sancb Property
pougbtancl sold. Bouded Abstractor.
I
F. E.&M. V.R.B.
TIME TAKLE
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No. 27 Frt. Daily 2 33 P. SI.
No. 25 " excepi Sunday 9:40 A. M
No. 3 Passe'mer Hally 12:49A. M
KAHT BOUND
No. 28 Frt. Daily CGO A. M.
No , 2F " except Sunday 5:00 P.M.
NO. 4 Passenger Dai * 4:47 A.M.
MILL PRICES FOR FEED.
Bran , bulk 75 per cwt $14 00 ton
, Shorts bulk 85 per cwi $16.00 ton
I Screenings 70c " $13.00 "
CnopFcHd 1.05 $20' " '
Corn.- 95 - $18.00 "
Chop corn . .1.00 $19.00
John Nicholson ,
I Dentist.
Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22
and 23rd of each month. Reserve
your work for him Office at Donoher
House.
ETTA BROWN
SUPF , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
ExHtiiinatiou Third Saturday of each
j mouth and Friday preceding.
ALENTINE NEBRASKA
i Moses & Hoffacker.
Simeon.ebr
% ' on right or lei t
< > bbouhtar of burs
es
O ou left Jaw. II on leftside. II onleftlhlgb'
S. tf. Moses
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topics of timely interest , aud other val
uable information will ie fouud. The
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partment Whether Common or Not
contnius original anecdotes aud wit ,
moral lessons in homel } phrase and
yerse , and appeals to old and ) ouug
alike.
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applies to both new and renewal sub
scriptions , and should be taken advant
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attention upon mere mention. The
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The Poultry Farmer is the most prac
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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-
ence in force. It has annually for
five years on an average declared
to its policj 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 in
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 board
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
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 are represent
ed by I. M. Kice of Valentine. In
these companies together with the
German Mutual of Omaha he has
written thousands of dollars of in
surance for people in Valentine
Crookston , Cody , Merriman ,
Gordon , WooMakc and through
out Cherry Co. There has never
been a question as to the reliability
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 deli
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.
Pen brook Quills
Once more we feel our oats.
Bay Sharp Went to town Sunday.
Mr. Burse says he is wintering
fine.
Swain , the blacksmith , is kepfi
busy.
Corn has reached 40c in this lo
cality.
J. Hewer was in this localit 7
Friday.
Corn husking has raised to 5c a
bushel.
The Burdick boys are building
a nice log cabin.
Henry Brown has bought the
Hate buildings.
Wm. Ogle was on the streets of
Sparks Sunday.
At this writing we are out of
writing material.
Hi Brown will give an Irish
wake Friday night.
Dave Owens bought 200 bushels
of corn of Mr. Gilbert.
Hackler Bros , are doing a rush
ing business at Norden.
Swain and Powers have been
ing the ice business ,
Richard Owens returned from
Omaha ( this week.
Mr. McConnel has been hauling
corn from this locality.
Ray and Chas. Polen were down
to j II. Grooms' Sunday.
Mr.Vhetstone \ and wife , of
Norden , went to Valentine Sat.
AVm. Allen Jr. and wife were
visitors at II. Grooms' Sunday.
Dave Green and Frank Grooms
went down to Norden Saturday.
Mr. Lewis and Bert Hutchison
were at Penbrook Saturday eve.
Wm. Grooms went to Norden
Wednesday with a load of 40c corn.
Mesdamcs Brindia , Swain and
Ogle went to Valentine Saturday.
We will turn out some poetry
right away if the editor don't ob
ject.
John Grooms Jr. and Frank
Powers made a trip to the saw mill
last j week.
Wm. Grooms and Jim Hutch
ison went up to the Niobrara Falls
last week.
Mr. Morrison and wife went out
to Jim Georges Saturday and re
turned Sunday.
The organ committee will give
another birthday party at Sparks
March T. Everybody invited.
Wm. Ship was in this locality
again. ' He says a good size ship
to be sailing around in such a dry
country.
Reports from Oregon says that ,
apples are still on the trees and
honey floats ia the canyons up to
your knees , and everybody lives
happy.
We claim to hail from Miss
ouri , but we don't claim to have
ever seen the-fine team owned by
the prsident of Mexico. But we
claim to have seen a man sleigh
riding on a corn sled one day re
cently. PORCUPINE.
The Varch meeting of the Valen
tine Section of the Cherry County
Teacher's Association will be held at
the high school building March 14 ,
1903 The following program will be
rendered :
Music Ass'n
Anvil Drill , A No. of Mrs , Vaugns
pupils.
Nature Study , Chapters 16 to 20 incl.
Miss Brown.
Vocal Duet Mist Query and Miss
Holcomb.
What are the benefits derived from
study of Physiology ?
J. R. Fee.
Continued Story Chater V ,
Miss Robinon.
