THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. KTCR K < iu. r and Proprietor.
MARK ZARR Eo.eman.
Enjterccl.at the.postoflice at Valentine , Cherry county , Nebr. . as Second
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5THURSDAY , JANUARY 25 , 1906.
D. E. Thompson was appointed
embassador to Mexico by the presi
dent last week who sent the ap
pointment with that of Charles A.
Goss as U. S. district attorney for
Nebraska to the senate to be con
firmed. Will Goss prosecute cat
tlemen and shield U. S. senators ?
Is JD. E. Thompson a Koosevelt
ideal ?
( York Teller. )
Republicans are having a hard
tinie. hunting a candidate for U. S.
senator who will be true to Roose
velt in the president's fight against
trusts and railroads. Look over in
the democrat pasture boys and pick
out a racer from that herd. Not
one in the lot who apposes what
Roosevelt is fighting for. If you
really want a man to stand by Ted
dy , you run no risk at all by elect-
demorcrat.
( Long Pine Journal. )
Appropos those hand-me-down
free supplements which The Jour
nal mentioned a few weeks ago as
being used by its contemporaries
in this and Keya Paha counties , it
is well to note that they contained
an article on rate legislation last
week written in the interests ol
the railroads , who are circulating
| the supplements. If the papers
using the supplements are proud
of them why don't they tell their
\ readers that the pretty pictures
and stories are furnished free , ev
en the expressage being prepaid ?
; ' The Journal pays for its "patent
insides. "
Mr , Bryan in 1908.
' ( Dubuque Telegraph-Herald. )
| The day after the conscienceless
1 Parker campaign for the presi-
i dency had ended in a rout , the
Telegraph-Herald nominated Wil
liam J. Bryan for president in 1908.
Since the moment the result of
the last election was announced ,
Mr. Bryan's re-nomination has
been assured.
The Jackson day speeches
throughout the country make his
nomination doubly assured.
\ | There is only one logical leader
for the democracy and he is the
1 I Nebraskan. The caucuses and the
conventions for the 1908 nomina-
tion , are' mere formalities. The
ratification meetings are already
being held ;
. ( O'Neill Frontier. )
J. J. Hill , the magnate of the
Great .Northern , throws out this
warningnote : "The nation at
large is.prosperous. We are cut
ting a wide swath , there is no doubt
of that. If we get down , howev
er , to a closes examination we will
readily see that the nation is living
profligately , We are selling out
our national resources , exploiting
them as fast as we can without up
building industries and trade re
lations to take their place when
exhausted. .It is only a quoation
of time till onr timber is exhaust
ed. Our public domain is all gone
and the nation can no longer boast
that it has homes for all. Where
are the immigrants rushing to our
shores to end up ? Not on the land.
We have no more to offer them.
They must crowd into the cities.
When this nation has 150,000,000
people they will have to do some
thing else than exploit natural re-
>
sources to earn a living. We will
eventually have to meet the com
mercial competition England is
meeting today and have to face
such problems as it is now facing ,
with 150,000,000 crying for bread ,
with no bread to feed them save
as charity doles it out to them. "
"Dave" Martin's Warning ,
( World-Herald. )
The republican party has been
warned in time. I f it now goes
down to ruin and oblivion it won't
be the fault of "Dave" Martin of
Philahelphia.
"Dave" has viewed with alarm
the recent efforts of a few strag
gling republican "reformers5' to
make their party better than its
principles. And he has quite
logically concluded that if the ef
fort succeeds it will be all day with
the republican party. Listen to
his voice :
I will make one prediction , that if
this thin < r is keep up , we will have a
democratic congres and a democratic
president. If they start to knock out
men like Cox of Cincinnati and Odell
of New York men who have made
republican majorities the next thing
will be a democrat in the White
Bouse.
Excuse us while we shudder !
The prospect is almost too horrible.
There is sooth in what "Dave"
says , too. We can judge of the
future by the past.
Suppose there had been no men
like Cox and Odell and Hanna on
| deck in 1896. Suppose the repub
lican party had been compelled to
rely merely on the justice of its
cause. Suppose it could not have
used millions of money mostly
the property of the people who
didn't contribute it and "influ
ence" and bulldozing and "blocks
of five' ' and other pet methodsto
save the "national honor. " Would
the "national honor" have been
saved ? On the contrary ID would
have been lost , as every well-in
formed man knows , and Bryan
would have sat in the White house.
And who is there to doubt , that
if the protected , favored , coddled
and financial interests should be
deprived of machine politicians
and unscrupulous bosses to be used
in defeating and deflecting the will
of the electorate , they would fail
in 1908 to induce the American
voter to consent to a continuance
of the policy of extending special
favors to special classes ?
Mr. "Dave" Martin may take
comfort in the thought , however ,
that the republican senate of the
reformed legislature of New York
has recorded a vote of renewed
confidence in Chauncey Depew.
