Gifts of a practical nature are more to be
desired by the recipient. What could be
more acceptable than a piece of furniture ?
This big store is full of ideas for Xmas
Gifts , and the values are much .better than
ever before. Something appropriate here
for every member of your family. A
perusal of the suggestions below will
greatly aid you in determining what would
be desirable :
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Japanese Baskets.
Japanese China.
A large assortment of small "and medium sizes.
Japanese Lacquer Ware
g Glove Boxes , Handkerchief Boxes , Work Boxes ,
| x Receptacles arid ornaments of all styles.
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Clean Clipper Cutlery , Silver
Ware , Stag Handle Carving
Sets and Aluminum Ware
. G-unn Sectional Bookcases , with or without desk
section , a complete desk or bookcase
in either style.
With every dollar's worth of goods purchased in the
.furniture . or holiday department you receive
a chance to win the large , life size doll on
display in the window. This doll is
neatly dressed , _ with washable
garments andvalued aijf.15.
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FRANK FISCHER.
Deatei4 in' ! hardware , Furniture attid Coal.
I. M. RICE Editor and Proprietor.
MARK ZARR Foreman.
Entered at the postotfice at Valentine , Cherry countNebr. . . as Second t
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TERMS :
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Display Advertising 1 inch single column loc per issue or S6.00 a year.
Local Notices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolutions and Socials for revenue
wer line per issue.
Brands , li inches$4.00 per year in advance ; additional space $3.00'per
ear ; engraved blocks extra $1.00 each.
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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.
THURSDAY , DECEMBER 19 , 190T.
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Bto Rot Know What I In < l of C tracts to Irljike for Adver
tising in Kansas. '
Reports received at Topeka rec
ently indicate that the railroads of
Kansas are at sea regarding the
advertising contracts that are to
be made with newspapers next
year , when both state and inter
state anti-pass laws and the two-
cent passenger rate will be in
force. Experience this year has
demonstrated to the traffic raanag-
erf of the railroads , accordiag to
statements made by them , that the
railroads cannot get along without
newspaper advestising. i
AVhen the interstate anti-pass
law became cli'ectiv'e at the begin
ning of the present year the roads
all announced that they had dis
continued making exchange con
tracts with newspapers and would
hereafter pay cash for advertising
space and expect newspapers to
pay cash for transportation.
The change has not proved satis
factory to the railroads , as is
shown by the fact that the Union
Pacific , Missouri Pacific , Kansas
& Texas have gone back to the ex
change contracts.
The other roads are still hand
ling the adverticing on a cash bas
is , but it is reported that they will
all make exchange contract ? next
year , unless it is decided that they
cannot do so legally. Publishers
Auxiliary. (
There is no power nor legal authority to prevent a
railroad company from exchanging tickets or mileage for
advertising. A legal exchange is where value is con
sidered and made a part of the contract , and no one will
doubt a farmer's privilege of exchanging work with his
neighbor , nor of helping a neighbor out of a mud hole ,
up a bad hill , over a rough road or through a river with
out asking or expecting a return value in cash. True ,
you can not compel your neighbor to accept an exchange
no more than you can force the miners or other employ
ees , or creditors , to accept certified checks , but you may
agree upon the exchange and no power beneath the sun
can refuse or deny that privilege and sustain it.
But we're not going to travel and pay railroad fare
when there is no real occasion for it , and we , perhaps ,
don't travel as much as we did when we could pay in our
kind of money. Perhaps , the people of this community
is not travelling so much as when we kept up the inter
est in travel by a series of advertisements that was tak
ing people somewhere and enlivening the interest in
these advertisements , occasionally , by taking a trip
somewhere.
And we're not going to do our part of the work for
fun or without compensation.
We expect to print the news , of course , and we are ,
perhaps , handicapped in not being able to go to places
of interest to get the news without putting up the price
of a ticket , but the people who derive an equal benefit
from the news being "told are the common carriers who
ought in return to k pay for the ride to and from the
news point.
We are handicapped as a policeman would be if he
should be compelled in a city to pay street car fare
when chasing a criminal in the discharge of his duty.
We are likewise entitled to a similar courtesy be
cause of the mutual interest but there should , of course ,
be.a limit which was wisely provided for lest those who
had considerable traveling to do would purchase some
insignificant paper to escape paying fare on the trains.
We favor a return to the exchange system and are
as much entitled , legally , to exchange as a bank or bank
ers to issue certified checks instead of paying cash.
Crookston News.
August Epke is building a new
barn.
0 , D. Carey spent Tuesday in
Crookston.
Harry Spencer returned from
Rosebud Sunday.
Perry Bryant is doing some
stone work for Ed Searby.
If Jens Thomson should ofl'er
you two cigars instead of one , re
member it's twins.
Or. W. Allard , who went to a
hospital for treatment and had his
right arm amputated , is getting
along nicely.
Fred Green writes from Omaha
that his daughter , Miss Hilda ,
who1 was operated on for appendi-
I citis , is getting along fine.
, Verne Stevenson is now a resi
dent of Crookston , taking Harve
Shepard's place in the saloon.
Harve goes to Crawford.
The literary society has been
meeting in Prairie Bell school
house , but will meet in the hall
next Friday night. Come and en
joy a good time. Axox.
St. Nicholas Church.
Services will be held as follows-
In Valentine , Dec. 22 ; high mass
and sermon at lO'SO. ' InstrucH'-
for the children at 3 p. m.
On Christmas Day low mass at
S and 9 a. m. High mass and
sermon at 10:30 : a. m.
In Arabia Dec. 29.
LEO M. BLAERE , Rector ,
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The only genuine and absolutely *
reliable substitute for tea
and coffee is §
the new food beyerage gives life , health , vigor , joy ,
comfort and beauty , and is highly recommended
for nerve endurance , and building up the constitu
tion. It is a pleasant beverage and contains great
nutritive and invigorating qualities. Has the re
freshing properties of fine tea , the nourishment of
the best cocoas , a tonic and recuperative force pos & i
sessed by neither , and can be used in all cases
where tea and coffee are prohibited.
Eggo's Fruit Salt is a great health reviver.
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
Manufactured by
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OMAHA , U. S. A.
The above preparations may be had- from all
Grocery and Drug Stores.
Center
iiblic 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 g
have unmistakably proclaimed their confidence in |
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and its meilwds , by bestowing upon it a far greater
patronage than that accorded any other place in
Valentine , AYhere 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 Stock Exchange when
you need anything in our line.
W. R A , MELTENDORiFF
SDecial Sale offer
for the Holiday Season ,
COMMENCING AT. DEC. 7.
SATURDAY. . , . .
A large stock of pianos and organs are
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 latest and most popular pieces.
Be sure you hear "The Wedding of
the Winds" on
Every piano and organ in this stock we
want to sell before Christmas. Call rt ?
and see us , and for tuning and repairs read
call on C. M. Henderson , our tuner.
THE BENNETT CO.
GEO. A. CORBII , Agent.
Opposite Chicago House Valentine Nebr.
ead the Advertisements.