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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1906)
THE VALENTIN [ DEMOCRAT I. M. RICE Edh..i and Proprietor. MARK ZARK Foreman. Entered at the postoffice 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-r-l inch single column loc per issue or $6.00 a year. Local Notices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolutions and Socials for revenue 5c per line pei issue. Brands , 11 inches$4.00 per year in advance : additional space $3.00 per vear ; engravcu 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 , FEBRUARY 8 , 1906. Government Ownership. ( O'Neill Independent. ) The railroads of Australia are owned by the government and last year the net profits on the rail roads were § 22,745,508 which went into the government treasury and helped the people pay their taxes. The net proceeds from the rail roads of Nebraska last year were $5 , 352,331.53 which went to help enrich the nabobs of the east. Here we have two pictures from which you can draw your own conclus ions and need but a few minutes in order to arrive at your decision. The Death of Depew. No ; Senator Depew's heart has not ceased to beat ; his eyelids have not been shut down ; his body is not rigid ; he is not yet to be sculp tured. But the man wlnm the nation has known and heeded and delight ed to honor is nevertheless dead dead to the power he once wielded , dead to fame , dead to further use fulness , or happiness. Health , spirit ami power are gone out of him , as light is gone out of an extinguished lamp. All that remains ia ; warning. A people who long looked up to Gahuncey M. Depew with respect and confidence , who merely laugh ed with him , and wfcre thrilled by his'learned eloquence , cannot re press the pity that springs from the heart at his plight today. But pity , though generous even to tears , must not blind us to the vital lesson of this broken life. We must see in it that there are more ways to suicide than the bul let , the poison , the dagger or the % rope more certain ways to a more complete death. in this' poor old man , blasted and ruined at the eventide of his long , bright day by his OWH gre'ed , God Almighty himself is preaching to this nation one of the mostpow- ful sermons. It is a sermon that every young man should .hear and heed. We may fool the preacher and the priest ; we may dodge the sher- ff and the judge ; but we cannol get away from the supreme lav and its.dure penalties. The Depew we have known am loved and laughed with is dead j Suicide. The sparkle has gone from his eye , the sunny glo.w frorr his face ; th < ? spring of his elo quence has dried up , and the onct Vuddintfjest has frozen upon his cold lips.- J The .strength of. a Samson i ; sHorn from him. The giant has shrunk to a pigmy. Only a few .days ago the highest felt honor ii ills friendship , and now the very meanest ; of us all may laugh al him. . i Yes ; there is suicide more com- -plcte than that of the dagger 01 the rope , and it not only breaks a man in body , but kills fame power , honor , pride , hopp , pence Omaha Daily New * . Shaw's Candidacy for Presi * dent Council Bluffs , la. , Jan. 30.- Editor World-Herald : Severa farmer politicians were recently discussing matters in general wher the conversation turned upon Gov ernor ( nows secretary ) Shaw. Mr , Brown said : "It's not very long since Mr. Shaw was entirely un known in Iowa politics. Treynor claims to have discovered Shaw. Well ! Terynor got the postoffice a great reward for a small discov ery. The prohibitionists and the Methodist church shoved Shaw on to.the republican convention about eight years ago , and he was nomi nated for governor. None of the big men of the party wanted the nomination at that time , aad he went through easily , and was elected. "He made a fair governor , ex cept that he was nob equal to the occasion . when the Spanish war broke out. He knew nothing of military matters , and did not take advice. He played gum shoe poli tics , and was afraid of offending some b y's father. The Iowa boys were all right , but they were not properly handled , and it was known beforehand that they would not be. "Was Iowa heard of in that war ? Was any glory added to her ban ner ? I think if Gov. Jackson or Gov. Drake had been in the chair Iowa's record would have been different. " " 1 guess you're right , " said Farmer Smith. After that Shaw began to run himself for president , and to get rid of him as a candi date he was appointed secretory of the treasury. " Mark Hanna said : "There's Shaw rattling around in the chair of the secretary af the treasury and trying to fill it. " Well , he has rattled around and played gum shoe politics ever since. I hear that his department sore ly needs investigating , not so much for what he has done as what he has left undone. He wants to get out before it comes , as it might hurt his presidential candidacy. I noticed in the election news last fall an item to the effect that Secretary Shaw had reduced the democratic