The republican president has said
"Well done , good and faithful
servant , " to David E. Thompson
of Nebraska. The Fairbanks fac
tion is triumphing in Indiana and
the Hopkins faction in Illinois.
La Follette is ostracized in the sen
ate , and Cummins is engaged in a
desperate fight to hold his own in
Iowa. The day is not yet lost.
"Dave's" card of admission to the
inner republican councils has not
yet been canceled.
The gloomiest thought of all ,
however , is the growing probabil
ity of a democrat in the White
house , even though thecorruption-
ists should retain their hold on the
dominant party. That is a con
tingency'too dreadful to contem
plate , and out of kindness we will
desis , .
Admitting Away His Case.
( World-Herald. )
Attorney General Brown , ad
dressing the State Historical so
ciety on railroad taxation in Ne
braska the other daybrought \ out
some interesting facts. Among
other things he showed conclusive
ly though he did not intend it
that the state board of equalization
and assessment has undervalued
instead o f overvalued railroad
property.
He took the case of the Union
Pacific railroad company and made
this showing :
fc
That the board found its physi
cal property alone to be worth
$20,000 a mile.
That the market value of its
stocks and bonds showed it to be
worth § 102,000 a mile.
That its value , based on a capi
talization of its earnings at G per
cent , was § 93,000 a mile in Ne
braska , and § 66,000 a mile for the
entire system.
Finally , that the board valued it
for purposes of taxation in Ne
braska , at § 55,000 a mile but little
more than half its market value
and little more than half its earn
ing capacity. The road was then
assessed at 20 per cent of § 55,000 ,
or § 11,000 a mile , and on this as
sessment has refused to pay its
taxes !
Will Mr. Brown explain , or
will any member of the state board
explain , why , since it was shown
that , according to what Mr. Brown
himself admits tob& _ the two most
accurate tests and measures of
railroad value , the road was worth
approximately § 100,000 a mile , it
was not valued at its real value , as
the law requires ?
Will Mr. Brown or some mem
ber of the board explain why rail
road property was valued at 55
per cent of its actual value when
farm and business property , as
taxpayers know , is valued at any
where from 80 to 100 per cent.
The great trouble with republi
can reform in Nebraska is that it
is all talk and no busisess.
The democratic state platform of
1902 declared for the stock's and
bonds method of assessing railroad
property. Mr. Brown himself
admits , and cites the United States
supreme court to sustain him , that
no fairer method could be devised.
Mr. Brown and the other mem
bers of the present state adminis
tration stand on the democratic
platform only when it comes to
making speeches calculated for
popular consumption.
When it comes to assessing rail
road property , however , they
stand on a railroad platform and
take advantage of every loop-hole
to be found in the railroad-dictated
revenue law that will permit a
gross undervaluation of railroad
property.
Eli Clippings.
Quite a snowstorn Saturday.
Win. Eicketts went to Merriman
Tuesday.
Chas. Oakes and family spent
Tuesday at Wm. Rickets.
Erick Wickman is hauling hay
to Merriman takes up a load every'
other day.
Gurley Oakes went to Merriman
Tuesday to get gram to feed the
cattle he is wintering.
A dance was given at John Tay
lor's of Eli , Friday evening , Jan. 12.
A nice time is reported.
Miss Mary Jerman is hoarding at
J. T. Sleele's now. She went home
Friday evening to spend Saturday
and Sunday with her parents.
PRAIRIE CHICKEN.
"Young men The Moler Barber Co'lege , Den
ver , Colo , certainly offer a splemlU chance to
learn the barber trade just now. Their scholar
ship can practically be earn ° d before complet
ing. It includes tools , boaid and positions.
Write them. a-2
WANTED : District Manag
ers to post signs , advertise and
distribute samples. Salary § 18.00
weekly , § 3.00 per day for expen
ses. State age and present em
ployment. IDEAL SHEARCO. , ,
39-Randolph .St. , Chicago. 52
Price Failed < o Obey Sum
mons to Testify at Court-
Martial.
( World-Herald. )
Upon a warrant charging failure
to appear as a witness before a
general court-martial , held at Fort
Niobraia , Charles E. Price , a negro
civilian , was arrested Thursday
at Valentine and brought to Oma
ha by Deputy Marshal Sides. This
is the first time in Nebraska that a
witness has been arrested upon
such a charge.
Price was arranged before com
missioner Anderson and gave bond
for § 500. He will be called upon
to explain to Judge Hunger why
he ignored the subpoena.
Bally at Wood Lake.
The ladies or the Wood Lake
W. C. T. U. gave a banquet at the
church last Friday evening at six
o'clock which was enjoyed by
nearly 120 persons : those who had
lately signed the pledge , the ladies
of the Union and their husbands.
The long tables were beautifully
decorated and the display of silver ,
cut glass , flowers and handsome
cakes called forth remarks of ad
miration from the many present.
