THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
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Notices of losses of stock free to brand ailver-
ttseid.
About Judge Wcstover.
The Stan ton Register announ
ces that Judge Westover , of llush-
ville , is its candidate for governor.
The Enterprise some time ago
stated that Judge Westover was
the man that should lead the fusion
forces of this state to victory.
Aside from the fact that he is ex
tremely popular , he is a man of
the people. He started in this
life at the bottom of the ladder ,
and has twice shown the mettle he
possessed by overcoming formid
able abstacles and making a place
for himself near the top rung.
The writer knows that Judge
Westover's sympathies are with
the people , that he is familiar with
their hardships and their wants ,
and that he can be trusted at all
times and in all places with the
. administration of their affairs. In
the campaign just closed he was
elected in the largest district in
the state , after he had been malic
iously and bitterly assailed. He
would makn the right kind of a
governor. Spalding Enterprise.
The abov article speaks onl.y
modest praises of Judge West-
over who is now serving his third
term in the loth Judicial District
as district judge , and is more
popular as he Becomes better
known. One of the newspapers
that most bitterly and maliciously
assailed and maligned him during
the past campaign is now ready to
make atonement for the wrongs
done Judge Westover and make a
statement that the charges made
against him were unwarranted and
false and that the man who agreed
to vouch for the story had never
substantiated it and that it was
manufactured wholly for the pur
pose of defeating him for district
judge. During the six years the
editor of THE DEMOCRAT has been
acquainted with the Judge we
have found him ever obliging to a
friend but fearless and active in
the discharge of every duty im-
.posed upon him , regardless of
friendship , and he bears the gen
eral reputation of being the best
qualified man in the western part
of the state , -and , we are told that
no district judge in the state can
show up a better record than
Judge Westover. He has won
the confidence of our people by !
his conduct on the bench and his ' '
record like his every day life is
worthy of emulation.
To whom it may concern or to
-those who may want to know about ,
the -value of liquors as a medicine-j'
or beverage the f olio wing re portdf' '
fifty scientists who have made a ,
study of this question for 10 years-
should be worthy of some con
sideration. There are people who
have perhaps never considered the
question and would be glad to get
correct information as gleaned by
fifty irnen who have , made a ten \
year's study on scientific princi
ples of the effects of alcoholic liq
uors upon the human system : ! s
The fourth preliminary report a
of "the committee of fifty scientists
who have for ten years been study a
ing the liquor question which is c
just issued in two volumes , may s
be epitomized as follows :
Effects of-moderate or dcca sionr
zt use of alcoholic drinks differ v
- "with individuals , age , occupation P
climate , : etc. - - . . - . . " . " '
With the majority of occasional
* . .drin&Vr.and . nioiWatetftiiikersno ;
.special effect npunlTeaMrsl-ems-to f
be observed by themselvi's or their tl
j.-hysicians , but in some such cases TI
NEW STORE
Jusfe opened up a stock of
Dry Goods , Notions , Cloth"
ing , Furnishing Good s ,
Shoes and Flour.
door to Democrat office.
A. JOHN & ABDALLAH.
drinking is harmful ; in a few it is
thought to be beneficial.
Eighty per cent of the leading
brain workers of the United States
use alcoholic drinks occasionally
or regularly , in moderation. The
use of such drinks to stimulate
mental effort gives on the whole ,
bad results. Even occassional or
moderate use is likely to be harm
ful to young persons , mainly be
cause of the danger of leading to
excess. Among deceased or infirm
persons over fifty years of age ,
while sometimes useful , alcoholic
beverages should be taken , if at
all , with the last meal of the day.
The special effects are due to the
alcohol contained , and other in
gredients are of comparatively
small importance. "Fine old
whiskies and brandies" are nearly
as likely to produce injurious ef
fects as are the cheaper grades , if
taken in the quantities.
In moderate quantities , beer ,
wine and diluted whiskey are in a
sense foods , but they are seldom
used for food purposes ; mainly for
their peculiar effects on the brain.
In large quantities , and for some
persons even in moderate quantities
they are poison.
Alcoholic drinks in moderate
quantities may be useful as res
toratives in fatigue after work is
done , but often produces depress
ion and a harmful effect when used
just before and during labor , phy
sical or mental. They are not use
ful as preventives of infectious
or contagious diseases ; on the con
trary , they appear to lessen the
power of the organism to resist the
cause of such disease.
They are useless to prevent fa
tigue and effects of cold , and are
almost a useless expense. Their
use in excess is the cause of much
disease , suffering , poverty and
crime. American Inventor.
Doualtl
Lieut. Douglas Donald , ofthe
25th Inf. , and Miss Ellen Mae
Davenport , only daughter of Mrs.
E. J. Davenport , were married
at 11:30 : a. m. , Tuesday at the
St. Nicholas church by Rev. Fath
er Muyssen after which a short
service was held. A reception
was given a few intimate friends
of the bride and groom at the Dav
enport home.
The bride wore a dress of white
crepe dechene and white veil and
carried a beautiful boquet of white
"roses.
