More Local.
Dr. Holsclaw was down from
Mcrriman yesterday.
Colletfc & Martin are closing out
their stock of millinery.
V
See who will find the Valentine
-first at Bethel hall Feb. 15.
. Born , to E. E. Lloyd and wife ,
, of Thacher , Friday , Feb. 5 , 1904 ,
a boy.
The Valentine Bottling Works
" puts up eleven different kinds of
drinks. 17
Mrs. S. Holsclaw and son Ed.
have returned from a visit with
Dr. John Holsclaw at Albia , la.
Miss Cora Thackrey returned
from Hot Springs last week and
is visiting her sister , Mrs. C. S.
Recce.
Jas. Smith and son Billy have
been in town several days the past
week. Mr. Smith has been suf
fering from a swollen ankle.
John West came up from Wood
Lake yesterday and is visiting In
' town. He has been up to Lead ,
S. D. at work but had an attack of
rheumatism and came home to build
up.
Davenport & Thacher have put
in a five barrel tank underground
in the rear of their ware room which
simplifies drawing ancl measuring
oil and is much safer than the old
. way.
way.The
The biggest fire in the history
of our country occurred at Balti
more Sunday and Monday , 75
blocks in the heart of the city ,
burned. 140 acres razed amount
ing to § 200,000,000.
. Died At the home of James
Smith , Patrick McGaune , Jan. 14 ,
1904 , at the age of 76 years. The
deceased was Mrs. Smith's father
and had made his home with the
family for years. He was interred
in the cemetery at Crookston.
[ This item was overlooked and for
which we offer an apology. Ed. ]
Wanter Partner Man who can
invest fifteen hundred dollars ,
against equal amount , in legitimate
business and who is satisfied with
salary-of three dollars per day and
return of 25 per cent per annum
on investment , which fully se
cured. Must be sober and honor
able. Address , or call on
O. A. QUIOLEY ,
Mgr. Edwards Wood & Co. ,
Valentine , Nebr.
An interesting program in coni-
memoration of Lincoln's birthday
"will be held at the M. E. church
next Sunday morning and evening.
.A special request is made for
every member to be present and
to * bring as many friends and neigh
bors with them as possible. The
program will be of special interest
with music by the chorus choir.
This cold weather there has been
no trouble in keeping the temper
ature at 70 degrees with the new
furnace.
The 25th wedding anniversary
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Taylor was
celebrated last night at the Fratern
al hall by the M. W .A. and the Eoy-
al neighbors together for a social
time. A plate supper was served
consisting of coffee , tea , sandwiches -
-es , cakes , cookies , nuts and ice
cream. About 100 to 150 per
sons were present and all en
joyed a splendid time. Several
articles of silver ware were pre
sented to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor as
tokens of friendship and good
wishes.
Some sneak thief broke into the
Donoher sisters confectionery and
lunch counter Wednesday morn
ing and stole $15.65 out of the cash
drawer and took a lot of eatables ,
perhaps as a blind and walked
north as far as the Episcopal church
where realizing that he would be
tracked set the box of provisions
down and went back down town
where .the- tracks were- lost with
other tracks on the side walk.
Snow had been falling but it
stopped about that time and fur-
tb&T concealment of tracks was
\j \ unavoidable. The guilty one is
Come and help unwind the cob
web at Bethel hall Feb. 15.
lieport of Highland school , dis >
trict No. 5 , for month ending Feb
5,1904. Number of pupils enroll
ed , 28 ; total number of days all pu
pils attended. 355 ; average daily at
tendance , 17.75. The following pu
pils were perfect in attendance anc
deportment : Hattie , Clyde , Harolc
and Effie Kuskie ; Edgar Grooms anc
Joseph Osborn. Number of months
taught , 4 ; number to be taught 2.
Thia school will close on April 4th
JAABL E. JOHNSON , Teacher.
Town
There is not a town in the coun
try , or if there is , we have not seen
or heard of it , that is not possessed
of characters known as town loaf
ers. These town loafers arc people
ple who never seem to have any
thing to do , and yet they always
seem to have plenty of money and
wear good clothes.
Sometimes we see him in the per
son of a boy , and sometimes in a
man who ought to have some legit
imate business in the world.
No town is big enough to. have
room for these idle and dangernus
members of society.
They serve no useful place in the
world , and their example is bad in
any community.
Parents should be especially
careful or the boys upon whose
future they have built such hopes
will become hopelessly incurable
loafers.
Parents are to blame for this
state of things- , because they do not
find employment for their boys.
An idle boy is not likely to make
an industrious man.
The old adage so often quoted is
appropriate in this connection :
"Satan finds some mischief still
for idle hands to do. " Western
Rancher.
Wood Lake.
Frank Day has returned home
again.
Mr. and Mrs , Eickett were in town
Monday.
Geo. Shaul transacted business in
town today.
