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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1906)
istorical Society . * ton7 " * ! > * - V VALEN VOLUME 2X1 VALENTINE. NEBRASKA , TUNE 28 , 1906 NUMBER 24 " erPainter SQfyS Sun gets cmxter& colic every time there's another house painted with Proof Paint Pattern's Sun-Proof Paints protect , preserve . serve and beautify. They are made of best . pigments and purest oil. They withstand sun and rain , heat and cold twice as long as hand made paints. Send for book and color card ( free ) to PATTON PAINT Co. , Lake Street , Milwaukee , Wis. -We also carry a complete stock of- White Lead Colors in Oil , Kaw and Boiled Linseed Oil , Turpintine , Venetian Eed , Yellow Ochre , Whiting , etc. We also mention a few of the specialties which we carry , namely : Patton's Dog Cai't Carriage Paints , Patton's Gloss Enanale , Princess Floor Paints , Oriental Varnish Stain , Shu-Fli Screen Paint , Patton's Handy package paints i pint If you intend painting your house , your buggy or anything let us # figure with you. RED FRONT MERC. CO. ' " . \ SEE OUR NEW LINE OF Spring Clothing ; JL * * y < * ? Ladles Shirt Waists and Skirts TINARD iO. HJORNBY , Wagons and Buggies Lumber and Hardware Pictures Framed to Order * ifenune since 1885. ENT SPECIALS : Glass Berry \ \ Dishes , Call Bells , Scales , Work Baskets , , tDust ' Pans , and Steak Pounders K 6 HOLE STEEL RANGE With Reservoir and "Warming Closet $28.00 SNOW BALL * EASY EWNING WASHEES Picnic Goods , Paper Plates , Napkins , Cups , Hammocks , Lawn , Swings , Balls and Bats. Tinware , Oils , Etc , Lamps , Crockery , Lime , Coal Paper FURNITURE and COFFINS , Licensed Embalmer Chattered as a State Bank Chartered as a National Bank ( l June 1 , 1884. August 12 , 1902 , g FIRST NATIONAL BANK . . . / .J + - Valentine , Nebraska.- ( Successor to ) cx CAPITAL PAID IN A General Banking $35,000. Exchange and , Collection Business. C. H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President. M. Y , NIOHOLBON , Cashier , . ' * f Talk of the Town. List your farm at this office for * sale and have it advertised. Jim Mod/lean was in town the first of the week from the reser vation. Miss Mary Gumbow came up Prom Woodlake Monday to attend normal. Miss Ruby Hall of Gordon is in the city visiting the Miss's Elsie and Ethel Sherman. Mrs. W. T. Bullis is out on the North Table visiting her son , TVil- iarn F. and family , this week. Miss Sadie Thackrey visited her aunt , Mrs. Charles Reece , of Sim eon , last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ella Smith of Hastings s in Valentine for a few week's visit with her aunt , Mrs. Elmore. ' Elden Sparks , wife and daugh ter of Cody are in the city visiting at the home of Charles Sparks and wife. Leroy Springer left Tuesday morning on a short business trip to his old home at Cedar Rapids , Iowa. Six head of cattle belonging to Mr. Grotte were killed by light ning near the state line north of Chadron on June 10. Patriotic service at the Presby terian church next Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock. Subject : "De- laring Independence. " All are cordially invited. Grant Boyer has gone to Geo. Ladely's , south of Cody , where he has a contract of building a house for Mr. Ladely. John Bowers went along to assist with the work. There was quite a storm near Savage Sunday , wind , rain and some hail. Lightning killed twen ty-seven head of cattle for one man. Holt County Independent , June 22 , 1900. Wesley Holsclaw , who is wort- ing for the railroad companyhad the misfortune last Friday at Cas per , Wyo. , to smash a finger on his left hand so badly that it will necessitate his laying off for a few days. He came home Saturday morning and will remain until af ter the Fourth. P. Sullivan came down from Merriman Monday morning on his way back to his old home at Shulls- burg , Wis. , where he expects to remain several weeks. He stop ped in Valentine a couple of days on account of unfinished business , and while here visited among numerous friends. J. L. McElDerry called at our office last Thursday just as we were going to press and handed us a year's subscription. He says he is feeling well and strong again as before he was hurt a year ago in July , when he came near dying from the effects of an explosion of a torpedo which lodged two frag ment of iron into his left foot and leg. J. A. Parks , Will Boyer and Bruce Meradith came up from York last week , and , accompanied by W. F. A. Meltendorff , went out to Hackberry lake , 30 miles south of Valentine , and put in sev eral days of the most successful kind of fishing in fact > makiiig the largest catch of the season. Hackberry lake is the finest fishing resort in Northwestern Nebraska , and is fairly alive with black bass and a species of sun fish , some times called rock bass. These York gentlemen can truly say that they had the time of their lives last week and we predict that it won't be long until they get the "fever" again and make Valentine another visit for a few days fishing with the u Count" at Hackberry lake. - , Here are a few BARGAINS you cannot afford to pass up. Is We are offering this week some real snaps in merchandise. 