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THE VALENTINE DEMG8RA :
I. M RICE EDITOR
Thursday , Jane 30 , 1904.
Entered at the Postofllce at Valentine , Cherry
Bounty , Netorailca. as Second-class matter.
TERMS
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I'artiea living outside Cherry county not per
onally known are requested to pay in advance
10 per cent additional to above rates if over 6
months in arrears.
Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver
tisers.
The Neranha County Herald says
John L. Webster's boom for the
vice presidency fell as flat as soda
water without the fixYes , so it
was with other aspirants , except
the chosen. How nice it must be
to have nothing to do as a delegate
but the hollering.
More Local.
Supt. McFatridge , of Eosebud
was in town Tuesday.
Albert Metzger called on us last
Saturday while in town from his
ranch.
It is reported that four minis
ters were in line to file on home
steads.
O. C. Tread way called on us to
day while in town from his ranch
near Simeon.
Roberson's lecture was well at
tended and appreciated. The
house was crowded.
Walter Jackson has been quite
sick the past few days but is now
up and around again.
MissEisieL. . Kryger , of Neligh ,
has accepted a position with the
Cherry County Telephone Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Moore , of
Cody , spent several days the past
week , visiting at Judge Towne's.
A nephew of Frank Fischer from
Waterloo , Iowa , was here last Sun
day week to spend the day with
him.
Chas. M. Rebbeck , the post
master of Albany , found time to
visit us while in town Tuesday fil
ing on a homestead.
Gilmore Hartigan , a brother of
Burgess Hartigan , came up from
Hastings last Saturday night
to accept a position in the land of
fice.
fice.Up
Up to date 535 personal applica
tions and about 365 by mail , or a
total 900 applications for home
steads have been filed at this land
office.
Monday night was school meet-
* ing. The same members , M. V.
Nicholson and D. E. Sherman ,
were re-elected and the usual oth
er business transacted.
Mrs. Ingalls and Miss Steading-
ton gave an interesting program
at the M. E. church Sunday and
Monday evenings , the former as
a soprano soloist and the latter as
an impersonator.
S. A. Sanders , an old news
paper man in the west , was in
town Tuesday. He was formerly
editor of the Xeligh Advocate , the
Longpine Journal , the Woodlake
Times and later the Boyd County
Advocate.
Yesterday afternoon an engine
was derailed on the switch east
of the depot caused by a rail tip
ping over. It took the wrecker
to pull it out of the sand , as the
drive wheels wont down a foot
cutting off ties.
The Valentino horse sale held
hero last Wednesday was a suc
cessful venture , as near § 3000.00
changed hands. It was the be
ginning of a series of sales , and
coming at a time when everyone
was getting ready for the Kin-
kaid homestead opening , was not
as large as was expected but the
horses that changed hands were
enough to warrant having another
sale of this kind.
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M Cost 1 Slightly Used Wagon , |
2 Two = way Pumps ,
A Lot of Native Posts.
Building Material g Hardware
"We carry everything in the line of Building Material and Builder's Hardware ; such as f ;
Lath , Siding , Shingles , Doors , *
Windows , Nails , Lime , Cement , * >
which we buy in car load lots. Call and let us iignre with 3011 on Building Material. Ii I i fc
Wagons and buggies -
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. fcfc fc fc
When in need of a windmill call and s
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W lllUllIilll o amine the Eclipse. We have always on
_ hand a stock of Pumps , Pipe and Stock Tanks.
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Riding and Walking Cultivators , Riding Disk
Cultivators , Disk t Knife listed corn Cultivators. 3
Sole agents for DEERE Implements and Hancock Disk Plows. Repairs for farm implements.
UDWIG LUMBER i
L. C. SPARKS , Mgr.
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J. A. Freelan , a surveyor of
Imperial , Nebr. , is stopping at the
Chicago House in Valentine , Xeb. ,
and will survey homesteads and do
private surveying. He claims to
have had 12 years experience in
surveying and engineering. 2-U :
J. T. Keeley and Miss Margaret
Robinson were assistants in the
land office this week during the
rush. The homesteaders were
orderly and good naturecl and the
land office officials though careful
were active in their work and ,
courteous in treatment.
