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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1903)
1 j ; THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M. RICE EDITOR Thnwdny , May 21 , 1903 TERMS Subscription $1.00 per year in advance ; $1.50 When not paid in advance , Single copies 5c. Display advertising 1 incb single column I5c per issue or SC.OO a year. Ixxal Notices , Obltilaries , Lodge Kesolutlon- and Socials for Revenue 5c per line per itsue. Brands , l iijohes $4.00 per year in advance additional space S3-00 per Inch per year ; engraved blocks extra ; 91.00 each. Parties living outside Cherry county not per- rotmlly known nre requested to pay in advance. 10 per cent additional to above rates if over 6 juoatbs in Arrears. Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver- flaws. There's few men who thipk that this country would go to ruin if it were not for the cattle king who buys a car load or two of wire to fence [ up the lonely sand hills. There are some of these so-called cattle kings who buy very little from the home market and do not help to build up home industries. They are opposed to settlement and civilization , schools and taxa tion , homes and settlers of honest intention. They look upon public improvements as detriment to their own selfish enterprises and live mostly to themselves. Our coun try would be more beautiful xand inviting if every man lived here as his home and contributed his tal ent towards civilization and his energies to making home a pleas ant place. The unlucky number 13 soldier's widows came up to our city from Council Bluffs and other places Tuesday night to file on land. They do not expect to make their homes here , but since Uncle Sam is giving away land they come infer for their share. There is an agent up the road by the name of Mc- Parland whom we understand is dealing in widows and anyone want ing a few filings made , may get them by paying the price. They don't come high and consequently it is at present a popular way of getting a cinch on some land and shutting out settlers who encroach upon the western ranch building industry. "It'may bec6ine' a popu lar industry if the supply of wid ows does not become exhausted as the policy of the government seems to be in favor of the wholesale dis" position of land at our U. S. Land agencies at present. ADDITIONAL LOCAL John Shelbourn is in town today. ' . Grandma Clarkson is quite sick. W. S. Jackson is in Chicago buy ing goods. A boy was born Sunday to M. V. Nicholson and wife. G. W. Keller and L. W. Cady , of Pleasant Hill precinct are in town today. Mrs. Frank Higgin of Arabia , has recovered from her recent illness. John West and Miss Inez Petty- crew visited friends in Woodlake last Sunday. Ex Gov. Savage is visiting his son the proprietor of the Star livery stable , today. } J. F. Swain and wife were up from their home down the Nio- brara Tuesday. Henry Stetter and wife return ed Monday morning from a week at Hot Springs. Mrs. ' Stetter feels improved in health. : Dr. J. E. Snyder , an osteopathic : physician , has Ipcated in Valentine and will open up an office at once 3 for the practice of his profession. 3il Albert Haley tells us that a Mrs. ilI Green , a colored woman , lost a I pocket'book ' containing $30 between 0 Valentine and FortNiobrara , Mon 0a 0G day. a day.A. A. H. Sletzgar returned last night n from his home at Cedar Creek and a trip through the south during the t ; : winter. He stopped in town today t ( on business and will go out to his c : ranch south of Merriman tomorrow , al We enjoyed a very pleasant visit a ] with Mm , J ij I Bert Jeffers returned from Omaha last Thursday and last night he and Mall started for Seattle , Wash. A. E. Thacher fell down the cel lar yesterday and came near break ing his leg catching in , one of the steps but saved him from a hard fall. . Mrs. Elsie Gore returned to her home after a visit of several days at Mr. West's at Woodlake. Leo West accompanied her home for a visit. Mrs Charles W. Ray has been quite ill the past week and has had poor health during the past winter but recently has been growing worse. R. A. Me Quade has been mak ing improvements recently at his place south of the Depot by put ting up a picket fence and a wind mill and tank. Mr. and , Mrs Curtis Gordon desire to exprss their sincere thanks for the sympathy and assis tance of neighbors in their recent bereavement. By mistake last week we stated that the Woman Suffrage meet ing was to be May 30th instead of May 20th. The mistake was an accident and we're sorry for it. Josh Hitt was in town Tuesday and as usual with him was cheer ful. Josh believes that 20 men on 20 farms is better than one man on 20 farms who sends away for what he buys. M. P. Jordan was in our city last Monday from his home at Arabia. We enjoyed a pleasant visit with him and Mike set" his subscription a year in advance to the DEMOCRAT. Supt. Travis , of the St. Mary's Mission School , drove down yes terday to meet Bishop Hare , who comes