majority in Virginia. That's important. They had all they wanted , didn't they ? And if they had wanten a few more thous ands they would have added them on. . The Charleston ( S. C. ) News and Courier said recently : "Since Secretary Shaw has spoken IE Florida we do not mind conceding the fact that he has just as much chance for carrying that state as he has of carrying any other in 19,08. " I don't suppose Shaw expect tc carry Florida or Virginia , but he is after the delegates to the next republican convention. " He is playing Secretary John Sherman's game. You know Sherman thought he had most of the southern dele gates fixed , but complained that General Alger cf Michigan bought up his delegates at the - last mo ment , and that's the way Shaw will end up. lie had better look after Iowa. Gov. Cummins is not going to let him have a solid delegation , and I don't believe the standpat ters are going to tear their shirts for him ; in fact , it will surprise me if his name ever goes before the convention. "Mr. Jones , what do the folks down your way say about Shaw's running for president ? " * "They don't say nuthin' : they jest laff. " Yours truly , A. J. FARMER. The Press Bureau , ( Lincoln Star. ) Neurotic press bureau work is one of the chief industries of the capital city just now. One ex- lobbyist has again started out to impose upon country editors. He sends forth laudations of prominent men and , eventually , hopes to land a job. He expects to be private secretary to some governor or sen ator , preferably the latter. This man conducted a press bureau last winter in hopes of securing recog nition. At one time he was an attache of a railroad , but this cor poration has dispensed with his political services. It does not matter with the press bureau promoters that the victims of their praise have riot indorsed or countenanced the publicity work. The game is an old tfrie , and was exposed by the Star .s last winter. Then there was a deliber ate effort to browbeat Governor Mickey. At one time it was planned to have hundreds of tele grams come to the executive office in order to get Mickey to approve a certain bill. This scheme was exposed , and the executive paid no attention to the agitators. The press bureau seeks to impose upon both the victim , who is eventually "approached" for the expenses , and the country editors. Cunning ly worded "boosts , " "knocks" and "puffs" are sent to the rural press. Sometimes a news letter is written. The eftVct is the same. The editor perhaps prints a dozen items , one of which i s "poisoned. " The latter contains a few ambiguous phrases and some commendation. When this appears in the country paper the success of the plan seems assured. The next step is to compile the state ments and reprint them in order to convince the-people at large and the weekly papers that the voice of the people insists upon a certain man for a certain place. The endless chain process is con tinued day a'f ter , day and week af ter week. The press bureau pro moter writes the frenzied matter. He sends it out and patiently watches for results. Of a hundred items , perhaps but one is printed. With commendable patience the press bureau promoter sends out a hundred more. Of these he scores once or twice. Oftentimes the democratic papers "see the point" and , in order to avoid dissension , print the laudations without limit. When the notices are reprinted the frenzied publicist takes the re wards of his toil and and lays them , fruits of victory , at the feet of the man who is being "puffed. " Oftentimes the promoter has a double task. He must persuade the subject to enter the race. He must cause the "voice of the peo ple" to be heard at the same time. He manufacturers the "taffy" and then feeds it to the victim. When the candidate enters the race the promoter is in his glory. He can either land his man or "sell out" for a job with some other candi date. "Knocks" are landed with impunity , and the opposition press will always use them. The press bureau artists simply declare that "John Smith is a candidate for so and so ; he is not making much : headway , for this is not the year for a corporation candidate. " Or if the corporation subject is not up- ! permost , the bureau artist connects , the unfortunate one with some ' calamity or unpopular phase of state history. "Sometimes two press bureaus will be started for the same man , i without the consent of the aspir ant , aud embarrassment results. One has to be "choked off. " Some times the candidate refuses to foot 1 the bills , and both are suppressed. . Then the press bureau "expires , " , after sending out attacks on the man who has been lauded. The methods of this sort of press bu- . reau are well known , and com paratively few editors can be "fak- i ed , " now that they have become familiar with the bureau's pur- I poses and the * motives which 1 prompt them. \ SCHOOL NOTES. R lAUrgarete Qulzley. By I Clara Dunham. The 5th grade Geography class will take up "Asia" next week. Kay Savage of the 6th grade