ft We know it s warm and you know it's warm we Availt fco sell our J3 I \5 S We Meet Any Price. Call on us sure. T. C. Hornby. Now we are talking The most complete stock in North west Nebraska. BISHOP & YOUNG , C Any person who sends away for an Edison Phonograph loses mon ey. Xo dealer in the United Stated will sell you Edi son Phonographs and Records for less money than Chapman will. When you buy of Chap man you save expense of money orders and freight o r express charges. When you buy of Chapman you come in and hear records played and select the ones you like. ( Full list of rec ords in stock. ) When you buy of Chap man , if your phonograph graph gets out of order , he adjusts it for you. In fact there is no reas on why you should buy from anyone but VALENTINE. NED MILL PRICES FOR FEED , ' PerCwt. Per Ton. Bran , sacked.1 10 § 21 00 Shorts , sacked 1 20 23 00 Chop Feed , sacked 1 45 28 00 Corn , sacked 1 30 25 00 , Chop Corn , sacked 1 35 2G 00 ! Oatei sacked 1 tK ) 31 00 Talk of the Town. ! Try Kazda's barber shop , tf i ( D. A. Wishart was in town Friday. Miss Glen Iloenig was ill a few days this week. Charles Sparks spent Sunday with his wife at Neligh. Mrs. W. D. Armstrong return ed from Cody Tuesday. Hon. Dave Hanna and daughter were in town Saturday. Mr. McNamee of Wood lake was up last Saturday on business. W. S , Jackson returned from Omaha and other points Saturday night. \ Wesley Holsclaw , after being at home some time left for Chad- ron Monday night. We invite you to call and in spect our new meat market. 1 L. H. Ban man. Railroad officials were in town Tuesday getting things in line for the annual "ice making. " We forgot to mention last week that our oM friend Wm. Gulick cf Wood lake was in our town Tues day of last week. x Ira Hewitt was up from Ains- worth Monday. It is rumored that he is contemplating putting in an electric light plant at Long Pine. The Owl Saloon fixtures have been greatly improved with a new coat of varnish. The present manager has made many greatly needed improvements. Bad Thunder , Fooled Eagle , Bad Hair and James Hawkins and their families , all Sioux Indians , returned to Rosebud and Pine Ridge this week after visiting the Omaha Indians. Lyons Mirror. Walter Kimmel , a 15 year old sin of S. H. Kimmel of Rosebud , accidentally shot himself through the body last Saturday with a 22 rifle while unloading the magazine. Dr. Compton was sent for and re ports the boy getting along nicely.i . John Keeley returned home last week after an absence of sev eral years. Carl Keeley also came home the first of the week from Lead City and is now working on the ice force. Carl was recently married at Lead to a Miss Mabel Stan ton. W. S. Jackson returned last Thursday night from Omaha where ho had been taking a course in ' "Eckles School of Embalming , " and , after finishing the course , passed an examination before the state board as a licensed embalm- er. Mr. Jackson has been study ing for this privilege the past year. The new county officers , were ushered in and took the oath of office last Thursday , the only changes being that pf Jas. Mone , commissioner from the west end , taking the place of Arthur Bow- ring ; Clyde A. Rosseter succeed ing P. F. Simons as sheriff , and P. H. Young succeeding E. C. Cole as assessor. Jas. Mone is down with a spell of the grip this week and is unable to meet with the commissioners this week. Mr. Young has been in town several days appointing his force of de puties. John Porath and son were in town Tuesday and called to have us change his postoffice address in his tubular well advertisement in this paper to Burge , Nebr. Mr. Cavanaugh is the mail carrier to Riego and Burge , making the trip three tunes a week , Tuesdays , Thursdays and Saturdays and he deliyers the mail to people along his rouce. John Melshaw is the postmaster at Riege and L. W. Parker is the Bugre P. M. Mr. Porath's mail comes from Burge on Mr. Cavanaugh's return trip. Mr. Porath says the people in the German settlement have been troubled with the grip the past couple of weeks but all have about recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Church have moved out of her city. Clyde Rosseter is off on a trip through the county on official busi ness. ness.Mrs. Mrs. Harms of O'Neill is in the city visiting her sister , Mrs. Val Nicholson. The commissioners' proceedings will be published in this paper next week. Another number of the lecture course takes place tonight in the opera house. We have facilities for keeping our stock in first class condition. 