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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1907)
, ' < t tr r * THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M. BICE Editor and Proprietor. ; v.v , , MARK ZARR Foreman. Entered at the postoffice at Valentine , Cherry county , Nebr. . as Second Class Matter. TERMS : Subscription $1.00 per year in advance ; S1.50 when not paid in advance. Display Advertising 1 inch/single column loc per issue or $6.00 a year. Local Notices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolutions and Socials for revenue 5c per line per issue. Brands , li 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. THIJESDAY , FEBRUAEY 28 , 190T. ( M r i ALFALFA Alfalfa has been raised for cen turies in the driest parts of the earth as the greatest drouth re sisting fodder plant Known. It stands undei irrigation equally well , but it is believed by some that years of irrigation have slightly impaired its drouth re sisting qualities and that the seed from the Turkestan variety is the best for the dry farmer to plant. I have tried both , but find no ap preciable difference. ' According to the Utah college ( I reports dry raised alfalfa contains about 20 per cent more nutriment than the irrigated variety , and is less likely to bloat stock. After once securing a stand , alfalfa with out irrigation can be stacked at a cost of of about 80 cents per ton. My neighbors who irrigate in form that theirs costs about § 1 to 82 per ton in the stack. Every ranchman should pros pect his ranch as he would a min ing claim. He should know what values he possesses under ground as well as those above the ground. There are many hollows , many bottoms , many table lands and even side hills , where water and moisture may be found at no great depth. Such lands are of inestim able value for alfalfa , for after the roots have reached the moist soil three cuttings can be harvested every i ery season , wefc or dry , without fail. Water at twelve or fifteen , or even twenty feet , may prove better for this crop than water at four or six feet. On my own ranch some of my alfalfa took three years to attain a depth of twelve feet , but now it is impossi- sible to tell it from the irrigated product. It is equally profitable to raise ajfalfe on land that contains no I moisture , except that which is conserved by cultivation , as the first cutting , which should be about a ton to the acre , is always assured after a moderately moist spring and winter. Alfalfa needs Ii deep soil and no rock within ten Hi feet , but , provided you have two * I or three feet of good soil on top , clay or adobe or gopher clay will make a very fair subsoil. Alfalfa does not do well in coarse gravel. . It is a great soil restorer and can be planted to advantage on any soil that is beginning to run down from constant cropping. Some ranchmen report failures to obtain a stand ; the cause is usually shallow plowing or plant ing with oats , which absorb the moisture and kill it out. Alfalfa should never under any considera tion be planted with a nurse crop. There is only just as much mois ture to the square inch and if an other cvop absorbs ic the alfalfa dies out for want , of it. The shade the nurse crop affords is of no value whatever , as the young plants need the sturdiness which they can only acquire from -the rays of the sun. The age of al falfa seed makes very little differ ence in its germinating power , but as a general rule always the best seed should be planted. The ground should be plowed at least nine or ten inches in depth and harrowed finer than for any other crop. Sod may be plowed deep and planted , but it must be disked until the surface is as fine as old mellow soil. It should also be rolled or packed with the Camp bell packer before Disking. The best time to plant is just as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Under the melting snow and cool spring rains every seed will germi nate. The seed should be lightly harrowed in , and at this season of the year will need very little cov ering. Ten pounds of seed per acre I have always found ample for early planting , though the quantity may be increased by a few pounds for later planting. No seed should be planted later than June. On very light colored soil th < young alfalfa may sometimes burn out before it becomes established , the radiation being too severe On very sandy soils exposed to the wind the plants may some times be cut out by the shifting sand , but on fairly heavy soil these dangers are averted. Rich , sandy loam or not too heavy a clay loam are the best soils for this crop , but I have seen it grow at a profit even on adobe. If planted early the alfalfa can be mowed in July or August as soon as the sunflowers bloom. This will top off and destroy the largest of the weeds , thus provid ing more moisture for the alfalfa. The weeds can be left as they fall , for there will be nothing worth raking the first season unless water is very close. The follow ing spring it can be thoroughly disked early in the spring and when well established after each cutting. By the end of August early- planted alfalfa is well established and no drouth can kill it. The tops may dry out , but the crowns will bud out when spring comes. A combination of dry weather and hard frosts near the zero mark .or below may sometimes kill out a per cent of the plant , but this rarely happens more than once in a quarter of