Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, February 14, 1907, Image 4
THE EMGCRAT I. M. BICE Editor and Proprietor. MARK ZARR Foreman. Entered at the postottice at Valentine , Cherry countj' , Nebr. . as Second Class Matter. TERMS : Subscription Sl.OO per year in advance ; SI. 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 per issue. Brands , H inches84.00 per year in advance ; additional space $3.00 per year ; engraved 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 1-i , 190T. THE POOR RAILROADS , ' The railroads of America are in a very bad way indeed. Mr. Brown be says so. * 4 Who's Brown ? " Why , he's the main squeeze on the New York Cen tral's list of vice presidents the head-liner the Big "Wind , when it comes to talking for publication. That's who Brown is. And Brown , he says that the railroads . of America are in a very bad way indeed. You see , it's this way : The rail roads are thinking of improving their property a bit building a lean-to on the west , and putting some fresh paint on the front stoop , and a few little things like that. But lumber and paint and labor are so high that the railroad folks haven't money enough of their own , and so they'll have to borrow five or six billions , or such a matter. In ordinary times they could get the money , easy enough ; but Mr. Brown , he's afraid they can't now , because a lot of loose- tongued meddlers have been say ing such a lot of scandalous things about the railroads lately that the rest of folks are beginning to take notice , and the railroads' credit is hurt. The situation is bum , says Brown. Quite a bunch of big railroad men have had to take to their beds lately on account of worrying about it. Mr. Brown , he says : I do not think any man of ordi nary prudence would , for a mom ent , think of investing money in a business against which every man's hand , from the president down , seems to be raised , and in the de fense of which few men hoping for political preferment dare raise tbeir voices. Fooling aside , doesn't that jar you ? Upon what does the credit of the railroads depend- anyway : Upon their ability to continue ex ploiting the public without let or hindrance ? Or upon their ability to continue business on a legitimate basis ? Do not Brown and the members of his chorus know as well as anybody that railroad regu lation and control must be abso lutely subject to fixed legal prin \f.\ \ \ ciples ? "What if the people are doing a lot of fussy talking : who's fool enough to believe that this is going to frighten the class of men financing American railroad build ing ? Poppycock ! Everybody knows that if the r ' - people , by legislation , attempt to ' ' Is I saddle upon'the railroads anything contrary to the spirit of our law contrary to our national spirit , it m would have no real effect. The courts are not overlooking any bets like that. But that isn't what's eating Mr. Brown. He and all his kind know well enough that the railroads of the United States will always get the full measure of their legal rights , pressed down and running over. The Brown fellows , though , don't want mere legal rights ; they are weeping for the days that are no more , with their ways that were dark and tricks that were vain. That's all. World-Herald. NO MONEY FOR RAILROAD IMPROVE MENTS , So the poor , prosecuted railroad oligarchy is tottering on its last legs , and the country may expect soon to return to canal boats , oxcarts i carts and stage coaches ! Let's pause and reflect before eternally too late. AY. C. Brown , senior vice presi dent of the New York Central lines , does not see how , with the president and public opinion against them , the railways are go ing to secure any money for need ed extensions and improvements. Nobody will buy stocks and se curities , he declares , in "a busi ness against which every man's hand seems to be raised. " It is a fine theory of Brown's , were it not for some stubborn facts. It happens that his own company , the New York Central , only two weeks ago sold $50,000- 000 short term notes , and since January 1 nine companies have sold § 113,000,000 of the same class of securities , while within a few months railroad capitalization has been increased § 350,000,000 by new issues. % This is a lot of money enough to make decided extensions and improvements , were it only used for those honest purposes. Is the public to believe there is no money for needed improve ments when a number of the prin cipal railroads have recently in creased their dividends ? . No mon ey when a Harriman controls capi tal enough and has confiduece enough to plunge into the posses sion of a half-dozen whole rail roads ? Anyway , railroad extensions and improvements are not made with money , but with debts. For il lustration , the 200,000 miles of operating railroad owe today enough money to reconstruct the entire system. The truth , which is written plainly in a thousand ways , is that > . ' M " " " " * A "TV T" 1' 'T ' " ' \ " ' * ' " "Ti * "v "f ' * ' ' 1 > G' RANT BOYE JL .JL _ S jU H JL J& f V s JLi 4 CARPENTER & BUILDER. All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanjis made in all sizes Valentine , - " Nebraska vi ) tjsE5 r the railroad oligarchy cares noth ing about railroad extension and improvements. It knows nothing about the prac tical operation of the railroads or the needs of the general business of the Country , and cares nothing. Its sole concern is the manipula tion of railroad stocks and bonds * in a great game of gambling. And one of its principal objects has been to freeze out the small investor - vestor and to concentrate the actual' ownership as well as the control into a few hands. Perhaps a few people still be lieve the railway system of this country is run as a great public service institution. Not so. It is run as a monstrous private graft by a few crafty scoundrels , who don't know the meaning of public service and would laugh at it if they did. The nearest approach they make to the actual operation of the roads is in fixing the dividend rate and serving notice on the presidents , general managers and superintend ents that it must be met. Thus arbitarily .the skill of practical railway men is set at naught , the business interests of the land are plundered through the highest possible charges for the poorest possible service , whole states left without coal , others deserted with their crops unmarketed , and the traveling public are killed and mangeled in daily wrecks. Public service eh ? ' 'To hell with public service ! " these gamblers sno.erasthey stake their loot , like as the soldiers of Pilate laughed in derision as they divided the garments of the cruci fied Christ. They have juggled with securi ties , have played the stock mark et up and down , have worked tricks with tbeir dividend policies , have falsified their bookkeeping to conceal surpluses , have virtually confiscated the property of confiding stockholders b y dishonest use of proxies have done everything to glut their greed and nothing to give the public honest service. Omaha Daily News. IB amp. At a meeting at Omaha today of the passenger representatives of principal railroads doing1 business in Nebraska , it was agreed , and announcement is officially made , that the 3-cent , interchangeable mileage book rate , good over rail roads east of the Missouri river , will be made effective at once , in terchangeable over Nebraska rail roads between all Nebraska points. This is an individual 2,000-mile book sold to any person traveling men , farmers , lawyers , doctors , merchants , or the like , and is good over practically all railroads in Iowa , Illinois , Wisconsin , Minnesota seta , Missouri , as well as Ne braska. With the same mileage book a fiat net rate of 2-V cents per mile can be obtained good for bearer , good over the same railroads in the same territory , including- now also Nebraska. While this does not help the av erage citizen who buys a railroad ticket it is in the line of concession to head anti-railroad legislation in Nebraska. Passenger Traffic Managers of the Northwestern ; Sebastian of the Eock Island , and Enstis of the Burlington are in the city today. They conferred this morning and it is presumed that it is in connec tion with legislative matters that are coming up today and to morrow before the senate and the house at Lincoln , relative to .the 2-cent passenger fare , measure , \t-he reciprocal demurrage bill and anti-pass bill. Representatives of all road5 ? en tering Omaha go to Lincoln this afternoon to meet with the Injuse committee on railroads to discuss the anti-pass and the 2-cent fare raeasurec. Wednesday night