THE VALENTINE OEMW
I. M RICE EDITOW
Th rft4aj , January 19 , 19O3
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eatfcs ! arrears.
Notlooa ol IOSMS of Btock free to brand adver-
the time has arrived when
it is in order to tender advice to
tfao Nebraska legislature. Valen
tine Republican.
Dutifully we act on the suggest
ion and take us the weighty bur-
don. Under the decisions of the
supreme court there is not a phy
sical possibility of securing at the
polls an amendment to the state
constitution. But in order to pro-
Tide graft and fodder for republi
can newspapers the associated cor
porations , having the legislature
for a head , cannot afford to adjourn
without proposing the usual amend
ment to be voted on by a few doz
en in each county. The advertis
ing will cost only about $10,000
and the republican press must be
saved. The boys should begin to
* 'stand up for Nebraska" and butt
the udder. Chadron Times.
President Roosevelt has made it
plain to several aspirants to office
for the third term that he did not
favor third term men and that two
terms was enough for an office
holder where the office was worth
seeking. There will be a vacancy
to be filled in the Valentine U. S.
land office for some of the faithful
of-"the republican party. The
t register and receiver of this office
having held their positions for two
terms , making eight years in of
fice , which according to President
Roosevelt's idea , is long enough.
There are other people capable of
,
doing the work in the land office
akthis place and both the present
cxscupants were brought here to
occupy positions in the U. S. land
office. They will probably disap
pear as soon as their successors
bavo been appointed. If there are
otter men who are capable of do
ing tho work at this land office
President Roosevelt should refuse
to consider tho applications of the
present occupants of the office.
Mrs. Lena Lillie , who was last
wcok taken to the penitentiary to
servo a life sentence , is now trying
to secure the $2000 insurance on
her husband's life in the A. O. U.
W. in which she was the benefic-
iary. It looks like a plan of her
lawyers to get some more money
out of the case and any judge who
will permit the case to be tried bei
fora him will be considered a cor-
rupt man and mixed in the deal , ;
by the general public throughout ; t
Nebraska. It is not public sentit
ment that Mrs. Lillie did not have c
ft fair trial in Butler county. In '
fact , the people in general have I
Crown weary with the delay in her 1
conviction and incarceration. A t
few attorneys who may be exa
pecting a harvest from the A. O.
U. W. are falsely propagating the r
theory that Mrs. Lillie was genert
ally believed to have had an unfair t
trial. The A. O. U.V. . need only e
to demand a dismissal of the case ,
before any incorrupt judge before v
whom the case might be brought , t
upon the grounds of Mrs. Lil lie's d
having been convicted in Butler o
County. j i ;
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The O'Neill papers state the de n
positors of the failed Elkhorn Val a
ley Bank are almost unanimously
in favor of accepting a proposition s
to settle with the officials at so
much on the dollar rather than to Clt
go into E&pfinsirB ( litigation. Since t !
this i § the nome town of Judge f (
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positive stand in eliminating con
sideration of expense in the Hans
case of this county , it might bp
well for the people of O'Neill to
realize tkat it is not in order to
legalise wrong on account of ex
pense. Is it possible that it makes
a difference whose ox is gored ?
Ainsworth Star-Journal.
If the Star-Journal continues to
to harp about the expense of the
Hans murder trial the people are
likely to suspicion that the Star-
Journal is more than pecuniarly
interested and that the paper would
rather see Hans dismissed than
prosecuted. It doesn't look the
best for the owners of that paper
to be in favor of compromising a
murder case and to speak of it the
same manner as of a bank failure.
We do not think , nor does anyone
else , that the proprietors of the
Star-Journal consider a bank fail
ure as serious a crime as the mur-
der of a citizen and fellowman ,
hence it is out of place to suggest
"that it makes a difference whose
ox is gored. " If Judge Harringj
ton did anything else in this case
i other than his duty and if he
should show any disposition to free
a man guilty of murder , the peo
ple of his district would not look
upon it as lightly as the Star-
Journal appears to do in suggest
ing it. They would realize that
1 their own lives were not safe with
such a man on the bench as the
Star-Journal would have for the
case of Hans as appears from the
article above quoted from that pa
per. If Hans is made a free man
by a second trial , the people of
this district will not forget the in
fluences that have been exerted in
kis behalf nor the part the Star-
Journal has played. Whether
that be honorable "or dishonorable
we ask of the people to judge ac
cording to their convictions. It
is at least plain to all who are
familiar with the facts in the case
that Fred M. Hans , who shot Dav
id Lusc when the two were alone
in Luse's house , prearranged by
Hans , is a dangerous man to be at
large and if he is permitted to go
free after committing this crime ,
then no man is safe who has his
enmity as long as Hans is at large.
