at my place in i * commencing at one o'clock I will sell the following described property : Fifteen head of Work Horses and Mares , one good Milch Cow , one 3-inch Wagon , one 1-inch Wagon , Lumber Wagon , one Top Buggy , % Platform Spring Wagon , one set medium Harness nearly new , one single Buggy Harness , one 2-hole Corn Sheller , one Steel Harrow , one Bndgate Seeder , five dozen Chickens , one Jewett Typewriter , one Organ and all of my Household Goods and other articles too numerous to mention , _ _ _ . 8 Terms of Sale : Six months time will be given on all sums over $10 on approved security , notes bearing 10 per cent interest. 5 per cent discount for cash on sums over $10. All sums nnder $10 cash. o Q. E. TRACEWGLL , Auctioneer. I will sell at Public Auction at my place , six miles southwest of © © ON Commencing at ten o'clock a. in. , to the highest responsible bid der , the following described property : f"V\w , > < > " ' I'll" ' will iim * \ c VUUi , ' ralvr- y > idr 5 two year old Steers 1 Sow and six pigs 1 Supply Tank , 8x8 feet 1 Stock Tank , 16 ft 1 Hay Sweep 1 Corn Sled 1 McCormick Mower , 5 ft 1 Walking Cultivator 1 Hay Eake 1 Two-section Harrow 1 Stirring Plow , 16 inch , 1 Corn Lister One Corn Sheller One Iron Wheel Wagon , low One Spring Wagon One frame Granary and Corn Crib , 14x16 ft" One story frame House , 4 rooms One frame barn , 18x24 One lumber Cattle Shed 24x100 One hundred bushels Corn One hundred bushels Oats Two loads of Wood Five hundred Posts 6,000 pounds of wire 2 dozen Chickens Household Goods Terms of Sale : Sums of $10 and under , cash. Sums over $10 , 6 months time will be given on approved security , notes bearing 10 per cent interest from date. 5 per cent discount on sums over $10. - _ . . _ , - _ - _ - - - . . _ . _ - r-- . - _ _ . _ - * FEEE LUNCH AT NOON Q. E. TRACEWELL , Auct. W. E. HALEY , Clerk. Strayed or Stolen from my range on Snake river , din ing the summer or fall of 1905 , five head of two year old steers , 1 year- ing steer , 2 cows and 1 yearling heifer , branded gjO or Y left side or hip. g j3 W Also , 10 head of steers and 2 cows , branded capital D bar or S S on left side. See brand ad on last page of this paper. Suitable re ward for recovery of same. 14 GEO. K. SAWYER , Oasis , Neb. i It is your privilege to publish contest notices in any paper pub lished in the county that you may choose. If you wish to contest a home stead you can have your adver tisement published in THE VALEN TINE DESIOCRAT by requesting it at the land office or U. S. com missioner. 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 SHEAR CO. , 39 Eandolph St. , Chicago. 52 Ask for your contest notice to be published in THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT. We will send you the paper during the time your ad vertisement is running. ALONZO HEATH Postoffice address Cody , Nebraska On left side. H < , r-j ses left shoulder. Eange nortli o Cutcomb Lake Garner Brothers. Cody , Nebr. Anywhene on cat tle. Horses on left shoulder. Range- North Sawyer Bros. I'ostoffice address. Oaais , Nebr. G. K. Sawyer has charge of these cat tle Horses I > S OQ left shoulder. Some stock , left sile Hors left hlirnT RanJrei on Simkp riven Koan Woodlake Neb John Koau's p.ivatenKtrk , sltr iu left ear Nebraska Land and Feeding Co. 3artlett Richards Pres Will G Comstock , V. P. Chas C Jamison Sec&Treas Cattle branded on any part of animal ; also the following brands : horses branded the same Ranee between Gordon on the IMS. &M. V.R. R. and Elyannis on B , ftM. R. R. in Northwestern Nebraska. Address , BARTLETT Ellsworth. . Nebraska. R H Faddis & Co. i'ostofllce address Valentine or Kennedy. Some branded son left thigh Horses OTIJJ V'fr shoul der or i right thigh or shoulder , WILLIAM BEAMER Gordon , Nebr. Cattle branded same as cut on left side. Horses branded on left shoulder. Range 6 miles south of Irwln. P. H. Young. Simeon. Nebr. Cattle branded as cut on lefc side Some Q. yon left side. " " 7"on left Jaw of V horses. Range on Gordo ? Creek north of Simeon , C. P. Jordan. Rosebud , SD Horses and cattle same as cut ; also CJ BE JJ on right hip. Ranxe on Oak and Butte creeks. A liberal reward for information leading to detection of rustlers of stock bearing any of these brands. James Gondfellow. Cody. Nebr. Cattle branded on left side. Horses on left Jaw. Range Between the Nlobrara and Medicine Lake. N. S. Eowley Kennedy , - Nebraska. Same as cut on left , side and hip , and on left shoulder of her ses. AlsoRS