THE VALENTINE DEMflfRAl !
I. M RICE EDITOR
Thniwlny. May 26 , 19U4.
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Parties living outside Cherry county not pei
sonally known are. requested to pay In advance
10 per cent additional to above rates If over C
months In arrears.
Notices ol losses of stock freelto brand adver
tisers.
tisers.Who
Who Pays the Tax ?
Who Runs the StateJ
Ever since John P. Baldwin ,
attorney general in Nebraska for
the U. P. railroad , gave it out two
years ago that "We have agreed
on Mickey as our man , " it has
been charged that Governor John
H. Mickey was the pliant tool of
l.l -Jthe railroad bosses. Now , there
11' are people who ask themselves the
question , what do the railroads
care who is governor ; what do
they care who is state auditor ;
who is secretary of state , or in
fact , who fills any of our public
offices. If these people will watch
the proceedings of any legislature
they will soon discover why it is
the railroads through their law and
political departments look after
the politics of the state. If they
had been at Lincoln during the
last session of the legislature they
would have found that the same
John N. Baldwin , who selected
Mickey as "our man3 maintained
a headquarters at Lincoln during
the entire session of the legislature.
Scarcely less prominent was B. T.
White , attorney general for the
C. & N. W. railroad in Nebraska.
As for the other great railroad ,
' the Burlington , it out did the other
two in the number of attorneys
and paid political bosses that it
maintained at Lincoln during the
session ;
If you cannot understand why
the railroads should be interested
in the selection of candidate for
the various state offices , will you
explain why it is that the railroads
are so interested in the delibera
tions of our legislators that they
maintain an expensive lobby at
the state capitol during the entire
session of every legislature ? Does
the Union Pacific railroad take
such an interest in the welfare of
Nebraska that it will send its gen
eral attorney to Lincoln to advise
the members of the Nebraska leg
islature merely for Nebraska's
good ? If it does , it is safe to pre
sume that the C. & N. W. , the
Burlington and the other railroads
operating in Nebraska are equally
generous and that it is purely for
the love they bear us that they
send their general attorneys , their
free pass distributors and their
professional lobbyists to look after
our legislature every time it con
venes. If this is true , perhaps it
is safe to assume that it is for the
same unselfish reason that they
have furnished their man Charley
lligg to act as assistant to the state
board of equalization. Charley
Rigg has been in the employ of
the railroads of this state for years
past with no other business or
duty assigned to him than to look
after the Nebraska legislature
when in session ; to see that it makes
no mistakes of commission or of
omission. And when the legisla
ture is not in session he has hung
around the state house looking af
ter the railroad assessments and
kindred matters in which the rail
roads are interested. With this
' " notorious record staring the mem
bers of the board full in the face
they select Charley Rigg as their
assistant to gather data and com1- '
pile statistics , from which a valuation -
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tion of .the railroads' this state
may be made. There is an old
saying that figures wont lie , but
the fellow who said that liars would
figure , came just as near to the
truth. Now , does anyone doubt
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1 Feed grinder ,
1 Slighly Used Wagon ,
2 Two - way Pumps ,
A Lot of Native Posts ?
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We carry everything in the line of Building Material and Builder's Hardware ; snch as ' a
Lath , Siding , Shingles , Doors ,
Windows , Wails , Lime , Cement ,
which we buy in car load lots. Call and let us iigisre with you on Building Material.
Always carried in stock. We quote a few of the different makes handled by us :
New Moline , Mitchell , Fuller & Johnson , Ban
ner , Milburn , Wide and Narrow Tired
Spring Wagons and Buggies.
1 1 When in need of a windmill call and examine -
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lOOmillS.When
W lOOmillS. amine the Eclipse. We have always on
hand a stock of Pumps , Pipe and Stock Tanks.
< 'Farm Implements.
Biding and Walking Cultivators. Biding Disk
Cultivators , Disk g Knife listed corn Cultivators.
Sole agents for DEERE Implements and Hancock Disk Plows. Repairs for farm implements.
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L. C. SPARKS ,
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that when Charley Rigg gets
through figuring up the maze of
figures which his associates in the
employ of the railroads prepare
for the information of the board
he will not be able to make it ap
pear that the railroads are already
paying more than their share of
the tax.
Railroads that sell in Wall street
for more than one hundred thous
and dollars per mile , taking their
stock and bond issue , will be found
worth but twenty for taxation pur
poses and then the board will make
its levy on one-fifth of this. When
our present iniquitous tax measure
was before the legislature the rail
road lobby was there to see it
passed. Ib was just the measure
they wanted. They realize that
the expenses of the state must be
met , so they passed the present
measure which lays a heavier bur
den upon every tax-payer in the
state , except the railroads , than
the old law did , while with "our
man Mickey" and "our man Wes-
ton" and "our man Rigg" to make
the assessment on the railroads ,
their taxes will be less than before.
It costs the railroads money to
maintain high salaried lobbyists ;
It costs them money to look after
the politics of the senate , but they
can afford to spend it it's worth
the price. What they save in 'one
year's taxes will maintain" a lobby
for ten years and the people foot
the bill.
Isn't it about time the people
selected their "own men ? " Isn't
it about time they run the politics
of the state themselves ? Isn't it
about time the railroads were as
sessed like other tax-payers ?
More Local.
J. IT. Swain was up from Sparks
Tuesday.
John Britt , of Britt , was trading
in town Monday.
Miss C. Frush went up to Hot
Springs Monday night.
Senator O'Rourke , of Gordon ,
is in town attending court.
Archie Pettycrew is painting
lis house and out buildings.
John Neiss was down from his
ranch on Eock creek Tuesday.
Judge Hamar , of Grand Island ,
s here this week on court business.
