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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1907)
Did you know that our Coffees and Teas are the FINEST in town ? 'Nuff Said. T. C. Hornby. IT KEEPS YOU WELL Those who often have to do a well person's work , while really un fit to do any work , owe it to themselves to fest , the valve of Nyals f Mountain Herbs. It is to cure those minor ailments from which everybody suffers of ten5 I est indigestion , bilg iousness , dull head aches , loss of energy , liver troubles , etc. There is no other remedy like it. It is an $ advanced , modern cure for stomach and liver troubles. PRICE 25 CENTS. VALENTINE. NED Professional The Lou p Valley Herefo/d Ranch Browmee , Nebr Soldier PreeV Cnl- Ulll'iUS 17lll JG0050. a son of CoUiiniius 17th. a Im f ni other ot the 810 000 ( "am- pimf n.ile , a n < l i'rluce Boaiidel 13U- 603 at head ol herd I will IIBVP no bulls for sale until 1903 , having sold all of 1006 mill calves. C. H. FATjr.HABRll. JOHN F. PORATO , &Vbr. Tubular wells and windmills. me up by Telephone. J. W. Me DANIEL , SUKVEYOit All work will he civrn prompt and rart-ful attention. N. J. AUSTIN , General Blacksmithinjr and Wood Work. HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. H. S. LOGKWOOD Handles the SHARPLESS CREAM SEPARATOR , FLOUR , GRAIN AND HAY. Opposite Postolfie. Phone 71. H. DAILEY , Dentist. Office over the grocer.v depanuent of T. C. Hornby's store. Will be in Rosebud agency July 3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , 190-i. E. D. DEBOLT. Barber STATE BANK JJUILDIXG FirBt-clafiB Shop in kver ) Kt'bpf' ' Eau de Quitilnr nalr Touic. ( sol < U-n Star hau Tonic. Herplc.id1 an 1 Cok if < Iinrtmtf ' "urt- Try Pompeian Face MasHage Cream De Laval Cream Separators FOK S BY 55JS5SS ? A , 3 ? . WE.BB. ' . Talk df the Town. Buy White Star at Davenport's. Ervine Bristol and daughter of Sparks are visiting relatives in town. Frank Fisher took Dave Archer to the penitentiary at Lincoln last night. Geo. Corbin and family have moved into the John Simpson property. Wesley Holsclaw came up from Longpine to spend Sunday with his family. 0 n account o f sickness Judge Towne has been confined to his home for the past week. W. T. Bishop and family have moved into their new home , which they recently purchased of Mrs. McDonald. Rev. Beale went up to Rush- ville Tuesday to deliver the charge to the new Presbyterian minister of that place. To make up for the inclement weather of the past week , Dr. Jones will give examinations again Saturday , May 1. Mr. Johnson of Scribner , and formerly employed in this city by W E. Haley as stenographer , is visiting friends in Valentine. H. B. Foerstei and family de parted Friday for Crawford , where Mr. Foerster will take charge of Henry Stetter's meat market. Dr. Jones , the oculist , is out of town for a few days this week but will be in his office in the Chicago House Saturday ready to meet all having trouble with their eyes. For Lnase 480 acres on Rock Creek , 15 miles north of Valen tine. Good farminsr and grazing land. Address , Frank Janies at Britt , Neb. , or Rosebud , S. D.lc 4 Word was received from Mrs. Thackrey from Manhattan , Kan. , that she is much improved in health and will probably return to Val entine with Mr Thackrey. For Sale One black Mommoth Jack , gix years old , 15 hands high , weighs in good flesh 1000 pounds. Terms reasonable. G. E. TRACE- WELT , , Valentine , Neb. 15 Mumps this week : Mrs. C. E. Connull and son Allan , Ethel Jef- fers , Carl Hard an , Helen Hornby , John Nina- ; and many others too numerous to mention are on the sick list. Dr. Jones has received notice of his appointment as one of the lecturers of the Manhattan Opti cal Tnstnu'p rlnrinar the summer term 'n D-H-tor is one of the charter member of the Institute. The second school entertain ment wa 5 iiivon before a crowded hou-i in G'mrc'i's ' ' hull last Friday evening Much credit is due the i j teachers who trained the little folks in Brownie's Flirtation and dumb bell drill , as well as the little people vim rlid much credit to tlirmm-lu's Charles Lewis , the cli- p'siderii. . bad charge of the class program and each performed their part well Receipts I ) Burr Jones , field secretary < ' of the