they will attend a hearing the senate has granted to railroad men on any and all railroad measures now pending before the senate. Burlington employees have sent to the legislature a petition bear ing the names of 1500 of them in Nebraska protesting against the the passage of any law which I wouM render inoperative the 1 Burlington relief scheme. World- Herald . The passenger traffic managers went to Lincoln and for three hours discussed 2-cent rate before the house committee on railroads and other members , protesting against the passage of such a bijl and stating that it would injure rather than promote travel. They i also stated that if such a bill became - j came a law it would necessitate i their cutting down other expenses and would prabably take elf some ' passenger trains and cut the wages i of employees. This seems ridiculous , as they already have hard enough work and few enough employees and with increased travel more help would be required and also more or larger trains , likewise higher wages to secure the needed help. Spokesmen for the railroads were P. S. Eustis of the Burling ton , W. B. Kniskern of the C. & N. W. , Gerrit Fort of the U. P. , and Frank Ney of the Rock Is land. "These were reinforced , " says the World-Herald , "by a , score or more of the local 'big guns , ' attorneys , managers and political agents of the roads they represented. Save for the four main spokesmen the others did not take part in the discussion , except for an occasional jump into the breach to help one another out of an embarassing position. " It was argued that they were not getting more than a 2-cent rate now on the average and thought it better to give excursions and special prices , of which every body could take advantage , and al low them to charge 3 cents a mile on ocher occasions. They also argued that only one-sixth the traffic on their lines was the local traffic and that it would be an in justice to them to be compelled to haul at the 2-cent rate when the local traffic .would noi\ support the road. If this is the case they could give us all a puss and let us ride free in , Nebraska if we would only permit j them to charge other people who go through the state. This also appears erroneous but while they claimed the passenger traffic was being conducted at a loss they admitted that the profit was in the freight department. The price of a ticket from here j to Omaha is § 9.00 at present , which carries on the average 150 to 200 pounds , or allow them 300 pounds as a basis which would make the frieght $3.00 per cwt. , and no loading or unloading , and very little wear excepting the ac tual weight hauled. The freight rates on the same haul is 66c per * cwt. for boxed goods , which re quire much time unloading and' making out and collecting freight bills. bills.The The people of Nebraska are not J all from Missouri but they will I i need .more than the statement of a i ! I traffic manager to convince them ( 1 that passengers are hauled at a loss where every train is crowded | until one can hardly find a seat ; and often must stand. It is stated j that the arguments had little effect on the committee. v - Saved IS A DOLLAR MADE ! Furniture and Hardware , Household Neces sities in the best Enamel Ware , Rustless Tin , Copper and Nickle Plated Cooking Vessels. Everything to furnish the home. My goods were bought before the raise. Come and get them at the old prices which are equal to a big discount. To see is to believe. Come and be convinced. FRANK FISCHER , Hardware , Furniture and Coal. EXCHANGE tire Liquor Center In all ages of the World and in all Countries men have indulged in "social drinks and have used Whiskey for medical purposes. " They have always possessed themselves of some popular beverage apart from water and those of the breakfast and tea table. Whether it is Judicious that Mankind should continue to indulge in such things , or whether it would be wise to abstain from all en joyments of that character , it is not our province to decide. We leave that question to the Moral Philosopher. We desire the PUBLIC TO KNOW that we are neither BLENDERS , COMPOUNDERS NOR RECTIFIERS ; also that we use the utmost care to purchase our goods from the most reliable houses in America , and just as we get them , they pass into the hands of our customers. NO SPURIOUS IMITATIONS or IMPURE LTQ- OURS OFFERED FOR SALE. WE HAVE THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN. WHOLESALE DEALER IN MELTENDORFF PABST AND KRUG BEERS Monthly Meteorological Summary , STATION : Valentine , Nebr. MONTH : January , 1907 \ JOHN J. MCLEAN , Observer Weather Bureau. NOTICES. Contest Notice. U. S. Laim Ofllee , Uroken Bow , Nebraska. Ji' nary 14 1 7 \ A s"ftici < > nt contest affidavit having foem in this office by I un K. Weld MI , con' stunt. a rtinst homes * -ad * Mify No 243S. m-ide Auiiu-t 2(5 , 1X)1. ! forK'iNEX SEj , E ' , section 32 , an.j f > vV' N W'i. section : ! 