2 * White Fancy Valenciennes Laces from two Ladies' extra size Vests , to five inches wide , with insertions to 2oc value for I * match , yard per Men's black Cotton Hose , regular Pearl Buttons , assorted sizes , regular 12 - value , per pair C price lOc , dozen per Boys' wash Suits , exceptional value , . . Silk No. 2 Satin Kibbons , per suit .50c & 2c S yard per Boys' Suspenders , good value , All Silk Spool Kibbons , No. 1 , per pair 5c 2 * 5c S .yards for $ Unbleached Turkish Towels , size * J 15x3i , each Come to Mocha nd Java Boquet Coffee The Best The Cheapest 21b SEALED CANS 50(3. TRY IT T. C. Hornby Fourth of July picnic in Thach- er's grove next Wednesday. Come. We Hrove out in the country last week on business and visited among the farmers and stockmen in the German settlement and along the Minneehaduzi above Crookston. We found the people in the German settlement busy with farm work and fencing , but all were in favor of a bridge across the Niobrara below the Snake to enable them to sell their corn and oats to the stockman south in the hay valleys. It does seem that a bridge there would benefit a great number of people and would be a great convenience to connect the stock country with the farming lands. E. A. Searby is building a fine two-story house on his farm , a mile and a half north of Crooks- ton and has the frame work up and lathed , now ready to put on the siding as soon as the lumber yard can supply him with the material. We found Frank Hip pie moving liis house onto his homestead south of the river where he expects to rebuild and will have a much better house when com pleted. At W. S. Hatten's place we stopped for dinner and heard the famous thirteen year old girl violinist , Miss Arta Hatten , play on her fine § iO violin. Mr. Hat- ten has a fine tract of land and well stocked with good cattle. We viewed his fine dugout cellar , wall - ed up and cemented , with stone steps and as neat as a parlor. His barn is newly built with three inch plank flooring and room for twelve horses , oats and several tons of hay. Man Hattan , his son , lives across the river , south. Down the river is the St. Francis Mission ranch which is in charge of Mr. Emery , whom we found about ready to hitch up a wild colt. There are several fine farms north of Crookston. among whose we mention Heinrich Sauerwein's , whom we found cultivating corn , Henry Fowler's place and Mr. Schneider's across the road west , which joins Mr. Searby on the north. Also , Mr. Green and Ed Pike have fine farms and those who have never been north of Crookston we would suggest that they go and see for themselves an ideal farming country. 59 * and Spring Come and inspect our Summer Stock. We will try and please you. $ Arriving North Table Telephone ( Call Two Long Rings. ) 5 MAX E. VIBBTBL CliOOKSTOJS NEBRASKA 1 ? Dealer in Everything. _ Have advanced 20 to 25 per cent. WE HAVE 400 PAIRS AT THE OLD PRICE. W. A. PETTYCREW , GENERAL MDSE. FRED WHITTEMORE , Pres. CHARLES SPARKS , Cashier. J. W. STETTER , Vice Pres. OKAH L. BRITTON , Ass't. Cashier. Persons seeking a place oE safety for their money , will profit by investigating the methods employed in our business. : : : : : : : : : : 1 I CONFECTIONERY Tobaccos and Cigars. Canned Goods 2C2C Lunch Counter/ Phone Home Bakery. John Britt called last Thursday j and handed us the cash in advance for THE DEMOCRAT , as is his cus tom. Sam Burget of Sparks brought an estray notice to this office last Saturday to be published in today's paper. Yesterday h e called again and told us that the owner of the horse had been found. Ev en thinking of publishing a notice in this paper will sometimes find the stock , if strayed , or if taken up , the owner. Anyway , if published , THE DEMOCRAT seldoms fails to bring the desired result. John Sedlacek was in town Tuesday after a load of shingles to shingle his new barn , which he has recently built , large enough to hold twelve head or more of stock. John says that has lost stock enough in a single winter from ex posure to wintry winds and cold * wet weather to have paid for this barn if he had had a dry , warm place in which to have taken care of them. That's right John. It isn't the amount of stock that a man starts into the winter with but what he comes out with in the spring in good shape that counts *