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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT.
VOLUME XX VALENTINE. NEBRASKA , APRIL 27 , 1905. NUMBER 15
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ITIME
The time of year is now at hand when you will J *
need some of the things to which we are calling
49 " your attention.
4 4 ? ? Barb Wire , Field Fencing ,
49 Poultry Netting ,
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We wish it understood also that we carry
49 only the best Gridden Barb Wire. None
better. Prices guaranteed. We have
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49 also just received a new supply of
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40J Garden Hoes , Garden and Lawn Rakes ,
Spading Forks , Manure Forks , &
49 Spades and Shovels of all kinds ,
2 Lawn Hose , Lawn Mowers , Sprinklers ,
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4 4 ? ° Vegetable , Grass and Field Seeds.
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49 bulk or package garden seed. All fresh
49 seed , put up by the following firms :
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49 D. M. 'Ferry & Co. , and GriswoldSeed _
49 .Co. Flower seeds from Mandeville &
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49 King Co. Send us your orders.
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1 RED FRONT MERC. CO
Just Ladies1 Shirt Waists ,
Suits , Skirts and 1
Arrived Under Skirts.
Silk Skirts guaranteed for three years.
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Quick CD My Furniture
stock is being con
stantly replenished
Meal 09 with good serviceable
articles for the home.
Gasoline Stoves and
ranges are the best and
safest. They are al
ways ready for use.
You want Garden
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Don't delay. Get one C-3
Seeds for spring
and save half the wor
ry of your life. None planting. Other seeds
so good as the also. I have them.
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"QUICK MEAL.
Chartered as a State Bank Chartered as a National Bank
June 1,1884. August 12 , 1902 ,
FIRST NATIONAL BANE
Valentine , Nebraska.
( Successor to )
CAPITAL PAID rw A General Banking
OOO Exchange and
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Collection Business.
C. F. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President.
M. V , NICHOLSON , Cashier.
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Gta Satisfy You in Quality Price and Workmanship
Railroad Building Again.
The Sioux City Tribune of the
13th contained the following spec
ial from Minneapolis :
"J. J. Hill will soon have a di
rect road from St. Paul to Denver.
When the road is built it will be
the shortest route between these
points. "
The statement is by a Great
Northern official well informed ,
and is an intimation of a plan to
connect the Burlington and Great
Northern in Nebraska. He said
further :
"Mr. Hill will accomplish this
by building a cut off between
O'Neill , Nebr. , on the Willmar
and Sioux Falls division of the
Great Northern , and Thedford ,
Nebr. , or a nearby point , on the
Burlington. This will give an al
most direct route from St. Paul to
Denver , and also between Duluth
and Denver.
The route from Minneapolis to
Denver by the Great Northern
would be through Willmar , Man-
ley and Sioux City to O'Neill.
After the connection with Thed
ford on the Burlington and Mis
souri railroad is made , the rest is
easy. A connection will be made
at Alliance with a north and south
line leading direct to Denver ,
crossing the Gurnsey and Chey
enne extension. At Alliance a
connection is made with the Black
Hills line of the Burlington lead
ing to Deadwood , Billings and
Cody. O'Neill Frontier.
G. W. Wattles Favors the
National Insurance Flan.
Gurdon W. Wattles , president
of the Union National bank , is
heartily in favor of the project to
reorganize the Trans-Mississippi
Mutual Fire association into a na
tional mutual fire insurance com
pany. A resolution offered at a
meeting of the executive commit
tee of th ? Commercial club instruct
ing Commissioner McVann to do
all in his power to have the nation
al company located in Omaha was
adopted after Mr. Wattles had ex
plained and commended the pur
pose of the organization. Speak
ing of the proposed National Mut
ual Fire Insurance company , Mr.
Wattlesyesterday said :
"As I understand the company
will be formed in pursuance of a
resolution which was adopted at a
meeting in Chicago , in March , of
the National Association of. Mutual
Fire Insurance companies of the
United States. The resolution sug
gested that the Trans-Mississippi
Mutual Fire association of Omaha
be seclected as the company which
should be reorganized into the na
tional company , provided a guar
anty fund of § 200,000 should be
raised. Officers were selected to
finance and organize the company ,
and were sent to Omaha. They
have been here for some time
working along these lines , and
iave been meeting with gratifying
success. The purpose of the Na-
ional Mutual Fire Insurance com
pany will be to take the surplus
insurance from the other mutual
Eire insurance companies of the
country , liisks are constantly of
fered that are larger than the in
dividual companies care to take ,
and the national company will car
ry these risks. The company will
also take original risks. The plan
is to issue certificates for the
§ 200,000 guaranty fund. Thehold-
rs of the certificates will be guar
anteed 5 per cent and out of the
first profits of the company 25 per
cent will also go to the holders of
the certificates ; 50 per cent of the
profits will oe refunded to the pol-
icy-holdex $ , and the other 25 per
cent wf bcjheld as a surplus fund.