Young Men's Christian < Association for the state of Ne braska , will be in Valentine on i Sunday , May 5 , and will speak in i the M. E. church both morning and evening and in the Presbyter ian church at 3 o'clock in the af ternoon. The subject of the ad dresses are as follows : Morning service at 11 o'clock , "The awak ening of China" ; 3:00 : p. ra. , "The Phi Hi pine Islands , 'The Land of < Happy Contradictions' ; 8:00 : p. < m. . "The Solution of the Boy and 1 Young Man Problem. " Mr. Jones spent throe years as army secre tary of the Y. M. C. A. in XJhina , Japan and the Phillipine Islands , i Also throe years as boys' secretary - ] tary of the association of Omaha. The afternoon and evening i rnpptings will be union services. : i The boys and young men are especially invited to all these Miss Orah Britton has .been ill the past week. Christ Holt of Irwin was in Val entine Tuesday * Judge Mogle of Cody spent several days in town this week. D. B. Jones of Omaha was in Valentine yesterday in the interest of the state Y. M. C. A. work. Geo. H. Hornby was called to Ainsworth yesterday evening to embalm the body of a lady who had died that morning. J. 0. Beatty went down to Ainsworth Monday , where he and Mr. Burwell have purchased a hardware and furniture stock. The M. W. A. had a rousing old time last night. Representa tives of all the different camps in the county were present , over 100 members being in attendance. Chas. Breuklander has resigned his position as manager of Pete Simons' dray line and A. F. Ran dall has now taken charge of the same , consolidating it with his own , for a time at least. / The ladies aid of the Presbyter ian church will serve supper in Bethel hall Tuesday evening , May Y , from 5 until 8 o'clock. Supper 35c , including cream and cake. Come everybody. MENU FOR PRESBYTERIAN SUPPER 3IAY 7. Baked Chicken with Dressing Boiled Ham Mashed Potatoes Baked Beans Cabbage Xut Salad Pickled Eggs Pickled Beets Rolls and Butter Ice Cream Sherbert Cake Coffee Tea Ice Tea Special Services. A petition signed by nearly all th3 business men in town , as well as by many of the citizens of Val entine , was presented to.the board of village trustees at their regular meeting last Tuesday evening ask ing them to enact a Sunday closing ordinance which would close up all business houses on Sunday ex cept the hotels , restaurants , drug stores and livery barns. This is a step in the right direction as the merchant and clerk in the store needs his day of rest just as much as the mechanic , professional man or others who are not compelled to work on the Sabbath. Inasmuch as this petition is signed and pre sented by the business men and many of the clerks in the stores it should meet with the hearty ap proval of the board and would no doubt be approved by a largp ma jority of the citizens of Valentine. Valentine never had aATetter op portunity to push forward to the front than at the present time , with a junior normal located here and the prospect of a county high- school which naturally should be located at the county seat. It be hooves every citizen of Valentine and vicinity to bring his sober judgment into use and weigh the value of these institutions to the town and country as well as to consider the responsibility of maintaining them. While the financial resposibility is a very im portant part to be considerer it is secondary to the moral atmosphere which must neceesarily be created and perpetuated so that the par ents of the young men and women who will attend these institutions may have no cause to fear the in fluences of city life among us. The location of a county high school in Valentine1 means a great deal to the town in a business way. It will mean the erection of a suitable building at a cost of twelve to fifteen thousand dollars , which would be a fine ornament to our city. It would mean a large ad dition to the population of the town by reason of many families j i who would move in for the pur-1 ] pose of giving their children the j , advantages of the school , prefer- 1 ing to live here rather than to al-1' ' low their children to board out. i 1 It is now for the people of Valentine - ; tine and Cherry county to weigh this matter carefully and all work for the interest of these