Hans was convicted once and sen
tenced to the penitentiary. Why
dons not the Star-Journal condemn
the supreme court for granting [
him a new trial or Hans' attorney j
I
for pleading his case if it is the i
enormous expense feared , instead
of making these desperate jabs at
Judge Harrington ?
Newspaper Law.
The following is a synopsis of a
ruling of the United States su
preme court in important cases
regarding newspaper subscript
ions :
1. Subscribers who do not give
express notice to the contrary are '
considered < as wishing to renew
their t subscriptions.
2. If subscribers order the dis
continuance < of their periodicals ,
the 1 publisher may continue to send
them t until arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or re- i
fuse i to take their periodicals from
the t postoffice to which they are
directed they are responsible un-
til after they have settled their
bills and ordered the paper dis
continued.
4. If subscribers move toother c
places without informing the pub- 3
lisher and the papers are sent to
the former address
, subscribers < j
are held responsible.
5. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from
the office or removing and leaving I
them uncalled for is priraa facie a
evidence of intentional fraud.
7. If subscribers pay in ad- °
vance'they are bound to give no
tice at the end of the time if they
BI
do not wish to continue taking it , p
otherwise the publisher is authur-
to
ized to send it and the subscriber
be responsible until an express
notice with payment of all arrear
ages are sent to the publisher.
8. The latest postal laws are
such that a newspaper publisher fr
can arrest anyone forfraud who o
takes a paper and refuses to pay U
for it. Under the law a man who r <
to
along for some time unpaid and
thea orders it discontinued ; or or
ders the postmaster to mark it
"refused" and have a postal card
sent notifying the publisher , leaves
himself liable to arrest and fine
the same as for theft. The Set
tler.
Running A Newspaper.
People think it easy to "run" a
newspaper. One week's experi
ence would change the opinion of
most people on the subject. Did
you ever coun the words in a
column of ordinary newspaper
print ? The e are about a thous
. and words in a column. Suppose
i you sit down and write a thousand
,
1 words on some subject and then
another until you have written
{ ' eight or ten thousand. Try it and
, see if it is right easy. Keep that
! gait up for a month , a year , and
set1 if it is asy. Thon chase a 1 ° -
cal item all over town , and after
j
j j you have gotten the facts all right ,
condense them into a few lines
an hour's work thatcan be read
in a few seconds. Do this for a
dozen items that seem insignificant
after they are printed , but which
you know are important ; then
have the items criticised and inac
curacies pointed out to you when
it is too late to correct them. Oh ,
yes , it's easy to "run" a newspa
per. Whitewood Pkindealer.
Bailey Briof * .
T. Polland built a house on his
claim recently.
Fred Richardson is breaking
horses for George Seager.
Walter and Lillian Goodin are
visiting relatives south of Valen
tine.
John Seager is working for H.
Sears. He returned from Illinois
last week.
James Goodfellnw shipped some
cattle down to his ranch farther
east to put them on better feed.
Ballard Bros , have leased their
ranch to Gene Morrisson. The
above mentioned will move to
Missouri in the spring.
There have been several gray
wolves seen in this vicinity. Heath
Bros , run one down and shot him.
They have killed a cow and calf
of Heath's , a colt of Dan Truax's
and one cow of Rosseter's.
GUESS WHO I AM.
Pen brook Quills.
Henry Grooms went to Valen
tine Wednesday.
Gus Kuskie caught a coyote
Monday morning.
Dave Hancock was on the north
side of the river Monday.
Frank Grooms took a load of
chickens to town Wednesday for
Mr. Hittle.
Frank Burdick had a runaway
recently and lost about ten bush I
els of shelled corn. I
Charles Billings , of Norden , was
in this locality Monday of thi >
week on business.
Jay Porter of Norden came up
Monday and commenced shelling
corn at I. O. Jones.
