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Bid you know that our
Coffees and Teas
are the FINEST in town ?
'Nuff Said.
T. C. Hornby.
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Many of our customers
prefer this syrup to any
other remedy for coughs
and colds , sore throat
and hoarseness. It certainly -
tainly has a great run
and gives good satisfac
tion. We'll refund the
money or exchange it if |
you like some other kind
better.
PEICE 25 CENTS.
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The Loup Valley Hereford Kanch.
Brownlee.Nebr ,
Sodier ! CreeV Col
umbus 17th 100050 ,
a son of Columbus
17th , a half brother
of the $10.000 Cham
pion Hale , a a d
Friuce Boahdel 131-
C93 at head of herd.
I will have no bulls for sale until 190S , having
sold all of 1900 bull calves.
C. H. FAULHAIIEU.
JOHN F. POBATH
Klege ,
. Tubular wells and windmills.
me up by Telephone.
J. W. McDAKIBL ,
COUKTY
All work will be given prompt
and careful attention.
H. M. CB AMEB ,
City Deiiverymanl
Trunks , valises and packages hauled to and
from the depot and all parts of the City.
N. J. Austin. J. W. Thompson. i
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Austin & } Thompson , '
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General Blacksmithing j
and Wood Work.
HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY.
H. S. LQCKWOOD
Handle- * the
SHARPLESS CREAM SEPARATOR ,
FLOUR , GRAIN AND HAY.
Opposite Postoffie. Phone 71.
Dentist.
Office over the grocery deparmeni
of T. C. Hornby's store.
"Will be in Eosebnd agency July
3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , 1904.
Barber
STATE BANK BUILDING
First-duns Shop in rCverv Respect
au dr Qinninr Flair Tonic Boldest Star tiair
Tonlf n rplfidf * a.ud rk > ' P n < tr ) T < " "urf
Try Pompeian Face Alassage Crenru
Feudal Barons of Old and In
dustrial Barons of Today.
EXCLUSIVE POWER OF TRUSTS
Have Iho Peop'o Crested Masters Thai
Cannot Be Ccr/irclled or Destroyed ?
Republican Policy of Protection to
Corporations T/.usi Bs Overthrown.
The feudal barons of the middle ages
protected their retainers and the vil
laip.s who did their service and their
tenants who paid in kind or cash , but
* the modern corporation and industrial
r baron not only exacts service from his
I retainers , but is protected by the state
in his plundering or all the paople. The
S growth of the ancient feudal system
was almost n necessity of the times to
prevent the extirpation of the race by
continual warfare and to establish cen
ters to rally around in times of danger
and to withstand the encroachments of
the overlord or king , but our modern
feudalism has no such excuse for ex
istence. 'The modern baron is a mo
nopolist such as his ancient prototype
never dreamed of being , for his power
1 was circumscribed by his fellow bar
ons , and even the greater barons were
kept in check by combinations of the
lesser barons and their fear of the
king. But our modern baron fears
nothing. He is supreme , for he has
beaten down ail opposition and enjoys
a roving commission from the state to
plunder at will.
Our modern feudal baron has invent
ed the corporation to hide behind with
all the powers of a person and none of
his failings , for cleath cannot touch the
corporation , which has no body to die
or soul to be damned. When the old
feudal baron died his son or successor
had to renew his fealty , and if not of
age to do service he was placed in
ward of some one who could be an
swerable for him until he became of
age. Our modern baron has no such
limitations , for under the legal subter
fuge of the corporation his power is
perpetual. Why have we allowed this
corporation , created by the state , ever
lasting power to plunder us ? Simply
because we were asleep to the * control
of our representatives aiivl allowed
them to create something more powerful -
ful than onr elve-s. The state has been
used as a cat's paw in pull chestnut *
out of the fire for tin.so u ho hi\-o : boon
cunnhvr pnoih tr > civati1 and enlarge
the body kwwn as the corporation
and in nm t i-ntr * to < lnrer : it to < lo
what the soveiviffu citi'/.ou fnild not
do.