Eev. Cum bow held service Sun
day evening.
E.V. . Manchester was on Main
street Saturday.
C. E. Kinkead has recovered from
his recent illness.
Harry Hooker was out to chuuch
Sunday and \vas all smiles.
Mrs. Otto Michell is very sick but
we have not learned the cause.
Fred Vincent , of Ainsworih , was
in . * 'I "
town Sunday. wonder why.
Minnie Bailey is intending to re
side in Ainsworih to attend school.
Mrs. C. E. Kinkead and Mi-s
Emma Eiggs made a flying trip to
Valentine Saturday.
Eevival meetings were put off un
til next- week on account of cold
weather and dark nights.
Eemember the leap year dance at
Boney's hall Feb. 12. Supper will
be served at McNamee's.
Joe Siedore made a mistake in
taking medicine and took carbolic
icid. He did not swallow any. Dr.
Ball was called.
Eemember the literary Feb. 19.
Question of debate is , "Resolved
, hat bad cooking is worse than bad
aws. Everybody invited.
E. B. Gowin's pupils Lave been
lismissed on account of his sick-
less. Mr. Gowin is very low with
.ung fever and will be unable to
; each for some time.
The ladies met with Mrs. Abe
Bailey last Thursday for a carpet
rag bee. 'Tis said their tongues
vere never idle , but 13 pounds of
: arpet rags were sewed.
WHO AM I ?
We want expressions from pee *
lie who read the real estate trans-
! ers. Do you appreciate this work
ind are you particularly interested
n this kind of news matter ? If
io , please write us a card to that
r
iffectr , so that we may know
vhether or not to continue run-
ling them.
Weather Bureau Data.
The following data , covering a period of L5 years , have been com
piled from the Weather Bureau records at Valentine , Neb. They an ;
issued to show the conditions that have prevailed , during the month
in question , for the above period of years , but must not be construed
as a forecast of the weather conditions for the coming month.
} Month January for 15 Years
TEMPERATURE
Mean or normal temperature 17.
The warmest month was that of 1900 with an average of 30.
The coldest month was that of 1890 with an average of 11.
The highest temperature was 68 on 30 , 1892.
The lowest temperature was -38 on 24 : , 1894.
The earliest date on which first killing frost occurred in autumn , Scpt.12
' " " lt % i " "
Average Sept. Ib
" " " ' 4I " " "
'last spring May 9
The latest H It It k 'i * ' ' " 'k June 21
PRECIPICATIOX ( rain or melted snow ) . (
Average for the month , 0.57 inches.
Average number of days \vitli .01.of an inch or more , 2.
The greatest monthly precipition was 1.27 inches in 1879.
The least " " " .04 : " " 1900-01
The greatest amount of " recorded in any 24 consecutve hrs was .37
inches on 31 , 1894.
The greatest amount of snowfall recorded in and 24 consecutive hours
( record extending to winter of 1884 85 only ) was 3.7 inc on 31 , ' 9.
CLOUDS AND WEATHEK.
Av number of clear days , 15 ; partly cloudy clays , 8 : cloudy days , 8.
WIND
The prevailing winds have been from the mv.
The average hourly velocity of the 'wind is 10.
The highest velocity of the wind was 60 mi from the nw on 28 , 1889
and 7 , 1903.
Station : Valentine. Date of issue : January 5 , 1904.
J. J. O'DoxNKLi , . Weather Bureau.
! > o\vn tlie River.
Louis Taylor vacinated his cattle
last Friday.
Martin Becker and wife' ' vere in
town Friday.
Miss Anna Becker spent Sunday
at Mr. Taylors.
Louis Taylor was in Valentine
last Thursday.
W'rn. Foster and family spent
Sunday at J. Wolf's.
Mr. Wolf and family spent Sun
day at AaronGlooms' .
Mr. Goooms and Mr. Becker
went to town last week.
Dave Archer caught a coyote etie
day last , week with his hounds.
Snow storms have been the most
excitement in these parts recently
Miss Mary Benkerds visiting with
Mi s Kftlheriiie Donoheu at present
The school in Eewanee district is
once more opened in charge of Miss
Broad.
Frank Mum ford is tjilking of go
ing to Sioux City in search of his
horse.
The hounds are making the lives
ol the coyotes and rabbits very di'ar
in these parts.
One paper says that if Bryan
wants to be president he'll' have to
go to Europe to run.
Duty is not necessarily disagree
able , though we usually think of it
with martyrdom in our minds.
Mr. Bryant and wife have been
very sick the past two weeks. A
doctor from Valentine was out to
see them. i
A telephone has been put in by
H. Harper of this community which ,
connects Mr. Shell bourn aricj Mr. ,
Nollett's. There are several others
talking of joining on.
The mind has certain vegetative
power which cannot he wholly idle.
