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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1905)
More Local. Wm. Eriuksnn , of Kennedy , is Pat Peiper , of Simeon , was in town yesterday. J. B. Sweeney , of King , is in town on business. G. W. Hervey was among the number on the potato special. The farmers for miles around came to attend the potato meeting. W. C. Cowden and family have out onto their homestead west of town. town.Wm. Wm. Gillaspie and H. R. Shock- ley were in town a few days the past week. Grandpa Ilamar and wife re turned from their vi-it , with rela tives Sunday. Mrs. .June Stanford , widow of Leland Stanford , died in Honolulu Tuesday night , Feb. 28. Max E. Viertcl , the Crookston merchant , came down Tuesday evening on business and attended the potato meeting. Clint Anderson , of the Diamond j Bar ranch , came down from Cody | | on the potato special and attended j I the meeting of potato growers. i L. N. Layport's neice , Miss An i na Ladely , well remembered by I Valentine people , was married in | Holt county to John Carson , yes terday , March 1st. Capt. H. Hankins of the Omaha salvation army was in the city yesterday soliciting for that insti tution. He raised 25 to 30 dollars by subscription in our city. The farmers for miles around in the country gathered at the court house Tuesday evening to hear what the wise men of the east had to say on the culture and grow ing of the potato. The potato special arrived about 6 o'clock p. m. Tuesday and stay ed until about-S:30 : next morning. They had their dining and sleeper car with them and didn't have to trouble anyone for their comfort. A letter from Hot Springs , S. D. , tells us that J. E. Thackrey , who was county treasurer of this county for four years , is now book-keeper for the Wooster Lum ber Co. at Hot Springs. Mr. Thackrey 's friends will be pleased to know that he is doing well. t . John Bachelor and Jake Stetter . made a bet of 825.00 yesterday , Bachelor betting that C. F. Coffee , while state representative four ' years ago , voted for the mlnioiuni 100pound freight rate bill instead ; of the car load rate as formerly existed. They are still discussing it. A letter from Bert Jeffers to Mr. Carpenter this morning states that he met Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Brown at the train Monday evening and took Mrs. Carpenter -to the hospital and that she was operated upon and was doing nice ly , great hopes being entertained for her complete recovery. A. T. Brackctt was in town yes terday and , in conversation with him , we learned that his father was very ill at Kilgore. Frank Rothlcutner was down yesterday morning to get a doctor and took Dr. Brown back with him on the freight. F. T. Bracket was hurt some time last summer while rid- . inghorsebackand has been troubled some with his head since. The U. S. Weather Bureau re port for the week ending March 1 , shows the highest and lowest temperature respectively as 06 ° on the 1st and 20 ° on the 25th and 27th , giving a range of 40 ° and a mean for the perion of 4-2.3 ° . The first rain of the season oc curred on the 26th. The precipi tation was only .02 of an inch and was a mingling of rain , slpet and snow. There has been a gain in temperature since Feb. ISth of 226 ° and conditions seem favor- , able for the re-establishment of the average. The .winds have been about the average , the high est velocity was 32 miles from nw the 20th. Archie Peitycrew called at our office yesterday and paid a dollar in advance for THE DEMOCRAT. He'fj looking well again and we're glad to say it. For a long time t he lingered in sickness but his strong constitution and good treat- . ment saved him. His sickness I has been expensive to him but he has energy and strength enough , to yet make a success in business. j Billy Smith and Rastus John- ' son , the colored soldier who won a victory twiee from Dil lard another colored soldier , had a boxing con test Monday night which was to have been a ten round bout but 1 was ended in the Gth by a foul , Johnson's second claiming that Smith fouled , striking in a clinch. Fitzsimmons was beaten out of his money once on a foul , but Smith was said to have the best of the fight and would have put Johnson out but for the continued yelling of "foul" which saved Johnson. Merman Riege , John F. Po.