It is the expectation and the hope
of the officers now in the city to
organize in Omaha. So far as I
can see , there is a very good pros
pect that they will meet with suc
cess. As far as I am individually
concerned , 1 am in favor of pro
moting all home enterprises , for it
is to the advantage of our citizens
to keep their money here instead
of spending it abroad. " World-
Herald.
An Important Decision.
Heretofore it has been held by
the department that persons hav
ing filed on a homestead between
April 28 and June 28 , 190i had no
right to make an additional entry
after June 28 , 190i for 480 acres
more. On June 4 , Frank Weyers
of Sheridan county filed on 160
acres. On June 29 , he made ap
plication to be allowed to enter
480 acres more. The Commission
er rejected the application claim
ing he had exhausted his right.
Prior to this Congressman Kinkaid
had introduced a bill in congress
to amend the law so as to afi'o rd
relief to parties having thus been
affected. On receipt of notice re
jecting the application of Weyers ,
his attorney , F. M. Broome , drew
up an appeal setting forth the facts
in the case and asking that Wey
ers be allowed to make the addit
ional entry. A copy of this appeal
he sent to Congressman Kinkaid ,
who , in acknowledging receipt of
it expressed a belief that it would
prove of material assistance in se
curing relief to such settlers. On
March 25 , the secretary of the in
terior rendered a decision in which
he directs that Weyers by re
linquishing his first entry and
making application under rules
providing for second homestead
may make the entry for the whole
section which he intended to get.
As this decision effects a large
number of others and being the
first decision yet rendered touch
ing upon this point it may be con
sidered as an important one as it
provides a remedy in a matter
upon which congress failed to act.
Notice of the decision was received
at the land office yesterday. Al
liance Pioneer Grip.
Niobrara Falls.
E. Grooms has been plastering
H. E. Crosby's house.
Wm. Ballard made a trip to the
hay flats last week to visit his
family.
John Adamson bought a thor
oughbred Hereford from C. C.
Thompson.
Mrs. K. Grooms has been in town
for several weeks taking care of
her father.
E. W. Heed went to the North
Table after seed potatoes and oth
er grain last week.
LCH Parker was in this neigh
borhood last week on a hog trade
and he got the hogs.
Mr. Latta , the well man , is put
ting down wells for different par-
tics in this neighborhood.
We think we have taken up Por
cupine's mule. If he will send in
brand we will be able to tell it.
Several parties went from this
neighborhood to the Schlagle
school house to a hop Sat. night.
John Sedlacek has bought Sam
Heth's land on the river and Sam
is going to move on top and try
farming.
Lon Mosher and Miss Alice
Medsker were married last Thurs
day , the 20th. The writer wishes
them a long and happy life.
Hartman Bros , were at the Nio-
brara Falls blacksmith shop last
week to get a plow sharpened and
they are going to turn over the
sand hills.
BAD BOY.
WANTED Competent girl for
general house work. Wages § 5
per week. Apply to
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Large stock of
Hamilton = = Brown Shoes
Just arrived.
All other shoes in stock sold at greatly
reduced prices for next 30 days. Come
and see us. We sell everything , and
at prices which are right.
MAX E. VIEETBL CROOKSTO& NEBRASKA
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Shoes ! Shoes !
I handle the celebrated
Kirkendall Shoes
for men , women and children. Good wear ,
good fitting and PRICES ARE RIGHT.
W. A. PETTYCREW , GENERAL MDSE.
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First class line of Steaks , Roasts ,
Dry Salt Meats Smokel
Breakfast Bacon.
Highest Market Price Paid for Hogs.
FRED WHITTEMOHE , Pros. CHARLES. SPARKS , Cashier.
T. "W. STETTEB , Vice Pre3. ORAH L. BRITTON , Aes't Cash.
Persons seeking a place of safety for their money , will profit by
investigating the metkods employed in our business.
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