If it is not laid out and cultivated
into a beautiful garden it will shoot
up in weeds or flowers of a wild
growth.
YOUNGSTER.
Briefs.
Spare the rod and save the child.
Mrs. A. Brooks is visiting in Kan.
Ed Weede went to Merriman the
3th.
Anna Dart was in Bailey last
tveek.
f
Lulu Sellers went to Casptr , Wyo
last week.
Geo. Weede has got over his
aeart troubles.
Frank Mogle has leased Charles
Devore's place.
Chas. Sellers was home with his
m Saturday night. ' '
Mesdames Heyne and Pollan vis-
ted Mrs. Brooks the 4th.
tred Walker went to the reserva-
ion last week on business.
Goodin Bros , are feeding a bunch
tf cattle for atal Bros ,
Will Ballard met his mother at
Merriman on her way from Kansas.
When using a curry comb don't
imagine it.'s u caBt iron horse that's
being curried.
Lottie Heath has been sick , with
'a gathering in her head but is re
covering.
If the dumb animal knew why it
1 is kicked it might l ave some respect
for the kicker.
' Monopoly s now big enough to
withstand all resistance writes a
correspondent. How does he know
since resistance has never been at
tempted.
i
The pucker's combine is going in-
j to cattle growing on a large scale.
We wonder if , from force ot habit ,
they will bunco themselves when
1 their own ca.tle get to market ?
! Drs. Campbell and Brown were
consulting Mrs. Guuderson's case
last Sunday. The first named doc-
I tor purely has the credit of rrising
the three children through their ill
ness.
! The rural telephone is spreading
by leaps and bounds. Every line
built fertilizes the seed for other
lines and every community of farm
ers and ranchmen that enjoy the
telephone is the envy of neighbor
ing communities until the last also
get phones. Tiie pleasure and con
venience of them cannot be express
ed in words , and the saving of time
pays their cost a hundred fold every
year and where the lines are cooperative
erative the cost to each patron is
too small to count ; or the interest
on an instrument of about § 25 or
§ 30 is practically the whole cost. :
No family that has enjoyed'apbone
would surrender it for many times
its cost. Bailey don't have to go
back and sit down.
GUESS Wno I AJI.
Real Lstate Transfers
Gustavo Gunderson to F L Rose
w d $75 lots 1-2-3 blk 3 Cole's ad.
A E Thacher to W A Petty crew
w d $15 lot 45 div B Mount Hope.
Henry Lambrecht and wf to W
A Parker , w d § 1000 wsw sesw sw
se 24 31 26
The following patents were is
sued February 6 , 190i :
Winffeld C Soults , wsc swne sesw
12 2S 27
Edgar Wilkinson , nsw nwse sw
ne 13 2S 38
C J Smith , lot 4- sec 4 , lot 1 sec
5 31 28
Ed Pullman , wsw wnw 15 28 36
J W Downey sesw sse nwse 10
28 37
Jason Gar wood , nse nsw 23 28
37
J F Kennealey , sene.iiese . sec 9 ,
iwnw 10 31 27
W E Jenkins , Sr. , ese sec 15 ,
U H 3fr- . . .
MOM Is Lunches Short Orders
T'H' KANCBOO
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!
i Fir.st chws meals at all hotrs. :
da.v : ; ncl ni ht. O.ystoJ.in
season. Pic ? , cakes , dough
nuts always on hand.
Jb.B.Cohota. Prop.
THE
LIME
Only
Double Track
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Hint Clitt tiijo.
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Business Notices.
*
Notices under this heading 5 cent * per tint
Insertion. Amen reading matter ,
Hue each Insertion.
All kinds of heavy hardware and
wagon wood stock at E. Breuklanderg.
20-tf
Good fresh Meat and Lard at
Stetters Meat Market. 20
For all kinds of Undertaking
Goods and Undertaking work call
on the lied Front Merc Co. 27
Do not pump water by hand. Buy
the old reliable Eclipse Wind Mill.
47 LUDWIG LOIBER Co.
LOST !
One brown yearling horse colt
randed , iHSJ on left hip.
12 D. STINARD , Valentine , JSrebr.
$50.00
will be paid for information lead
ing to the recovery of one brown
mare , stolen from my homestead
northeast of Valentine , Christmas
night. Said mare is branded H S L
under mane , is 10 years old and
about 1100 pounds ; has white spot ,
in forehead , one white hind foot ,
one front foot scarred above fet
lock from wire cut , and is of a low
and blocky build.
F. W. MUMFORD ,
50 Valentine , Ncbr.
The Red Front Merc. Co. carry a
complete line of sporting goods.
FOR SALE Oil KE&V.
Saloon building , together with
fixtures and furniture complete.
Also good five room dwelling house
with excellent well and small barn.
Easy terms.
A. B. . HIES ,
52 Crookston , Neb.
Valentine social at Bethel hall , '
Feb. 15. Don't forget it.
