T HI VALENCE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RlQE Edit , and Proprietor.
MARK ZARR Foreman.
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THURSDAY , FEBRUAKY 1,1906.
It has come to our notice recent
ly that James C. Dahlman of Oma
ha seems to be the leading candi
date and choice of the people oj :
that city for mayor of Omaha at
the coming city election. Who is
there that wouldn't like to see Mr.
Dahlman , mayor of Omaha ? Re
gardless- politics , the people
who know him will be his loyal
supporters au < ' Jim needs no
further recommendation than this
fact.
Norris Brown.
( Fremont Herald. )
On many occasions the Herald
has been pleased to commend the
I efforts of Attorney General Brown
in his legal fight against the tax-
shirking railroads , and we have
sometimes spoken about the
strange conduct of this same Nor
ris Brown in other directions. We
have often called his attention to
the shameful discrimination prac
ticed by 'the railroads in the mat
ter of freight rates on coal , and
have pleaded with him to swing
the club of the law against the
heads of the discriminators. But
it must be that Bro\vn's hands are
tied by railroad strings , other wise
he had long ago put a stop to the
discrimination. Norris Brown
lives in Kearney , and has lived
there for many years. In that
city he has always been regarded
as a railroad apologist , although
he has a good name as an anti-
monop in other parts of the state.
Why do the people of Kearney re
'J gard Brown as a railroad attorney ?
Why do they look upon him with
suspicion whenever he poses as an
' anti-monopolist ? For answer to
these questions let us quote from
the Kearney Democrat the follow
ing problem in coal rates :
Kates on coal per ton
Roek SpringsGJwir Kearney
Rates on coal per ton
Rock Springs ir Omaha
We beg e careful study of the
above problem. It proves beyond
doubt that the people of Kearney
have been shamefully discriminat
ed against by the railroad com
panies. Norris Brown has been
aware of the fact. Many times
his attention has been called to the
outrage. Many times the people
of Kearney and other Nebraska
towns have appealed to him to go
into the courts and use his official
position to make the railroads quit
robbing the people. He has never
raised a hand to correct the evil.
Why has Brown failed to perform
such an act of simple justice ? It
is a big question. The Herald
cannot answer it. Perhaps the
Lincoln Journal is authorized to
make answer for Norris. Or , in
case the Lincoln Journal should be
too busy to give the matter atten
tion , perhaps the Fremont Tribune
would tell us why Norris winks at
the robber coal rates.
Bryan's Rising Star.
( Chicago Journal , I rid. Rep. )
We observe araongv our demo
cratic contemporaries in all parts
of the country a disposition to
turn once more toward William
Jennings Bryan as the yarty lead
er and as its nominee for president
in 1908.
Undoubtedly Mr. Bryan must
be reckoned with. He is-a man of
and be is growing all the
time. He ceased to interest the
country for awhile because the
conntry thought it had found his
limitations. And when you have
come up-with a man's limitations ,
as Emerson says , it is all over with
him. "Infinitely alluring and at-
tractive as he was to you yester
day , a great hope , a sea to swim in ;
now you have found his shores ,
found it a pond and you cire not
if you never see it again. " That
was the country's attitude toward
Bryan after his second defeat for
the presidency.
But his conduct and actions si nee
th6n show this was injustice. He
has outgrown the limitations that
used to be apparent , He has re
fused to be lead astray by the
crazy socialists and anarchists who
cry with a loud voice today that
they are the only Simo-pure demo
crats. He has kept his balance
and , if he is not a very wise man ,
he is certainly a much better man
for president than some others
who are after the democrtic nomi
nation.
Republicans must understand
that next time they will face a real
battle and will have a hard fight to
win. Mr. Bryan is no colorless
Parker , supported half-heartedly :
no self-advertising millionaire , de
pending upon his money , but a ,
foeman worthy of the best steel in
the republican armory.
