THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I" . M. RICE EDITOR
Thursday , August 6 , 1903
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Democratic Judicial Conven
tion for the Fifteenth
Judicial District.
The electors of the Democratic
party of the fifteenth judicial dis
trict of Nebraska , are hereby noti
fied that on Tuesday the ISth day
of August , A. D. 1903 , at 10 o'clock
a. m. a nominating convention of
said party will be held in the city
of Valentine , "Nebraska for the
purpose of nominating candidates
for the following offices to be voted
for at the general election of 1903 :
Two candidates for judges of the
fifteenth judicial district.
Said convention is also called for
the purpose of selecting a com
mittee of said party for the fif
teenth judicial district and for the
transaction of such other business
as may properly come before it.
The basis of representation is as
follows : One delegate for each
one hundred votes or major fract
ion cast for the Hon. W. H. Thomp
son for governor at the general
election of 1902. The representa
tion of the various counties is as
follows :
Box Butte 4 Boyd
Brown 3 Cherry G
Dawes 4 Holt 16E
T03k 2 Keya I'aha E
Shcrid in 5 Sioux 1
Total 50.
It is recommended that no prox
ies be allowed. That the delegates
present cast the full vote of the
county.
WILLIAM FALLOW ,
Chairman of the Democratic party
of the fifteenth judicial district-of
Nebraska.
M. M. SULLIVAN ,
Secretary.
People's Independent Judicial
Convention for the Fifteenth
Judicial Distsict.
The People's Independent ju
dicial call is an exact copy of the
above and signed by Sam. B. How
ard , Chairman , and TV. K. Butler ,
secretary.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
Ice Cream by the quart at Quigley -
ley and Chapman's. 2i 10
Dress trimmings , notions and
millinery at Mrs. Elmore's.
Thomas Fitzhenry , of Chester
field is in town.
Nels Rowley was in town Tues
day from his ranch near Kennedy.
The Valentine Bottling Works
puts up eleven different kinds of
drinks. IT
John Cordier was down from
the Reservation the first of the
week.
Perry Walker and family de
parted last night for Hot Springs ,
South Dakota.
Miss Orah Britton returned last
Thursday night from a pleasant
visit at York and Anselmo.
Herman Schaeffer and his father
Joseph Schaeffer were down from
Nenzel Tuesday on business.
Levi Handy has resigned his
position with the Red Front to ac
cept a position with Frank Fischer.
Sol Ellis , the Simeon merchant ,
was in town after another load of
goods for his customers Tuesday.
We hear that Rasmus Anderson
aiid wife will take charge of the
Rosebud hotel soon. Success to
them.
L. C. Beal and A. F. Raffenburg
of Anita , la. , are on their claims
this week near Kennedy. Mr.
Kaffenburg will take a couple of j
car loads of horses back with him. '
The J. C. C. Corset , the best
cheap corset made , at the Ladies'
store. Mrs. Elmores.
Henry Carter has returned from
his visit to his sister in Iowa and
is staying with his daughter Mrs.
Shore.
Judge Walcott started last
Thursday morning for Selma , Cal.
to see his brother Clarence who is
reported quite ill.
I. M. Rice and mother and
his son Lawrence returned from
Hot Springs , S. D. , Monday mor
ning , glad to get home.
Mrs. L. L. Anderson returned
last Thurday night from a visit of
several weeks with her relatives
and friends in "West Va.
Geo. Rowley and J. D. Spall , of
Simeon , were in town doing some
trading Tuesday while waiting for
the meadows to dry up some.
Will and Bertha Bohle , of Johns
town , a nephew and niece of our
townsman E. H. Bohle , were up
visiting him Saturday and Sunday.
Agent McChesney and the Ind
ian Police came down yesterday
to get another payment for the
Indians and government employees
at Rosebud.
The deposit boxes arrived Tues
day for the 1st National Bank and
were placed in the big vault and
will be rented to those wishing a
safe place for valuable papers.
The building occupied by Perry
Walker for watch repairing and
Indian relics , was sold by C. H.
Cornell to George Beers. The
building was moved to ene of Mr.
Beer's lots west of the R. R. run
ning to the flour mill , this week.
Mrs. E. D. Mason and son Way-
land , of St. Joe , Mo. , came up
Sunday night , or a visit of sever
al weeks with her father and moth
er , Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cramer ,
and her brothers , T. W. living
near town and H. M. of our town.
Jas. B. Hull has bought the in
terest of his partner , T. A. Yearn-
shaw , in the Owl Saloon and has
sold his interest in the saloon at
Woodlake to Mr. Yearnshaw.
Both of these men are well known
to people in Valentine and are
pleasant men to be with or do
business with.
Mrs , Mabel Towne-Caton and
sister , Mrs. Williams , drove up to
the former's home at Stearns , S.
D. , Tuesday taking the Judge's
team and carriage. This leaves
the Judge a foot for awhile buthe's
feeling pretty well and enjoys a
little recreation in walking to and
from his office.
S. F. Estes , Adam Smith and
John Burnett shipped out two
train loads of cattle Monday eve
ning from this place. There were
17 cars in the two train loads.
The cattle were raised on the res
ervation and were a good grade of
cattle. John Burnett , young Steve
Estes and Adam Smith went down
with them to Omaha.