Xotice of Hearing.
In the County Court of Cherry County Neb-
aaka. - * -
ITATK OF NEBRASKA , ie _
JOUXTY Or ( JHEKKV i & 3
To all persona interefated lu the" estate * of ,
Jhitrles A i rciuiuel. deceased : ' '
Ou t'Udiux ihe petition of bM. . W.ilcott. ask.- '
njrthata uecree be Hit-red oy the Coiimy
) -urt of s-iid county to fully determine ttie owu1 1
irsiiip ol certain ieal estate in Cherry County
" ebrasha. and alao rea > estate Hdewhere lu said
aU- , and h ks lor a heantn ; in t-aid metier : ' It
s lien-by orueied tht oil persona interested in
aid matter may. aim do appear , at the County .
Jouit to be hem in ana fiji salu comity oii- the
rd uay of jMareii 1004 at 10 o'clock a. in. to show
ause , it'a..y tliere ue. why the prayer ot the
irtitiouer shuuld not be granted auu that iioifce
it the peuduey of said petition and tue hearing
ht-ror ue Kiveu to ail persons interested iu eaia
NUUT by ptijiiaiuu a copy 01 luii order ill ine
aiciitiue Uemocia. . a wecKiy newspaper'puo-
ishea m said county ior-1 luceessiv. . weeks prior
( salu day of beai lug ,
Uaieo L-ebr.iary iu , iOOi.
Sisterly Devotion.
The beautiful Margaret of Xavarre
.vas . devoted to her brother , Frauds I.
kVhen he was apparently dying at Mad
rid , she fouud her way to him through
Hivation and danger and succeeded in
! ffecting his dcliverauce. When he was
11 at a distance from her , she went ev-
: ry day and sat down on a stone in the
niddle of the road to catch the first
glimpse of a messenger afar off. And
ihe said :
"Ah , whoever shall come to announce
he recovery of the king , my brother ,
hough he be tired , jaded ilad , di-
: heTeled , I will Mss-bim ncLenibnice
lim as though he were the finGst gen- ,
leman in the kingdom. "
When ha died she seemed literally
leartbrofcen , and she did notIons sur
Professional Cards.
No Mock f ' silent preietit. I Tamil f.r in lt < *
north-\vtsi i i BriMMilee , Nvbr
C. 11. F.M'I.IIACKI. .
MILL PRICES FOR FEED.
Hran , bulk 75 per cwt # 14.00 ton
-ihortsbulk 85 per cwt $16.00 too
Screenings 70c " $13.00"
Chop Feed . . . .1.05 " $20.iM )
COFD 95 118.00"
Chopcoru 1.00 " $ J9.UO
Data 1.20 $23.00"
John Nicholson ,
Dentist.
Will be in Valentine on the 20 , 21 , 22
and 23rd of each month. Reserve
your work for him. Ollice at Donuhur
Bou.-e.
j ET7A BROWN
SUPT , PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Examination Third Saturday of each
i month and Friday preceding.
* ALKNTINE NEBRASKA
I
i H. DAILEY ,
| Dentist.
i Office over the grocery deparrnent
1 of T. C. Hornby's store.
Will be in Rosebud agency July
3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , 1904.
HENRY AUGUSTON
Blacksmith
Brown lee , Xebr.
Does general blucksmithingathard
times prices for cash.
H. M. CRAMER ,
City Deliveryman.
Trunks , valises and packages lihuied to ami
irom the depot and all parts of the City.
W. A. KTMBELL
Barber
First-class Shop in Every Respect
Eui de Quiniiie Hair Tonic , Golden Star Bair
Tonic , Herplcide aud oko's Dandruff Cure.
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
LEKOY LEACH
County Surveyor
Valentine or Woodlake
( iKA BKAL. WOKK VJtOlirTLY ATTENDED TO.
A. N. COMPTON
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Quigley & Chapman's
Drug Store , lights The Don-
oher residence. Cherry Street.
Edward & . Furay
Physician and Surgeon
Office Fraternal Hall or El
liott's Drug Store. I9un2
F. M. WALCOTT
ATTORNEY A D ABSTRACTER
Valentine , Kebr.
Practices Mn District ; Court and U. S. Land
Office. Keal Estate and Ranch Property
sold. Bonded Abstractor.
Robert G. Easley ,
ATTORNEY AT EAW.
over Red Front
' .GENERAL , LAW PRACTICE
Valentine , . j
DK. F. M. BLAKE ,
DENTIST.
G Rooms at Mrs. Shore.
Valentine - Nebraska.
M. WILSON ,
Proprietor of
Valentine Dray ,
Will do all kinds of drayingepress
and freight work. Special attention
given to fine furniture.
need a gun or some am
munition "call on the Eed Front
Merc. Co. , they can supply all your
smuts. - 86
