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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1906)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M. KICE Ediu , , and Proprietor. MARK ZARR 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 1 inch single column 15c per issue or $6.00 a year. Local Notices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolutions and Socials for revenue 5c per line i" r issue. Brands , H inches$4.00 per year in advance ; additional space $3.00 per year ; engrav , _ d 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 , AUGUST 16 , 1906. The Cody Cow Boy was small enough to claim that it was report ed to him last week that I. M. Kice of THE DEMOCRAT asked for the nomination of county attorney in the democratic convention. It is. true that I. M. Rice asked the convention to nominate a county attorney , but did not ask to be nominated as was intimated in the Cow Boy article. Mr. Heath's informant and two or three oth ers in Valentine who took the pains to tell that I. M. Rice wanted to be nominated for county at torney for the purpose of preju dicing the people against a nomi nation for that office , are probably more than ordinarily interested , or else they hope or wish to "stand in" with some one who is. The people of this county well know the need of such nomination , yet , to be sure , there is an element who are supremely satisfied with con ditions as they are and have been the past two years when it was necessary to hire an attorney to get a prosecution as was done in numerous instances , besides the fees allowed to other attorneys for prosecutions. You have probably noticed them in the county com missioners' proceedings. We believe the majority of people in Nebraska are more in terested in cheap freight and express rates than they are in the abolition of free transportation. Don't be blinded by the politicians cry of "anti-pass. " Vote for the party candidates who will regulate freight rates so yon do not have to give your entire crop to get it hauled to market. The republican party was never known to do anything along this line and it was a republican supreme court that declared the maximum freight law passed by the populist legis lature to be unconstitutional. , Bushville Standard. GREEN BUCKS HAR VESTER TRUST. Center , Neb. , Aug. 10. Two of the most important and far reach ing suits ever file-l in this county were instituted here yesterday when Cjunty Attorney Berryman , upon information supplied by W. H. Green of Creighton instituted quo warranto proceedings against the International Harvester com pany of America , charging them with being a trust in restraint of trade under the national and state statutes. The second case is substantially the same as the first , but is brought by Mr. Green personally for § 2,000 damages. 'Ex-United ' States Senator William V. Allen drew the petitions and has been retained by the prosecution. Attorney J. F. Green , brother of the plaintiff , will assist in the damage suit. Mr. Green has been one of the largest dealers in agricultural im plements and harvesting machin ery ia Nebraska for fourteen years. Last year he instituted a new sys tem of anti-trust advertising that gave him a national reputation , and he says he secured three- fourths of the business of the ter ritory in spite of the trust. At the close of. the season he learned that one of the harvesters which lie had been booming as an inde- ' - * i pendent product was owned all the time by the trust , and that they had baited him out on a limb and then cut the limb off. Nothing daunted Mr. Green at once pur chased a newspaper , the Nebraska Liberal , and continued the cam paign with such force that , though he never had had any experience as an editor or publisher , yet in seven months he was elected presi dent of the Nebraska Democratic Press association , succeeding Mr. Bryan in that'office. Mr. Green was in Chicago when the state of Arkansas ousted the harvester trust from that state , and while Ex-Senator Allen is to have charge of the prosecution the attention Mr. Green has attracted by daring to cope with this § 120- 000,000 corporation will secure for him the aid and counsel of some of the best anti-trust legal talent in the nation. In addition to the foregoing ov er a score of the debtors of the In ternational Harvester company are resisting payment of their notes and accounts , citing as their de fense section 10 of the anti-trust law : "Any purchaser of any article , commodity , matter or thing pur chased or contracted for within or without this state , from any per son , firm , corporation or associa tion of persons , or of two or more of them transacting business con trary to any provision of the pre ceding section of this act , shall not be liable for the price or payment of such article , commodity , matter or thing , and may plead this act as a defense to any suit for such price or payment. " World-Her ald. Congressional l > eJegates Take Notice. Delegates to the congressional convention will take notice that the democratic convention of the Sixth Cong. Dist. has been called to meet at Broken Bov ; Thursday , Aug. 28 , 1906 , at 10 o'clock a. m. A. M. Morrissey and M. F. Clyues are at the state convention. Herman Riege returned last night from a four months visit in Ham burg , Germany. George H. Hornby has gone East to meet his wife and accompany her home. George Hornby has erected a building on the corner of Cherry and Catherine streets. LOST Either in Valentine oren on the road between town and C. C. Thompson's last 'Friday , an Odd Fellow's watch charm. The monogram J. M. R. was on one side , and three links and three diamonds on the other. Finder leave at First National Bank and get reward. J. M. RALYA. We Sell Lumber BISHOPTYOUNC , CODYNEB. , READ THESE. Resolutions and Platform Adopted by the Democrats of Brown County. We , the democrats of Brown Co. , ia convention assembled , declare our allegiance to the principles set forth in the platforms adotped by the democratic national conventions at Chicago and Kansas City in 1896 and 1900 , believing that those prin ciples enacted into law will best safeguard the interests of the whole people. Reviewing the history of republi can legislation for the last 40 years we discover that that legislation , whether intentionally or