The groom was dressed in full
military uniform , as were also his
officer friends who were present.
Lieut. Donald is a young man
of good habits , prepossessing ap
pearance and during our short ac
quaintance with him he has won
our ' friendship and respect.
The bride is a talented young
lady of splendid education , naturally -
ally bright and intelligent. No (
pains were spared in giving her j
suitable college training , beside e
being a graduate of our city school. J
Miss Davenport is of highest reputation - j
utation and perfect character. In .
fact a perfect lady and is held in
highest esteem by all who know j
her. It may be said of her that
she never indulged in gossip
and never spoke ill of an.vone.
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She comes of a respectable family
and will , grace any society and add. . j
charms to the community in which
she may live.
They departed the .following *
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morning for. Des Moines , Iowa ,
where Lieut. , and Mrs. Donald will-
make their present home 'at the
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f > . P. Mcfallum cam ' clown si
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from Huron , S. I ) ' . , to o.h ge . .ofR
ihe UYather * Bureau ut this pface7 o
relieving Mr. Baldwin. o
COl'KT KOTF.S.
! In the case of the state vs Tel
lies , which was in the hands of the
jury last week as we went to press ,
the jury failed to agree and was
discharged. It is stated that Tel
lies will plead guilty rather than
risk another trial.
The state vs Boddy was tried
Friday and Saturday and the jury
after being out only a short time
! brought in a verdict of guilty of
' assault with intent to do great
bodily harm and Judge Westover
after discussing in brief the hein-
ousncss of his conduct toward his
victim , Miss Moffitt , told the pris
oner that he was sorry that he
. could not give him a longer sfen-
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' . tence than the limit for which they
found him guilty and sentenced
him to be taken by the sheriff to
the state penitentiary at Lincoln , ,
there to serve five years at hard
labor , Sundays excepted , and pay
the costs of the case. Bodd.\\had
employed a Mr. Jeffrey's , , of
i Omaha , to defend him and the
lawyer left nothing undone to clear
his prisoner. The details of this
case were briefly given in THE
DEMOCRAT of two weeks ago.
Monday was the day set for the
rape case against Cully Stockton ,
but as Mrs. Stearns , the complain
ing witness failed to appear , the'
case was dismissed by the county
attorney. There being no other
cases called for that day , the- time
was occupied by the laying of a
cheap but thick hemp carpet to
deaden the noise in the court
room , as the past days of court had
convinced all who were there that
it was a necessity.
Tuesday and Wednesday were
devoted to hearing a case brought
down from Gordon wherein Geo.
Brewer"and Arthur Russell were
charged withe stealing six head of
horses from Swigert Bros. The
boys had gone to the5. pasture
where the horses were kepf , drove
them off in company wjth ( me Mc-
Na something'and at fturwell ,
Nebr. , sold and traded'th horses
off. It was a plain case of steal
ing horses as generally comes be
fore a court but the attorneys ,
Walcott , Morrisse.v and Easley ,
for the defense , tried Mr. Swigert
instead of defending the boys all
the way through the trial and in
some way succeeded in convincing
seven members of the jury that
Swigert , the complaining : witness ,
was not entitled to. credit of his
testimony and the remaining five
jurors finally agreed with the sev
en to find the boys not guilty.
There were a lot of Gordon men
at the trial , many of whom assist
ed in turning the boys loose by
trying to break down * Mr. Swi-
gert's testimony.
As we go to press , the case of
Willis Ashby ( colored ) ] vs Yearn-
shaw & Hull for damages , is-being
tried. ' c
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§ 10.00 REWARD ! v
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The trustees of the M. E. v
church will pay10.00 fpr evidence 11v
leading to the conviction of the 11f
person who broke the Sar Window f
in ] the church last Saturday night. 1
Tuesdays World-Herald gives 11d 11h
out the report that the Nebraska d
cattle kings , R. M. Allen , of the
Standard Cattle Co. , and Bartlett n
Richards , of the Richards & Corn-
stock ranches , all of Cherry conntl ;
ty , are the most prominent cattle hiking
king- having government land tt .
fenced and that the grand jury at tc
Omaha are investigating their ilSi
legal fencing of government lauds , as
The Investigation has been in tli
charge of P. B. Frees , a special
agent of the general land office and se
has his headquarters-'at Alliance , ea
He claims to. have . "information offo
several hundred illegal fencing of eh
government' land but will only try sli
few of .the largest cases at this fif
time. THE DEMOCRAT would like ac
to seeso'me : reasonable adjustment ay
3f difficulties wjtho'ut bringing on , .b.e
i'TfevtJrtrtion of conditions that J30
would" work considerable'7iar.d- .
jhips to i any.vcattl.e-men. - 'jHjsjfs/.jjij /
ivher.e'we live amiln "striking at .
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mr gaitle.ipduijtqe 'is striking :
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The Story of
- a f Terse Deal.
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Norden , Nov. 1 , 1903.