do.The
The charters of our great monopolies ,
the railroads , are a disgrace to our
civilization. We have given them un
limited power , except that they can
not in theory combine with others to
prevent competition , yet in practice
we see them doing so until there arc
virtually a few corporations and less
men controlling all the transportation
of the country with power to charge
the people "all the traffic will bear. "
The gigantic monopolies controlling the
mineral resources of the country , such
as iron , copper and coal and the oil
monopoly , uot to mention the hundreds
of other industrial monopolies thai
flourish , have all been civitPd by the
people Mini haM ? urowji ivat frm ho
iiig jriv n that l > ; : i iil.il : n' i lUllP ii'i-
tlor-tofd < : * > : ' ; t'.4 pvrr visit wIuVl1
they ) ivo lie-oil-1 ! to plu'iu not only
the people oi' the state that created
them , but of all other states.
The question now is , How shall the
sovereign people resume the power they
have delegated "to these modern bar
ons ? Shall their corporations be con
trolled.or destroyed ? It is dishearten
ing to be told by the Republican lead
ers Ib t tlio'v av : ire ul tnrsts and bad
trusts , good barons and ovit barons , for j !
they ar all ir.on--ipoi < Mor attpiuptins
to be such and if let alone will bccouu1
monopolists. It js also certain that !
there would bo HO monopoly without
f-onie sj-pcinl privilege , some protec
tion tliat others do not have , s nie pr > -
rotfatr. P. franchiseor immunity that
giveihe : . ! the riuht to plunder the
public. Most of thee monopolies are
protected by the tariff , which prevents
their having competitors from abroad
and thus allows them to combine
against competition- home. Others
have the right of eminent domain ,
which is the most exalted of sovereign
rights , for what greater prerogative
can be granted than to have the legal
power to take the property of the citi
zen without his consent ?
Under the Republican system of pro
tection granted the trust barons the
golden age of competition has passed ,
and the age of monopoly has come , aaul *
the Itepublk'-m party declares in every
platform its intention to perpetuate
the protective system. The t'oeble at
tempts of the administration to control
theNtri > t barons have perhaps worried
them by slightly intcrffrinjr with tholr
combinations , but no punitive efforts
have been attempted to punish theni ,
even wbcn caught redhanded in the
most bold depredations. .
" \Vliat trust r-nrpovatioi : fears a fine-
It is only a question of how soon rhe
roople ciin be made to repay it
Has the beef trust , the print paper
trust or the Great Northern railroad
merger , wnir-h have bc-pu proceeded '
against , stopped tlieir - plundering by '
reducing the price of their products or
the freight they charge ? :
The temporizing policy adopted with '
such a flourish of trumpets and special ]
messages may make ihe uninitiated believe - '
lieve that reform Is rampant and that {
trust busting is an ovfrydny occur- (
rence. but real results show that it Is
but sounding brass and tinkling cyru- ]
bals 3
A friend of i'no home *
A foe of the Trust
Complies with the Pure Food Laws
of all States.
Geo. W. Kellar of Cascade and
W. Honey of Woodlake were in
town yesterday on business.
Captain Houston , the evangelist
at the M. E. church Feb. 24th.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Spoo of
Lowden , la. , arrived here last eve
ning and will be associated with Mr.
and Mrs. Ohe in the Donoher ho
tel which they take charge of next
Monday. Miss Maud Reid of Low-
den came with Mr. and' ' Mrs. Spoo
and will assist in the hotel.
FOE ALE
Fruit and shade trees of all kinds ,
and small fruit , shrubs and flowers.
Send m your orders or see me at
the cellar in Valentine. Trees will
be ready for delivery about middle
of April. 5 JOHN FERSTL.
To t2ie Fablic :
In taking charge of the Donoher
hotel we shall be glad to meet the
people of Valentine and vicinity
ang invite you one and all to call
on us. We shall endeavor to set
the best table the market affords
an < L furnish first class accommo
dations to the public , making every h
thing as comfortable as we are able
to do. We solicit the patronage of tl ;
tlC
all old patrons a'ld many new ones. C
JOHN OHE. o
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Frog Industry Barred.