institu- ! < tions. . . " " " ' , * . " / - > ! . ' - fV. . # . " . - . ' " " * " " " * " " " " " * - at the 31. E. Churcli Every , Sunday. MOKNIXG SERVICES Sunday School begins at 10:00 o'clock. Preaching " " il:00 " Junior Leaeue " " 2:30 p.m. EVENING SKRV1CES- Epworth League begins at 6:30 o'clock. Preaching " 7:30 IEV. C. E. CORNELL , Pastor NEW TIME TABLE , C. & H. W. EAST r.OUND No. 2. D.iily except Saturday 9:45 p. m. , Pass > o. G. DdilV 4:35 a. m. . Pas No. 82. Uailv , except Sunday . . .4:00 p. m , local No. 110.1) lily 5:20 a. , in. , loca WEST BOUND No. 1. Daily , except Sunday 6:50 p. in. . Pass No. r , Dailv 1:47a. in. , Posa No si Daily eKeeptSui'day 9:40 a. m. . local No. 119 , ( doesn't carry passengers ) 11:45 p.m. Let Us Figure With You = = on Insurance in the best state companies. Now is a good time to take a policy before you have a loss. : : : : : : \ I. M. Rice. Have you heard those long sad wails ; those deep heart-rending cries , and the low moaning of the canine family in 'Valentine this week ? Nothing serious ; it's only the result of the new dog ordi nance. The Ground Is Alive. "We are so used to thinking of the soil as * apre uiiucral matter that it cornea quitu as a shock to find this is a mis take. As a matter of fact , the layer of soft mold Avhich clothes the ground" in till cultivable districts and from which vegetation springs is actually in great part a living layer of tiny plants and animals. Interlacing1 threads of molds and fungi , worms and grubs , creeping insects , tiny root parasites , decaying leaves and the millions of bacteria which spring from them all these arc mixed and mingled together'for many inches clown below our feet in a con fused mass of life. Germs of all sort ? swarm in countless millions. Indeed , all the plants that grow and life that exists on the face of the earth own their being to the fact that the ground is alive. You take-a shovelful of the finest soil hi the world and sterilize UH-that is. beat it till all the life in it is destroyed and then plant seeds in it. Xo amount of care or watering will make those sesus grow. Their life depends - ponds on the life in the soil around them. London Answers. Elephant Life In the Jungles. Without elephants jungles would be virtually impassable. The great beasts are a mixture of strength and weak ness , of craft andV simplicity. The pallia through the jungle from village to village are merely backs from which the interlacing foliage has been cut and thrust aside and the virgin soil trodden into a black mud. After a rain this mud is many feet deep , and no living creature except an elephant , | a buffalo or a rhinoceros could labor through it. The elephant makes his way by lifting one foot at a time and inserting' it deep into the slough in front , withdrawing another with a sound like the popping of a huge cork. Nothing but a ride on an earthquake j could be compared Avith the sensation j of being run away with by an elei i pliant. As for stopping him , some one ! has well said that you might as well [ try to stop a runaway locomotive by ' pulling with your walking stick on the funnel as seek to check an elephant at such a moment with a goad. The Quec.ions They Ask. The capacity ( , f the average small boy < "or asking questions is practically unlimited , but it is doubtful whether more searching inquiries have ever been made by a boy than those pro pounded by a youngster to his father , who had taken him for a steamer trip. Here is a partial list : "Is that water down there any wetter than the water in the Atlantic ocean ? * ' "What makes the water wet ? " "How many men could be drowned in water as deep as that ? ' ' "Is that big man with the gold but tons on his coat the father of all those men who do whatever he tells them to ? " "Where do all those soapsuds behind the boat conic from ? " "Could a train go as fasi ou the water " ter as this boat ? " Chums. Mcd Dogs. Mad dogs do not attack people. "When a dog has the rabies , " said a physician , "he has lost control of his body , and what he does is mechanical. His jaw/snap involuntarily , and if he encounters any object , whether ani mate or inanimate , he is likely to bite It. But a mad dog does not attack as does an angry dog. He does not pick out