The old Fashioned Debate in the
Country School
E. C. Shainbeau.
Roll Call , Waymarks pages 160 to 200.
filoeky Corner
J. H. Sears visited relatives in
locality 1 recently.
Mrs. Cora Morgan visited her
parents last week.
Bill Smith was meandering along
the river Saturday.
Everything and everybody is
very dull in this community.
We understand that Mrs. Mary
Heth has been seriously ill.
Lon and Lew Mosher were in
this neck of the woods last week.
Frank and George Sedlacek
moved into our Iocalit5f last week.
Wm. Grooms and James Hutch
ison i Cvisited at R. Grooms' last
week.
Mrs. Adamson and children went
to town Saturday and returned
Sunday.
Mrs. Hannah Heath returned
last week from long visit with her
mother in Valentine.
John Thompson returned from
the Black Hills last-week richer by
a few week's experience.
By the way * 'Porcupine55 of
Penbrook , you'll find that a mule
and a half dozen chickens wont'go
very far when you reach the mat
rimonial market. It will take the
chickens and half the mule to pay
the bill and you'll have only half
the mule left.
Crouded out last week.
Arabia Screenings.
J. C. .llcNare's family is reported to
be free again of the measels.
; The weather still keeps cold and we
have plenty of ice in our part of the
country.
Mrs. J. F. Kief was in Valentine one
day last week visiting with her daughter
'
ghter Bernice and 'transacting busi
ness.
Clinton Collet , our Arabia teacher
went to Valentine Friday evening but
did notretnrn to his post of duty Mon
day , being sick at his home. He sent
word he would return Tuesday but has
not returned yet.
THE BLACK KNIGHT.
Bernice Kief spent Sunday at'home
with her parents.
J. C. McNare and M. J. Jordan ship
ped in a car of shelled corn last Wed
nesday.
Stacey Miller , who lives on a ranch
west of Woodlake , has been seriously
ill with pneumonia. He first had the
measles , then took a severe cold which
brought on the latter.
Several cases of measles are teport
ed to exist in the McKeel district.
Miss Kief has not been obliged to
close her school although her attend
ance has been very much ieduced.
Miss Laura M. Stratton , who has
been teaching in district No. 42 , went
to Lincoln Wednesday , having re
ceived a telegram that her mother i
was dead. School is closed in that
district in consequence of this.
* THE BLACK KNIGHT.
Onsi ? Butterfly
The weather is moderating some at
last.
M.Dunham was in Oasis aday or
two last week.
Ed Harris and son have shod some
pretty bad horses lately.
*
Miss Lizzie Grange and Vern Cone
were guests at Oasis last Sunday.
Aric Arnson was swapping yarns
with the people of this country last
week ,
Nels Rowley sotpped at the Oasis
store last week on his way from the
city.
John Ray stopped at Oasis last Mon
o > y and had a chat with AJ- Harris ,
.ind old acquaintance.
W. G. Ballard moved a large bunch
of cattle to Harris' to feedup the hay
which he purchased.
There will be a dance at John
G-ranges March 6. Come all and en
joy a pleasant evening.
Mr. Burnham and wife and little son ,
of Brownlee , were at the blacksmith
shop last week enroutefor Woodlake.
Mr. Burnham has been selling a good
many suits of clothes for which he is
the agent.
BUTTERFLY.
Report of school district } Xo. 32
for montli ending Feb. 13. No.
of pupils enrolled , 11 ; average
daily attendance , 9 ; those present
every day , Grace and Gcrtis Lip-
trap ; those absent only one da5 * ,
Ella , Bertha and Martin Johnson.
EMMA MILLER , Teacher.
John Sedlacek
Valentine , Nebr.
Nebr.to "
on left hip.
Horses same on
left shoulder.
e branded" * * *
left shoulder
hip.
as r-oine V.Q on
H Bn V 4 v > * ' - * * * * J w-rf
Kanii - u imlcs soiunwest of Valentine on north
side of jMobrara river. *
Taken Up.
Taken up at my place 2J4 miles west of Arabia
Nebr. , a brown gelding about four years old. no
brand. Two white uind legi. weighs about SOO
pounds , has A white spot in forehead.
63 Wni.llEKLAIT.
JKstray Notice
Taken up by the undersigned at my place 3
miles north < > fxSparks , one black two year old
steer , branded cross L on left side and two red
roan \\hite face two year old steers branded 2
on left hip Dated FeU. 30 , 11)03- v
65 J.VMKSiHuDSON . Sparks. Neb.
Tailor.
in- - .tie. "is the grave
. .1 , . .j. '
Histc-3-.c spotYih : reverential awe
- nay.vitli a feeling of dep thankful-
' : i" ; < the \\vHhy : merchant tailor on
' > first tn > to the orient drew near
- : < ; ' : : * 'oWT on tile tomb. "Err-
f - , i i-MOr. " he murmured. " 1 should
tic the hist ittitn on earth to revile your
tne--or.v : To your sin I owe my proa-
peri y. " Chicago Tribune.