-ath i and a number of others from Ger- i man settlement were in town Tuesday. Many persons from j North Table were also in town and tho court house was chock full of people who listened attentively to the talk made by Mr. Ferguson on soil culture and how to preserve the moisture for use in the grow- ing of crops. Mr. Ferguson is a very interesting speaker , present ing his subject in a forceful man ner and his illustrations were good. Dr. Peters of the state university talked on the work done at Lincoln of a practical nature , showing students just how to plant a tree or raise crops or to judge stock and take care of them. The next man told how to select seed corn and the kind that was best adapted to this climate. Mr. Wing , of the Breeders Gazette of Ohio , was then introduced and told of his visit to France to see the fine stock , of the fertility of the soil and the kinds of crops he saw growing there. Last of all he wound up his story with the fer tilization plan for enriching the soil. Mr. Wing was quite hum orous in nis story of experiences in France without an interpreter , and the difficulties one would like ly encounter in a strange land. He taught us something of life in France that we never learned be fore , and one thing in particular , that France raises abundant crops on a soil that is not worn out , though thousands of years old. KocleyVatlciiisi. . Miss Mamie E. Keeley and Thomas II. Watkins were married Wednesday , March 1 , 1905 , in the Catholic church in this city at 10 ' . the Rev. H. o'clock a.m. by Muys- sen. sen.Miss Miss Keeley is the oldest daugh ter of J. T. Keeley who is well known in the city and county , be ing now deputy county clerk. Mr. Watkins has lived in and around Valentine for a number of years and comes of good family , parents now living in Washington , D. C. Only a few of their most inti mate friends were present to wit ness the ceremony , among whom were Miss Keeley's classmates and ! their teacher. A handsome pres- ' ent was received from them as a ' token of their esteem for their \ classmate. Numerous other pres- 1 ents were received from friends. ' This young couple go to house- 1 keeping in the S. Moon dwelling west of the railroad which was previously furnished for the oc casion by the groom. THE DEMOCRAT joins with num erous friends in wishing them a prosperous and profitable life to gether. i Joe Bristol is short seven head of cattle , branded same as in cut else where in this paper ; also one black horse about G yrs old , weight about 1000 pounds , branded Q2 on left shoulder and NB connected below on same shoulder. Anyone knowing of above stock pleasa report to JOE BRISTOL , Valentine , Nebr. i PREPARATION OF GROUND. s ! should havp rich sandy loarn soil or alfalfa sod to grow large crops , but any Nebraska soil properly prepared and tilled will produce a fairly good crop of po tatoes. Plow 7 to 10 inches deep early in fall when ground will per mit and is not too high as to be subject to blow. When left till spring , plow early , first disking it thoroughly and harrow after plow ing. It pays well to manure the ground which is best done by spreading with manure spreader or evenly and lightly by hand , preferably on alfalfa one year be fore plowing to stimulate the growth of the alfalfa. SEED POTATOES. Early Ohio * are best adapted to general planting in Nebraska and seed of this variety procured from the Red River Valley of the North nearly doubles the yield and can be 3rocurp.d from Gyldon , Minn. , at digging time and laid down any where in Nebraska some years at same price as home grown sell for. There are hundreds of thousands bushels raised yearly known as the Red River Ohio and are distribut ed all over the. country for seed purposes. Where irrigation is practical , Rurals , Sir Walters or Carraans are best and produce im mense crops. Seed of these should be procured from the muck or heavy lands of Michigan or Wis consin Seed should be cut im mediately before planting , one eye pieces planted in m ist ground give best