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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1907)
* r l ? ? I * ss.yys > _ . ' ' . : ' . $ ' - < * > \ i I I * H5sr ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , " ' : - . ! .v.T.y. ; - - - : > & / / / ? C xTT'i ; ' . " r : . " * " 1 : i c . " - T"V " . * . " - : . ' - * . * -uij - itz if ! ! S O fllUg" SSS Sg sS SSfM AS g By WALTON WILLIAMS. [ Copyright , 1007 , by C. N. Lime. ] Y this time everybody has agreed nium Nathan Halo as the one supreme representative of American llevolutionary mar tyrdom. The last words of the young soldier just before the British hanged him as a spy have become a part of our most sacred national inheritance : "I only regret that I have but one iife to lose for 1113country. . " Within fifteen years two splendid statues and several other memorials have been raised to the memory of Nathan Hale , a notable play depicting his life and death has been written and widely produced , scores of maga zine articles on the subject have been published , and several complete and detailed biographies have come from the press. It is a curious fact that two biographies published the same year , jSOO , bore these kindred titles : "Nathan Hale , the Martyr Spy , " aiitlNathan Hale , the Martyr Hero. " This shows how students of American history and heroism vie with each other in paying tardy tribute to the young Connecticut patriot who gave up his life as a sac- , rilice to freedom on Sept. 22 , 1770. only two and a half months after the first-"glorioui5 Fourth. " For seventy years the dust of the young hero lay ia some unidentified si > ot on Manhattan Island before the first monument to his memory was erected. In 1S'37 the women of his na tive town , Coentry. . Conn. , conceived the plan of building a Natlian Hale monument. They worked for several years in raising funds , and the memo rial was completed , and dedicated in 1S4 < ; , just seventy 3rears after the exe cution of the hero. The Macmonnies statue of Hale , which stands ii City Hall park. New York , was dedicated in 18u ! ) , with im posing ceremonies , eloquent addresses and a military and naval inra.le. A few years later the alumni of Yale uni versity , of which institution Nathan Hale was a graduate , raised a fund for the erection of a statue of the hero on the college grounds. Theiv i , a No a Natlian Hale statue in Hartford. Conr A handsome memorial in the form of a drinking fountain is an ob"e"t ] f in" terest and comfort at Iluntiiirton. N. Y. . where the youth was c.i : : : ? I by British .soldier. when 1i.va about to start back to tlie American array. "The Macmonies ! statue * in Nov.- York city is y.Ud to be ill' ' iiui SJKIiimn 'of the .sculptor's art that w. have in America. It is a bron : : Iignri > of h"roic size , monn-c.'l upon a < icular pe * > t > ! " % hich I'ours V.H' ln. t " v lr. of tlio ii ro and the lnv'i' r ii - U'-i : "N.ttl'au Hale , a cnjptain ui tJegular United Status army , who : ! - aij " ' fo f LOVE COPYRIGHT 1307 BY ROBERT US LOVE w TRUCE io praise of palriot boys , With aJl ( heir Independence noise ! Now is the lime to celebrate The Aznerican maiden up to date. This nineteen-seven athletic girl At strenuous outings takes a whirl. The swiftest mo'tint she boldly rides : She wrestles with the Jersey tides ; She plays at golf and likes it , too , And she can paddle her own canoe. This psctoe , if you need the proof , W522 show you she can raise the roof pyrotechnic hullabaloo 'As well as any boy can do. ! I " ? ; - : : , ' < / , ' , ' " * . . / § ? & ' ' " S ? ' ' ff , > , ' / count iy in this city of New York. Sept. 2i . 