THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RICE EDITOR
Thursday , Jane 21 , 100
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When a man gets hard up and
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shouldn't neglect his children's ed
ucation , his wife's wardrobe nor
the family newspaper. . ; - ? 7 <
One of our exchanges says that
William Bandolph Hearst will be
the next president ofthe United
States. THE VALENTINE DEMO-
CIIAT would be pleased , to'support
so good a man as we believe him
to be.
There are people who fight sa
loons as a "matter of business inter
est , perhaps handling a line of
goods that drinking men don't
spend much money for and saloon
men are naturally working in op
position to their business. Such
temperance reformers as these will
allow the lowest dives-to exist and
take a price for silcncs. ' The man
who was so ambitious to prosecute
a violator of the law should , not
make a bargain for a plea of guilty.
If the man was'not guilty he should
have stood trial , but in dealing with
some people a little money will
square the deal and so it goes that
by paying a small sum as tribute
or some other consideration the
kickers lay down.
The man who gets into a town
alongside a lot of other good fel
lows and refuses to advertise his
business and the town , but gets in
his graft on the customers that the
other fellows bring to town by--
their "ads" is now called the
advertising hog. Why this name
is applied to him we can't under
stand unless because he tries to ho r
a customer who rightfully belongs
to a man who advertises for him.
It is true that this is a free world
and that there are a few men in
each town who want the other fel
lows to do the advertising while
they make every effort to wring
every dollar out of the town they
can without giving anything in re
"
turn. We have a few advertising
hogs in Valentine of this brand and
they were never known to let go of
a dollar. They might well be called
"dollar squeezers. " We think it
would be a much more appropriate
name for them. These same 'fel
lows are always hatching up some
scheme for some of the other fel
lows to spend their spare money |
on the ugh and make the biggest
kind of a howl if some fellow spends
a little money that they don't get
a whack at.
E. T. JB. A. at Atkinson Satur
day , June 6.
The Editor of this paper desires
to express his thanks to the people
of Atkinson for the royal enter
tainment and welcome accorded us
last Saturday. It is an ideal town
and the people can't be beat for
hospitality. At the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. 0. Crossman we en
joyed solid comfort in as nice a
home as can be found in the west ,
the best of all being the occupants
of that home. Long may they live
and prosper. Now we thought we
could write up a better account of
our meeting there than any body
but Bro. Church has sent us a.
proof of his account which seems
pretty good in giving names that
AVC didn't know so we think we'll
just steal the article word for word
and make the people think we wrote
it/
"With perfect weather , large attend
ance , interesting program and un
bounded enthusiasm on the part of
son , there was no reason why the seventh -
enth annual meeting of the Elkhorn
Valley Editorial Association held in
Atkinson last Saturday should not be
an unlimited success and it was. In
fact most of the members present de
clared it the best ever. The Graphic-
is proud of Atkinson. The editor has
attended many association meetings ,
but never has he seen the people of a
town take hold and "mix" as they did
here. Informal sociability was ram
pant everybody was- full of it. If the
sourest man on earth had been here , he
would iave grinned and frisked some
before night. But there's no use ex
patiating thus in generalities ; pveryone
knows how Atkinson doe's"these things , i
and those who didn't know before found
out about it last Saturday.
The first arrivals were Fern D.
Smith , editor of tbe Chambers Bugle ,
and his foreman , B. J. Newton , They
arrived on the13:25 : train Friday after
noon just about five minutes after the
Graphic had kicked off its oveialls and
donned its company manners. And by
the way , the scriptural phrophecy re
garding tha precedence and subse
quence of the first and last was neatly
fulfilled in this instance as Mr. Smith
missed the Sunday morning tiv in and
was compelled to visit with the Graphic
man till the two o'clock frieght came.
Fridav night brought the'rest of the
crowd fr'oin" the east and Saturday
morning the west enders piled off the
train singly , in couples , in groupes and
in crowds. The I. O. O. B\ baud met
the train at the depQttaml led the pro
cession up town tolisten to'anopen
air concert , after which the crowd as
sembled at the M E. church to listen
to the program.
The exercises begun with the singing
of "America" by all present , led by
the choir consisting of the Misses- Scott
and Messrs. Crossman and Allen. Rev.
D. J. Clark invoked the Divine Blessing
and guidance'of "the ruler of the uni
verse upon the press of the country in
whose keeping is a power" realized by
few scarcely by themselves.
Willie Murphy here favored the aud
ience with a coronet solo , a most ar
tistic rendition of "Robin Adair. * '
The address of weicomo by VV. B.
scott was a masterly effort in that line
and when he goc through the penoil
pushers knew that they were really wel
come there was no doubt about it. Ha
told them to go any place they wanted
to in town around corners or across
lots. lie had no keys to present them ,
but any key they desired would be pro
cured and handed over iustanter. Mr
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Scott also rendered a fine tribute to the
power of the press , which was appreci
ated by the boys , not because it was a
new idea to them but because it is so
seldom expressed.
President D. S. Efner , of Chadron ,
haviug missed connections and being
absent , the chair called upon L. M ,
Bates , of Lougpine to respond , and Mr.
