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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1905)
. ' , f THE I. M. RICE Editor and Proprietor. MARK ZARR Foreman. Entered at the postofiice at Valentine , Cherry county , Nebr. , as Second Class Matter. TERMS : Subscription $1.00 per year in advance ; $1.50 when not paid in advance. Display Advertising 1 inch single column 15c per issue or $6.00 a year. Local Not ices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolutions and Socials for revenue 5c per line per issue. Brands , 1:1 inches$4.00 per year in advance ; additional space $3.00 per year ; engraved blocks extra $1.00 each. 10 per cent additional to above rates if over 6 months in arrears. Parties living outside Cherry county are requested to pay in advance. Notices of losses of stock free to brand advertisers. THURSDAY , OCTOBER 2G , 1905. 1 Democratic State Ticket j Supreme Jucrde. . .W. G. HASTINGS , \ of Saline county I Regent LOUIS LIGHTNER , 1 of PJatte county. Regent B.C. COLE , of Polk countv. Democratic County Ticket Treasurer ERNEST B. QUIBLE. of Merritnan. Clerk A. G. WARD , of Woodlake. Sheriff P. F. SIMONS , of Valentine. ! Judge W. R. TOWNE , - of Valentine. I ! J Superintendent..LOTTIE CRAMER , f of North Table. Coroner DR. A. N COMPTON , of Valentine. I Surveyor JOHN W. McDANIEL , of Woodlake. Com 2nd Dist .DAN BARNES , of Newton. A. G. "Ward , cnndidate for coun ty clerk on the democratic ticket , is receiving many compliments up on his splendid penmanship. His cards are on exhibit in many places and never fail to attract attention to the penmanship. Overtures made to the populists as the spider to the fly by certain wily persons seeking to create a prejudice against the democrats will have little effect. Republicans , populists and democrats , we be lieve , will support the best men for office this year regardless of : f party. Dan Barnes is being supported by people , regardless of politics , for commissioner. Don't forget that the whole county votes for commissioner. Mr. Barnes is an old resident of the county and his judgement and experience here ought to be considered in voting for that office. John "VY. McDaniel is known to be a careful , painstaking man who has the confidence of his neigh bors as a surveyor and bears an h excellent reputation as a good citizen. He owns about the best set of surveyors instruments that have been used in our county , and having been here a long time has familiarized himself with the characteristics of the surveys here. Do not forget that the office of coroner is important , though the salary amounts to but little. Many cases of murder that have to be passed upon by the coroner and his jury depend largely upon them to establish the facts early in the case and upon their acts much reliance can be placed as they are first upon the scene to investigate. Dr. Compton has a good record and \ ? worthy your support. People are thinking this year about who will make the best coun ty officers and are the most de serving of the placi1. Th iy are not forgetting thaiP. . F. Simons has worked hard for twenty years in Cherry county and has been in Valentine the past fifteen years , during which time he has always been a faithful worker and has en joyed a large circle of friends at all times. Valentine people recog nize in Mr. Simons a capable man &nd will give him loyal support. The old story is again being resurrected that Judge Towne had said tint he didn't want or didn't care for republican votes. It is being circulated for the purpose of deceiving the people , as no one has ever claimed to hear the Judge say this and Judge Towne em phatically denies ever saying so. Republicans and democrats alike are united in the support of Judge Towne for re-election , and fake stories will avail nothing to insti gators. P. F. Simons and E. B. Quible drove out to Simeon last Monday and attended the stock sale of Ben nett & Lord Tuesday. These gentlemen are making lots of ac quaintances among the people and are deserving of recognition. They were selected by the people as candidates for the office of sher iff and treasurer , respectively , and are doing their duty in going where they can get better acquainted with the people and give the peo ple a chance to know them. "We hear cheerful news nearly every day for Mrs. Lottie Cramer as candidate for superintendent. Mrs. Cramer was in this county years ago when there wasn't very many children and but two schools established in the whole county. She has stayed here and taken an interest in the schools and has been an active worker at all times for the upbuilding o f Cherry county schools. She has earned a place in the hearts of the people for her earnestness in educational work and can do more good in our country schools the next two years than anybody. We hope the peo ple will look upon the right * side of this question and vote for the one who can and will do the work to earn the county superintendent's salary. Vote for the Best Men. A republican remarked tho oth er day that if the democrats had a majority in the county they would not be so careful in the selection of their candidates. This is just the point we have been endeavoring to mate. Year after year we have urged the voter to exercise an in- dependent will , to break away from party moorings and to rote for the most deserving man. It is a mat ter of common knowledge that majorities beget arrogance. When a party has a sure majority and a nomination means election politi cal barnacles are sure to fasten themselves upon the party. They realize that their fitness for the place will not serve to carry them bo victory but ithey count on party fealty. If they succeed in winning the favof of the local ring , they : are nothing for the people in general. The rank smd file of the party may object to them , may iven say tiiat they are not the IPO pie to be entrusted with public > ffice , but along conies the boss ind whips them into line , or if ; hey will not respond at the crack ) i ! his whip , he sends his lieuten- mts as the police put it , "his plain ilofches men , " and they say , "Oh res , his nomination was a mistake. k\re ought to have nominated some me else , but you know we cannot ill have our own way all the time ind some other time will be our inning. Now , the proper thing ii for all of us to get into line thii year and vote the ticket straigh and some other year we will ge our men on the ticket. ' ' This kinc of talk is just what the leaders fig ure on and they have been througl it all before and they know tha promises are easy and