to visit the school. Mr. Travis" made this office a visit on business and tells us they are get ting along nicely. f John Adamson has built a good comfortable dwelling on"his ranch up the Niobrara , about 15 miles southwest of town , and Sunday entertained a number of friends. The walls are of grotto and the rooms are large and high ceiling. Commenement exercises at the M. E. Church Friday evening will bring out the largest- audience of the season. Six young ladies will graduate. Eda V. Broad , Effie O. Carlson , Anna C. Ladely , .Marie E. Nelson , Lucilla E. Stin- ard , and Agatha C.O'Shaughnessy. Dan Adamson and wife drove in from their ranch near Newton the first of the week , visiting friends on their way into town. Mrs. Adamson has not been very well and came in to consult a physician. . They visited with John Adamson , southeast of town on the river , Sunday. Wash Honey was in our city yes terday transacting business with the County Treasure. He got through his business too late to take No. 82 back to his home at Woodlake and improved the time by visiting friends during the af ternoon. Mr. Honey made us a pleasant call and subscribed for the DEMOCRAT. Mrs. R. Anderson , Miss Bernice Kief who has been staying with her during the past school year , ind Misses LiHie and Clara Collett , ivent down to Arabia last Friday o witness the closing exercises of he school in district No. 50 wherer Clinton Collett has been teaching. Miss Kief and Mrs. Anderson vis ited at Mr. Kief's until Sunday. W. A. Pettycrew returned last Friday morning from a visit to jrand Island as a delefate to the Srrand Lodge-of the A. O. U. W. Ihe ? trains on the U. P. from Fre- nont were -delayed all night at a imall station , Clarks , and two rain loads of delegates had to con- ent themselves as bestr-they ould. They reached Grand Island t seven o'clock Tuesday morning } nd had a profitable and interest- vg meeting , / c A Minimum of Friction Gives the Maximum of Life TO THE. Smith Premier _ - \ Ty p e wr it er Ball Bearing Carriage. Conical Bearing Type Bars. ' Rocking Shaft to Convey Power from Key Stem to Type * Friction Minimized as in no other Machine. Wearing Qualities and Ease of Operation Multiplied. : : : Beautiful Catalogue Free. The Smith Premier Typewriter Company. Oor * . and Fnmum St. , Omaha , Otto Schwidersky was in town Monday with a load of hogs from His farm at McCann. He and Mr. Hendershot called on us Mon day evening and watched the edi tor and S. L. Ellis play chess , while trying our Missouri smoking tobacco. D. M. Gourley , a prominent ranchman of Rushville and owner of a fine ranch in the west end of Cherry county , was in vtown on business Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. Gourley called on us while in town and had some cards and en velopes printed with his stock brands on them. He also paid for a year in advance to the DEMO CRAT. Mr. Gourley by industry and good management has a nice bunch of cattle. Wm. Franke returned from Omaha Wednesday , where he had' been in the interest of his Hackberry - berry Lake Shooting Club. He has formed a corporation which consists of 100 shares at § 25 e'ach and several prominent men , of Omaha have taken shares. Im provements will be made shortly and Mr. Francke tells us that he expects to get it ready for use dur ing the summer. It will be owned by the club and used exclusively for its members and their visitors. THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT , type , printing presses and building and are now owned by I. M. Rice , the present editor. We have also bought a lot of new type and done considerable repairing of the build ing. It has taken considerable money to do this and our bank ac count needs replenishing , to speak plainer we think we need money. If you who owe us a small account will pay what you can , we will be thankful to you for responding when we call upon you. S. N. Moses drove in.from the ranch last Saturday , and Sunday took the train for Omaha where he will visit with his family for a few days before starting with his cattle for his ranch in Butte Co. , S. D. , that he purchased since selling out his interest in the Moses-Hoffack- er-Anderson ranch in this county. Mr. Moses is well liked by 'people .who have the pleasure of his ac- ! qiiaintance and his friends and _ neighbors regret -losing him as a citizen and fellow stockman. Mr. Moses orders the DEMOCRAT to be sent him at Omaha for a few weeks and then to his ranch in So. Dak. , and pays the cash in advance. Laura Gregg and Gail Laughlin entertained the ladies yesterday and last evening with speeches on the woman suffrage question. When women get into politics their meetings will be held in churches. It seems all right for them to dab ble in politics. We'll have td learn to tend babies and do the cooking and housekeeping. There isn't a doubt in any one's mind about woman's knowing more about poli tics and everything else while they are debating with you for they will have their way. Miss Laughlin unconsciously