3 , township 2."j. ranpe ; 35 , by Charles Phillips , eontestre. in whu-h it'is aliened that contests bis ; \ \ holly abandon ed said traot f. r rnur than six nioiithi ia'-t pa-it , that said truri i not cultivated , improved ur resided -ipon as r iuired by law. that the land is no ia its \\io ! state and tha the ahovt- allege detects exist at tins date aad hd-re not lier-n cured. Said parties are hereby notified to app-ar re-poud and offer evidence touchiutr said allega tion at 10 o'clock a. in on Kenruary 23 1907 De- ion- the gi-tter and receiver at th > - United Staffs land Office In Broken linvr.ebraskn , The said constant having , in a. proper affi davit. til.'d Ja 12 , 1907.ct forth facts which show that after dti" uili cuce personal service of thi" n-iti e can -ot br made , it U hereuy ordered that such notice be yiven by due and proper publication. DAKIU3 M. AMriKUKG , - I 5 Keceiver. la the District Court of the State o .Nebraska , Within and for Cheri i ry County. j The South Omaha National Bank , " ! i Plaintiff , | ! V51 * ' JamesP. Sweeney etal , l"XOTICE l" , D f ndants. ) ' To Citizens National Kuuk and Citizens Na tional Bank of DeIoiues : Yon. and each o v n re hereby notified that theni is on flitin t > eMrsct Court of Cherry County iN'ebra * a ptitionvherein the & . > uth Omaha National Bank as plaintiff ha br ight. suit against 3-ourseive& . irapleaded mth James- P. Sueeney ctal. the object and prayer of said J petition ts 10 foreclose two certain mortgages j executed bj Janifa P. Swr ney ana Joseph li. ' Sweeney to said pKiutifl , one of whicn said of N Wfe and X . of NEfc and Lot 1 all m Sec tion 7Township er , Kange 37. and oth-r property - , erty ; the i t"erf said mortises was executed April 27 , IWl and cover ? following described ' property in Cherry county , Nebraska : 'i of . SEJ4and r > Uof S\\"Vi of . - > ecti n ! , Township 27. Hang- ; also. X A'4 of NWi.4 nnd XH ot NE\ * and SKof .NK-i ! f Section 12. Township LT. Ka KeS : ! , rt.lso lots- ' , nan-j 4 in Section 19 , Townships * , fcttiae 37 ; also lot 1 in Ji < Jttioi "A. Townships. niiur87aNo S'2 or N\V-4 add XEUo'NWj4a KlXWof XSii , Section 23. Township 2 ? , P.an 37 ; also S % of SE and n/s of S W ? * . section 32 Township 2s Kongi ? S7 ; also X'i of NEW and EH of X\V'h' . .Section iV Towshlp 2x. , Kanae 37 and other pn-p- erty. The further object of said petitio ito exclude you , and each of you , fiora any interest or lien in or to said property. You are required to enter an appearance iu said ci.urt and plead to said petition on or be fore the 18thay i March ILvr. OM HA KATiriXAL BANK. omssey , attorneys. 4 4 Notice to Creditors. THE * TATF OF VRIUA ICA , / COUNTY OK THEKRY. SS In the Count v Court- WIUlMl o e n av o February. ' 1907. at 10 o'dock a. rn. to receive and examine all claims against said estate with a view t- > their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for nu uay uay oi March. 1906 " witness my baud and seal of said Countv ' - - Court , this 23rd day of January 1307 Y W Ft _ Tl I VvV 17 * 2 4 County Judge. to Creditor * . THE STATK OK NKJUASKA i In the CH KIH v Cou.v r r. tsa County Court. In the matter of the estate of Montgomery , deceased To the crediters of said estate- . , . . _ V < "kl * 3 l * Vt * r > r\lt < a * , \ -T * ' * * w - JAU41 W. Jl. TUWNE. County Judj akcii Up by the undersigned at my place , Of miles southeast of Valentine neb. , the following : One roan , mare and bay colt , mare branded o on left hip. about 9 or 10 years old , weight 1000 to 1100 pounds colt about G mo-hths old. < USO 1 roan pony jmare and roan colt mare branded reversed 2 T is about S years old , weight about SOO pounds , colt six months old. o 5 B. P. ClIAKBOXNEAU.