"Tots Win a Liquor Suit , , ,
( New Voice. )
Under this heading the Chicago
Record-Herald of a recent date
published in detail a remarkable
verdict rendered in Judge Tuthill's
court against several saloon-keep
ers charged with having made a
father and wage earner into a
drunkard. The facts , briefly stat
ed , are these : The chiMron of
John Hedlund came under the
purview of the Juvenile court
about three years ago because of a
drunken father and mother unable
to support children too young to
help themselves. A Christian at
torneyatlaw , M. Carl II. Ross ,
decided to invoke on behalf of the
children a statute enacted in 1S74- .
The act provides that any person
whose means of support is injured
in consequence of the intoxication
of any person shall have action for
damages against the one selling or
giving the liquors.
When the case in question was
brought before the court , the jury ,
consisting of wage earners , more
than half of whom were apparent
ly of foreign descent , promptly re
turned a verdict of "guilty" the
damages being fixed at § 17,500.
We heartily congratulate judge
and jury upon this righteous ver
dict. Besides calling attention to
-nefarious work of the saloon
in transforming wage earners into
drunkards and robbing families of
their natural protectors. This dej j
cision touches the drunkard-maker
at what is apparently his one
vulnerable point the pocket-book-
We hope with the Record-Herald
that the verdict established a pre
cedent which will result in the in
stitution of many similar cases.
We are making a specialty of
Carbon Platinos. Order the good
goods and you get them. Remem
ber that our Photos are guaranteed
and that re-sittings are given when
necessary. HALLDORSON. 29
:
farmers Who Make tJie 3It ;
of.Their . Opportunities
Will Ire Successful.
BY E. ! W. PETTYCREW.
We publish the following article
written by K. M. Petty crew , son
of J. E. Petty crew of North Table ,
regarding the possibilties and prob
abilities of farm life in Cherry
county if farmers and their sons
became students of their profes
sion and seek to make the most of
their opportunities in farming.
Read the article and imbibe new
thoughts of the value of. Cherry
I county soil when handled in an
j advantageous manner.
Out on the rolling prairies of
Cherry county , built on a gentle
southern slope , is a home whose
] 1 size makes apparent the economy
with which it had to be built , but
whose attractive appearance that
holds the attention of the passerby
tells of the trained { esthetic loving
eye that planned it. In front is a
wide , spacious lawn , bordered on
each side in a circular manner by
ornamental shrubs , at whose feet
are many kinds of beautiful flow
ers and foliage plants. To the
north is an orchard covering two
acres of ground , , whose tidy and
thrifty appearance speak for the
intelligence with which it is looked
after. To the south is a small
garden patch. In the background ,
partially shaded from view by a
group of box-elder trees , are the
out-buildings. In these barnes and
pens are to be found the hogs , the
-sheep , the cattle and the horses
which the farm supports. Each
in their own way appearing to be
conscious that their names and
pedigree are to be found in the
great herd books. Fartherest back
are the poultry houses and yards ,
a few of them taking in the orch
ard , whose tidy well kept condit
ion shows how well the owner
realizes the value of his feathered
friends.
The ear catches the sound of
quick , sharp explosions that signi
fy the presence of a gasoline en
gine which is placed in a shed ad
joining the corricrib and granary
where its power is so curbed"and
utilized that it runs the tools of a
small blacksmith shop , a bone
smasher which breaks up the bones
which the farmer feeds his chick
ens , the corn sheller , the grinder ,
the grain elevator , the fanning
mill , the dynamo which furnishes
electric lights for the house , and
lastly , it runs the pump that fills
the big tank north of the orchard
with water , from which it is car
ried by a system of water works
to the house , barns and poultry
yards ; also from which it is let in
to a system of underground'tiling ,
which irrigates the orchard , the
lawn anil the small garden patch.
Is this a dream impossible to
the soil and climte of Cherry coun
ty ? A scene so frequently met
with in other parts of the country.
Is it an air castle , which it would
be a shame to instill into the minds
of our young farmers and ranch
men ? For after years of hard strug
gle it would have to be given up ,
a failure ? 1 think not.
To create in the minds of our
youths- high ideal of what the
home on the farm should be , and
instruct them in the knowledge of
how it can be accomplished , is one
of the objects of our State Agri
cultural school.
