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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 22 , 1906.
We had been rejoicing over the
election in good old Missouri and
it made us feel more at ease when
we thought of Uncle Frank Alley
down near Lees Summit and a
number of other kindred in that
vicinity whom we knew would re
joice more than words can tell.
While thinking of the splendid
victory and heavy democratic
gains in nearly every state in the
union we picked up The Common
er to see what Mr. Bryan would
say. We knew he'd be feeling
glad of such a victory , but couldn't
have hoped for anything better
than this , which we copy from Mr.
Bryan's paper. We think Mr.
Bryan wrote it and that he was
feeling just that way. Here's
what he says :
MISSOURI
We have heard from old Missouri and
our heart is light and gay ;
She is once more democratic clean
from Pike to Nodaway ,
And we hear the roosters crowing in
a loud and lusty tone
While the echoes are resounding all
the way from Polk to Stone.
We have heard from old Missouri and
she's back again in line ,
And our heart is filled with rapture
and we're feeling mighty fine.
We have heard from old Missouri and
we're feeling good today.
She has turned about in gladness
from the error of her way.
She has shouted out the tidings that
she'll never err again.
And we hear the echoes rolling all the
way from Cass to Wayne.
We have heard from old Missouri ;
she's again within the ranks
And our cup of joy brims over and
our heart is full of thanks.
We have heard from old Missouri and
the news was full ef joy ,
Still the old state's democratic
that's the truth without alloy.
Clear from Atchison .to Butler and
then back again to Rails
Comes the word that she is ready
when the voice of duty calls.
We have heard from old Missouri ; she
is standing staunch and true
And the sun of hope is shining in a
sky that's fair and blue.
Sec. Taft will appeal to Presi-
- 'dent Koosevelt to rescind his rec
ent order which dishonorably dis
charges three companies , B , C and
D of the Twenty-fifth infantry at
Brownsville , Texas because a part
of these soldiers had engaged in a
riot at Brownsville , killing and
wounding citizens of that city , and
all disclaiming any knowledge of
the riot and refusing to divulge or
disclose information as to the
guilty ones. The order was being
carried out , when , because of
numerous protests to the war de
partment , the order was suspend
ed until the president could be
heard from again. It seems that
Roosevelt is expected to change
his mind and allow those villainous
soldiers to remain in the army ,
and that if any precedent is estab
lished it must be the vindication
of the negro soldier and future
license to do as he pleases because
he belongs to the down trodden
race. Was President Roosevelt
right in his efforts to maintain
army discipline , or should he list
en to a few fanatics who think the
down trodden negroes are being
abused and that every blow struck
at the viciousness of their race is
because of prejudice against them ?
* It should be remembered that the
negro was not a very remote sub
ject from barbarity when he was
made a citizen on an equal
plane with the white race , and but
. for the vastly superior numbers
of the latter and tljeir influence
over them they won Kl have con-i
tinued a menace to the peace of
our nation , and have been and are
a menace to the white race of our
country and we see no encourage
ment for the future as long as the
idea prevails that "a negro is as
good as a white man if he behaves
himself. " But does he ? The fa
natic who gives voice to that ex
pression in reality goes further in
his belief and sympathies , which
reverses the statement to "a white
man is as good as a negro IF HE
BEHAVES HIMSELF , " and who in
most cases know the least about
them or have some particular per
son in view as a criterian of the
black race.
DO IT THOROUGHLY
The New York World says :
"By an unexpectedly small plur
ality the people of New Rork have
selected Mr. Hughes to do the
work that Mr. Hearst was claim
ing to do , but there can be no
question as to their demands that
the work shall be done. " If Mr.
Hughes really begins the good
work let us hope that he will make
a better finish of it than he did of
the insurance investigation.
Bryan's Commoner.
Program of Chers-y County
Teachers' Association ,
Xov. 3O D * > c. 1 , ? 06
FEIDAT , 1:30 : P. M.
( High School Building. )
Recitation Annie Hahn
The Dictionary HabitMae
Mae Cavanauph
Life in Australia James Oliver
Some of the Good Things Modern
Teachers Do..Mrs. G. L Mossman
Physiolog-y and Effects of Nar
cotics Meta Schafer
Manual Training- the Classics ,
PearJe Arnot
FRIDAY EVENING , S o'CLOCK.
( Court Room. )
Songf and Recitation
Miss Driscoll's Room
Music Cody Pupils
An Original Story
Laura Petti John's Pupil
Lecture
SATURDAY , 9:00 : A. M.