Louie Ltetter returned frorn
ichool at Kearney last Friday
light. i
Gordon Burge was in town last
Tuesday hunting up old acquaint-
i ances.
Wm. Ferdon , of Brownlee , was
in town the first of the week on
business.
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Dr. Campbell , of Cody , was in
the city the first of the week on
business.
Persons having papers or maga
zines to give away , please leave
them at Bethel hall.
The east-bound passenger was
eight hours late Tuesday , on ac
count of a washout up the road.
Wallace McDonald went up to
Crookston last Monday night after
closing a successful year In our
school.
Mesdames Jacob andHenry Stet-
ter , accompanied by Jacob Tobien ,
left for Richmond , Va. yesterday
morning.
Jesse Spaulding has resigned
his position with the Electric Light
Co. and will leave for his old home
at Neh'ght this week. i
Swift's Pride soap is perfectly
made of pure soap ingredients. For
all washing purposes , it is the most
effective laundry soap made.
Dr. Wortman , having closed out
liis interests- here , left yesterday
morning -for Longpine. From
bhere he will go to the Big Horn
Basin on business.
John West and sister Leo were
tdsiting friends and relatives in
; his city the latter part of last
tveek. Leo recently graduated
: rom the Woodlake school.
The Genuine "Koyal. "
Never sold in bulk.
Never put in other people's cans.
Never sent out except in our
egular tin-can package under our
veil known red'and yellow label , '
) earing the words "Royal Baking
: > owder. "
Salesman who offer baking pow-
ler as "The same as Royal , "
'Packed for us in our cans by the
loyal Co. , " etc. , are trying to
leceive you.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co. ,
New York.
Catholic Church. Announce
ment.
On Sunday next , mass will be
aid at Crookston in the Prairie
Jell school house at 11 a.m. Next <
iunday is the last day for the per1 1
Drmance of the Easter duty. c
Cloyd Quigley departed Wed
nesday morning for a visit with
relatives in El Paso , Texas. He
expects to be gone three weeks.
FOUND On the old Bill Wilson
place at Reige , a pocketbook con
taining some money. Owner can
have same by calling at Henry
Brandt's and proving property.
Joseph Pickett , an-old timer in
Valentine , came down from Cody
, Saturday morning , where he has
1 fyeen visiting old friends. He is
at present residing at Puget Sound
Washington.
Grover Francke now holds the
championship for catching black
bass. Last Sunday afternoon he
caught one that pulled him into
the water. The bass was finally
landed and weighed 7 pounds l-
ounces.
The cream business in and about
Valentine is becoming quite an in
dustry. Several of the leading
separators are sold here. The
Sharpies Tubular sold by Ludwig
Lumber Co. is indeed a unique
machine , having a low supply can ,
an automatic oiling device and a
simple three part bowl , also hav
ing all the gears enclosed.
While swimming Saturday after
noon , Fred Jones met with quite a
serious accident , which may re
sult in a permanent injury. He
tried to pull Abdallah West ( who
didn't want to go ) into the water
and they engaged in a little friend
ly scuffle. Abdallah tried to jerk
away , and in some way hit Fred
in the eye with his elbow , knock
ing him down. As Fred fell he
[ lit the chute with his forehead ,
cutting a deep gash. He hurried
jp to town to a doctor and had the
tvound dressed. , |
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The friends of Miss Leta Stetter
ivill be glad to hear the following
jxtract from a letter received here
: rom Miss Hess , formerly a teach-
jr in our schools and now a teach
er in the University. The extract
s as follows : "I wonder if you
people in Valentine know what a
ecord Leta is making. I don't
jelieve that a girl ever made a
greater advancement in two years
han she has done. She has grad-
sd themes and literature papers all
rearand has been admitted to the
Cnglish club , a very strict and hon-
irary club. She's also doing a
; reat deal of writing aside from
ier University work and a great
ealof.it is published. " I
THE VALENTINE HfUSE
Valentine , Nebraska
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RATES $1.00 to $1.25 C. D. JORDAN , Propr.
Oppo ito tlio CourtHouse , 2 blocks north of Dopnt.
Jas. E. Pepper W. H. McBraver Canadian Club
, ; KT.
All the standard brands of Whiskies , domestic and
imported Wines , Gordon's Dry Gin , and Cigars
of the choicest brands. Blue Kibbon Bottled Beer
a specialty. : : : : : : :
Oakland Hunters Rye Blue Grass He wars Scotch Whiskey tHE |
JAMES B. HULL
HE OWL SALOON W. A , TAYLOR-
sF v iF Sole Agents for
HERALD PURE RYE WHISKEY
Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
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Choicest Wines and Cigars ,
VALENTINE ZC NEBRASKA
HENRY TAYLOR. GRANT BOYER.
TAYLOR & BOYER ,
Contractors and Builders , Carpentering.
All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes
i shop in Charbonneau's blacksmith shop.
VALENTINE - NEBRASKA.
Livery , Feed and Sale Stable
New Rigs Good Horses Careful Drivers
Spacious barn , conveniently located , for splendid accom
modations to the public who want to drive , or have hors
es to feed. rk
SHEPARD BROS.
( Successors to Tracewell & Bonser. )
Valentine - - Nebraska.
HEAQQUARTERS FOR
WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS
VaJentine - - Nebraska
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We print Letter Heads , Note Heads , Bill Heads ,
Envelopes , Notes , Cards , Wedding Stationery , Sale
Bills , etc. , etc. , at prices that are right. All work
guaranteed to suit. Our stock stands inspection.
Valentine , Nebraska
W. T. Bishop ,
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The Wilber Barn
Your Patronage Solicited.
ALLEY
No. 1 Standard Alleys ,
A healthful. Innocent sport.
PEN DAILY FROM i O'CLOCK TO i I 8'OLGGK P. IYJ