The above is the title of an article
appearing in the Farm , Stock and
Home , Minneapolis , Minn. The
article being lenghthy , anyone in
terested and wishing for the article
in full can write to the above pa
per for a copy of the same. Con
densed it is as follows : A suit
was brought by McLaughlin Bros.
in the United States circuit court
in South Dakota to compel certain
farmers near Highmore , that state ,
to sign notes for § 250 each toward
the payment of § 5,000 for a stal
lion it alleged 20 farmers had
agreed to buy. The suit was
thrown out of court by Judge Car-
land at Sioux Falls , for want of
equity , and this action was based
on the evidence submitted by the
farmers. It was alleged by the
farmers that the /names were se-
secured in a book by reason of
representations made by Me-
Laughlin Bros' , agent that they
were signing a call for a meeting
of farmers to consider the matter
of buying a stallion , then at High-
more for § 5,000 , and when twentj-
names were secured the meeting
would be called. The names were
secured and the meeting called ,
but instead of being asked to con
sider the matter of buying the
horse it was claimed the signers
had agreed to buy the horse and
jointly and severally pay § 5,000
for him in four equal yearly pay
ments , the first payment to be in
two years ; G per cent interest on
all payments. In proof of this
the McLaughlin's agent showed
that a brief contract in small type
was at the top of the page of the
book the names were signed in.
The evidence shotted that the de
fendant farmers either did not
know that there was any printing
on the page they signed , or if they
did see it , did not read it and were
told by McLaughlin's agent that
it .had nothing to do with the mat
ter under consideration , or that it
was an Iowa contract and die not
cut any figure in this state , etc.
Some witnes-es testified that a
broad rubber band or a turned
leaf concealed the contract. All
farmers testified that they would
not have signed the book if they
had known the contract was there.
The case seemed so clear to Judge
Garland that he did not consider
seriously , compelling the farmers
to give their notes , but threw the
case out of court.
A party claiming to represent
McLaughlin Bros , has just suc
ceeded in forming a Stock Co. here
at Norden. disposing of a stallion
at § 3,000 on about the same terms
as in the foregoing extract , which
unfortunately came too late to do
much good here , as the deal was
closed. This party systematical
ly laid siege to the farmers , free
whiskey and free cigars to anyone
which will likely cost the farmers
in the end § 10 for each glass of
whiskey or cigar he was. put up
free. : Since the visit of these fel
lows < we have had more drunkeness .
in the streets of Norden than we
bave had for years. It was un- , .
lerstood and agreed upon by the
parties giving their three joint
aotes of § 1,000 each that they
ivould be held individually only for
he share each had in the notes and
lorse. The notes are already in f (
.he market. A copy has been sent e
the Bank of Norden and the
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5tockraans Bank of Springview ,
.sking them to make an offer on jr
he notes signed by fifteen men. r ,
These notes read : We each and
everally promise to pay , " and
ach made is holding individually
or , the full amount to the pur-
haser of these notes. By what fc
light ofhand did this fellow get er
fteen men to sign three notes expi
ctly the opposite of what the 7 ,
irreement was ? The same deal is ne
.eing jvyorked at Cody , Cherry Rl
ounty.Papers please copy. I G
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DEMOCRAT
Report of school district No. 50
or month ending Nov. 20 , 1903.
Number pupils enrolled 15
Average attendance 12
( CLINTON E. COLLETT , Teacher.
Peport of school district No. 25 ,
or month beginning Nov. 2nd and
nding ; Nov. 27. Number of pu-
ils enrolled 11 , number of days
lught 19 , pupils not absent dur-
ig the month are Florence , Hen-
y and Gladys Jackson ; Andrew ,
Carry and Jennie Kalblinger.
ALTS GASKILL , Teacher.
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Report of school district Xo. 2 ,
> r month beginning Nov. 2nd and
iding Nov. 2S. Number of pu-
ils enrolled 9 , average attendance
number of days taught IS , those
jither absent nor tardy were'
hoda and Arthur Hooper and
lessie Higgle.
The box social held in this $ is-
ict Saturday night theJUs.t.was
as well attended. § 12.35wasr
ceived for the library fund. i
NETTIE IVNEELA > .D , Teacher. ;
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BMrs. Nora Krasch , of Arabia ,
returned Sunday evening from a
three-weeks visit at the-home of
her parents , Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Munger , of Springview. She was
accompanied by her niece , Miss
Emma Krasch , and Miss Edna B.
Johnson. They all report a good
visit and a royal good time.-
H. . McP. Baldwin , who has been
in charge of. the Weather Bureau
office here since last April , will
leave this week for Medina , Utah ,
to assume .charge of the Weathfir"
Bureau.station there. Mr BatoJ-
win Jias extended the
weather
ser
vice since his sojourn with us and /V
brought the service in closer
contact with the public. He is a
courteous , obliging and efficient
public servant and his new station
will be a promotion foe. him. We
congratulate him and he has our
best wjslies for hisTuccess in his
aew Home. , i . - .
The Red Front Meic.'JL'p. carry a
complete line of sporting goods.
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