a victim or use any strategy. For this reason dogs suffering from rabies are loss 'dangerous than is supposed. Xo grown person need fear them , for all he has to do is to gat out of the way. The dog will not chase him. Of course , young children are in danger , as they do not know bow to dodge the brsteJ' . . . " 'DAIRY FJfeMG It Furnishes a Harvest That Lasts ' All * Kfi Year. ' Dairy farming , which hap been hap pily designated "the harvest that lasts a'.J ' * he year , " enters into the field of manufacturing more than any other farming pursuit , since the dairy farm er furnisher both the raw material and- finished product. It enters both into live stock raising and general farming and for the greatest succqss demands that those -who follow it shall have- thorough as well as practical knowledge of the breeding and rais ing of animals , no less than the plant ing , cultivating and harvesting of farm crops. v An Important Advantage. Whole nations , as Denmark and-Hol land , and whole states , as New York and Wisconsin , have been made pros perous by attention to dairy farming and the production of butter , cheese and milk of high quality , says Inland Farmer. Many farmers have become wealthy in land and in on 03' b3 * the pur suit of dairying. Whole communities have been built up and enriched by the gentle dairy cow and the man be hind her. Dairy farming also has this important advantage that it restores fertility to Hie land , while other sys tems of cropping take fertility from it as each load of grain or grass is haul ed awsiy to be sold. Some Hardships. There are. of course , hardships cop- necteds with dairy farming and the handling of cows , and often the ship ping oL' the milk or cream and the profitable marketing of the same arc attended with difficulty , but were this not the case it would be different from most other pursuits of life and would attract many from them. THE MUSKMELON. How to Circumvent the Chief Enemy of the Grower. In raising muskmelons I fit my soil the same as for corn , marking off the same , and plant my melon seail in every other check , thus leaving , the hills in squares. After ground is fitted 1 plant THE MOXTHEAIi squash seed just to one side of where j are to be planted and do not plant the latter until squashes are well up. up.The The idea in planting squashes is ob vious. The chief pest of the melon raiser is the little striped bug better known as the cucumber bug. As the squash plant is more hardy than the young melon plant I use it as a trap for the bugs , as they seem to like it fully as well as the melon. On it they seem to thrive and breed. Hy the time the melons are up the bugs have per formed their work and disappeared. * My rule is to plant corn first , and then make the major part of the garden. including the melon planting , says a Michigan fanner in American Agricul turist. I sometimes use the hotbed for starting my melon plants , planting seed in inverted sods cut in square- ; about 3 by 3 inches , and when plants are grown to the proper size , say two or three rough loaves each. I lift them carefully , placing the sod on trays , and sot them , sod and all. in the per manent hill. I want at least eight good plants to each hill , ' as some are sure to die. As they grow tic weaker ones are taken out until but/ three or four are loft , which is an abundance. After plants are well on their way the squashes are icmovod. The Montreal muskmelon satisfies. First , it Is a model of beauty , being almost spherical in form ; second , its dcop , dense netting give.s protection in transit ; third , its size runs usually very even , averaging in diameter from five to six inches , thus making 'two eveii standard grades ; fourth , the quality is good : fifth , it is productive to a fault when conditions are right , winch means good soil , good culture and agreeable weather. I have never raised more tli a n one-fourth acre of the Montreal at a time , and that season I picked 2.SI52 melous , nearly all marketable specimens , from this patch. This is the best I over did. The hills were planted o1 by 51- feet , thus giving me 54 hills , which aver aged eight nice melons each. Black Rot In Tomatoes. " Black rot is often very troublesome in our early tomatoes. A Georgia fanner says lihs early tomatoes brought ? ( j a bushel last season. I.