3Icilicine For Him.
"Hisvife has treasured all the let
ters hi'vrcto her when he was court-
inj ; her : ki-ops them by her all the
tiui'.1. "
" ( irndous ! She doesn't read them
over , dot's she' : "
"Xo. but she threatens to read them
,
lo him \vhi'ieviT he gets obstreperous. "
Philadelphia Press.
It doesn't cost n cent to be a gentle
man , but it may cost you your life to
be a fool. Atchison Globe.
ENTANGLING ALLIANCES.
of tlic Kvimhlir Hnnlilicd
\Vikh . ( he Jlonrne Doctrine.
The * tn-oo : doctrine Is being held in
while President Roosevelt
with England and Germany
In th-ir i.iid on Venezuela. This Is
hardl.v to ho wondered at when it is
conslilm ' thl tiu > pictures o. " Wash
ington. .1 . . 'eTsou atl : Mcw.-.e have been
relegate , o the hasTinent of tlur White
House : : .00 old fashioned anil out cf
date for iese * strenuous times. In place
of the t ' ttzro of the Father of Ills
Country : nd the other patriots , there
have bcvii Installed others 0:1 more
modern subjects. One of these pic
tures called "Love and Life. " a gift
from the artist Watts to the nation ,
was banished frcui the White House
under the Cleveland administration as
too realistic' , its appearance there hav
ing been objected to by the W. C. T. U.
and other kindred organizations.
Several patriotic societies have of
fered to fliul a safe resting place for
the banished portraits , which , by the
way , are of inestimable historic value.
The pfctr.re of Washington is the only
one in existence that he personally sat
for , anil the likeness of Jefferson ia the
finest in existence.
The administration having tendered
its services to kings , emperors ami po
tentates to assist them in collecting
their own anil their subjects' bail debts
from insurrection wrecked Venezuela
anil the consequent laying aside of the.
time honored Monroe doctrine , the portraits
traits of the fathers of the republic
would surely be out of place where
such nefarious matters are discussed
and concocted.
With the constitution strained to the
utmost tension and the Declaration of
Independence of kings , powers and po
tentates declared to be obsolete and
worthless , our sister republics to the
south of us may well shiver with dread
of similar attacks on their sovereignty ,
'or they are all mortgaged to Exrope
.id may be foreclosed upon at any
i ime.
The United States will evidently be
looked to as a guarantor of the debts
> f tlu'pe South American republics or
asked to stand aside for their eollection
; y armed fcrco. as in'thc present case ,
laving once bowed down to the ctTetc
monarchies of Europe and drelared
that we will not prevent the collection
5f overdue or unrecognized debts and
.hat the Monroe doctrine will only bo
invoked If fjrritory is acquired. Uieru
will be no end to the complications
lht : may nrise. lint there is the rub.
Hov can we dispossess llu-se rapacious
kings a nil emperors If they once lake
forcible1 possession 'i They are joined
together ii a strong pact to resist us ,
and a long if not disastrous war might
be the only Alternative.
Entangling alliances with foreign na
tions is the one to be dreaded thing
that-every administration f whatever
party has always avoided until the
present time. 4 utit nowheems to-have
been accomplished.
TTTO of n Kind.
"ShaUc hands , brother.
You're a rogue and I'm auothcri"
Free Trade In Coal.
When President Roosevelt ivas en his
stumpinjr tour , he dec-lured in his siiecch
at Cincinnati that anthracite coal * vas'
on the free list. All cf the Republican
spellbinders echoed the panic declara
tion. The Democrats showed that an
thracite and bituminous coal were both
subject to duty under the Diugley tar
iff law. They were denounced as pre
varicators. Election is now over , an'd
President Roosevelt acknowledges that
he was mistaken and recommends in
his message that the duty be removed
from anthracite coal. It is now up tea
a Republican congress to pass such a
bill , but so far no steps have been tak
en to that end.
It is well to inquire why bituminous
coal should not also be placed upon the
free list , especially as the coal barons
are making preparations to export coal
lo Mediterranean ports to compete with
foreign coal in those markets.
By the Throat.
In spite of the fact that the existing
tariff ia withdrawing annually In tax
ation r hundred million dollars more
than is needed to meet the expendi
tures of a wasteful government , it ia
evident tat ! the Republican leaders do
not intend to permit any tariCf legisla
tion this winter.
If nothing shall be dona by the con
gress now in session , a year wiil elapse
b'fcrttle matter can even be consid
ered. ; ' : : : ! in the meantime the treasury
will Iv gorged with money wrongfully
withdrawn from business.
Legitimate business interests , the hi-
u rests which : in not dependent upon
monopoly tariffs , have not failed to
note the effect of overtaxation upon
their a { fairs. They know that the tar
iff hfiirfielaru's have the country by
the t- jt ; snd that it cannot stand an
other \ . - of .
-ar choking ; Chicago Cliroa-
icle.