1770. J rected by the Sous of the Involution. " * Tliij siarr.e faces Broadvray at one- of ; hy busiest points on that great thoi'oughl'aie. iiiilions of people pass by every year and see the pathetic ligure of the young llevolutionary sol dier. his arms pinioned for execution , standing there in imperishable Lronzt * . an inspiration to all who love their conn try. Other memorials of Hale , even more intere tin-j. may be visited by the pa triotic pilurfm. The qraint old house in which he was born is still standhu : in the town of Coventry. At New London , in the same state , the build- \ m- < * & - . . - * I ' ' - " r * ' ' ' s $ & ? " " ' * " l " ' * / ' ' /1 ; - ' ' * ' ' ' - ; - ll fPS c" ' - ' ; : afiBl-- ; ; : 'vKRBSl ' : : j\v ; ; pV 'V'- % ; ' : / l - ; ' " | ! I 'pv r T W'fe' , ; , * ' ' ' . . * * * " " .f'M - tijit \ ' ' ' ' BTATIIOP : K X iuti : , crrr IIAI.ZI YOI5K. hi'j ; inviiitli Nathan Halo taught school i.still preserved , though con siderably altered. Ilale was princ'pal of this school when news was brought to Nov.- London by a iuassen.ijar * on horseback , that a fijrht had tak&n piac < at Lexington between the Hritit.li sol diers and the ininnleincn. lie imme diately enlisted in the army of in k- peauow" . sorvinjj until his death at tiiy early ai o of tv-euty-one yews and three irontlis. So far as history has been , able * toM * tacli itself from hearsay anil make a reliable clirouiclc , we have , never the- less , a fairly satisfactory narrative of Halo's martyrdom. It is known that he served with the body of patriot sol ' diery called Knowlton's rangers on Long Island and Manhattan Island. After Washington's defeat at the bat tle of Long Island and his retreat Itn across the East river to the northern part of Manhattan Island Lord Howe took possession of New York city and strongly intrenched himself. General ils Washington was sorely depressed. His forces were weakened by losses in battle t3. tle and from disease and by desertions , lie knew but little of the strength and disposition of the British forces. It : was highly important to learn some thing , and accordingly lie called for a man of intelligence to volunteer to en ter tha enemy's lines and acquire the information desired. Young Captain N.-Lthan Hale , college graduate and schoolteacher , presented himself to Colonel Knowlton against the advice of his brother officers. He knew well that his capture meant his speedy hanging as a spy. Hale loft the American army camp above Harlem heights and proceeded to Nor walk , Conn. , where he disguised himself as a schoolmaster. Then he passed into the British lines and spen-t two weeks studying the fortifications and the general disposition of forces , making drawings and jotting down val uable data in Latin. The drawings and other data lie concealed between the soles of his shoes , lie visited the ene my's forces both on Long Island and Manhattan Island , in the city of New York. At List he was ready to return to his own army and la'y his Information be fore the commander In chief. At Huntington - ington , N. Y. , he was to emlnrk in a small boat. It appears that through error he took passage in a boat from j a British vessel , believing it in the darkness of the night to be the one j which his friends were to send for him. him.At At any 7-ate , he was captured there that night , Sept. 21 , and was taken over to Lord Howe's headquarters , the Noedham mansion , \ybich was located about where Forty-first street and First avenue intersect in the present city of New York. His papers were discovered. Lord Howe , after a brief parley , during which Ilalu freely ad mitted that ho was a captain in Wash ington's army andhad entered thpTinos to get Information , ordered his provost marshal , one Cunningham , to take the prisoner in custody for the night and hang him t daybreak next morning. Hale was hanged , presumably from the limb of a tree , and his bo'dy was j buried at once. During the night lie j wrote three letters to his mother , his I sister and the young woman to whom he was to have been married. These letters he handed to CuunSng'iam with the request that they be sent to the addresses when convenient. Cunning 1 ham read them and tore them upjn the < presence of the prisoner. But for thla { miserable and infamous act our litcrai ture and history