that twc years must elapse before the prom ises are to be made good and then they can appeal once more to partj loyalty. On the other hand , whei a party is in the minority it real izes that the best material within its ranks must be put forward , The inferior men know a nomina tion means defeat and they there fore refrain from pushing them selves before the public. If we had a majority and a nomination meant election it is entirely possi ble that some inferior men would succeed in landing nominations , It may even be that in time we would develop a town ring and a political boss. But it does nol matter what we would do if we had a majority and a boss. Whal we have done under present cir cumstances is the qeustion before us now. When the oppositior concedes that we have selected the best material we are satisfied with the concession and it does not con cern us wnat we might have done under different circumstances. It was the intention to nominate candidates whose characters would be a guarantee of faithful service , if elected. Candidates whose stand ing in their home precincts insured the hearty support of their neigh bors. The commendation that out ticket has received shows that we succeeded in our desire to secure the best. We are free to say thai in putting forward good men we expected to appeal to the members of all parties. The spirit of inde pendence is growing throughout the United States. Only two years ago the republicans of New York state endorsed the democratic can didate for supreme judge because of his recognized fitness for the place. The present year William Randolph Hearst , the proprietor of the greatest democratic papers in the country , is running foi mayor of New York on an inde pendent ticket against Mayor Mc- Clellan , the democratic candidate. It may be that some of the tools of the New York machine come around to Hearst and whisper in his ear that he ought to withdraw from the race and support the regular ticket. Perhaps they say to him that the convention did not io just the right thing but that he must forget that and vote the tick et put up by the bosses. If they Jo , their appeals fall on deaf ears for Hearst and his great papers continue to fight the regular or ganization and to assert their in dependence. It is this spirit of independence that is giving our opponents so much trouble. Since : he convention adjourned they have leard from the people and the re sponses to their appeals to vote ; he ticket straight have not been io hearty as in former years. Three or four men may get to gether and parcel out the nomina- ions but they will find that the 'oters are going to be heard and f their voice is choked in the con tention they will seek a hearing at he polls. It is notorious that the : onvention was dominated by a ew men who had selfish interests o serve and that trades and bar gains were freely made , and that nen who have served the party oyally for twenty years had to nake way for raw recruits who at- ended the republican convention his year for the first time. The ioss will attempt to line the voter ip once more with a promise that lext time will see a change , but his kind of talk will not work , he voter has discovered that just s long as he responds to the party ; ish just that long will the party lachine run things to suit itself ; bat if he is to receive recognition nd the best men in the party are ver selected to carry the party bandard he must first assert his j idependence and vote for the ! lost capable and deserving candi- , ate regardless of party lines. I i Commissioners' Proceedfigs. i 1 Valentine , Oct. 3 , 1905. Board met in regular session with the following members pres ent : J. L. Roseberry , chin. , A. E. Morris and Arthur Bowering. Commissioners inspected the steel lining in the jail. On motion the board transferred the si , tp. 32 , r. 30 , from Sharps Ranch precinct to Cleveland pre cinct ; also the si , tp. 26r. 25 , and sections 1 , 2 , 11 and 12 , tp. 25 , r. 25 , from Pleasant Hill precinct to Goose Creek precinct. On motion the petition of Hugh Boyer et al to submit proposition to transfer territory to Hooker county was rejected for reason that petition was defective and did not give sufficient facts to warrant the granting of the same. Whereupon the board adjourned to Oct. i , 1905. October 4 , 1905. Board met as per adjornment , members all present. The board spent the forenoon in viewing the road south of the Han son bridge. The board seclected sixty names from which to draw jury for No vember term. Commissioners appointed John Ormesher road overseer of district No. 25. Official bond of John Ormesher , road overseer , approved. The following claims were al lowed on road fund : Krotter& Hall , lumber § 2S 95 Middleton & Weaver , lumber 21 82 G. E. Tracewell , appraising mad 4 50 H. S. Savage , appraising road 4 so W. T. Hull Is. appraising road 4 50 Koad work : Cbas. I ower Ill 00 .las. Invin . . " " . . G 01 JnoHellu 300 M Fr 'ber.rer. ' . . 300 Jno Wolf 6 On fain Burgett. . . 750 Dave Archer 600 J L Ashburn. . . 300 Jacob Martin 129 0 Damage new road : KNollett 1000 Jas Hushes. . . . 5000 Lewis Archer 1000 P.ive Archer. . . 1000 Bridge fund : Boswell nook , work on Hjok bridge fK ) 00 C Prat. work 2 ! 00 General fund : 11 llobm.son , sal Juue to Sept , fees etc isi rx ) C 8 Reece , half fee making tax list 2.10 CO John M Tucker , sal July , Aug , Sept 174 99 L N Layport , boarding prisoners 199 00 Lulu Kortz.sal June21 to Avg2i , exp . . . .177 12 Commissioners authorized treas urer to transfer § 1,000 from bridge fund to general fund. Commissioners canceled contract with Dr. C. V. Holsclaw. county physician , to take effect October 1 , 1905. Whereupon board adjourned to October 5 , 1905. October 5 , 1905. Board met as per adjournment , members all present. Commissioners ordered the coun ty clerk to strike from tax list per sonal tax of George T. French for year 1899 in Merriman precinct the same having paid in Irwin precinct. t The commissioners applied claim of James Irwin , amounting to $6 , on delinquent personal tax. The commissioners accepted work done on lining jail. The fol lowing claims were allowed. K T Barnum , steel lining for jail 1448 00 Ed Holsclaw , cementing jail tloor 02 00 Road petition of A. K. Kuskie 3t al , accepted , and road granted is asked for. Road petition of E. Bowden et il , accepted and road granted as isked for. j Whereupon the board adjourn ed to Dec. 29 , 1905. J. L. RosEBEiiRr , Chm. Attest : C. S. REECE , Clerk. Industrial Opportunities. 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