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I. M. HICE Editor and Proprietor.
MARK ZAKII Foreman.
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THUESDAY , DECEMBER 5 , 1907.
Bead the "currency is
sue" in this paper. Jt hits
the spot and was written by
one of the best writers in
the state who has given
years of careful , conscient
ious thought on economical
and financial questions.
it for the thought it
expresses.
Pres. Roosevelt's message
is long and he has again
demonstrated that he is an
adept at juggling with
words , but on the whole he
has expressed himself more
clearly on some things than
some former presidents. He
didn't refer to the Japanese
question , but many things : I
he did refer to that if car
ried out in the right spirit
would be greatly beneficial
to the country. Of course ,
he is with the bankers of
Wall street and the rail
roads , though he tries also
to appear favorable to laws
for their control.
Mrs. Bradley , the mur
derer of Senator Brown of
Utah , has been acquitted by !
a jury in Washington , I\ ) ( . {
where sentiment is strongly I
of the chivalrous and wom j
en are placed and held upon |
a pedestal of innocence di 1
vine. The woman should
have been hung or given a
life sentence. She followed
and persecuted Brown for
years before his wife's death.
She conspired to have him
get a divorce from his wife
to marry her and give her
boys a name. She was the
criminal who would have
him disgrace his own wife
and son to gratify her , and
hounded him for years and
at times sought to injure
him , knocked his teeth out ,
carried a revolver for him
and determined as a hyena
to get him. To ' 'rule or
ruin11 was her policy , to kill
if she found a favorable op-
iportunity. j In no state court
j the land could she have
' And what
'gone free. now
is she ? A vicious , design
ing woman turned free be
cause her victim , Senator
Arthur Brown , was a mpr-
, mon and his slayer was tried
j where sentiment was strong
against . man as a mormon
.j
and with women.
; The republican spell binders
I will have to get up something new
to fool the people in the nextcam-
ppign.Yc won't hear any more
of those "Cleveland times , ' ' ' 'Con
fidence , " "Xational honor , "
" 'Sound money , ' ' "Fifty-cent dol-
hrs , " "Full dinner pail" and all
rot. Lyons Mirror.
, IIo < 2s 3.25 and cattle 4. with
beef 10 to Jo and cured bacon 17
to 20 would lead to the belii-f that
the meat combine hud concluded
to give the farmers and'Stockmen
an object lesson. They hive been
holding up the consumers for
years , now they propose to skin
the producers. How long will the
voters stand and be robbed by
protected combines ?
\ Ve.nil s'e next year whether
the pfojjlt * uiil vote for these hold-
ups in order to open up the mills.
factories , mines and furnaces that
they may get work. These corn-
bines hold the keys to all these in
dustries and can open or close
them as they think best. If you
can be driven to vote them a free
hand to do as they please , then a
government of the people has
passed away , and in its place will
be found a government of com
bines , by trusts and for special
interests. In ' 90 the keys were
dangled before the eyes of opera
tives and they were told that if
they voted for McKinley the mills ,
mines , factories and furnaces
would be opened , but if Bryan
was elected the doors would re
main closed or be closed indefi-
nately. Can the trusts win again ?
Crete Democrat.
Special Sale of
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for the Holiday Season ,
COMMENCING
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SATURDAY. . .
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A larg'o stock of pianos and organs arc
now on the way. Xow is your time.
A call will convince you of the special
values. Violins , Mandolins , Banjos ,
Guitars , Cases , Strings , etc. , and a
special selection of
of all the latestand most popular pieces.
i3e sure you hear "The Wedding of
the \ Viuds'1on
Every piano and organ in this stock we \
want to sell Won * ( liristmas. Call tt
and see us , and for tuning and repairs tv
1 call on C. M. Ifrnderson. our tuner. v
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GEO. A , OORBIN , Agent ii
I Opposite Chira - House - Valentine ] STobr. iio
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( Papillion Times. )
Some of I he fellows wbo howled
loudest and longest against a fifty-
dent dollar in 1890 would be pleas-
eel to have a dollar of any sort at
present.
Why not , as has been suggested ,
collect the fines that have been im-
pos < id on the Standard Oil com
pany and a number of the larger
railroad" instead of issuing- mil
lions of dollars worth of bonds ?
If those who were fined would pay
up in full and in cash there would
be plenty of herded money put
into circulation , and the issuance
of bonds by the national govern
ment would be unnecessary.
( Jamestown , KaL. . Optimist. )
At last the Optimist editor ( Kob-
ert Good ) is about to achieve fame ,
lie has been inviu d to deliver nn
address in Topeka on Washing
ton's birthday , and has also been
asked to contribute a 1500 word
article to a well known Chicago
magazine.