results. PLANTING. Plant with Aspenwall planter as soon as the season will permit in spring. Setting machine to drop 13 inches apart in drill and about 4 inches deep gives good results. If planting by hand or with home devices , be sure the seed is depos ited in moist soil , not allowing the furrow to dry in operation. Get ting rows perfectly straight and uniformly 3 feet in width facili tates cultivation where cultivators like the two row pivot wheel Planet Junior is used or the Dowden Weeder Harrow which cultivates 7 rows each through , 14 rows to the round. CULTIVATION. Harrow once lengthwise of rows and cross just before plants come up and once each week till plants are too large or about 8 inches high. Now use cultivator. Set to run about 2t inches deep , not changing depth during the entire season , cultivating once every week till crop matures. DIGUING. Digging is done best with a Dowden elevator digger. A com mon corn lister on wheels is next best and if properly set and driven fast , throws most of potatoes out. MARKETING. If price is satisfactory and the crop in Nebraska large like this past one , dig very early and sell at once. Load into stock cars af ter cooling over night in sacks stood on end singly in the field. Texas and Oklahoma afford ample market at renumerative prices. Some years Chicago is the market at this time , but this applies only when Nebraska has a big surplus crop. Otherwise dig late in the season so as to run no risk of their freezing in the ground. Put po tatoes in convenient piles in the field while gathering and cover with straw allowing them to re main till through sweating. Then move when cool to cave or pit , the. cave having been previously cool ed down to freezing temperature. Now close perfectly tiglit and se cure from either heat or cold and your potatoes will be sound and in right condition any time for mark eting up till Juneand will compete successfully with early crop ship ped from the south at this time , but market earlier whenever the price is satisfactory. The foregoing is a synopsis of Mr. Ferguson's speech upon rais ing and marketing potatoes. Ev ery farmer ought to have a copy of this paper. It tells you what experience has taught that you would be a life time in learning for yourself. Catholic Church Announce ment On Sunday next , mass will be said here at 10:30 : a. m. Catechism class at 3 in the afternoon. With Ash-Wednesday , Sth of March , begins the holy season of Lent. Regulations regarding the manner in which Catholics ought to spend that time of penance will be given out at the services of Sunday next. SSrht Items Mrs. Dunn has been seriously ill th - last week. Mr. Broad trnnsicted busine- Valentine last week. Andrew Miller has caught and killed three coyotes. Mr. and Mrs. H. Fowler wete vis itors at A. Broad's last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Bullis were visitors at Wm. Bullis' Sunday. The Dry Creek sc-hool house was newly calcimmed and scrubbed last Saturday. Mr. Bliss was a visitor in our neighborhood , taking orders for fruit trees. Mr. Murphy , from the reserva tion , was hauling corn last week from Mr. Johnson's. There will he a box social and en tertainment at the Dry Creek school house Saturday evening the 11 rh of March Everyone is cordiully iii- vited. SLEEPY EYES. Onler of Honrlnjr'"idotio * on IVtif. ion fur Settlement of Amount. In the County Court of Clierry County Yel > - rnska. STVTKOF NBIIKASIW ' 3" COUNTV OF r.HKHUV t r < > the lu'irs siti/l toiH ; imrsons imenvsrod in the'tsite of ri t < > ih T O. itra-ihin. < hceiS"d : iNn-a'iiiij : the peri ion of 1'retlc ick \ \ Kin ur-A'iiiK a final settlement and allowance of Jus account lil-I in thH court on the ls < day of March , 1905 It i ? hereby ordered that you. and all ' > er- otis interest. . ii m siul nutter may uuHo ap- n--arai t tie ounty Court , o hih.'ld in and f r sdde mntiitliel8inuay of March , i. D. 1903 at 10 o'clock a. m . to show cause , if any there be why tliepiaver > fthe petitioner should not he uranted , and tlwl notice of the pendency ot said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all p.ir.snns inter-ste1 instid matter by piil.is-iiii a copy-i this Order