otherwise , has become the bullwark of all the trusts , combines , syndicates and special privilege classes. Each looks in the future as it has in the past to the republican party to shelter it in its schemes of graft and plunder. Experience has demon strated to all fair-minded men the truthfulness of this charge. And we believe that when the people come to understand the source of all inequalities which exist and of the burdensome extortions which they endure , they will , regardless of all political ties , unite their forces , and with the same invincible power with which they slew the monster of human slavery , slay this more modern monster that is seeking to enslave every man who eats his bread in the sweat of his brow , and will again place the gov ernment absolutely in the hands of the , whole. , .people where it rightful ly belo'ngs. TRANSPORTATION. Transportation being a means of exchange of tha fruits of industry and a public necessity , the govern ment should own and operate thn railroads in the interests of the people , to the end that all may be accorded the same treatment in transportation , and that the rebates and the tyranny and political pow er now exercised by the great rail road corporations may be destroyed. TAXATION. We demand equal taxation of all property , both private and corpor ate , and that the actual value be made the basis for assessment. We believe that all mortgages , both real estate and chattel , should be assessed at their face value as shown by/ the records and in the counties where they are recorded , regardless of where the owners thereof may reside. TARIFF. We denounce the present high protective tariff as the prolific mother of trusts , and demand as a beginning of reform that all trust made goods be placed on the free list. FREE PASS BRIBERY SYSTEM. We condemn in unqualified lang uage the free pass bribery system as a most insidious foe of political in dependence , which under the guise of courtesy to the individual , places him under special obligations to protect the interests of the corpora tions whose favors he enjoys. The free pass is fast becoming the badge of political subserviency to railroad domination. We therefore demand I he enactment by our legislature at the next session , of a stringent law , enforced by adequate penalties , for bidding free transportation to any person not in the direct employ of the railroad corporation granting the same. TWO-CENT PASSENGER RATE. We favor a two-cent passenger rate , uniform throughout the state. And we believe that this reduction should go hand in hand with the abolition of the free pass , and that , thus advanced together , these two reforms will be , not only a triumph of that great democratic principle , "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none , " but that in the end they will be found to serve the best interests of the railroads them selves. TRUSTS AND THE REMEDY. We believe that the great issue before the public still continues to be , resistance to the encroachment on monopolistic wealth upon the rights of the people , and that the whole country is fast coming to the position taken by the national dem ocratic platform of Chicago and Kansas City , that "A private mo nopoly is indefensible and intoler able. " And to the end that the great task before us may be accomplished , a now united democracy already demands for its standard bearer in 1908 , the selection of that man who , more than any other , represents the cause of the common people in their struggle against corporate greed and wealth , the man greater in de feat than others in victory , that pre-eminent statesman and peerless leader , formerly of Nebraska , but now also of the whole world Wil liam Jennings Bryan. You can get a case of 2tt bottles of Webb's soda for Toc , delivered , to your house. Try.r.acase. Tel ephone 11T. 31 B U Q Q U We have the LARGEST STOCK , and the BE3T STOCK of Buggies , Surreys and Spring Wagons ' * " " " * ' ever shown in Yalentine. Call and see them whether yen - ; tf T F wish to purchase or not. Do Not Forget that we are agents for McCormick Binders , Mowers , Hakes and Twine. Also ; for Dain Sweeps and Stackers , and Moline Wagons. e We have line of . a complete general 4. > § * es Ranch and Farm Supplies , s including Grindstones , Sickle Grinders , Stacker Rcpe , Machine Oil , Builders Hardware , Paints and Oils. Screen Doors. Lumber , Posts , Barbwire See Us for Right Goods at Right Prices ] 1 Ji Iy f PU AUCTION ctt 000.37pleto © on 3X1 OT-tla. 4 miles west and 3 miles north of Valentine , on Thursday , Aug. 30 , 1906 , commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. , I will sell the following - lowing property , towit : HEAD OF CATTLE Consisting of 14 extra good milch cows , from 3 to 8 years old ; 3 dry cows ; 1 two year old heifer ; 1 two year old bull ; 6 yearling heifers and steers and 5 spring calves. 5 Head of Horses , Consisting ; of 1 mare , 5 years old , weight 1200 pounds ; 2 mares , 11 years old , weight 1200 and 1300 pounds ; 1 horse colt , 3 , years old , weight 900 pounds ; 1 horse colt , 2 years old , weight 800. 10 dozen young chickens. 4 dozen old chickens. 1 Riding Lister ; 1 "Biding Cultivator ; 2 Drags ; 1 Deering Mower , nearly new : 1 Corn Sled ; 1 Feed Grinder ; 1 Hay Rake , 1 Empire Cream Separator , good as new. f f ' 1 Air Tight Heater , 1 Laundry Stove , 1 Gasoline Stove , antl other articles too numerous to mention. j. TERMS OF SALE : On sums over § 10.00 twelve months time will be given on bankable notes bearing 10 per cent interest , or 5 per cent discount for cash. Sums of 810 and under cash. . , , FREE LUNCH AT NOON. Keason for selling : Have rented farm and I am going on a visit Will Cramer , Auctioneer. Max E. Viertel , Clerk. C. W. CRAMER. A friend of trio A foe of the Trust Complies with the Pure Food Laws of all Ctatcc. MILL PRICES FOR FEED. August 16 , 1906. PerCwt. Per Ton. Bran , sacked § SO § 15 00 Shorts , sacked 90 IT 00 Screenings , sacked TO 13 00 Chop Feed , sacked 1 20 2300 Corn , sacked 1 05 20 00 Shop Corn , sacked 1 10 - ' 21 00- Ms , sacked 1 35 26 00 , GRANT JBOYER CARPENTER & BUILDER. All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks- made in all sizes Valentine , - Nebraska \ - Groceries Fresh Fruit arriving Evety Day. s Fresh Peaches for canning purposes ! PHONE 97 ,