// most of his first crop was unmarketable on account of black rot spots' . We have not yet learned how to con quer this disease. Possibly we may check it somewhat by frequent spray ing with bordeaux mixture , but our main reliance must be found in allow ing free circulation of air around the plant by supporting the vines in such a way as to hold the fruit up from the ground. Last season our tomatoes were free from rot or nearly so. T. G. in Farm and Fireside. Hcrcerzdich In the Garden. Horseradish should bo grown in tlie f-r.rclen. where you can get nice large , smooth roots , and not in the back yard or chip yard , where you will secure s but slender , sprangly ones. * v" A Rare Opportunity is here offered to the Sick and Suffering OF OUR COMMUNITY. READ , REFLECT , AND ACT carefully thoroughly , , accordingly. VISITING SPECIALISTS from the $ Cleveland Institute of Medicine & Surgery Legally chartered and In corporated , Cleveland , Ohio , will pay their first visit to Valentine , Nebr. , and will be at the Donoher Hotel , Saturday , May 4th. Tell your sick friends. One Day Only A. M. to 7:30 P. M. 1RR This .institute in order to introduce Iheir new Medical Discovcaies and X- Radium System , sends at its own ex pense these eminent specialists to giv.i to those who call on the above date , . Scnsultation , examination , advice and' all medicine required to complete a Dure , absolutely free. These specialists -will diagnose yous case and give you , the benefit of their medical knowledge. Their is no ex perimenting1 or guess work. You vrilJ be told whether you can be cured or dot. If your case is curable , they hreatyouj if incurable they will give jrou such advice as mav prolong your life. * Their treatment gives quick relief and positively cures. Being prepared to suit each individual case the human system is thoroughly cleansed of the disease in a natural and direct manner and improvement is noticed at once ; even the worst cases are treated witn- out any inconvenience to the patient or the pursuing of his daily vocation. If you are improving tinder your fami ly physician do not conie and take up their valuable time. They wish to give each one plenty of time , bat cannot Sistert to long stories hot pertaining to your case. / / They have discarded the old reme dies used for ages by the medica ; world and -which itwould be folly to depend upon any longer for they do not cure , as thousands die depending on them for relief. The fact that these Specialists have discovered entirely nc-w treatments and natural cures , gives them control of the Nervous System , Heart , Stomach ach , Lungs , Kidneys , Catarrh , Con sumption , Spilepsy , Deafness , Male and Female "Weaknesses , Cancers , Tumors , Piles and other Chronic Dis eases. They treat deafness by an entirely new method and hearin gin many cases is restored at once. Catarrh in all its varied forms cured so it vrill never re turn. If you have weak lungs or con sumption do not fail to be examined. All cases treated can and -will be cured , no difference -who you have seen or treated with heretofore. Thousands who have given up all hope of being cured , now have an opportunity to con sult specialists of reputation. _ _ Dent fail to call as a visit costs yotj nothing and may save your life. If you suspect kidney trouble , brir a two ounce bottle of your urine f at chemical and microscopical analysis. REMEMBER : The free offer " . during this visit only and will not be given again. Persons commencing any treatment after this trip will be required to pay , but not one cent will be asked of those commencing- treat ment during this visit for any medicine necessary to effect a core ; also a posi tive guarantee to cure will be given to patients accef" under their system of treatment. Those having ng standing and complicated diseases , who have failed to get cured and be come discouraged , are especially invi ted to call as thousands who have given up all hopes can testify to per manent cures obtained. NOTICE : Married I adies without their Husbcxidz and Minors without their Fathers will positively not bft admitted to consultation. Hours , : 9 A. M. to * . " * P M. . Saturday , May 4th. ONE DAY ONLY