might now be enrich { ed with the last messages of love from - the splendid youtli Vho has become 05 [ universal consent the epitome of iiide i peiidcuce martyrdom. ' , Placing the Responsibility. For six months or more the drug gist's assistant had occupied his leisure moments by writing verses for the vil lage paper , in the ' 'poets' corner" of whic'i publication they appeared aiuny nio'fly every Thursday , says the Youth's Companion. On opening his copy of the Y\"eekly Bugle one morning , and , tiirning first , as was his regular ( habit , to that particular corner , he was I surprised and gratified beyond incas- r.re to see his name in full appended to his latest poetical outbreak. He hastened to call at the office of the Bugle. "Mr. Stircs , " he said to the editor , "I want to thank you for signing my name to my poem in this week's paper. It encourage * a fellow when he gets proper credit for his work. " "Oh , that's all right. Jobson. " rc- spoudeJ the editor. "AVe thought it was about time to place the responsi bility for that poetry where it be longed. " Hc "Richf Name. From queer names and description of thing- ? there follow as a natural sequence queer names and descriptions of people. Among a number of racy Instances is ouu quoted by Mr. Fox- D.ivle3. the well known authority on nomenclature , from Black wood's Mag ; ' nziuc , of April , lSi'2. "In one of the Euchr.n fishing villages a stranger had ' occasion to call on a fisherman of the name of Alexander "White. Meeting a girl , ho asked. 'Can ye tell me fa'r Sanny Fite lives ? ' 'Filk Sanuy FiteV quoth she. 'Muckle Satiny Fite ? ' said he. 'Filk muckle Sanny Fite ? ' 'Muckle laug Sanny Fite. ' 'Filk muckle lang Sanny FlteV 'Muckle larg gleycJ Saniij * Fite ! ' shouted the exasperated inr.n. 'Oh , it's Goup-the-Lift j-e're seekiu-r. ' answered the girl , 'and fat the de'jl for dinna ye spcer for the mon by his richt name at auce ? ' " NOTJCCJBS. Contest Notice. U. S. Luiul Olhcc. Valentino. .luiif 10. 1)07 ! ) A. stifficie'ir contest uflliluvii IIHA im he n in tlu.s'oiiice 1 > > .Jt t'pUIwller , CI-HM-S ant ho. ut'&ti'utl entry No. 1S < 0 made tfep 11. 1MH' ! , Mrv'2. . s ° ' 't'on 14 MiH. Sh'i NKJnVN ' 4 iind iN' s ) , hertion 15 , 31. lim.K' b , In C\ru > S. fllt-rs1 o i , contestue PIiiiili ir. is a\n'ti \ > s < t tliat .su ; < l Uy- ru S. ivici > lii > a Iii8 vvii'.lU ab.ind 'i d Raid laun and clriiiKe i IIIMU uluiicc tlierelroni lur nioic tlitii b \ inontii- last pi-i. : Hi u tlie land is not settled ii ( > n 11 ir ciilnv.ire-i in gu i f.utli m Mie l.uv letniirejmtl t' tijiu in h.i4 iic\fr eMa li- > lied - ed lii.s rc > ult-n'-e''j'0ii iIiB i.ind u Uio l.iv. ic- and li-.s iaile i to r"nII.M lu-lie t. ditiinl ; Mini xll jed .tls ni-o v\a not dm * tu nis eiiiplu.Mitui t in the .niny. iiavi ur niarino corps ot tlie United Mue.s a- . : ipnite bOUlier , nicer , s .iiiiiiu or niiir im i < tirit.g tlh ; uvu with hp.tin or du ing an > oilier \v.ir inUioli the " > iatt .s ma } heiii .i t d parties are here-y noliticd to appear , respond spend a d tiller rvidr nee tuiicliiiir : said a ltyi- tiou at 10 o'clock a. in. oil .Inli iO 1U1A7 , betore ihe reui-ter and receiver at tlie United Maies Land OHice , Vu entine , MeuivibKH. i:5 : 5 E. OleO , Keceiver. Contest Xoticc. U. S. Land Office. Va entine , Nebraska , i June24 , tyor. I A sufficient contest afl5da\ haying l > een lil-d in tins oince by J ilinV. . Sir.tckelfurd. contest ant , again t Hoinesrea'l entry No. 13504 , made Alarcli - ' . 