in tli Valentine leinor it.si wi-eKly i-iewsjiausr printed in said COIIUM ( or three successive weeks prior t saiil day of hearing , W. R. TOW\E. 7 3 Count > Judge Order to Show Cause Why License Should Not be Granted to Sell Real Property. IN THE DIST-UCT CO ' T OF CHERRY COUNTY , NEB f In the matter of tho D t'tion of < * arrtn r H Kolain. . ad n ni irator , fi r license to eil ted staff. And i.o'v on his 20 h dry ; of l-Ybrmuy 19fr ) , I'MS ' rnse catm1 > n for he rms ; upon the netit. on nude oat ho fl r n r II K m administra tor 1 1 'p estate f Char t > tte Fnlsom. de'G'i < < ! . to se 1 the luiwnir de et-i bedai statf th sud chart > tt Kols > m rtei-e ed tuit : t-1 of the NiUd the N' i m therE1 * ot Sec. b To HI. , noith o' r nge 37 wes or the Gth f. M. Cherry county , Nebraska , for the payment of ents Hllowil against - ii < i.tat" i an allo\v- an eand costs ofadmin'st atinn for the reason that the ris ot a snlllcipu r snnountif personal property in the p vs-es ion of the said Gardner H. Fosom. administrator , belonging to said estate to pay s-iid debts , allowances and co-ts and for the furtlie reason that itv 11 ne for the best n terest ofthe said estate to convert said renl estate into cash ; It is theref ire ordered that II rerso' s In'er- i est d in saio t state appear t efon me at cbni ters in the. city ot Unshville in t e 15th judicia dibtret on the 10th day of April. l'Ji/5 at th hour of ten o'clock a. in and slum cause , if any there be why a l'c-n- ' sh > d i not be granted to the sail Uar-iitT H. Folsoin. admin i trato- . to sell the above described real estato of the . sal i decrdent. to pay the s-iid ebts and ex- j pe. se.s it , is further ordered that a copy or ! this Older tie. seived upon nil persns 1 terested ' in thisstar < - by canslntr lh s.im to e publish ed once M-iuh week tor four consecutive weeks in th Valentine Democrat , a newspaper priut- d and published in Cheny county , e raska- W. H Wf-TOVEIt. 74 Judg of the District Court , Coming , Dr. I. W. Mcffcrd , the eye specialist , will be at the Dono- her hotel Monday , March 20,1905. How to Shoot n Hnttler. Tho wvifoT once stnv uu Indian kill a ruttlesuuke in a very peculiar inau- ner. The rattler was about ten feet from the Indian , who was resting the rifie on his knee , apparently takinir aim. Whenever he moved the weapon a few inches the suake would move around and get exactly in line with it. Then , to show how the thing was done , the Indian moved about the snake in a circle , and the reptile moved as i its tail were a pivot , always keeping its head and body in line with the gun. The Indian then agreed to bandage hid eyes and shoot the snake in the mouth. The writer bandaged the Indian's eyes , and , holding the gun by his side at arm's length , the latter pulled the trigger , and the ball entered the snake's mouth and passed the whole length of its body. "How did you take aim ? " was the query. "The snake he take aim , " was the reply. We have talkedwith an old hunter ou this proposition , and he claims that n rattlesnake will always range direct ly in line with a gun or stick pointed at it. Exchange. Burdens may be the ballast tbat the ship. Chicago Tribune. Are xt' ix-ersnlly admired by people of artistic tauten Send for a little book explaining all about portraits and en larging pi tares It is free. Address P f'KOKGE HOLMES , 5 ! ) lrN.10St. Omaha , > i b. tfaz & Business Notices. Notices under this heading 5 cents per line each Insertion. Ainon reading matter , 10cents per line each insertion. The Bed Front Mercantile Co. carry all kinds of shelf and heavy Hardware , Furniture , Harness and Saddlery goods , quality and price guaranteed. 4 High grade Galloway Bulls , 2 to 5 years old. for sale. Also two . Thoroughbred's. For further in formation inqniro at this office. 1ft Now is the time to get your in surance on your buildings and stock. Storms have already begun and if you are without insurance it will be your neglect. It costs but a trifle to insure against fire , light ning and tornadoes in the best state companies. They are represented by I. M. Kicc , Valentine , Nebr. When you need anything in the Undertaidng line go to tne Eed Front Merc. Co. They carry all sizes of coffins and do all kinds of under taking work 4 I have buyer for Nebraska farms. , If you want to sell , list with me or write for particulars. 