( High School. )
Roll Call by Quotations
How to Enliven the History Class
May Carter
Training for Citizenship , D. P. Story
Recitation Alice McLean
A School Exhibit for the County
Fair Mrs E. A. Petty crew
Shall Men Continue in the School
Room ? B. E. Colby
Christians in All Lands
Jennie Bennett
Song Cody High School Chorus
Reading Circle Work , quiz
Essentials of Teaching Read
ing Chapters 3 and 4
Psychology Chapters 3 and 4
Recitation Pupil from Cody
All Cherry county teachers and
friends of education are urged to
attend. Cordially yours.
LULU KORTZ ,
Co. Supt.
U. S. Weather Bureau Report
lor week Ending ; ffov. 21.
The daily mean temperature
shows a considerable "slump , " to
use the Wall Street word , and shows
8 ° below the average. The high
est was 57 ° on the 15th , and the
lowest 8 ° on the 19th.
The precipitation was only 0.02
of an inch in the form of rain and
a trace of dry snow. The total
precipitation for the year is 26
inches.
OEFIGIALS' RtTIREMENT IS
. OF LAND FRAUDS
The retirement of Secretary
Hitchcock as head of the department -
| ment of the interior.and with him
W. A. Richards , former governor
of Wyoming , as commissioner of
the general land office , is believed
to have direct relation to the rev
elations lately made in connection
with the gigantic series of land
frauds along the Union Pacific
railroad.
The interstate commerce com.
mission , in its recent investigation ,
developed startling facts about the
fraudulent methods by which the
Harriman road and its subsidiary
corporations secured control of
the coal lands of Wyoming. The
officials of the department of the
interior were wrathy about these
developments , and it is learned
that there was an effort on the
part of one western land office to
prevent the interstate commerce
commission's representatives from
getting at record information in
the office. ThU is understood to
have been at Denver. As a result
protest was made to Secretary
Hitchcock , who is said to have
given assurance that all possible
assistance would thereafter be
given to the commission and ord
ers were issued that records be
placed at its disposal.
In this land investigation by the
commission the officials of the land
office had no sympathy ; they were
disposed to sneer at it. But it now
develops that for about three
years the department has had in
formation in great detail .concern
ing these frauds , on which it has
failed to act. Almost a year ago
a lengthy protest concerning these
conditions was filed and it was dis
missed by Commissioner Richards.
While the interstate commission
was at work on its investigation ,
Assistant Commissioner Pollock of
the general land office declared
that allthe matters developed by
the commission had been -fujly
looked into by the land office , and
nothing was found to occasion
criticism.
It is known that the president
is determined to have these land
frauds thoroughly sifted. It is
also certain that the land office has
heretofore been unwilling to give
any more assistance than it could
avoid to investigators , and that it
has refused attention to protests ,
some of them of the most specific
character.
The general situation in the de
partment of the interior is con
sidered by senators , congressmen
and almost everybody in Wash
ington to be very bad. There
have been repeated charges that
oil and coal and other lands of the
government were being frittered
away and getting into the hands
of the railroad companies , or the
big oil interests , without due con
sideration of the government's in
terests and rights. These seem at
last to have come to a head , with
the result that there is to be a *
change.
Mr. Garfield is the president's
standby for investigating work
and investigation is expected now
to be the order of the day at the
interior offices. That there will
be a very general cleaning out of
the old clique of officials who have
bad to do with the handling of pub
lic lands is generally accepted.
Meantime the interstate com
mission is going right ahead find
ing more trouble. Its recent in
quiries in Utah have proved that
there will be even more sensation
al evidence against the Denver &
Rio Grand and the Rio Grand
Western road than was produced
against the Union Pacific. The
Rio Grand Western controls the
Utah Fuel company whose meth
ods of getting hold of the coal
fields in Utah are declared to have '
been a reeking scandal. The commission - *
mission will shortly hold bearings
at Denver and Salt Lake , when
these matters will be gone into in
detail , and in public. It is believ
ed that in the Utah cases the proof
will reach up to high officials.
The intimation that former
President Fish of the Illinois Cen
tral is going to tell President
Roosevelt what he knows of the
Union Pacific frauds , in order to
revenge himself against Harriman ,
has caused another sensation here.
World-Herald.
NEW TRAIN SERVICE
Two new trains were put on the
first of this week , going west at
6:50 : p. m. , and east at 9:45 : p. in. ,
and do all the local work from this
date , running , between Chicago
and Chadron , making through
train service and fast flyer of Nos.
5 and 6 , which will run on old
schedule time. No. 5. will stop at
Johnstown , Woodlake , Crookston
and Merriman for places north
and west of Chadron , except on
Mondays will stop for local pas
sengers. No. 6 will stop at Crooks-
ton , Woodlake and Johnstown
only for passengers east of Nor
folk , except on Sundays will stop
for local passengers.