190J , tor ft SW'i. section IS , N NW'i riection 10. To\\nshii27. | nange 38. by Kh/iOeth S. Obcrhart. contestee , in \\lucti it , is alleged that contesteeholiy tms anandoned sud l.tnd and changed her rcsi'ten e theretroni for more than six innuths laac p.i c. ti > at the laud is not settled npNm nur cultivated in good uuth as the law re < iun\s , and entrynirtu his : never established her resi 'eiice upon the Jantl as the i law reiniies ( , aiM he has "lail'ed to eure her i laches np to this elate ; and said alleged absence from the said hum was not duoto her employ ment in the winy , navy , or marine coips ot tne Doited States as a private soldier , oine-r , sea man or marine timing their \\ith "spaiii " or during any oilier \\ar in wnich the United bta'es may lie engaged ; said i arties are hnreoj iiotiticil to appear , respond anJ oiler evidence touching sum allegation al 10 o'clock a. m. on AiiKUHio I'JoT , lieloru the register and re ceiver lit the United b'ates Laud Omce in Valent.ne , jiselua a the saiu coiite-lant having , in a proper afii davit , lileo .lime 4. lSio7sct loith lactsv.hich Miow thai after due diligence person.il service ot this notice can uot bi made , it is hereby order ed ind directed tlmt such notiee bs given oy due and proper publication. il I E. 01 SON. Keceiver. Contest Notice. u. y. Land Olllce , Valentin * ' . Nebraska. .June Si ; , I'MT \ A sufficient contest allidavit having Oteu tiled ia tins ollice t j l > enuie .1. Uioun contestant , ag-tiiist homestead entry No. 15351 nude July (5. ( llKU.for section : > o , township 2 * . tango 3t > , by uharles iioheiistein. eoutestee , in wtiicn it i > alleged tliat.aid elaiiiian1 has wholly abandoned said land and changed his residence tneretroui lor nioio 11) ) dii six iwuitiis Just p < ist , tliat the Und is not settled upon nor unlttvatej in good lai It as the < au requires ami claimant has never established lu > residence upon the liinti as the law reqniiOB , and she Jie laHed to cure his laches up u > thus date and her oaid ab- heiice li"in the Mciitl land was nut due to his eni | > lo\niciit in the army , ua\y or niannecorpa of tlie U nited fSuues as a jnv Ue soldier , olttcer. seaman 01 mariue miring tlie war with npaiu or during any otner v.ar mlilca in the bnited states \va& engaged. bad ] jiartles arc hereby/ml Hied to .appear. responu and cller evidence touclnng saiuaiie a- tioo at luo'elocK it. in on August , 1D < )7 ) belore the legisteranu tcei\erat the United btatea Land tJlIice in Valentine. .Nebr. lhe f aid contestant liuvmg in a proper am- aa\it llled JuneSO , U'07 ' , > > et lorth lacts which hliuw that nitt-rUue oiiiueiice jieisona.1 service of this notice cannot be made it is beieny order ed : iml dnected mat sieh ; notice be g"nen by due and pioper juibiifiittou. -'I 1 K OLSOX ; R.ceher _ on Taken Up ut ray place In section 3i ( , township 32 , range SO. June25.190 * , one bay nure. Jive years old , wulglftabout JOCQ pounds , branded XO 31 3 J. Sf , RALYA , Uurge , .Nebr. Taken Up bvthe undersigned at his place. .I miles sonlh- . f ( Vookston. Ne' ' > r.ika on June L'i. ( 1U07. tlip foil twiitu de-oribed property : Four steers. s jeur.old. . urandnd A on lelt shoulder. X ou lelt hip. i3 ! 3 E. D. mil Sheriff Sale. Notice is hereby giv n that by virtue of an execution issued t > \ th clerk of the district court of Gliorrr county , Nebraska , in fa or of Ardiie Miller , and against .lolin M irtr. jr. , and me dlreetfri. I will atone nVlouk p. in on the 8tli day of .July , istor. on Main street in Valen Br tine. Nebraska , oiler for sain at pub n ; venue UIP foll"\vintr : "Odt < ard chattel * , to wit : Sh frame buildinc t\\o ottlce desks , one ' Cho cenL'r | table , one sma I stand , one stove , four chair * , taken on sdid execution as tne property Co of John Alarly. jr. I Ph Dated this 23tli day of .rmip. 007. - I'.F , bIMONS. Shrill. Oats B. D. Cl rk. attorney- 2i 2 B M Faddis & Co. 4 Postofflce address Valentine or Kennedy. Some branded J57" on left V Horses bruidcd on left shoulder pr thigh , Some Some branded nrandcd ! on r. thigh on left or shou der. . shonlderi Qj thix N. S. Eowley Kennedy , - Nebraska. Same as cut on left side and hip , and on left shoulder of her ses. AlsojKSS J on left side hip. * * - 4on ieft side. brand ed husk- ng peg ( either side up ) on left side or hip. p on left jaw and e t shoulder of horses , nj njQ on left hip of horses. "N"on left jaw of horses . W. Beunett Simeon Neb Stock branded