is out of school on account of sick ness. ness.Addie Addie Harvey and Tillie Mas- singale of the 5th grade are out of school on account of sickness. Most of the sch'ool children of the 2nd primary room are doing excellent work in all their studies. There were 21 in the 1st inter- * mediate room who received certifi cates for not being absent nor tardy during the month of Janu ary. Each member of the llth grade Literature class has the privilege of selecting one book for the li brary , for which he is to be re sponsible. Seventeen pupils in the second primary room in the 3rd " grade , and eight in the 4th , received per fect attendance certificates for the month ending Feb. 2. Helen Hornby has been absent from school for over a week on ac count of illness. We miss her very much indeed , and hope she will soon be able to return to school. ( Items crowded out last week. ) Kuth Quigley was absent one day last week on account of sick ness. Chester Holsclaw is back in school again , having been absent because of his father's illness. The first division of the eleventh grade are preparing their decla mations which are to be given at Church's hall , Feb. 23rd. In Miss Petttjohn's room , six have been neither absent nor tardy : Clair Savage , Edgar Carlson , Marjorie Garrett , Daisy Holsclaw , Carrie Burch and Olive Jones. The first primary children will this week make a study of light. They will make a study of the moon , stars and sun , and all games and occupation work will be about the same. The following pupils in the 2nd primary room have been neither absent nor taidy the first half year : Froebel Jones , Willie Burch , Lloyd Carlson1 , Jennie Graham , Martha Haley and Myrtle Fitz gerald. The dining hall committe has given § 150 the money left over from the expense of carrying on the dining hall to the library. This , with what we expect to make from our programs , will make a very efficient library. Has 100,000 Strawberry & Paspbsrry Plants The largest and most complete stock of all kinds of fruit trees that we have ever had to offer ; Crimsom Rambler roses and ornamental flow ering shrubs of all .hardiest Kinds ; elms , ash , hoxelder , maple and bass- wood , 8 to ,12 feet tall. Small for est tree seedlings of all kinds for planting-groves. We have two varieties of rasp berries one red and one black that are .very hardy an profilic and are annual bearers. They have borne a good crop of berries every year for the last fifteen years. . Or der 100 or 200. of these plants and you will have plants that will bear fruit. § 5 per 100 delivered at your town. Order at Once and pay when , you get stock at depofc. Call at Nursery and select your trees or send in your order by mail and have it booked for next April delivery. Address , E. D. " HAMMOND , Norfolk , Nebr. 5-1-06 Xotice t < > Creditors. All accounts due the estate of S. W. Holsclaw must be paid on or before March 1 , 1906 , and if not so paid will be placed for lection. ALBERT F. WEBB , 3-4 Administrator. We are making a specialty of Carbon Platinos. Order the good goods and you get them. Keraem- | ber that our Photos are guaranteed and tHat -sittings are given when I necessary. HALLDORSOS. 29 New Hotel , X Near Depot Electric Lights , Chicago House , Hornback & McBride , Props. Guests for Trains a Specialty * Good Rooms. X Good Service ; . * M MBi W * * " " * Groceries * - " - ' . r if l' ' - * . ' / We have added a new and complete stock of ; J ' ; Groceries to our business. Call and see us. - " V- PHONE 97 , A. JOHN , DAVIS & CO. N. J. AUSTIN. J. W. THOMPSON ( SUCCESSOKS TO E. BBEUKLANDKlt. ) GENERAL BLACJKSMITIIING AND WOODWORK. Iforse Shoeing a Specialty. ffillfXXX XXX FRESH FRUIT AND GAME THEIR SEASON. First class line of Steaks , Roasts , Dry Salt Meats Smoke I Breakfast Bacon. Highest Market Price Paid for Hogs. Cement Building Blocks 1 for Foundations , Houses , Barns or Chimneys ' WESLEY HOLSOLAW , SS5SK. TH EMPIRE CREAM SEPARATOR Easy Running , Easy Washing , Clean Skimming , \ Xlie 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 ' T. W. CRAMER VALENTINE , 16 S . , NBREASKA. GRANT BOYER , CARPENTER & BUILDER. 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. : : : : : : : : Flonr ami International Stock Food. ' VALENTINE NEBRASKA. East side of Main St. AYERS BROS jt.rn.on. BUCKSTAFF BB HARNESS We IS THE BEST MADE use the old-fash ioned genuine Oak Tan California leather. Very best obtainable. Gives Ions , faithful service. Trimmings perfect. 1 bread , Irish linen. Workmen , master me chanics. Made in all \ \ &tyG s. Ask your dealer he has them. tend up for Nebraska. ENDS OF TRACES STAMPED BucKstaTf Bros. Mfg. Co. Lincoln , Neb. Perfect In quality. Wloderalo In price * House for rent , § 8.00 per month for 3 months. .See Geo. E. Horn- by. 3 THE NORTH P Only " Double Tracfc i * Itailroud between Jlinsottri Mlver and Chicago. Direct line tost Paul-Minneap. JHrect line to Black Hills. Apply to iiearvtt agent for rates map * and time cards. Halldorson's photos 1 , 2 , 3 , and 5th of each month.