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[ gTrtrtenptlonhOO per year in artv inw. - *
nn not pnld in wtvancu. Single poplr * 0
DJspltty.advcrtisliK Much single i-glim *
Jao'e or $6.00 a" year.
Local Kotloes , Obituaries. Lodge 'ResoluUon-
( ind Socials for Uevcnue cc per line per Issue.
JJrands , lU iDclies S4.oo per year in advance
iditlonal snafteS3-00 per Inch peryearengraved ;
i extra ; $1.00 each.
Parties Ihlnc outside Cherry county not p
13 rurally Known art * requested Jo pay in advance
10 per cent additional to"1 above rates if ovcrG
uutbB In arrears ,
Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver-
It is hard to tell the truth all the
time if you arc constantly telling
what someone told you. We hear
a dozen different stories if we go
to a dozen different persons.
The jury in the case of the state
vs Pete Ladeaux is entitled to
much credit in refusing to consider
the story concocted by the defense
as plausible that Ladeaux had
nothing to do with the stealing of
Mr. Ayers' horses , and laying the
blame all upon Prank Morrison ,
who is now in the reform school
for another theft and upon whom
the defense tried to unload the
responsibility by showing that it
was Morrison who gave the bill of
sale to Macumber at Brocksburg.
It was Macumber's testimony to
such effect but he did not wish to
implicate himself in the case ,
consequently he could not clear
Pete Ladeaux of complicity in the
stealing of the horses. There are
people hero who believe that Ma-
caumber was implicated in this
theft by receiving stolen property.
People have expressed to us that
they believed that Macumber
knew thevhorses were stolen and
took a bill of sale of them from
Morrison to clear him. Do our
stock-buyers require a bill of sale
whenMhey i > uy a man's cattle or
horse6No ? , not one time in twen
ty. Though there is no harm in
giving or receiving a bill of sale ,
it seems that in this case there was
enough other grounds for suspic
ion of Macumber's being guilty of
receiving stolen property know
ingly , or at least-that he could
easily believe that no sane or sen
sible person would have that class
of horses for sale at such1 ridic
ulously low price , and again , Ma
cumber testified to having known
Pete Ladeaux , consequently he
must have known his reputation ,
or had some deal fixed to receive
or ' urchase horses that these f el-
lo-.vs would bring him. Ladeaux
and' Morrison stole 31 head 22
head of horses and 9 head of mules
of J. R. Ayers near Crookston ,
Oct. 10 , 1903 and drove them
away. On the 14th they sold a
j part of this herd to Macumber and
. Diilrnan at Brocksburg. Pete La
deaux was seen near Crookston be
fore"the horses were taken and
wat with Morrison at Brocksburg
'and helped to show the horses and
was apparently in charge of them
with Morrison. If Macumber was
innocent of any connection with
the disposal of these horse.he most
certainly left the impression with
soiA ? who hoard the testimony that
h&A'iiew more than Iv cared totrll
in the case. When it became evi
dent that Ladeaux would be sent
to tho pen , another witness was , ,
willing to volunteer more inform i-
tiou than he was willing to divulge
on the stand. It may bo thut La-
deaux's friends will have money
to carry the case up to the supreme
, court as many others have done.
They did not dig up for his trial
in this court. Cherry county paid
' * for his prosecution , witnesses ,
dourt fees and all. Cherry coun
ty also pays the lawyer for his de
fense. Cherry county loses sev
eral hundred . .dollars because of
' his'theft. _ J.iJ. Ayers loses sev- ,
era ! hundred dollars in chasing the '
thieves and tho loss of property
that waa.never . recovered ; ' besides
his time and the inconvenience.
It the supreme court persists in
u-oj , . oriTninals for another
large part of MuSiapua ,
having a population of abc
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hearing , as in the case of Fred M.
Hans , the great G. & N. W. de
tective (0 ( , John J. Both well and
other persons who have each been
convicted before a jury of twelve
men who said that the impression
left upon them by the evidence
was that the arraigned was guilty
as charged and brought in a verdict
after due consideration , giving the
prisoner the benefit of the shadow
of a doubt , then we shall lose con-
fidence in courts. "We shall not
declare that all courts are iniquit
ous but we will have an abiding
faith that money will buy senti
ment , that with popular sentiment
a criminal might pose as a martyr
and.through sympathy or for mon
ey , or for a friend , man as a hum
an being has been known to act.
Oftener has a man been prose
cuted as a persecution than for
some crime ; to satisfy some grudge
rather than for the settlement of
a grievance ; for revenge rather
than for justice. Sympathy has
turned many a criminal loose and
has also been the cause of increas
ed criminalities.
More Local.
Obe Church has a new delivery
wagon.
Postmaster Hook of Cody wa
in town Monday.
Capt. A. G. Shaw is holding-
down his claim this week.
W. G. Ballard was in toun
Tuesday to get a wagon load of
lumber.
Mrs. Don Kellogg is down fiom
Britt thUeek visiting her si-tr
Mrs. Mac Cramer.