Grooms and Kuskie Bros , were
t
out hunting Saturday. Results :
n
rabbits , one coyote. C
One way to make a man pay hits n
debts is to shed your linen and see u
him shell uut the coin. St
u
Porcupine came home as com
q
mented ] by Kant T 1 with ail S
apple 011 every quill and some in tl
his pocket. Come down and get tlS
one. S
A grand box social at Highland fi
school house Friday night Jan. 20. itP
Everybody invited , the proceeds P
buy a new dictionary for the u
school. cc
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PORCUPINE.
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STRAYED from Stinard's ranch m
two miles east of Fort Niobrara , L
one cow or heifer branded X on th
left hip. Reasonable reward for d ]
recovery. R. A. McQuADE , M.
From the New En.
Samuel R. ( Jriswell was duly in
stalled as stenographer at this ag-
. ency Saturday morning.
After several days visit at home
Mary McChesney left Saturday
for Davenport , la. , where she is
attending school.
Mrs. May Longenbaugh , assi fit-
ant clerk at this agency , has been
transferred to the pension office at
Washington , D. C. , as copyist.
Fred Doville died at He Dog's
camp last Tuesday. Dr. Streep
j was called to see the boy but he
was dead when the physician got
there.
Frank Mullen , former chief
clerk at Rosebud agency , who re
signed sorap. time ago , has been
reinstated and appointed copyist
in the Indian office at \ Ya.hintr -
ton , D. C.
Clark Little Thunder , of Cut
M < * at , mot with a painful accident
T-.esila.v. While cleaning a re
volver , which was loaded , it was
discharged , shooting off four fing
ers of his left hand.
The home of Leading Charger
was visited for a brief spac by an
interesting quartet of VKR.V little
people. They were a bo.v and
three little girls , born Jan 8 , each
weighing , probably , about two
pounds. Field Matron Mrs. Ben
nett visited them on Manday and
found three dead and the fourth
almost gone. We learn that Rev.
A. B. Clark visited them Monday
morning and baptized the two then
living. Dr. Harrison and J. An
derson also called the same day.
ST. FRANCIS MISSION NEWS.
Work on the new laundry has
been brought to a standstill by the
cold weather. We expect to go
to work at it as soon as the weath
er thaws a little.
The smaller children have been
gathered together in a kindergart
en in the new building and Miss
Jeanette Muldom has been ap
pointed teacher.
/
Charley Guerue , a pupil of St.
Francis up to Xmas , died shortly
before New Years at his home on
Spring Creek. He had been suf
fering a couple of weeks from an
attack of pneumonia.
Fred Doville , a pupil of St.
Francis Mission , died at his grand
mother's home in Cut Meat Tues
day. With a few other boys he
had run away from school about
two weeks before New Years.
There was a lawsuit before
Judge Towne Tuesday between
the Standard Cattle company and
John Sullivan of Steene preciuct.
Several witnesses were present for
each side. It seems that Mr. Sul
livan : had tasen up some cattle be
longing to the Standard Cattle
company some time ago and held
them for damage. Mr. Stewart ,
the manager or foreman of the
Standard Cattle company , replev-
ined the cattle and upon the ap
pearance of Mr. Sullivan in court
in December the case was put off
for 30 days upon the request of
the | plaintiff. Upon a showing
made by Mr. Sullivan's lawyers ,
Clark & Easley , the case was dis
missed because of the appraise
ment of the cattle being done and
service upon Mr. Sullivan being
made by a person not legally
qualified to serve papers. The
Standard Cattle company in taking
the cattle upon the writ of replevin ,
took also a yearling which Mr.
Sullivan claimed and purchased
from VVm. LeLaCheur. The fore
man of the Standard Cattle com
pany claimed the calf as belonging
them and claiming that they
could show their brand upon the
hide of the calf which was killed
ind skinned to prove the brand.
After the replevin case was dis
missed , Mr. Stewart had Wm. Le
LaCheur arrested , charged with
theft , but the case will likely be
iroppedJudge Walcott and J.
. Tuckor acted as attorneys for
HKNRY TAYLOR. GRANT BOYER. .
TAYLOR & BOYER ,
Contractors and Builders , Carpentering.
All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all size *
S Work shop in Charbonnoau's blacksmith shop.
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