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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1907)
* - * - * - " - * ' * * " " Did you Coffees and Teas re the FINEST in town ? 'Nuff Said. T. C. Hornby , Cut Prices on Edison Phonographs are Unknown \ We will meet any of fer on Phonograph Out fits made by any dealer in the United States and save you freight or ex press charges. Come I in and let us demon strate. VALENTINE. NED The Loup Valley Hereford Ranch Browruee.Nebr. So'dier Cree > Hol- umus 17th 1C"050. a son of Columbus 17th. a half itrother of the § 10 000 1'1 am- pinn i ) le , a n d Prlnc. ' BoatJdfl 131.- 693 ai head of herd i I \vill have no bulls for sale until 1903 , 'having sold all of 1906 bull calves. C. JOHN F. PORATB X * I r Tubular wells and windmills. me up by Telephone. COUXTY SURVEYWt Valentine - Kehr. All work will be given prompt and careful attention. . J. AUSTIN , i General Blacksmitfting and Wood Wor § . < * HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. ' LOCKWOOD H.'S. Handles the SHAiiPLESS CREAM SEPARATOR , FLOUR , GRAIN AND HAY. Opposite Postoffie. Phone 71. H. DAILEY , Dentist. Office over the grocery deparmeni of T. C. Hornby's store. Will be in Rosebud agency July 3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , 1904. E. D. DEBOLT. Barber STATE BANK BUILDING First-class Shop in Ever } KeBper.t Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic. 'e woldeirar h i' Tonic. Herptcid * * ami < 'o ( . ' ' Daudrutf ' Try Pompemn Face iylaHBage Great * De Laval Gream Separators FO \ ' - > A -Valentine . A t ? WTmR -Nebraska A. . VV JiJ5J5 Talkca ca Buy White Star at Davenport's. Judge Mogle of Cody came down yesterday. Oliver Walcott is enjoying his 'spring vacation at home. Tom Hornby was an Omaha passenger Tuesday evening. Chas. lleece was in from his ranch near Simeon , Tuesday. Miss Florence Morris visited in Valentine a few days this week. Miss Blanche Springer has gone to Eli for a fuw weeks visit with her parents. . Dan Jeffers and family are moving back to their farm -west , of town this week. Miss Nancy Hancock of Wood Lake visited with Valentine frierids . a few days this week. Mall Jeffers and family have moved to town and are living in the Harve Shepard house. John Ferstl handles all kinds of fruit and shade trees , small fruit , shrubs arid flowers. 5 We enjoyed a pleasant visit from W. A. Metzger while he was in town the past two weeks as juror. M. B. Trussell of Purdum was one of the jurors who stayed to see the finish of court proceedings. r ; M Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Metzger ase in town today from Merriman and called for a short visit at our office. Jas. McLean spent several days in town the past week attending court. Last night he evened up with us on checkers. Mrs. C. E. Connell went up to ! Gordon Monday evening to visit h.r father , Mr. VanBuskirk , who expects to depart soon for Mos cow , Idaho to make his home. Wm. Skelly of Arabia was in town attending court this week as " a witness in the Pike vs Thompson case. He made this office a visit and extended his subscription to THE DEMOCRAT. Yesterday evening the gambling wheels and devices , which had been used as evidence in the Stet- ter-HilsiLger case , were burned by Sheriff Simons. A big demon stration was made by the W. C. T. U. at the burning. They joined hands and circled around the fire singing songs of praises and really had a high old time all but some thing to drink. Ft hic turt and the Bast. Fast splendidly equipped trains daily to Chicago , making direct communications for points east , via The Northwestern Line , the only double-track railway between the Missouri River and Chicago. Also fast daily trains to Sioux City , Mankato , St. Paul , Minneapolis - ' apolis , Duluth and points in South DaKota , the Black Hills and Wyo ming. For rates and full particu lars apply to your ticket agents. Snubbing a Budding Statesman. . After Senator Beveridge's three days' speech hi the senate , in which he tried to prove'thatwoman and child labor could be controlled nationally under the interstate commerce clause of the constitution , the judiciary committee of the house of representatives sits down on the project by saying : "It is not extreme or ridiculous to say that it would be just as logical and correct to argue that congress can reg ulate the age , color , sex , manner of dress , height and size of employees and fix their hours as to contend that congress can exercise jurisdiction over the subject of woman and child labor. The agitation of such legislation pro duces an uneasy feeling among the people and confus.es the average mind as to the power of congress and the power of the state. " It may be pr5' " : that these Democratic and Republican statesmen , most of them very able lawyers , were unani mous in snubbing Beveridge , whose verbosity is only exceeded by his ego tism. Mooro's Summer Retreat. There is stormy weather in the neigh borhood of the weather bureau , and Willis Moore , the chief of the bureau , had a very uncomfortable hour or two . when the committee on expenditures , In the department of agriculture was . Inquiring about the unauthorized ex- " 1 pendlture of $250,000 at Mount Weather - er , in the Blue Ridge , Virginia. It Is . caid this station , which is fitted up I with most luxurious furniture , is In fact a summer resort- for Professor Moore and his friends. Lrv * r . * ' * * * 4I * < sr * ? i * * , r C'l * * * * * tk IV ISTBI3T District court adjourned yester day. A big docket was disposed of. Some cases were passed , or continued to next term of court , some dismissed. Three gambling cases were tried and defendants acquitted , a fourth was dismissed because the evidence was similar and with present available jury men it was impossible to convict no matter what evidence. Judge Westover severely reprimanded the juries in these three cases for disregarding their * oaths and the evidence , stating that many a man had been hung on less evidence than was produced in these cases and said such juries were a dis grace to the county and the com munity. Five jurors : Mat Boltz , Fred Johnson , John Adamson , Geo. Hunter and Al Thacker were called before the judge last Friday and fined § 5 "each and costs for contempt of court in disregarding the court's instructions. W. F. A. Meltendorif was also cited to appear before the court and fined $50 and costs for furnishing beer for the above named jurors. Ed Pike was given a verdict in the replevin of a black mare from Joseph Thompson and awarded 6c damages , which throws the costs onto the defendants about § 100. Peter and Wm. Detgen were allowed to plead guilty to a mis demeanor in the in the case of shooting G. W. Burge's cattle and were given 30 days in jail and a fine of § 10 each and costs. Dave-Archer was found guilty of shooting with intent to do great bodily harm on the person of Louis Bock and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Attorney for John House en tered plea in abatement. The case against J. W. Ward was passed. Matilda Tate was granted a di vorce from Joseph Tate and giv en custody of the child , Helen. Charles Greenleaf was sentenced to one year in the-pen for stealing a set of harness. State vs D. A. Hancock was continued until next term of court. i Albert Ward having left the country , his bond was forfeited. Weather Data. The following data , covering a per iod of lg years , have heen complied from the Weather Bureau records at Valentine. Nebr. 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. April. TEMPERATURE. Mean or normal 45 ° The warmest month was that of 1895 with an average of 53 ° The coldest month was that of1893 with an average of 42 ° The highest was 91 ° on 20,1902 The lowest was 0 ° on 1 , 1899 PRECIPITATION. Average for month 2.49 inches. Average number of days with .01 of an inch or more 9 The greatest mpnthly precipitation was 7 03 inches in 1892. The least monthly precipitation was 0.40 inches in 1904. The greatest amount of precipita tion recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was 2 05 inches on 30.1895. The greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any 24 consecutive hours ( record extending to winter of 1884-85 only ) was 5.80 inches on 22 , 1902 CLOUDS AMD WEATHER Average number of clear days , 10 partly cloudy , 11 ; cloudy , 9. WIND. The prevailing winds have been from the NW. The average hourly velocity of the wind is 13 miles. The highest velocity of the wind was 68 miles from the NW on 24.1906 j. j. MCLEAN , Observer Weather Bureau. , U. S. Woatlier Bnreau Itopnrt tor week Ending : April. 3. Daily mean temperature 477 ° . Normal 39 ° . Highest 79 ° ; lowest 28 ° . Precipitation .00. Republicans 'ATI Staid Fat Until T910 or Longer. RAISING THE TARIFF WALLS , How McKinley Revision Sentiment Was Scared Out of President Roosevelt. Continuation of Trust High Prices end Increased Cost of Living to Be Pondered Over. Tlie foundation of the doctrine of protection is to monopolize the home market by raising a tariff wall that the foreigner cannot climb over. On the other hand , the protectionists are very desirous of getting their surplus prod ucts over the tariff Avail of the foreign , er , and to do this they sell cheaper abroad tlum here. Germany , France , Canada and some other countries have lately built up their tariff wall con siderably higher , for the purpose of either compelling us to lower our tariff Avail or to reciprocate with them by so reducing the present rates of tariff duties that certain products can be ad mitted Avhich both countries are anx ious to obtain. This tariff war has been in progress for many years and Avas a matter oil concern in 11)01 ) , Avhen President Me- Kinley said at Buffalo that "If we Avill not buy AVO cannot sell. " That tru ism throAV the stand patters into a panic Avhich it took them some time to recover from and has kept them busy explaining ever since. There Avas nothing/iew about it , but to think that McKinfey , the high priest of