a century , and then mostly on irrigated lands , which crack , and dray out in win ter more than does land which has never been irrigated. A good disking or harrowing as soon as the last cutting is off is the best preventative of this. The age of dry land alfalfa * de pends more on the gophers than anything else. These little pests do not Jive on the root , but chew it to obtain moisture. Some patch 5 es will stand for ten or fifteen GRANT BOYER t t CARPENTER & BUILDER t i ; ( gH gp ' H All kinds of wood work , done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes t Ik Valentine , s - Nebraska Perfect In quality. Moderate In price * years , while others will become pretty well thinned out in six. Mr. Joseph Kroll of Douglas county , Colorado , who raised im mense quantities of wheat and al falfa every year by a dry system , informs me that disking not only spreads and invigorates the alfalfa but that it also kills hundreds of gophers , thus prolonging the life of the patch and at the same time thickening * the stand. I strongly advise all farmers who milk for the Creameries to , lessen their labor and increase their profits by giving the alfalfa question their serious considera tion. One neighbor of mine , whenever never had enough feed , planted his bottom and sand hill land to alfalfa and is now cutting his 70 tons a year without irrigation. E. E. Parson in Twentieth Cent- uary Farmer. EDUCATIONL NOTES SUPT. R. H. WATSON , Editor A thoughtful farmer remarked on the street last Saturday that by a little head work and a few dollars lars expended for plowing , Valen tine now has a grove of trees on the school grounds that adds fully five hundred dollars to the value of the school property. The school board at their last regular meeting on Monday eve ning of this week voted to have a strip of ground plowed on the in side of the fence on the west side of the school ground and have a row of trees planted extending the full Iwngth of the * school lot from north to south. To the many who are inquiring concerning the junior normal we will say that it is almost certain chat Valentine will heve a iunior normal just as she has had for the past four years. The only ques tion now to be considered is wheth er the legislature will make the necessay appropriation to _ pay the instructors , and it does not seem reasonable that the members of the legislature will refuse the mere pittance asked for by the western counties when they are appropriating such immense sums for the eastern part of the stale. Miss Bessie Schifferns of the class of ' 06 , who is teaching in Sheridan county , was married at Rushville on Feb. IT , and we are informed by a friend in Sheridan county that the young man whom she married comes of an excellent quaker family. We trust he is worthy of the prize he has drawn. Miss Schifferns was one of our strongest graduates. After tak ing the ninth grade work in Val entine she taaght two years be fore returning for the work of the tenth auc eleventh grades , thus making her last two years' work especially strong. She is a quiet , unassuming young woman who has friends wherever she is known. Kecently Capt. Jack Crawford wrote a four line stanza of poetry and handed the first three lines to the editor of the Lyceumite of Chicago , the fourth line he placed in an envelope and securely sealed it. The Lyceumite published the three lines and offered prizes to all who could supply the missing line. Of the 390 lines sent in but were the same as the line in the sealed envelope. The Lyceumite in commenting on the incident says that "not only did many of the lines sent in not rhyme but the meter was extremely bad proving that some who read and each the reading of poetry fail to grasp the first essentials of a poem. " We give below the three lines as given in the Lyceumite , believing that some who read this olumn will be glad to try their band at supplying the missing hue. B.V studying- lines given it will be seen that the missing line must consist of three iarabie feet with an added unaccented syllable at the close of the line. "Tne sweetest thingI've ever seen , The grandest , yet most simple ; In all the world it reigns supreme , " It will be an accomodation to Miss Gordon , the primary teach er , and a special advantage to all the children concerned , if every parent who has a child to enter the primary room wiM see that that child enters next Monday morning. Children who do not enter during the first two weeks of the spring term must wait until September to enter. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Yoerg on last Saturday evening , the teachers of the Valen tine school , together with Mr. and and Mrs. Yoerg and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pettycrew , gave to Mr. and Mrs. 11. H. Watson a most unique reception in the form of a Browning party. The literary part of the program was a "Brown study" and the refreshments were most deliciously brown. Miss Schaper , in behalf of those pres ent , gave the browning touch to the evening's pleasure and in a well worded speech presented to Mr. and Mrs. Watson a beautiful candelabra. The evening was a most pleasant affair and one long to be remembered. Snake River. Eobt. Davis is helping Mr. Chris topher. J. M. Ralya ran a pitchfork in his foot last week. Tohn Thompson and wife of Y.il - entme came out to attend the Ealya danje. Miss Eosa Lord came home from Simeon recently aftidis now at