Bates proved himself entirely equal to
the occasion. In a few well chosen
sentences he assured the Atkinson people
ple that their welcome would iiot be
wasted nor overlooked. Tnen he claim
ed that his ? speech was a failure and
blamed the Graphic man for calling on
hi'U , which a'.vokn S'lme people to
fact that the Graphic in iu h.i- . > > .n
good judgement after all
H. G. Lyon , of Gordon , was unable
to be present , cut the subject of his
paper , "The Ideal Newspaper Town , '
was made a subjejct for general discus
sion and everybody participated. It
was here that Col. John G. Maher ad
vanced his theory that a free use of the
imagination in newspaper writing is a
thing of beauty and a joy forever , and
it was here that t he boys , headed by
the redoubtable Bob Good , fell upon
him and smote'mightily , whereupon the
puissaut coloasl gracefully and by'de
gress retreated from his position without -
out for a moment lowering.his bold
front. J
The paper by Geo. A.Miles , of the
Ainsworth Herald , entitled -When ,
Wherej How , and to Wuat Extent
should an Editor work ? Also Who ?
Br j. Miles was of the opinion that we
should all do our best to woric tha sta te
board to locate the junior normal at
Ainsworth ,
This closed the morning program and
adjournment was taken for "pi "
Tresident Efner caught , i freight
train somewhere up the road and ar
rived in time to nave his picture taken
with the rest of the crowd in front of
the Graphic olfice , an 1 to take charge
of the afternoon session.
At the beginning of the afternoon
Cession the Misses Scott and Messrs
Allen and Murply , with Mrs. Scoti
presiding at the organ , rendered . some
nighly appreciated vocal music.
Rev. J. A. Mac-Lean's address "Pul r
pit and L'ress" was a scholarly discourse
in which he classed the pulpit as the
outgrowth of the Sunday school and
the press the outgrowth of the common
M/liool each the vyry usseiu'u ofment
u tnd in rui loruu , ooru of each
ihought , development and training.
Three papers which were handled
inmost able-manner were "County
Organization" by J.V. . Burleigh , of
'tho Ainsworth Star Journal. "The
Editorial Page , " by E , S. Rickerof the
Chadron Times : " "Mutual Ready Prints
by B. W. McKeen of the Elgin Review.
Each of these papers elicited lively crit
icism. Bro liurJeigh never writes any
thing in a halting manner , and his pa
per left no doubt as to his belief in the
matter. Discussion in the matter final
ly resulted iu a vote in favor of the
president appointing a committee of 3
to formulateplans for county organiza
tion. The president announced that
he would name the committee later
and in the evening did so , naming D.
H. Cronin of O'Neill , R. B. Good of
Newport and J. W. Burleigh ot Ains-
worth.
The editorial page was never more
ably dicussed ( or exonerated ) than by
Bro. Kicker , and most of of thebreth-
ern took occassion to rise to their feet
if only to express their admiration of
it.
Bio. McKeen pointed out more dif
ficulties in the way of mutual ready
prints than most of us had thought of
but nevertheless many believe that
there Is no difficulty Joy large to over
come , and all joined harmoniously in
cussing the ready print combine to
our hearts' content.
Bro. Eves flunked out on his''Ode
to the Advertising Ho " and refused
to make it rhyme , and we understand
his subscribers are now trying to make
him adopt the rule for good. How
ever he dicussed the topic very enter
tainingly.
The minutes of thelast session were
read and approved , after which L. M.
Bates , who was last year appointed a
committee to investigate the general
conduct of the brethern , reported
that he had no charges to prefer ,
that all ethics of the craft seemed to
have been fairly observed. Be also
exonerated the Graphic man from a
charge brought by Bob Good to the
effect that we had tried to ' 'fix up"
the office some for this ocassion , by
declaring that anyone could see that
the charge was without the slightest
foundation. Bro. Bates was contin
ued on the committee and was also
given the assistance of Bros. Good of
Newport and Cooper of Hushville , and
the president admonished them to be
especially active during the coming
year.
J. W. Burleigh. committee on legis
lation , reported everything smooth
and all necessary duties performed *
Report was accepted and committee
discharged.
Next came the election of the next"
meeting place and on motion of E. S.
Eves , O'Neill was unanimously select
ed and the association will celebrate
its eighth anniversary at its birth
place , having been organized there
seven years ago. It-is confidently ex
pected that on this auspicious occa
sion the emerald city will get right
up on her tip-toes and put up an
entertainment that will make the
boys swear by her forevermore.
Election of officers coming next , A.
M. Church was elected president for
the ensuing year , M. L. Mead of Baa-
sett , vice president , and S S. Eves of
O'Neill secretary-treasurer.
The ladies of the press present were
reported as follows' Mesdames Mead ,
Mather and Geddis of Bassett , Miles'
of Ainsworth , Good of Newport , Eves
of O'Neill. Efner of Chadron , Barker
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jt Vale'itine , Church of Atkinson ,
.Misses vJillerof Atkinson , Bowers of
Ainsworth , Hudspeth of cituart , Mc-
Laujrhlin of O4Neill.