Plainly are they shown that such
a home is not the growth of a
moment , but a thing to be enjoyed j }
after years of hard toil. But
I
the humdrum , monotonous labor ,
that is alloted to the man whose I
only hopeful sign of reward are
results of his past attempts , which
he repeats with careful exactness , '
never daring to deviate from the
way for fear of failure , when a [
very slight change in his manner
of doing things might add much
to his returns.
Into the youths , at the school of-
agriculture is instilled , by instruc
tion and practical experiments ,
scientific foresight , which will en
able them to round off many a
corner and cut across many a
bend on his way to succes s , of the
path which his mechanical brother
will have to follow.
Furthermore , such foresight
creates in the youth vim and eager
delight to Iveep up a steady march
on the road to success. This alone
is worth many times the cost of ,
the schooling.
One of the great problems that
each of us should try to solve , is
how to make every dollar we add
to our financial worth add some-
.thing to our joys instead of our
cares of life.
You fathers and mothers who
haye ambitious sons and daughters
that are leaving the ninth grade of
our country schools , will find that
no act of your past will add so
much to your pride and self es
teem in your old age , and to the
love your childern bear you , than
the fact that you put your sons
! through the school of agriculture ,
, and your daughters through the
school of domestic science of our
state university which will soon
be made a part of the school of
agriculture.
It will soon be spring. Why
not so arrange your work this
coming summer that your boys
and girls who have reached the age
of IS years and have completed
the ninth grade , unless they wish
to go through high school first ,
may go to Lincoln this coming fall
and take up these courses of study
that will add so much to their fu
ture happiness and welfare , and
make them content to spend their
lives on the farm , where the en
vironments which surround them
are so much more pure and whole
some than those of city life.
King Christian of Denmark died
suddenly Monday afternoon in his
palace at Copenhagen. Prince
Frederick , the oldest son , succeeds
to the throne of Denmark at the
/
age of GO years. Five thrones are
'represented in this family. The
late king's eldest daughter is Queen
Alexandra of England ; Prince
William , the second son , was
elected king of Greece uncjer the
title of George I , in 1863. An
other daughter is the dowager em
press of Russia , and a grand-son
was recently elected king of Nor
way , while still another daughter
is wife of a claimant of the lost
throne of Hanover.
The people have been put off
from time to time with promises
of reform , while bluster.is made
by our representatives in congress
or the state legislature which re
sult in more laws for corporations ,
a few more appropriations and
! little or nothing accomplished for
the people. The republican party
has been in absolute control of our
government for ten years. The
effect seems to be a lot of rascals
in office , growing bold and drunlv
with successful manipulation , rob
bery , double dealing and treach
ery , they have disgusted the better
element of their own party and
brought disgrace that could not
longer be countenanced. Recent
investigations have revealed ras
cality , the like of which is unheard
in any previous time. Life in
surance frauds , railroad discrimi
nations in freight rates and ex
orbitant charges are only a part of
the wrongs to the people.
"I wish this court had the pow
er to commit such men as you to
a liquor cure institute. "
So said Judge Frater this morn
ing from the bench to David Bar-
ry , just after allowing Barry's
wife , Sadie Barry , a decree of di-
vorce.
U 5Tcs , sir , " continued the judge ,
"I would like to commit you to an
institute , but I cannot ; all lean do
is to advise your friends to send
you there. There isn't any ex
cuse on earth for any man going
home drunk once a week , 01 once
a month , or ever. There isn't any
excuse for any man drinking until
he is drunk. The evidence is that
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three beers will make this man
drunk , and knowing that himself ,
be didn't have respect enough for
limself or for his wife , to leave
Deer alone. "When a man gets
that weak it is time his friends
took charge of him and shipped
him off to take the Keeley cure.
"This court , " continued Judge
Frater , "does not want it under
stood that the woman in this case
is to be lightly excused , either.
Her husband's drunkenness is no
excuse for her behavior. Either -
party in this case would be entitled
to a decree , but the court will al-
low it to the woman. It is de
plorable that drunkenness should
be so common
among both women
and men in Seattle. Drink , in the
opinion of this court , is at the root
of most of the divorces granted in
Seattle. The Seattle Star. i
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