Wm. Searby and wife were down
last Friday night from Crookston
to take in the Uncle Tom's Cabin
Show. Mrs. Wm. Searby vas
formerly Miss Mary Watson , but
was married May 18. We failed
to get the item at the time. Mr.
and Mrs. Searby have the best
wishes of THE DEMOCRAT.
Several sooners tried to break
into the line Monday night instead
of taking their places as others did
at the foot. One , persistent in
the extreme , offered to buy his
place from the boys. Another
would be a jolly companion and
tell a lot of funny storries all night
if he could get in at the head of
the line. But the boys had lined
up in companies of ten men each
with every tenth man as captain
of the company and it was impos
sible to work any of them for a
place.
Samuel Parry , Sr. died very
suddenly at the home of his son
Ed Parry in this city , Saturday
night , June 18 , 190i , at the age
of 74 years. Mr. Prrry had made
his home with his -son since the
death of his wife 8 years ago. He
had gone to bed as usual and ap
parently well , but paralysis had
afflicted him recently and only a
cough was heard that awakened
the family and when they came to
his bedside he had died peacefully.
Much praise is due to Mrs. Ed
Parry for her care of her father-
in-law in which she has been as a
daughter to him. Mr. Parry was
born in England , January 10,1830
and came to the United States in
' 64 settled in Iowa , and settled on
Sand creek in Cherry county in
' 84. Two sons , a daughter and a
grand-daughter survive the de
ceased : Edward , Samuel and Mrs.
Zelian. The funeral was held at
the house by Rev. Holsclaw and
interment was made in Kewanee
cemetery. - >
Titus Taylor died at his home
near Thacher last Sunday of con
sumption , at the age of 72 years.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Clark in town and inter
ment made at Mt. Hope cemetery.
Tuesday a Busy
About 1200 people were in town
Tuesday , only a portion of whom
were lined up for homesteads of
040 acres under the Kinkaid act.
The people began coming to town
on Thursday of last week when
a car load arrived at the. Chicago
House with P. H. Wintersteen ,
and could be seen occupying chairs
at the front of the building for sev
eral days after their arrival , but
being discouraged on account of
no visible excitement in anyone
else , they started back to Chicago
without waiting for the 2Sth.
Most of those who were present
for homesteads were people from
the surrounding country and they
were a contented lot of people as
they took their places in line for a
homestead. Uncle Sammy Hols-
claw was first to line up for a claim
and took his position at the rear
entrance to the land office at the
foot of the stairs about G o'clock
Monday evening intending to wait
and camp there until next morn
ing : . Not long after , C. P. Wiltse
of Newport and publisher of the
Newport Republican took his place
beside Rev. Holsclaw. A few
minutes later , Art Sherman added
his presence and looked cheerful
as he said he had been asleep "all
day , preparing for a night in line.
Shortly after this , the news spread
of a "line up" and the line grew
so fast that we couldn't keep up
with them. Misses Katie and Salina -
lina Noble fell into line at No. 19
and 20 to hold their places for a
homestead but at midnight the men
unanimously voted to excuse them
until morning , as also another lady
whose name we didn't learn. At
10 oclock there were SO or 90 in
line and twice that many standing
around as spectators , some of whom
fell into line before morning.
About 300 persons were lined up
at nine o'clock Tuesday morning
wajting to file. The number soon
grew to 420.
The filing began promptly at 9
o'clock. Each applicant had pre
viously had his papers made out
by some attorney at a cost of 50c
to $3.00 , and all that remained to ;
be done was to deposit his papers ,
swear and pay the § 14. 00 filing fee.
It will be some time before the
officials at the land office will have
all the filings on record and note
those applying for land which had
been taken by some previous filing.
'In ' all , 471 filings were made at
the Valentine land office. Perhaps
J 30 or 40 of these were soldier's
declaratory statements. Eighty-
six applications came in the morn
ing's mail from Merriman and
Ainsworth which were made out
the day previous and sworn to af
ter 12 o'clock the morning of June
28th before the train passed trough
carrying the mail to Valentine.