with 7 on left hip ilso .yanie as cut Range between Cordon ' and Snake cieeKs and on the Niobrara river George Heyne Cody , Neb Brand registered Nfr 1027 Horses branded on left shoulder Kaiisre uorth and outh of Cutcomb I ike iu Cherrj' Co 1J. II. Young. Simeon. Nebr. i Cattle branded as c'ul on lefc side Some QYon Ieft side. on left jaw of V horses. Kange on Gordov Creek north of Simenn , A T DAVIS Postofflce address Byannis , Neb On right side horses on left suoulder rtlgo cattle on right s d Range ia mile1' ? north of H\annis C. H. Little. Merriman , Nebr. On either side Horses sa.m on hip. Also > Range Lake Creek SD Pat Feipar Simeon Nebr. Roan Brothers Woodlake Neb John Roan's ptivate mark , silt in left ear C" P. Jordan. fiosebud , SD Horses and cattle same as cut ; also CJ BE JJ on right hip. Range on Oak and Butte creeks. A liberal reward for information leading to detection _ _ of rustlers of stock bearing any of these brands. Albert Whipple & Sons Rosebud , S. D. Cattle branded SOS on left side OSO on riehtside Some cattle also have af fen neck Some with A on left shonlder and some branded with two bars .acrosi . hind qnar- _ _ . Some Texas rattle branded O on left side and left side , Horses branded SOS on left hip. Some cattle branded AW bar connected OB both sides and hip of horses. ' K-I-P-A-N-S Tabules Doctors find A good prescription For mankind The 5nt package s enough for usual oeoas sions. The family bottle < ( JO cents ) contains a supply for a year. All druggists sell them. eft 3ar MILL PRICES FOR FEED , June 26 , 1907. vf PerCwt. Per Ton. Bran , sacked § 1 OQ § 18 00 Shorts , sacked 1 10 20 00 p Feed , sacked 1 45 27 DO Corn , sacked 1 20 22 00 Chop Corn , sacked 1 25 23 00 , sacked 1 75 OtJ 00 fceb dya fcebs s- Q. W. BEAMEB. GOrUiin.X-tnur ' 4 ou leftMdt * a cut , fi-inch tr" an(12lS-inchcire- ! Brand 875 Horew brad ed left shoul . incbc circle. 1-ln box. Registered 876. Range miles south Irwin on Niobrara nver. Parmelee Cattle Co. Ro ebud.S. D , Cattle branded as cut on left side with strlpo under tail. Horses branded I left thigh. Range on Soldier creek. Metzeer ; Bros. , Cattle branded anywhere on left side. Earmark , square crop right ear. Horses have ame. brand on left thigh. Kange on Gordon and Snake Creeks. A Reward of $250 will bj aid to any person for information leading to the arrest and final conviction of any p rs m or persona stealing cattle with above brand. JOS. JtSrlStOl ' Valentine , Nebr. Range on Nio brara river four miles east of Ft. Niobrara. Horses and tittle branded is B connected on left hip or side as shown ID cut H A BUCK Postolllce address Hyannis , Neb Branded on lelt side Range eighteen miles north of J. A. YARYAN Pullman , Nebr Cattle branded JY on right side Horses branded JY on right shoulder Reasonable reward for any information leading to the re covery of cattle strayed from my range. Sandy Williams. Merriman , Nebr. Mostly on left side. Some on right ? side. Horses same on left shoulder. Range Lake Creek , S. D. D. M. Sears. Kennedy , Nebr. Cattle branded as on cut.left side Some on loft hip. Ho-ses same on leit shoulder. Range Square Lake. WILLIAM BEAMER Gordon , Nebr. Cattle branded same as cut on left sirle. Horses & brandedM lik on lelt shoulder. j Range 6 miles south of Irwin J J. B. Lord Simeon Neb Stock branded same as cut back right shoulder and en right hip Range on th0 Niobrara ALONZO HEATH Postofflce address Cody , Nebraska V On left j side. Horses - ! ses left shoulder. Range north o Cuicomb Lake Garner Brothers. Cody , Nebr. Anywhere on cat tie. Horses on left shoulder. Range- North Sawyer Bros. ostofflce address. Oasis , Nebr G. K. Sawyer has charge of these cat tle Horses D S on left shoulder. Some stock in i. m , ' m im nm es same thigh. Range on Snake Nebraska Jartlett Land ana Feeding Co. Richards " "Pres Will Chas C Jamison Sec&Treas G Comstock , V. P. % Cattle branded on any part of animal- ssyj ? * " * " iyannia on B , Nebraska. Address sworth. Nebrask1