School Notes.
, 'L. C. Sparks has donated two or
three magazines each month this
year to the high school.
Elmer Wolf of the eighth grade
has gone home to shuck corn and
does not expect to return to school
until after Christmas.
On account of the illness of her
mother , Nellie Ashburn has been
compelled to give up her school
work in Valentine and return to
her home in the country.
Clifford Pike , who was scared
home a few weeks ago on account
of the cases of sore throat that
were then in town , has not yet re
turned. We hope Clifford will
soon come out of the bushes. He
is too valuable to lose.
The school board received a nice
lot of new first and second readers
from Chicago this week , but as
the pupils are not quite through
with their old books the new ones
will not be placed in their hands
until after Thanksgiving.
Miss Gordon is planning to have
her little folks give a Thanksgiv
ing program on Wednesday , Nov.
28. We trust that parents who
have children in that room will
avail themselves of that oppor
tunity to encourage the little ones
by their presence.
Anna Hahn , of the class of ' 05 ,
now teaching northeast of Val
entine , called last Saturday to talk
over school mattera. Anna is
deeply interested in her work , and
indirectly from the patrons of her
school we learn that she is giving
expellent satisfaction.
Pres. J. M. Pile of the Wayne
normal school has promised to de
liver an address at" the Crawford
meeting on Dec. 30. Pres. S. W.
Crabtree of Peru , Pres. W. H.
Clemmons of Fremont and Pres.
A. O. Thomas of Kearney expect
to be present and take part in the
discussions.
Prof. T. M. Hodgraan , state inspector
specter of accredited high schools ,
visited all the rooms of the Valen
tine schools Tuesday. He was en
thusiastic in his praise of the work
done in every department of the
school here. From Valentine he
went to Ainsworth to inspect the
schools of that place to see wheth
er or not Ainsworth could be
placed on the University accredit
ed list.
.Supt. C. S. Jones of Crawford
writes that the local committee
there is getting things in good
shape for the Northwest Nebraska
Educational association which
meets in Crawford Nov. 30 and
Dec. 1. This promises to be the
largest gathering of teachers ever
held in Northwest Nebraska. R.
H. Watson , who is president of
this association this year , has sent
out over 500 programs to the
teachers of Sheridan , Dawes , Sioux
and Box Butte counties.
The Stand Patter.
The great objection to stand patters
Is that they are for revenue only , but ]
refuse to reform the tariff on the same i
basis because to do so would take the
revenue from the stand patters and '
give It to the government. \
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The Ludwig lumber Co ,
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desires to call your attention to their
excellent line of
Lumber , Lath , Shingles ,
Moulding and Posts/
We also have
Tables , Ash Cans , Lamps , Chairs , Settees ,
Spring Cots , Mattresses , Pillows , Tools ,
at less than half price.
$5.00 per cord
CORD WOOD
The largest , cheapest and best line of
VEHICLES
in Cherry County.
MBER GO. ,
Valentine Nebraska.
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Ask the Revenue Man
The Pure Food Law going into effect Janu
ary 1 , 1907 , will not cause any change in the
goods sold by W. F. A. MELTENDORFF , who car
ries the finest line of Whiskies in town. : : :
Just as well Get the Best while you are at it.
Wholesale Dealer in Pabst and Krug Beer.
Walther E A , Meltendorff ,
New Hotel 3C Near De pot
Electric Lights , \
Chicago House ,
J. A. Hornback , Propr.
Guests for Trains a Specialty ,
Good Rooms , 3C Good Service ,
GRANT BOYER ,
CARPENTER & BUILDER.
All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes.
Valentine , - Nebraska
Winter Goods AH
Underwear and Caps at Half Price.
Come and See Us.
Moved across to east side Main street.
PHONE 97 , A. JOHN & GO.
Car load of hand picked apples in
barrels al the price of bulk apples
for cash or potatoes.
Church's Store
John Sedlacek went down to the
fort after a load of coal recently.
C. J. O'Connor came in today
from his ranch near Chesterfield to
go to Homer , his former home , to
attend the funeral of his brother.
y
J. F. Swain received a telegram
last week announcing the death'of
bis son-in-law G. W.
- - , McFarland , at
3hico , Cal. Tne family moved
there about a year ago i
E. D. Ppencer. .
. August Epke.
Spencer & Epke ,
Crookstou , Web. li
Tubular Wells made to order at
per foot , complete with pump. Wind I
mills and Well Repairs at reasonable
prices. Call us up over the North
Table Telephone .Line.
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