admitted that they were poor money makers , while boasting of women having the brains of the country , in saying that they had less money to spend than the men. In Wyoming there is a shortage of women and to in duce them to come they are given the privilege of voting. Speakers ilways forget to tell us how many women vote in Wyoming. Now ionest ladies , don't you all think hat men have just as good right to talk politics in a church as wom en and to use churches for that purpose ? If women enjoy so many more' privileges than the men they are foolish to put themselves on an equality with men and thus jeopar dize their present high standing. Men by their votes have placed women in a higher position than they can claim or maintain in a struggle with men. It would be selfish to give yourselves by your own'vote that which you would not accord others , so let them vote and take up their burdens with us , the privilege , the duty. J. C. Elder and W. R. Boddy , both colored , had some words yes- teAlay norning and Boddy slapped and kicked Elder. A few min- uits later while Boddy was having his shoes shined Elder came out of the Palace Saloon with a rock winch he threw at Boddy but mis sed him and ran. Two persons then iold Boddy that he had gone to get a gun so Boddy stepped up to his restaurant [ and [ getting his guri overtook Elder in front of Bob's Place and struck him over the head with his gun which acci- dently discharged putting a bullet through the heavy plate glass of 'of Bob McGeer's window which / ranged upward striking the ceiling and glanced. Boddy was immed iately arrested and gave bond for § 200 to appear for trial. ni Black Mickey Dead. l .everlee Fields , a colored man who has ) been around Valentine for the past two or three years and better known as Black Mickey , died last Friday evening about six o'clock at the City hotel , of dropsy. Mickey had never been very robust and 'used to sleep in Stetter's ice house back of the. saloon with only a few gunny sacks as a bed and though he did not complain , the weather was sometimes quite se vere. This was some two years ago1. Later he got a job on a ranch and'we used to meet himatMerri- mari , the same good natured , cheer- fuFMickey. Returning to Valem tihe'to stay the following winter he was gived a job as porter in one of the saloons and had been around most of the time during the past year. Some one poured some oil on/.his feet" last winter while he was asleep' in the back of one of the saloons "and for a joke set it a fire. It was a bad joke , for Mick ey's feet were burned until he coqldn't wea'r his shoes fcr some time-after ward and got around very poqrly. He was buried last Sun day at the Mount Hope cemetery unwept and unsung in this civilized land of ours. A sub scription paper was circulated to raise money to defray his funeral expenses. Dr. Compton waited on him during his last sickness , which was only a few days and few knew of'his being sick until he was dedd. Mickey was small of statue and was probably 26 or 28 years old. 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BOHLE ; The Valentine Democrat INVITES YOU To uselts columns to advance your business interests. If you are looking for buyers of goods you hand le , an' "AD" in this paper will give the widest publicity possible in newspaper advertising. THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT goes to more homes than any other paper in this territory. There is no denying this fact. If you are from Missouri , we will consider it a pleasure to show up our sub scription list to those interested. : : : : : : : HEADQUARTERS FOR WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS Valentine - - Nebraska . , W. T. Bishop , LIVERY FEED AND SALE STABLE The Wilber Barn Your Patronage Solicited. If your CATTLE SUFFER from LIJE , IICH or MANGE CHLORO NAPTHOLEUM Sold by Quigley & Chapman , Valentine , Nebr. Richards & Oomstock , Ellsworth , Nebr. John Bowers , parry. Bowers & Parry , Livery , Feed and Sale Stable , Good Bigs , * Careful Drivers , Reasonable Prices. The Walcott Barn , First Stable East of Stetter's Saloon. , If * o you want DO YOU WANT A WINDMILL ? good one. The place to get the best Windmill , also pnmps and Tanks. First door south of the Donoher House Highest cash pi-ice paid for Hides and Fnrs. S.MOON - - - Valentine , Nebr. PRINTING O n < 5att fv You in and TI5IE TABLE threat Northern ! Line at O'neill , Nebr. ! oing East , Going West. Leaves 10:10 a. m. Arrives s:50 p. ml Passenger , daily except Sunday. 'Jonnections with Elkhoru trains eist and vest-bouna from all points west of o'.Npill. ihortest route to Sioux City and beyond. Through connections ter Sioux Falls , Minne polis , St. Paul and all points north and west. uy local tickets to O'Xeill FKKD KotJERS , G. P. A. Sioux City , Iowa - M Meals Lunches Short Orders THE KANGAROO - ) S = r- ? = _ . First class meals at all hours , day and night. Oysters in season. Pies , cakes , dough nuts always on hand. E. D. Cohota , Prop. 'Al * " -