All of these filings took prefer
ence at Valentine , except the first
personal application. This dodge
was bitterly opposed by those who
had spent the night in line waiting
to file , and , it was thought that
there is always some who manage
to slide in easy as a "preferential"
pet , while others fight'to win their
prize.
At 3:30 : p. m. the line was all in
and the lull after the excitement
was so sudden that one could
scarcely realize that the big time
was over.
In the evening at 6 o'clock a
couple of hundred persons board
ed the freight , No. 82 , most of them
standing on flat cars and open cars.
The caboose was crowded to the
limit and the train men refused to
pull out with the men standing in
open cars. Many had no tickets ,
though there were enough holding
tickets to * more than fill the ca
boose. The train backed in on
the side track to await the passen
ger train or until such time as the
people would agree to wait for the
passenger. The train finally pulled
out about 11 o'clock after a special
train took part of their passengers.
Tuesday , all was excitement and
everybody was talking 640 acres
of land as a homestead. Before ,
night the excitement wore away
and most of the people left in the ,
evening and during the night.
Wednesday our town was dull and
the wind blew the sand in fitful
gusts up the street and the few
persons who still remained in town
looked lonesome and the town deso
late. You've seen a grand cele
bration of the 4th of July and
probably went back on the 5th to
see only broken mementos or rem
nants of crowds scratching around
in the trash piles to see what may
have been left with that feeling of
loneliness that pervades even the
quiet observer.
VALENTINE HOUSE
Valentine , Nebraska
RATES $1.00 to $1.25. C. D. JORDAN , Propr.
Opposite the Court House , 2 blo'eks north of Depot.
Jas. E. Pepper W. H. McBrayer Canadian Clnb
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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 Ribbon Bottled .Beer
a specialty. - : : : : : : : 0
Oakland Hunters Rye Blue Grass Dewars Scotch Whiskey
JAMES B. HULL
HE OWL SALOON W.A.TAYLOR.
v v Sole Agents for
HERALD PURE RYE WHISKEY
Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
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Choicest Wines and Cigars ,
VALENTINE X NEBRASKA
HENRY TAYLOR. GRANT BOYER.
BOYER ,
Contractors and Builders , Carpentering.
All lands of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes
2-iP'Work shop in Charbonneau's blacksmith shop.
VALENTINE = = NEBRASKA.
Livery , Feed and Sale Stable
New Kigs 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.
feed.SHEPARD
SHEPARD BROS.
( Successors to Tracewell & Bonser. )
Valentine - - Nebraska.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
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WINES , LIQUORS AND CIGARS
OF THE CHOICEST BRANDS
St. Louis
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Service.
See that your ticket reads via the Burl
ington Route from Omaha to St. Louis.
The Buiiingron'sjExposition Flyer leaves r
at 5:25 : p. m. arriving at St. Louis 7:10 \
the next morninor.
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Burlington trains carry every equip
ment to make traveling comfortable , and
they run over a smootli track ail the way.
Let me tell you more about our ser
vice.
L. W. Wakeley ,
General Passenger Agent , Omaha , Xebr ,
Meals : Lunches : Short Orders
THE KANGAROO
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First class meals at all hours ,
day and night. Oysters in
season. Pies , cakes , dough
nuts always on hand.
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The Red Front Mercantile Co.
carry a complete line of harness ,
saddles and strap work. Mase
them a call before buying else
where. They can save yon mon- >
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Get your Clothes
cleaned and pressed and
make them look like new.
Careful attention given to
both ladies' and gent's
clothin.
R. H. Robertson ,
One door north old City Hotel. vil
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Are you going to need any barb
wire or field fencing ? If so call
on the Red Front Merc. Co. for
prices.
Pianos and Organs with a ten
year guarantee , from reliable fac
tories , sold for cash or payments.
J. O. B RATTY ,
113 ( At G. H. Hornby's store. )