Rasmus Anderson , a resident of
our city observed a notice in the
Danish Pioneer of Omaha , Nebr.
signed by Mrs. K. K. Bech of
Cheltenham Pa. and wanting to
know the whereabouts of Hans
Niels Ulrich , a man about 57 years
of age and stating that about 30
years ago he was a lumberman in
Wisconsin. Since then she has
lost trace of him and claims she is
his only sister and would be glad
to receive any information regard
ing his present location. This
must be our townsman , Hans
Ulrich who answers the description
and is at present working in the
hayfields on the reservation.
Geo. Tracewell and W. A.
Bonser have purchased the Bow
ers livery stable east of Main St.
on Catherine St. and will conduct
a livery feed and sale stable.
Notice their ad in this paper.
They will fit up with new rigs and
and George is a first class horse
man and * knows the country as well
as anyone. People can depend
upon good treatment and good
rigs. Mr. Bonser is a stockman
from the reservation and is well
known to the old timers. /
Wm. Shelbourn , from about 30
, miles up the Snake river , was in
| town the first of the week trading
I with our merchants between rains
in the hay flats. He says it's aw
ful wet in the valleys now.
Lieuts. Wiegenstein and Dodge
departed this morning for Fort
Leavenworth , taking with them
9 soldiers to compete at the Dept.
rifle contest , one man being select-
from each company. Eleven of
the best of these go to Ft. Sheri
dan for army competition and four
best of these go to the internation
al rifle contest at Seagirt N. J.
In this issue of the DEMOCRAT ap
pears the card of Robt. G. Easley
attorney at law. Mr. Easley is a
studius , industrious lawyer , a
graduate of a law school and is
thoroughly competent. The DEM
OCRAT commends him to the public
and wishes him success. We
think our friends will find him
courteous and attentive to dnsiness
left in his charge.
J. H. Sears has compromised
his case against the Farmers and
Merchants Insurance Co. , of Lin
coln and accepted § 1,900 in pay
ment of his loss which was § 2,100
and he had at the last term of
court obtained judgment for
§ 2,098.65 but the Insurance Co.
had appealed to the supreme court.
This is the Insurance Co. which
was represented by a traveling
agent and his wife a couple of
years ago that the DEMOCRAT cau
tioned its readers about.
Robt. Quisenbery came to town
yesterday to get a couple of Mc-
Cormik mowers. He says he's
had enough experience with the
Deering mowers to do him and
can't afford to waste time withthem.
Mr. Quisenbery is a practical
stock and ranchman and knows a
good thing when he sees it , but
says that some time ago some
fellows talked him into buying
Deering mowers and he's been to
more trouble with them than they
were worth and resolved not to
waste any more time with them.
S. F. Estes , a prosperous ranch
man of the reservation called on
us Tuesday to get acquainted having
read THE DEMOCRAT for the past
IT years and helped to establish
the first Democratic Blade in the
early days he felt some interest ,
naturally , in the present paper
which had gone through the stages
of change in name and editors un
til all that remains of the old paper
is the name DEMOCRAT and has the
same class of good , whole souled ,
thrifty , enterprising and intelli
gent readers as those who helped
with their subscriptions in the
early history of the paper , only
the list has increased until we are
now using 40 quires of paper for
each issue of THE DEMOCRAT. We
enjoyed the visit of Mr. Estes and
appreciate his kind words of en
couragement and his honest friend
ship. Many of our people remem
ber him when he was in charge of
the Indian freight depot here , for
Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian
reservations.
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A Union Institute for the teach
ers of Brown and Cherry counties
will be held at Valentine , Nebras
ka , during the closing week of the
Junior Normal School , Aug. 17-22.
Examinations for certificates will
be held on the Friday and Satur
day proceeding the institute. The
new law making agriculture a re
quired branch fora second grade
certificate is now in force. Quest
ions will be based upon Bailey's
Principles of Agriculture.
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from the county superintendent
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All teachers intending to teach
in Cherry county this year are ex
pected to attended institute.
ETTA BROWN , Co. Supt.
Notes
How fast time flies ! Just two
weeks more of Normal.
Miss Bullock is spending this
week at the normal in the interest
of the State Library Association.
There was music in the air a
few evenings ago , and very sweet
music it was. There is musical
talent in Prof. Gregory's chorus
class.
Miss Bennett , a county superin
tendent from the hills , while re
turning from spending her vaca
tion in the east , stopped off and
spent a day visiting the Normal.
The Supt. of Brown County ,
Miss Daniels , spent last Friday
visiting the Junior Normal. She
is delighted with the work done
and says that more of her teachers
will attend next summer.
The debate last Friday night
was well attended and enjoyed.
The general verdict seems to be
that it was almost a one sided de
bate , Miss Gregg having the argu
ment from beginiug to end.
Mrs. Garnet , a colored lady who
is a sister-in-law of Chaplain
Stewart of Fort Niobrara , visited
at the Normal last Wednesday.
Mrs. Garnet has been principal
of a school in New York but at
present is retired on a pension of
§ 1,000 a year.
A full line of
There's Tablets , Writing Paper and En
velopes ; Memorandums , Pencils and Ink.
The prices are popular and you get the best
value that money will buy. A big full
stock of it to select from.
E. H. BOHLE ,
The Confectioner.
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All the standard brands of Whiskies , domestic and
imported Wines , Gordon's Dry Gin , and Cigars
of the choicest brands. Blue Eibbon Bottled-JBeer
a speciality. : : : : : :
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The Wilber Barn
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS jf
Valentine - - Nebraska
G. E. TRACEWELL
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W. A. BONSER
We have purchased the Bowers
barn and will conduct a
Livery , Feed and Sale Stable
We have 150 head of good horses ,
broke and unbroke , for sale.
Gome and sea us