on left side 3on left side. Home cat tle brand ed husk- ng peg ( either side up ) on left side or hip. p on left Jaw and left shoulder of horses , Q on lefi hip of horses. " on left jaw of horses C. W. Bennett Simeon Neb Stock branded with 7 on left hip also same as cut Range between Gordon and Snake creeks and on the Niobrara river J P GARDINER Postoffice address Cody , Nebraska On left side of cat tle ; horses O right armRange Range , north and south of Niobrara ri var,12-miles souct - wjst otCody George Heyne Cody , Neb Brand registered No 1027 Horses branded on left shoulder Range north and south of Cutcomb Lake in Cherry Co Albert WMpple & Sons Rosebud , S , D. ' Cattle branded SOS on left side OSO on riehtside Some cattle also have a - fen neck Some with A on left shoulder and some branded with two bars across hind quar ters. Som ? Texas cattle branded S O on left side and on left side. Horses branded SOS on left hip. Some eattio branded AW bar connected on both sidea and twffi bin of SWEENEY BROS. Postoffice address King , Neb Cattle branded as on cut ; horses branded same as cattle except reversed S , See block Range Steveri and Stephenson Lakes and South $300 reward will be paid to any person for IP. formation leading to the arrest and conviciirn of any person or persons stealing cattle with tl e nrinrt D. A. Hancock Marshall , Mo. or Simeon. Nebraska Cattle branded on leftside as o.icut ; also 16 on left side with on left hip ol some cattle ; also SiG on right side. Uorse brand , rake axd 16 on left shoulder or hip. 'ft on left jaw Home ranch on Dewey Lake. Ilange on Nicbrara River , east efFort Fort Niobrara : all in Cherry County. Nebraska. A T DAVIS Postofllco address Hyannia , Neb On right side horses on left shoulder also cattle on right side Range 16 mile's north of Etyannls Sandy Williams. Murriman , Nebr. Mostly on left side. Some on right side. Horses sains on left shoulder. Range Lake Creek , S , D. C. TT Little. Metrician , Nebr. On either side Horses same on hip. Also Range Lake Creek SD G.H. Seager. Postofflce address Cody , Neoraska Cattle branded aa on cut on left side , hip and shoulder ; horses same Range , Snake Creek Pat Peiper Simeon Nebr. F. W. Jersig Valentine , Neb Cattle branded s.r shown Jin cut on left side , loin or hip. Range between the Gordon and Snake south of the Niobrara. river G W BEAMER Gordoii. tfefax Caute brandec on leftside aiu. cut , 6-Inch box and 2 4-inch circle Brand registered 875. Horses branded iieft shoul- ' 'der. ' 2tfl inche circle. 1-In box. Registered 876. Range 6 miles south Irwin on Niobrara river. Kobert Quisenbery Postoffice address Simeon , Nebr. H cattle. Horses same on right shoulder. Range on Snake River. FRANK JIGGLE Postofflce address Cody. Nebraska On either side cattle herdmark left ear clipped and rieht ear splitharses ; D.anded isame on left shoulder Range on Nlob'ar * land Medicine Canyon D. Stinard. Valentine , Nebr. State Brand reg istered 1554. Cattle and horses branded same as cut on left hip. Range 2 miles east of Ft , Nio brara , Parmelee Cattle Co. Ro obud.S. D , Cattle branded as cut onjleft side with stripe under tail. Horses branded gjTjJI left thigh. Range on Soldier creek. LHJu Metzger Bros. , Rolf Neb Cattle branded anywhere on lefc side. Earmark , square crop right ear Horses have same brand on left thigh. Range on Gor don and Snake Creeks , A. Jteicard of $25O will be paid to any person for information leading to the arrest and nnal conviction of any person or poisons steal ing catlle with above brand. Jos. Bristol Valentino , Nebr. Range on Nio brara river four miles east of Ft. Niobrara. Horses and cattle branded nli connected on left hip or side as shown in cut H A BUCK Postomce address Hyannis , Neb Branded on lelt aide Range eighteen miles north of y vannls J. A. YARYAN Pullman , Nebr Cattle branded JY on right side Horses branded JY on right shoulder Reasonable reward for any Information leading to the re covery of cattle strayed from my range. J.F. Swain. Sparks , Nebr. Cattle branded on ft side as shown n cut. Range South of Sparks on NIo- brara river , C. E. Wright. Valentine Nebr. Brand registered No. 374. Brand anywhere on right aide. D. M. Sears. Kennedy , Nebr. Cattle branded as on cut.left side Some on left hip. Horses same on left shoulder. Range Square Lake. fc Benson. Address Arabia Nebraska. Range North of Nlobrara river. J. B. Lord Simeon Neb Stock branded same as cut back right shoulder and * en right hip Range on the Niobrara