Frogs' legs arc evidently out of sea w
son with our national legislature , for UI
the usual appropriation for "
our "frog
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industry , " to be expended by good AVw
Farmer Wilson , who is secretary of w
agriculture , has been cut out of the at
appropriation bill. Instead of the im
proved breed of frogs that so many
have no doubt longed for through the th
scientific efforts of the frog bureau , thwi
they will now have to ruly upon the wi
tough domestic bullfrog aud not the he
delicate variety which good Farmer
su
Wilsou insists he would soon have
produced bar ! the appropriation been Stwl
coutinuctl. ' And the worst of it is the wl
importation : of the tender and juicy frog
CO
legs of France has become so expensive
that only ? multimillionaire can afford tu ;
them , for by a decision of the custom : )
department frogs' legs arc classed as
spring chicken , " and the tariff tax has so
bee ! assessed . The
' ) accordingly. pro
motion of the frog industry has been
tw
costing S.12,000 a year under the tech
nical term of the bureau , of biological so
survey , which is now to be legislated
out of the public service. This icouo-
clasm of the committee on agriculture. ! pl
Is becoming epidemic , and .no one 'he
knows what pet industry will be the ev
nest to fall.
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THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE ?
Editor and Proprietor of
Published Thursdays. $1.00 a Year in Advance
& ? ! 3 tt32 E 323 5S * 3&l
Mrs. Alice Kay of Chadron died
Df pneumonia at her home in that
0h 0p place Tuesday morning and was
jrought to Valentine on the evening
; rain and funeral conducted from
he home of her daughter , Mrs. T.
j. Hornby , today ( Thursday ) at one
) 'clock by the Eev. Wells. Mrs.
3ay was visiting here Christmas and
tbout that time contracted a cold
vhich grew worse and finally re-
julted in her death. She survived
ler husband , Dr. N/B. Ray , by five i
) r : six years. Mrs. "Ray was about
55 ; years old. She was a resident
f thi city for several years , being
} roprietor-'of the Eay House which
mrnecj down about the time she
eft here and went to Chadron ,
vhere she has since made her home.
Tour sons and four daughters sur
vive : her : Albert" at LaGrande , Ore. ,
'rank at Seattle , Wash. , Stanley
bfc Boulder and Eobsrt afc home ;
Jus. Charles Sparks and Mrs. T. C.
lornby of Valentine , Mrs. A. L.
sficholson of Chadron and Mrs. J.
V. Spirkof Neligh. All but the
Irst three sons were in attendance
1 the funeral.
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EDUCATIONL NOTES j
SUPT. R. H. WATSON , Editor I
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The teachers' meeting last Sat-
irday ! was well attended. Almost
very teacher from the eastern
arfc of Cherry county was pres-
nt.
LiMle folks who have never been
> school must enter during the
irst two weeks of March or wait
niil the first of September to
nter.
Hilda Green has been out of
chool over a week on account of
ickness and it is feared she will
ave to give up her school for
he year.
Alfred Lewis returned from
jincoln last Sunday morning and
'ill probably not return to the
niversit.y until next September.
VQ prophesy that a months rest
rill make Alfred long to be back
his medical studies again.
Effie Hutchison entered school
lis week and will take up review
-eek in the eighth grade. She
opes to attend junior normal next
Lirnrncr and begin teaching next
eptembsr. Her sister Blanche ,
rho has missed six weeks on ac-
unt of small tox. will not re-
n n to school this year.
Arthur Tracewell Say , Profes-
3r. may me and Charley play a
ame oi' ' "keeps ? " I have only
.vo marbles and I want to win
3me more.
Watson No ! you better not
lay for keeps now. You run j
ome quickly after school this
rening and ask your mother to
you go over to Charley's home
and play for "keeps" so you can
win some of Charley's marbles.