On motion , the receipts of the eve
ning were voted to the retiring secre
tary for expenses during the past
year.
On motion the president appointed
Mayes , Barker and McKeen a commit"
tee on resolutions , to report during
the evening. /
The next on the program was
"Round Table , " and under the guid.
in hand of Bob Good it was exceed
ingly lively and interesting. Time
diJ ! not allow the'discmsion of all sub
jects desired , but a few were handled ,
very much to the point , and a short
time after six o'clock adjournment
was taken for su pper.
The evening session at the opera
house ho A shall it be described ?
Before attempting to do so the Graph
ic wishes to say that it only voices the
sentiments of every guest in thanking
most heartily the committee and individuals -
dividuals who in any way contriouted
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to this great social success , in decorations - '
tions , in music , in refreshments- ,
oratory , -in whole-souled sociability j !
manifested in ways that sent every '
guest home dectaring that Atkinson
citizens were the best people on earth
and Atkinson the best
town anywhere , i
The arrangements were apparently I
perfect. The large room was filled
with small tables at which guests and
citizens were seated while a group of
Atkinson's fairest young ladies served
refreshments and the Atkinson Parlor
Orchestra discoursed their best music *
which means music second to no- *
body's. (
The musical program was further 1
enhanced by a violin solo by iVIiss Rose ; i
Scott and a vocal solo by Miss'Phoebe - ,
Scott , both of which won the ueartsof. ' ,
the audience to these charming and
talented young ladies.
Rev. Father .Uuenich caught the S
spirit of the occasion andsapg a comic
song , playing his on accompaniment
and was immediately compelled to respond
spend to an encore in like manner.
G. M. .G Cooper , of Rushville , responded -
sponded to the toast : "Influence of
J the Press , " in a fitting and eloquent
manner , and L "M. Bates , of Longpine
responded to "The Ladies. " in a manner - i
ner that made his popularity para
mount the remainder of the evening.
One of the best features of the pro
gram , and one which was encored and
repeated , was a comic operatta ren
dered by Misses Rose and Phoebe '
Scott and Willis Murphy , assisted by i
Mr. Sweet , of O'Neill , with piano ac-
companimeht by Mrs. Scott.
Rev. Muenich delivered the toast to
"Our Guests. "
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
t
The Valentine Bottling Works
puts up eleven dift'erent kinds of
drinks. 17
Mrs. Elmore has opened up a
stock of goods in the building for
merly occupied by Miss Efner.
Frances Harden has been suffer
ing from nervous prostration since
Sunday night but is able to-be up
and around now.
Dean Efner and wife stoped in
Valentine until Monday to visit
parents and friends on returning
from Atkinson. Dean called on
us Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Kellog of
Vienna , S. D. are in the city visit
ing friends. Mrs. Kellog will be
better remembered as Miss Don
Miller who attended school in our
city five years ago.
W. F. Morgareidge and wife
came down from Merriman this
morning and went out with S. L.
Ellis to spend a few days at Sim
eon and will return to Valentine
to attend the Junior Normal next
Monday.
A. E. Tennis , of Kennedy , start
ed yesterday morning for Moscow ,
Idaho. It is rumored that he will
return about the first of July , but
not alone. Mr. Tennis has the
good wishes and will of his fellow
men here and is a worthy young
man.
Judge AVestover is kept at home
this week on account of a sick boy
his youngest son being dangerous
ly ill. It was intended that he
should sit on the bench as Dist.
Judge this week. Judge Harrington - '
ton come up from O'Neill to take
hiss place.
PUBLIC SALE.
I will sell at Public Auction to
the highest bidder at Hammond &
Bullis' barn in Valentine , Nebr. ,
Saturday , June 20 , 1903 at one
o'clock the following described
property :
20 head of horses , mares and
colts. Terms' sale : 1 year's
time , with appro ved security , notes
to bear 10 per cent per annum.
5 per cent off for cash. Also
machinery belonging to the Valen
tine Creamery Association , con
sisting of 1 14 horse power boiler
and other articles too numerous to
mention.Terms cash.
/ W. & . PETTYCREW.
W. E. Haley , Geo. Tracewcll ,
Clerk. Auctioneer.
Co uv t.
The Green murder trial is occu
pying the attention of the court
this week. T5 extra jurors were
called to select a jury.
Soney Ford , the man who shot
and killed Allan Eothchilds who is
also known as Eobert Ford , was
given a 7 year sentence by Judge
Harrington which was thought to
be a heavy sentence by one or two
around town. If he had been given
a 20 year sentence it would have
pleased more people and justice
would be nearer served. The men
who traffic in human lives should
not get off so easy. A life for a
life was the old rule and is a good
one. If we don't uphold the Jud
ges in long sentences for serious
crimes there would soon be no need
of Judges and mob law would again
be resorted to. Judge Harrington
was all right in passing a seven
year-sentence and if there is a new
trial to be given this heartless
wretch he should get a 20 year
sentence. It should have been
given Jiim this.time.
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