protection , should openly avow it Avas a thunder clap in a clear sky to the protected mo nopolists and to the politicians Avho do their bidding. But the protected interests have'not hung together since that time and still persevere in their staudpatism and under the protecting aegis of the Re publican leaders have successfully con tended for continuation of their mo nopoly. When the apostasy of McKinley - ley Avas likely to be imitated by Pres ident Roosevelt , there Avas a genera ; chorus of alarm , and all the influence of the monopolists was brought to bear against tariff reform. Reliable wit nesses declare that the president said he favowl tariff revision , but under the extreme pressure of the monopo lists and the leading Republican poli ticians he declared Avith an oath , as St. Peter did Avhen charged Avith being "one of them , " that he knew not the man and had made no such do-Jar * , tions. A smile of delighted surorise overspread the ctfsehardened features of monopolists and politicians alike when they found the president had backed water , for they Avero much afraid that Roosevelt Avould follow what McKinley intended to do if he had lived to the end of his term. The fact Avas that President Roosevelt was looking for a renoniination and did not dare to antagonize the strong protec tion sentiment in his own party , for there is no doubt that serious threats were made b.r the great protected in terests through their Ropubl'can po litical agents AVO : controlled congress. Since that time President Roosevelt has not bcn heard to utter a "peep" ' for tariff reform. Secretary Taft has declared for tariff revision , but was careful not to commit the administra tion , and Sec-rotary Root has just ad vanced the proposition of a maximum and minimum tariff AA'hich the monop olists declare they are quite ready to adopt if tae minimum rate" are high enough. "Tinier these- depressing condi tions the few Republican tariff revi sionists in congress have fa Peel in get ting fifty s-irncvs for a caucus to even consider Avhon the tariff revision scheme should be brought forward. All the talk that "tho tariff will be revised by its friends" is therefore superfluous , for it is evident that the stand pat element is firm enough in the saddle to prevent it. This victory of the monopolists postpones tariff re vision at least until after the next na tional election and until 1910 and prob ably longer unless the Democrats are successful. wh * n a special session of congress Avould be called soon after March 4. 1909. Those who foci tha pressure of the trust high prices and feel that the cost of living is unduly burdensome should reflect on IIOAV they are in the hands of the monopoly and stand pat Republican congress. - Ccngrceciona ! Wagss. Th : ; salary grab has been put through by congress , and the senators Avere honest enough to record their vote on the r.O ptM' cent increase. The members of the house of representatives IIOAV- OA'cr , doJIged a roll call , so as TO evade personal criticism and be able to say the other fellows did it. "not I. " As the cost of living has increased"over 50 per cent under the Republican system of piv/tectinpr the trusts , there of course must eA-ent"ally be a similar increase in all salaries , but members of congress showed their selfishness by adding oO per cent to their own allowances Avhile leaving the army and mu-y and Hie I government clerks and laborers at their r present rate. Avhich in many instances , is none too generous under the changed conditions from ten years ago. The , taxpayers \vlio pay the bills and whose | Incomes have not kept pace Avith the ( increase 1 cost of liv-ing , JsjJjll through | this salary grab have < still further _ cause to reflect adversely on Repub lican policies. They Have Hopes. The ship subsidy steal is still where ' the ship trust barons are not yet able to make demands on the United States treasury , but they have hopes that a Republican' congress will help them , out. .OS y. Calumet makes light , digestible wholesome food. Economy Only one heap ing teaspoonful is needed for one VTHElSS quart of flour. W. C.T U. The proceedings in the Cherry county court during the last week were such as to disgust every moral , right-thinking individual in the country. In fact , many who make no pretension to Christianity or even temperance , in a literal sense , have expressed themselves as dumbfounded , horrified at the verdicts rendered by the juries in the three gambling prosecutions. With evidence enough piled up before them to convict our ad versary ( the devil ) himself , in the face of the most reasonable and just pleadings by the counsels for the state , in defiance of the law , in violation of their oath to render a just verdict according to the evi dence , men who sat as jurors , spent more time slurring W. C. T. U. women , and talking about things that had nothing to do with the case , than they did in weigh ing the evidence , and acquitted J. B. Hull , Geo. Hershey and W. F. A. Meltendorff , when the jurors , as well as the majority of the town people know they have been no torious for allowing gambling in their saloons , not even excluding minors , and by the evidence pro duced in these particular cases were guilty of the charges made against them. Such unjust , un reasonable , dastardly procedure must surely cause the better think ing class of yeople in Cherry county to believe the time has come to place in authority men who will work for the good of the town and county in justice , under the law. These -decisions called forth a reprimand from our Hon. Judge Westover that will not be easily forgotten. He said these decisions were a disgrace to every juror who sat on these cases , that many men had been hung on less evidence than was brought before them on each case , and that such verdicts were a disgrace to the county. After these three cases had been decided , complaint was brought against some of the jurors and W. F. A. Meltendorff for dis obeying the instructions of the court , in that Meltendorff treated the jury to beer before the verdict had been handed in to the Judge. The jurors who partook of the treat were fined § 5 and costs , and Meltendorff $50 and costs. Notice of Application for a License to Sell Liquor. is hereby /riven that- have file * ] with tin * Hfirk of th * Hoard of Tnist s of rhe Village of Valentin * * . Nebraska , a petition nc"f > mnaii > rt hy si hond duly attfstPd , said petition pravinsr tbMtl be granted alicpnsp to sell m it spirit- nous and vinou1 * liqtnrs in said Village of Val entine , niierry county , Neb -aska for the year ending May 1. 1903. JOHN . STETTER. Dated this 4th day of April , 1907. Notice of Application for a License to Sell Liquor. is hprebv eiven that T hv. " file' ' the Herk of thp Board of Trustee * of the Village of Valentine. Nebraska , a petit 5 n ccomi > anipd hy a hind only attested , svd petition prtyine that. I he granted a license to q ll malt , sn'Ht- iiou ' ami vir ms liquors in said Villaee of Val entine , Cherrv fnnntv. N'ebniska for the year ending May i. 1003. WI'LTAM ft. McGEEK. Dated this -1th day of April. 1007 Extrnyed or % rfrom W. E. Halpv's ranch .about imilps south of EEilgore , the first of December , 1906-onp. brown 2 year old mare , blazpd face , about 700 pounds , branded on left shoulder. Liberal ward for return to OLIN HARTMAN - MAN , Valentine , Nebr. 11 4 at the M. E. Church Every Sunday. MORNING SERVICES Sunday School bcpins at 10:00 o'clock. Preaching " " nee Junior Leacue " " 2:30 : p.m. - EVEN ING SER V ICES Epworth League Ijt'Klm at 6:30 o'clock. Preaching " 7SO ICEV. C. E. COXXEU , , lU'itor NEW TIME TABLE , C.&N.W : KAST 150UND Vo , 2. Daily except Saturdac _ 9:45 p. m. . Pass No. 0. Daily . 4:35a. m. . Pas No. 82. Dailv , except Sunday . . .4:00 p. m , local No. 116 , Dtily . 520a. m. . loca AVEST BOUXD No. 1. Daily , except Suniay . 6:50 p. in. . Pass No r. , Dailv . 1:4" a.m. . Pass No l Dailv except Sm day . 9:40 a. m. . local No. 119 , ( doesn't carry passengers ) _ 11:45 p.m. Government Homesteads lit South Dakota. Plenty of government land along the new line of the Chicago & Xorthwestern between Eapid City and Pierre open to settlement. There are no charges except the landoffice fee of from § 14.00 to 820.00 for quarter section. It is the chance of a life time. It will" pay to investigate. Ask any tick et agent of the Northwestern Line to give yau maps , pamphlets and complete information. 11 i Let Us Figure WithYou = = on Insurance in the best state companies. Now is a good time to take a policy before - you have a loss. : : : : : : * : I. M. Rice. Order of IS earing : and Notice on Petit ion for Settlement of Account. THB STATK OF N"FBRASKA / . In the Countv CHERRY COUSTY. fs : > Court. To the heirs and to all oersons interested in , tlie estate of H. K. Brown , deceased : ON reading the oetition of C. H. Cornell , administrator , praying a final settlement ami allowance of his account tiled in this court n the 4th day of April. 1S07. It i ? hereby ordered that you , and all per- ons interested in said matter , may. and do. au- o -ar at the uonnty Court to be held in and for said county mi the 20th day of April A-D. 1907. 110 o'clock a. m. . to show rause. if any then * be. why the prayer f the petitioner should not he granted , and that notice of the pendency ot sa id petition and that the hearing thereof te given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this Order in the Valentine Democrat , a weekly newspaper printed in said county , for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing , W.B.TOWNE. 10 3 County Judge. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRACE MARKS DESIGNS . . . . COPYRIGHTS &e. Anyone een < Mnn a sketch nnd description may quickly ascertain oar opinion free whether an \nvpntton \ is probably pntcntablc. Communlcn. tlons strictly confldentfaL Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest ncency for Eecurinjfpatenta. 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