Arthur All right ; but 1 thought
I'd like to win some now.
Geo. Ayers says he has no con
tract with his board not to teach
when the temperature is below
zero , but he might just as well
have and saved himself the cold
ride. His pupils draw the line
at zero weather. Two days last
week not a pupil came to school.
We received a long letter from
Ina Spratt last week stating that
she was getting on nicely with her
school at Kewanee. The letter
was written one week ago Friday
and Ina said she was planning to
take the mumps the next day.
Perhaps her reason for planning
for the mumps to come on Satur
day was that she might miss as
few as possible from her teaching.
Recently we have received from
Supt. McBrien copies of four edu
cational bills which are now pend
ing before the legislature in Lin
coln that are pertaining to junior
normals , one is in reference to
having the tuition of non-resident
pupils who attend Iiigh schools
paid by the district from which
said pupils come , and one aims to
give state aid to high schools which
give a course in normal training.
All are good bills and we hope
they will pass except the last ,
which in one point is so unfair to
the western part of the state that
unless it be amended we hope it
will fail.
Notice of Sale Under Chattel Mort-
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
the
21st day of March , 1906. anrt in taft office of the
county clerk of Cherry c nutty , Nebraska. 1'eb-
rnar7 1907 , and executed by Her.n.in Shoen-
feidtoW A 1'arker. to secure the payment cf
the stun of S230 00 and interest at 10 per cent per
annum tnun date , upon which there is nv due
sum of § 252 00. default liavinc Dren nnde in the
payment of said sum and no suit or oth-r pro
ceeding at law sivinjj been inclined to iveovr
said debt or ; my part thereof , therefore , Ivi 1
se 1 the i-roperty herein describ-d to-wit : < ii > e
Mack stallion , s x years old , lour white feet ;
one bay horse , ten years old. blind in right eye.
\vei t t 1200 pounds ; o ie n > mate live years
old. uark iron jiray. weight 10W pounds : one
roancon. lourye.trs oi4. Oriuded O , sit r.d
tows from four to seven yoir ? oi l. not branded ;
one black InrsniiiH > jears oht no wJiue or
braf-d * . \veiIir ; s. > 5 ! | pot : i-is : onb v hor-w. s < \
ytar.s ol'tuh hi rip in forehead , uvi ht UOO
P'umds. at puf lie unction , at ! h > - iront door of
the post "nice in the r wn oj Wed L.ike , in {
Cherrv e'U'lty , ebraaki. > n la17rh u.iv of
Mar h , 1907 at 10 o'cloc * a m on vi ; ' day
Dated February li. li or.
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Weather Data.
The following data , coverintr a per
iod of 17 years , have been complied
from the Weather Bureau records at
Valentine , Kebr. They are issued to
show the conditions that have pre
vailed , during- the month , in question ,
for the above period of years , but
must not be construed as a forecast
of the weather conditions for the
coming mcnth.
- February. ?
TEMPERATURE.
Mean or normal 21 °
The warmest month was that of 1898
with an average of 32 °
The coldest month was that of 1899
with an average of 9 °
The highest was 69 ° on 21,1906
The lowest was -37 = on 11,1899
PRECIPITATION.
Average for month .64 inches.
Average number of days with .01
of an inch or more 7
The greatest monthly precipitation
was 1 J.j inches iu 1831.
The least monthly precipitation
was O.lo inches' in 18SU.
The greatest amount of precipita
tion recorded in any 24 consecutive
hours was o S3 inches on IS. 1901.
The greatest amount of snowfall
recorded in any 24 consecutive houra
record extending to winter of 1SS4-S5
only ) was 9.0 inches on IS , 1901
CLOUDS AMD WEATHER
Average number of clear days , 12
partly cloudy , 9 ; cloudy. ,1.
WIND.
The prevailing .wiaiis have been ,
from the NW ,
The average bourl- velocity of tae
wind is 10 miles.
The highest velocity of the wind
was $ miles from the NW on 4,1S89
j. j. MCLEAN ,
ther Bureau ,