An exchange tt'lls of si newspa
per reporter who interviewed
thirty successful business men and
found that all of them when boys
had been governed strictly and
frequently thrashed , lie also interviewed -
terviewed thirty loafers and learned -
ed that twenty-seven of them had
been "mamma's darling' ' and the
othefthree had been reared by
their grand-mother.
Attorney General Thompson has
asked G > v. Sheldon to call a
meeting of the county attorneys
for the purpose of enforcing some
of the laws now on the statute
book'j , notable the pure food law ,
the express rate law. The at
torney general argues that the
enforcement of these laws de
pends largely upon the activity of
the county attorneys. Ex.
TVhy disturb these amiably
disposed officials who draws a
salary for waiting upon someone
to make a complaint. That is one
of the most cruel biffs at the pub
lic prosecutors have seen. It
has been the reply from that class
for years , when anyone asked why
this or that had not been done ;
tkif you know of any violations of
the law , file complaint and I will
prosecute. " It never enters their
mind that they are. paid to look up
such things and bring an action
against offenders. Crete Demo
crat.
Wreck ? T
A stock train was wrecked two
miles west of Valentine Tuesday
morning , piling three cars in the
ditch and two others were derailed.
The wreck was caused by a cow
falling out of the end of a car onto
the track but was so wedged be
tween the cars as to drag for sev
eral rods before the wheels passed
over her body which crushed the
cow and derailed the car but the
train was moving pretty fast with
two engines and run nearly half a
milo before the car went ir.to the
ditch. Five cattle were killed and
'one crippled. The cars were bad
ly smashed up and it is a wonder
that more cattle were not killed.
Conductor Mills was in charge
of the train , with Gorrell and
Hooker brakemen. Kane and
1
Jefl'ers were the engineers.
The road was down grade at
(
th's place , the morning cold and t
frosty and they were going at full 1
speed.
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The wreckage was cleared away
and the track repaired before dark
to permit trains to pacs over it
and the train had just pulled into
Valentine when the wrecker ar
rived.
The steel gang that has been
laying the new steel track helped
the local section men to put the
track in repair. The wreckage
was burned on the ground. The
ties were worn nearly through be
tween the rails a distance of nearly
half a mile where the car had run
before breaking loose and piling
into the ditch. . Fortunately no
one was hurt and that the whole1
train was not wrecked is a wonder.
Shakespeare Versus Curr.s.
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At the close of a lecture to the mem
bers of a certain literary society the
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following dialogue between a Scotch
man and the lecturer was overheard :
( "Ye think a fine lot o' Shakespeare ,
doctor ? "
j "I do , sir , " was the emphatic reply.
j "An * ye think he was mair clever
than Ilobbie Burns ? "
i ' "Why. there's no comparison be
tween them ! ' '
"Maj be no , but ye tell us the nicht
it Avns Shakespeare who wrote 'Uneasy
lies the head that wears a crown. '
Now , yllobbie would never have writ
ten sic nonsense as that. "
' "Nonsense , sir ! " thundered the indig
nant doctor.
,
! "Aye , just nonsense. Robbie would
hae keiit Gnc that a king , or a queen
either , disna g.ing to bed wi the crown
on his head. They hang it owcr the
back o * a chair. " The doctor's face
dropped , for he realized that his lec
ture had been given in vain. Scottish
Nights.
Gold Is Everywhere.
Gold can most profitably be extracted
\
ed from certain mines where the ore is
rich and not too difficult to work , but'
should these deposits ever peter out
there is no fear that the world would.
suffer for lack of a gold supply , for'
there are many other sources which
are as yet untouched , but for working
which profitable methods would be de
vised if need were. Granite , for ex
ample , contains an appreciable quantity -
tity of gold , and if it were not under
present conditions too expensive a matter -
ter to extract it we should find Scot
land and Cornwall rivaling the Trans
vaal and the Klondike. The sea also
contains gold in solution , and the man
, who invents a cheap method of gel-
ting it out will make himself richer
than all the millionaires that everj
j lived. Gold is also constantly falling'
j all over the surface of the world , blown
to us in minute quantities along with
J cosmic dust , which comes from inter
stellar space. Black and White.
E = cily Stated.
A committee having in charge a local
entertainment went to a noted editor
to request him to take part in it.
"What do you want me to do. gentle-
men.he asked.
"We would like to have you give us
a talk on spelling reform , " they re
plied.
"Well. " he rejoined. "I can give yo.t
my idea of spelling reform in one sen
tence. Just leave 'me' off the 'pro
gramme. ' "
A Working Majority.
"You can fool all of the people some
of the time and some of the people
all of the time. But"
"Why go further ? " interrupted Sena
tor Snifikins. "The two classes you
have named constitute a safe working
majority. " Philadelphia Bulletin.
On next Sabbath evening
the services will be under the di
rection of the W. C. T. U. , and
will be a gospel temperance meet
ing.