sshool again. Mr. and Mrs. Carr of Simeon have been visiting their daughter Mrs. E. B. Thompson last week. Oscar Buechle and family are out making improvements on their homestead. They also attended the Ealya dance. Ed Ealya and famity , and Miss Maud and Claude Ealya , John Thompson and wife ate Sunday din ner at E. B. Thompson's. A large crowd attended the Ealya dance Friday evening , Jb eb. 22. People ple came from Georgia , Kennedy , O'Connor's and the .Diamond Bar ranches , Niobrara river and Valen tine about 60 in all. At midnight very nice refreshments were served. Some excellent music furnished by Mrs. John Thompson and Ernest Wilkinson on the piano and violin was one of the features of the eve ning. OLD MAID. Wood Lake Hugo Hoef was in town Monday after supplies. % Severn 1 children are out , of school this week , having the chicken-pox. Mr. White , our genial blacksmith is just recovering from an attack of the mumps. Dr. Cohee reports the arrival of a bright baby girl at the home of Julius Schromm , Feb. 21. Mrs. Paul Kennicott returned Monday afternoon to the ranch , expecting to remain two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Carter , parents of the principal of our school , Miss May Carter , were in town Monday. Bev. Herman will speak on the subject of "Sinful Amusements" at the Union church Sunday evening. March 10. G. W. Denberger , of Lincoln , who bought the Plumb ranch , has bought moved his household goods into the F. W. King house on the lake. Mrs. George Hornby and daugh ter Helen , came clown from Valen tine Feb. 20 , and returned on the evening train , after visiting at the homes of Mesdanies Whillans and Kennicott. SAND FRED VHITPBMD K , ( > rvs 'HARASS -.PA.KK.S , ashie- . J , vV. STETrEI , VicePris * . OriAii L B'UTTOM ' , A s't Cashier. s. Valentine State Bank < y . Valentine , Nebraska .H B Capital Surplus OKo $25,000. $2,500.en C Persons seeking a place of safety for their money , will profitb y investigating the methods employed in our business. : : " * " : : IS A DOLLAR MADE ! Furniture and Hardware , Household Neces sities in the best Enamel Ware , Rustless Tin , Copper and Nickle Plated Cooking Vess.els. 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. F ANK FISCHER , Hardware , Furniture and Coal. Pure 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.7' 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- joymeiits 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 LIQ- OURS OFFERED FOR SALE. WE HAVE THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN" . WHOLESALE DEALER IN s PABST AND KRUC BEERS Monthly Meteorological Summary , STATION : Valentine , Nebr. MONTH : January , 1907 AT.viOdHERIC PRESSURE. ( Reduced to sea level ; inches and huiidreatna. ) Mean 30.19 ; highest 30.74 , date 8. Lowest 29.55. dot e 18. TEMPERATURE. Highest 50 ® , date 3. Lowest 12 ° , date 3 Greatest daily range 45 , date 10. Least daily range c , date 38. Mean for this month in 1839 25 ° 1S92 20 = 1895 ° ® 1C 1898 25 1901 27 ® 1004 22 ® 1890 11 ° 189 ° 1896 25 ° ® 1899 31 1902 24 ® 1905-14 ® 1891 i8 ° 1894 16 = 1897 19 ® 1000 31 ® 1903 23 ® 1906 27 ® Mean lor this month for 18 years 22 = Absolute maximum for this month for IS years CS ® Absolute Mlnrnum for this month Jor 18 years -38 ® PKKC1PITATION. Total this month 0 30 ; snowfall 5.1 , Greatest preelpitati n in 24 h jurs o 16 date 1 * Snow * m the ground at the eud of tha mouth 1.2 Total precipitatios this month in 1689 1 27 1892 0 57 1295 0 CS 1593 0.43 1901 0.04 1904 0 50 1890 O.C9 1893 0. 1S96 0.36 1899 0.47 1902 .34 1905 i'oo 191 O.G11894 1.09 1897 1 22 1900 0.04 1903 0.20 1906 O.'so WIND. , Prevailing direction NW ; total mov.jra-nt 7331 miles ; average hourly velocity 9.9 , nnximum velocity ( for five minutes ) 54 lullt-s per hour fr-Mii N\V on tin * 19. WEATUKIt. Number o' clear days 8 partlj cloudy 16 ; cloudy 7 ; on which 01 inch , or more , of precipitation occurred 6. NOTE : "T" 'udicates trace of precipitation ; " below zero ; "t-C" partly cloudy JOHN J. MCLEAN , Observer Weather Bureau. Men-of-war . on Paper. Each mnn-of-wnr is built upon paper before a single plate of steel is "forged. Not only are the length and breadth of a ship decided upon , but the naval constructor can. tell to an ounce how much water-she will displace when her armor and guns are mounted upon her , how many times her propellers will re volve in a minute with a given pressure of steam and how many tons of coal an hour must be consumed to attain a certain rate of speed. London Graphic. His Gloomy Life. * "What , " asked the sweet girl , "was the happiest moment of your life ? " "The happiest moment of my life , " answered the old bachelor , "was when the jeweler took back an engagement ring and gave me sleeve links in es- change. " * The Larger Class. "Of course , " said the seeker after knowledge , "we seldom hear 'thee' and thou' nowadays. They're used mostly by poets , aren't they ? " "No , " replied the editor : "they're used mostly by people who thluk they're poets. " Catholic Standard imd Times. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR LUMBER BILLS ISHOP & YOUNG , Cody , Neb. A masquerade skating contest will be held at the Valentine Skat ing Bink Wednesday evening , March . 6. Only those masking will bo permitted to skate. A suitable prize will bo awarded to the best couple taking part in this contest. Everybody is invited. Admittance free. 6 T. H. WATKINS , Mgr.