47 HORACE GRANT , Heist Bldg. Kansas City , Mo. Stallion For Trade. I will trade my registered stal lion for horses or cattle. He is coming 3 years old and weighs 1400 pounds. I hare his pedigree and he is as fine a specimen as one would like to see. EDWARD LEWIS , 4 Wood Lake , Neb. Town Herd. We will begin herding the town cows about April 1st. Terms will be the same as last year. Thank ing you for past favors , we re spectfully solicit a continuance of your patronage. 65 WILDER & GANOW. Of course you know the ground hog saw his shadow on the 2nd and you know what that means ; six more long weeks of winter. Better examine our stove ad on another page and see what we can do for you. Eed Front Merc. Co. Weather Data. The following data , covering a per iod of 15 vears , have been complied from the Weather Bureau records at Valentine , Nebr. They are issued to show the conditions that have pre vailed , 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 cotainsr month. MAARCH. TEMPERATURE. Mean or normal 31 ° The warmest month was that of 1880 with an average of 44s * The coldest month was that of 1899 with an average of 23 ° The highest was 84 ° on 28th , 1895 The lowest was26s" " on 4 , 1891 PRECIPITATION. Average for month 0 37 inches. Average number of days with .01 of an inch or more 9 The greatest monthly precipitation was 2 58 inches in 1891 The least monthly precipitation was 0 28 inches in 1893 The greatest amount of precipita tion recorded in anv 24 consecutive hourswas 1 2 inches on 1-2 , 1891. The greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any 24 consecutive hours ( record extending to winter of 1884-85 only ) was 7.8 inches on 24,1901. CLOUDS AMD WEATHER Average number of clear days , 30 ; partly cloudy , 10 ; cloudy,11 WIND. -The prevailing winds have been from"the NW. The average hourly velocity of the wind is 9 miles. The hiirhest velocity of the wind was 52 miles from the nw on 10 , 1899 * JOEN.F. ll'LEAN , Obstryer Weather Bureau. Professional Cards. The Loup Valley Hereford Prise * 13183 and Cart ; Co c 119U1M fccdl of herd. Tke btotf of Fowler. ABXMKr. Lord WiltonMdMr Gladstone preteemv- ut s ta my tort.- I can fill ord rn for bulb of all ajrfs at BUT time. Jtancb tur mile * north-wear of Browa- lee , Nebr. C. n. FAULXASCX. MILL PRICES FOR FEED. PerCwt. Per Ton. Bran , sacked $ 85 $1600 Shorts , sacked 95 18 00 Screenings , sacked 60 11 00 Chop Feed , sacked 90 17 00 Corn , sacked 80 15 09 t 'hop Corn , sacked 85 16 00 O ? X sacked 1 00 19 00 \ N. COMPTON Physician id Surgeon Office at Quigley & Chapman's Drug Store. Rights The Don- oher residence , Cherry Street. Robert G. Easley , ATTORNEY AT IAW. ® ° Office over Red Front GENERAL LAW PRACTICM Valentine , G. H. Hall , M. D. Physician and Snrgeoa. All calls promptly attended to day or night. Drugs and Phar maceuticals furnished. Wood Lake , - Nebraska. H. D AILE Y , Dentist. Office over the grocery deparment of T. C. Hornby's store. Will be in Rosebud agency July Hrd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1,1904. JOHN F. PORATH- Biege , Nefcr. Tubular wells and windmills. ' ' H. M. CRAMER , City Deliyeryman , Trunks , valises and packages' hauled to an4 from the depot and all parts of th City. C. M. SAGESER Barber First-class Shop in Every .Respect < Ran de Quinine Hair Tonic , floldva SUr hair Tonic. Herplcide and Coke's Dandruff Curt. Try Pompeian Face Massage Cztam . J. L. ASHBURN , Contractor and Build er in Brick or Stone Work. Valentine , - Nebr. Everybody that writes Can use printed stationery. Ask to See our fine envelopes and paper. Your time ia money. Mistakes don't occur so frequently and it is a guarantee to the public that you're a busy man. THE DEMOCRAT , Valentine , - Nebr. Low Rate # to lB grmti ii of President Rooevelt at ' Washintbn , D.G. . > , - Via the North-western Line."Ex cursion tickets will be < sold 28 and March 1 and 2 , extension to return until Marcl inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-western R'y. 44. '