When those to be served at the
first tables were seated , quiet
reigned while Grandpa West asked
God's blessing on the Union lately
re-organized , on the cause every
where and prayed that this effort
for good would be the means of
uniting our people in stronger
bonds of love and friendship.
After this most bountiful feast
of good things which sustained the
reputation of our ladies as good
cooks , the remainder of the eve
ning was spent in a social way
many old friends meeting and new
frindships formed.
The best of feeling prevailed and
all left thanking the ladies for
their kindness and the effort made
in behalf of those present.
SCHOOL NOTES.
R. . 1 Margarete Quigley.
B > 1 Clara Dunham.
The 3rd and 4th grades have
changed from the second and third
Stepping Stones to Jones Second
and Third Readers.
r
Many persons are inquiring
about starting the little folks to
school. March 5th is the date
when all little ones should enter.
Then all start together and all
have a fair show.
Miss Anna McKercher was call
ed suddenlp to her home at Beth
any , on account of her mother's
severe illness. Miss Stella Spratt
is teaching her room while she is
absent. Later A letter from
Miss McKercher was received on
Wednesday morning stating that
her mother was still alive , though
dangerously ill.
A letter from State Supt. Mc-
Brien says that Supt. Gregory is
again in such poor health that he
fears he cannot be with us in the
Junior Normal. This is disap
pointing news for us all. Mr.
McBrien says that if Mr. Gregory
can not come he will select the
very best man he can find to fill
his place. All the other instruct
ors have been selected and the
time for opening the normal has
been set for June 11. The sur
rounding counties seem to be tak
ing more interest in the normal
than ever before and it is believed
that this year will give us the
largest enrollment yet.
We are making a specialty of
Carbon Platinos. Order the good
goods and you get them. Reraem-
ber that our Photos are guaranteed
and that re-sittings are given when
necessary. HALLDORSON. 29
MILL PRICES FOR FEED ,
PerCwt. Per Ton.
Bran , sacked. . . . § 85 § 1600
Shorts , sacked 95 18 ' 00
Screenings , sacked 60 11 00
Chop Feed , sackedl 50 20 00
Corn , sacked fe90 17 00
Chop Corn , sacked 95 IS 00
Oats , sacked . .1 40 25 00
New Hotel X Near Depot
Electric Lights *
Chicago House ,
Hornback & McBride , Props.
Guests for Trains a Specialty ,
Good Rooms. Good Service/
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Groceries
We have added a new and complete stock of .y
Groceries to our business. Call and see us. " - * * *
PHONE 97 ,
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Home Shoeing n Specialty.
FRESH FRUIT AND OAME
IN THEIR SEASON.
First class line of Steaks , Roasts ,
Dry Salt Meats Srnokei
Breakfast Bacon.
Highest Market Price Paid for Hogs.
Cement Building Blocks
for Foundations , Houses , Barns or Chimneys
WESLEY HOLSCLAW , Valentine Nebraska ,
! H EMPIRE CREAM SEPARATOR
Easy Running , Easy Washing , Clean Skimming ,
The Simplest is tlie Best.
Nothing to get out of order and will last a life time.
* Recommended by all who have used them.
A practical machine sold on easy terms by
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GRANT BOYER ,
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All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes.
Valentine , - Nebraska
AYERS BROS.
Having engaged in the Meat and Butcher business , we
shall endeavor to keep the best meats obtainable in a
clean and up to date shop. We solicit a share of your
patronage and invite you to visit our shop. : : : : : : : :
Flour find International Stock Food.
VALENTINE NEBRASKA.
East side of Main St. AYERS BROS
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We ase'the old-fash IS THE BEST MADE
ioned genuine Oak Tan
California leather. Very
best obtainable. Gives
long , faithful service.
Trimmings perfect.
1 bread , Irish linen.
Workmen , master me
chanics. Made in ail
styles. Ask your
dealer he has them.
Stand up for Nebraska.
ENDS OF TRACES STAMPED
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Read the Advertisements.
Married
A. domesticwife is merely a womaih
When we many for love we don't mar
ry a womrn. We marry an angel , a
celestial , ethereal beingwith "wings
and a halo. As you value your happi
ness never remove the wings and halo.
Arthur Law.
Her View.
She There is no excuse for a man
dancing badly. He But if he cannot
dance otherwise ? She Oh , that mere
ly would be an excuse for not dancing
at all. Xc ' York Press.
'Brilliant.
"Did tny diamonds call fortL any
comment ? " asked Mrs.r Cumrox.
"Yes. indeed , " answered Miss Ctf-
inne. "I heard several people refer to
TOU as the human chandelier. " Wash
ington Star. I
Dear Things. '
Miss Snugger What a self possessed *
woman Miss Passny is ! Miss Pepper j
Yes , and I ' '
don't Imagine she'd ever get
a chance to dispose of the property i
"
Cleveland Leader. \