Mrs. Geo. Shaw came down
from Belle Fourche la.t week t < >
spend the holiday- ' .
Mr. and Mrs. 1 M Rico and
Lawrence leave tomoi row morn
ing for a weeks visit at York , Xeb.
Wm. Tetherow and wife wen
up from their ranch visiting an < !
and trading last S.-Umlay , return
ing Sunday.
Geo. Miller was in town the
first of the week from "Wood lake.
where he is taking care of stock
at the Fred Bray ton place.
Mrs. Jessie Parshall and her
companion , Miss Tankrod , depart
ed last week' for California , stop
ping over at Lincoln on the way J
where they were registered at the '
Capitol.
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a.9 one state and Oklahoma ana
Walter A. Brown and wife re
turned from Iowa to make Valen
tine their future home.
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i L. N. Parker , Mattic Parker ,
Lula Marshal and C. S. Parker ,
of Gordon , were in town the first
of the week.
Pat Pieper was in town the first
; of the week and bought the big-
igcst j turkey in town. We'd like
j j j to help eat it Pat , but a duck or a
grouse i * > nearer our size.
After the first page of our pa
per was printed we learned that
MUs Luella Thorn did go with her
brother , Carey , Sunday through
the storm. The article on fir.st
page was a mistake.
A. B. McAlev.v was in town last
Friday from Kennedy and called
for the mitten we advertised which
ha < l been lost by an acquaintance
while in town rushing up and down
the streets of our city.
Splendid preparations are being
m ule for Christmas exercises at
fie M. E. and the Presbyterian
c'uirchcs. Excellent programs
are being prepared by the little
f lks , assisted by songs by the
church choirs.
Goo. K. Sawyer came up from
Wood lake this morning , and after
transacting some business here ,
will take the train for Omaha and
expects to < > o back home to spend
t holidays at Ca - | entervill , III.
M . Sa\vyi-r is enjo.ing splendid
health and i > much stronger physi
cally thanhen he first came to
Cherry county several years ago.
lie has charge of the Sawyer Bros ,
ranch , of which his father and
u ifliure the owners , and is well
liked by all who have made his ac
quaintance.
The U. S. Weath-r Bureau re
port for the week ending Dec 2 ,
sh > vs tje ! highest and lowest tem '
peratures to have been 00 ° on the
2Lst and 8 ° on the 17th , giving a
range of . > 2 ° . The mean tcmper-
a ure was 28 ° . The snowfall for
the veek was only 5 of and inch ,
f
athe wind velocity was very high
during the storm the snowwas
drifted very much , very little
showing on wind swept level spac
es. The highest wind velocity
was 52 miles per hour from the
northwest on the ISth and a lesser
storm of 40 on the 16th from the
northwest. The end of the week
shows one of the mid-winter balmy
days for which this region is fam
ous.
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1 The loss is $75OW ,
James Burr , of Pullman , came
up Monday to { ret the big black
stallion that John Xeiss had in !
town hist week to get shod , Mr.
Burr having purchased the same.
He weighed 1780 pounds here last
week and would weigh 1SOO pounds
Mr. .Neiss thinks , taken out of the
stable. The horse is a black
French Percheron and is register
ed in the French Draft Horse As
sociation by Bilbo and Wilson of
Creston , la. , and was bred by
Hart Bros. Oaccola , Iowa.
If you don't board at the Chi
cago hotel you don't know what j
solid comfort is. It's a place where
you can feel at home with nothing
to jar your nerves. Mr. Hall , the
proprietor" , i < a genial old time
hotel man and knows how to make
his place comfortable forhic guests
and doesn't ask you to pay him
extra for hospitality for it comes
natural for Mr. Hall to be courte
ous. Ye weary sojourners who
have failed to find a place to stop
in Valentine where you may rest
your weary hones from travel and
the cares of life drop in at the
Chicago hotel and lei Mr. Hall
provide for 3 our comfort.
T. YT. Cramer has broke the
record husking corn , having husk
ed 5-i bushels in six hours. It
speaks well for Cherry county
corn as well as for Mr. Cramer's
credit a < ; a corn husker. Now if
an.\one is inclined to doubt that
Cherry county raises good corn
they must admit that it would be
still more to the credit of Mr.
Cramer as a corn husker and since
we do not give the time of day and
t\\ : to crowd 2S or 3(3 ( hours into
the clay , the story is still more
specific as it states positively that
Mr. Cramer husked . " 54 bushels of
corn in six hours , and thinks now
that if he had Iieeii trying to make
'a record when he started out that
he could have done better.
On Sunday next , being the feast
of Christmas , two early masses
will be said , at 7 and 7:30 : in the
morning. Solemn high mass at
11 a. m. Confession will be heard
on Sitimlay evening and Sunday
morning.
! For < > fa * t fur Friday ,
Threatening with snow Friday
and possibly late tonight. Colder
winds , followed by high * north
winds.
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