The National Mutual -Insurance
Company of Omaha has faile.l for
§ 255,840 , with assets § 11(3.779. (
President E. M. Coiiin says their
losses the past year were § 224,000
of which they claim to have paid
§ 154,000 , which ued up their
earnings and § 53,000 of their re
serve. The losses are said to be
unusually heavy and the. company
seems to have had a streak of hard
luck.
Carl Bleach , champion Bohem
ian middleweight wrestler of Ne
braska , has challanged "Wm. Fu-
gate of Valentine' which has been
accepted and the wrestle will take
place in Church's opera house on
Dec. 7. These men are of the
same weight and both have met
and defeated the. champion welter
weight , Jack O'Leavy. This will
be the most evenly matched wres
tle seen here.
Police records in every city of
the country when fairly presented
show that were beer supplants
ardent drinks , to a large extent ,
as it is now doing in every direc
tion , drunkenness is reduced to a
minimum and in sections where
only beer and light wines are sold
there is no drunkenness. Storz
Blue Ribbon Beer is a true tem
perance drink , containing but
3 7-10 per cent alcohol and being
rich in food qualities that build
muscle and brawn.
ROTECE.
Parties wiring done
wanting or 0 )
needing repairs to their light ser
vice will please phone No. 9 or
notify the office by noon and their
wants will be promptly attended
to. Grain or feed order should
also be placed at office to insure
prompt delivery.
Anyone noticing street arcs not
in working order will confer a
favor by notifying us.
Otf S. P. OILMANcc
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for nerve endurance , and building up the constitu
tion. It is a pleasant beverage and contains great
nutritive and invigorating qualities. Has the re 1
freshing properties of fine tea , the nourishment of
the best -cocoas , a tonic and recuperative force pos
sessed by neither , and can , be used in all cases
where tea and coffee are prohibited.
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| A laxative and thirst Quencher. Effervescent and
, so delicious to drink that a child likes it. Has all
the properties of a Sedlitz Powder and more , and
is recommended in all cases of indigestion , consti
pation and headache. Removes impurities from the
blood and can be used freely without causing injury
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The above preparations may be had from all
Grocery and Drug Stores.
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\ullic \ opinion is unerring , public confidence sel
dom misplaced. The true worth of every business
concern to the community in which it operates is
fixed by its clientele , the value-giving power of ev
ery commercial institution may be determined by
the amount of patronage it receives. The people
have unmistakably proclaimed their confidence in
Exchange
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and its methods , by bestowing upon it a far greater
patronage than that accorded any other place in
Valentine. Where the major portion of the fair ,
the impartial , discriminating public buys its Liquor
and Beer , must be a good place for You , the in
dividual , to trade. Visit The titock Exchange when.
s you need anything in our line.
LTENDORFF
The Loup Valley Hereford Ranch.
KrowniHpK
Ko'dier Preo1Col -
unius ITtli IG'ifKSO.
it SO ! ) lit ( . 'olUMl'W ' >
17th. ; i half brother
of tho. 3IO.OOUU am-
pion i ) le , ; i ti d
Prince Bosii < 1H 131.-
GDIJ ai head of herd.
I \\ill IIHYP no bulls for sale until 1903 ,
sold all of 11)06 ) bull calves.
C. II. FAULHAliEK ,
JOHN F. PORAT
Tubular wells and windmills.
me up by Telephone.
E. D. DEBOLT.
Barber
STATE BANK BUILDING
First-class Shop in Kven K
'an de Quinine Hair Tonic. fJolrton Star hair
Tonic , Herpleide and fnk. ! > ' ' Dandruff Cure.
1'ry Pompeian Fa e MaHsage Creum
. S. LOCKWOOD
Candles the
SHARPLESS CREAM SEPARATOR ,
i-LOUR , GRAIN AND HAY.
pposite Postollie. Phone 71.
De Laval Cream
Separators FOK.SM.K BY
A. "F. WEBB.
Get your property insured by 1. ' (
I. Eice and you will be safe. His I
mpanies pay losses promptly , j
H. DAILEY ,
Dentist.
Office over the grocery deparment
of T. C. Hornby's store.
Will he in Rosebud agency July
3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 , " 1904.
J" . W.
COUXTY SURVEYOR
Valentine
All work will be { riven prompt
and careful attention.
sa at the M. E. Church Every
Sunday.
MORXIXG SERVICES
Sunday School beslns at 10:00 o'clock
Preaching "
11:00
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Junior League ' o.o(1 ( P , "
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EVENING SERVICES-
Epwortli Lwmue bex n * at 6:30 o'clock
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IJEv.c.E.Co.v.vEUi. Pastor
Eu Us
mean temperature 35 °
Normal 29 ° .
Highest ° .
61
; .lowest 9 ®
Precipitation .00 of an inch
-Total precipitation
m to date 15 72
inches.
Sale or Trade :
One good
Kentucky jack. Also
one general
purpose stallion.
, J * sBROSIUS ,
Wood