1 Bauraann's Meat Market. If you want good fresh oysters in a hurry call up Baumann's meat market. Phone 88. 1 Dr. Meehan , osteopath , will be at the Valentine House from Monday morning until Saturday , eveniiig each week. Consultation free. 50 A most popular coal , now on the market , is the Hudson lump or nut coal , from Hudson , Wyo. Frank Fischer carries this coal and sells it at $8.20 and § 8 a ton/0 Theodore Ewalt Spoo , the little child of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Spoo , who had been ill for a couple of weeks , died Friday morning , Jan. 3 , 1908 , of spinal trouble caused by an injury , it is sup posed , from a fall some time prev ious. The funeral was held at the hotel Saturday evening and Sun day morning the parents , accom panied by Mrs. Spoo's mother who had recently come out from Lowden , Iowa , took the child back to their old home for interment at Lowden. Mr. and Mrs. Spoo re mained with relatives there and will go to Davenport , Iowa before returning. The A. O. U. W. and D. of II. held their annual reception Mon day night and gave a banquet af- tsv their installation of officers. The ladies drill was said to be so far ahead of the men's lodge that some of the members felt ashamed , but I , then , you knowMhe ladies al ways make these entertainments interesting. i The peanut chase was one feature of the evening in get ting people to throw off their re serve and enjoy a sociable time. The little girls sang a lullaby song with dolls in their arms. Mrs. Bivens sang a solo and the orches tra discoursed sweet strains thaf brought the lovers of dancing to their feet and the remainder of the evening was spent in social com'enation and dancing after supper. Three members of the Crookston lodge , Paul Viertel , Webster Wertz and Elmer Ayers , brought down their charter and hereafter will be a part of this lodge. It was a jolly crowd that marked one more mile-stone of time in the history of the two lodges at Valentine. L. H. Bjiunrinn has started a meat market in the building form- rly occupied by Lottie and Obe Church as a grocecy store utftler the opera house and began busi ness last Friday , lie has fitted up the front room for his shop and one of the other rooms to the north for rendering lard and mak ing sausage , with full equipment for that business , and a gasoline engine to do the work. He has a huge refrigerator , big enough to cool a herd of cattle , will hold 20 beeves , a dozen hogs , a flock of chickens , school of fish , and room to burn in the sausage room. . He has leased the Haley farm south of town for a slaughter yard and does his own butchering which saves a big margin in handling meat. Mr. Baumann has been to considerable expense in fitting up his shop and expects to purchase all kinds of stock in connection with his butcher business. Pie is not a stranger in our city , having been here considerably the past year buying stock , and starts in with considerable friendship and acquaintance among our people. He has as assistant L. T. Adams formerly of Neligh , who is an ex perienced butcher and meat cut ter. m , ll kinds of Fresh Meats Salt and Cured Meats ? < s Assortment of Fish * sK Vegetables and Oysters Fresh rendered lard in bulk or pails. & < f Particular attention paid to special orders. C ? 9 & < 89 ? Our selling prices will be S < 9 governed by our buying prices. 49 < ? J will buy poultry , butter and eggs and all S kinds of live stock. ? 1 Call at our shop and see its. Phone 88. 9 ft * 9K Yours for business , < K ftft < ? ftft ft ftft < ? ftft ? 1 ftft ftft ftft 9 ftft ft ftft 8s ? ftft ft ftft Valentine , Nebr. ft Barney & Berry skates in all styles at Frank Fiscker's. An ideal gift for anyone. 49 Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lev/is , a girl , Jan. 11 , 1908 , at the home of Mrs. Lewis' parents at the Chicago hotel. Mrs. 3JcAlevy , Willow of the Late $ > aninel E. McAIcvy Mrs. Nancy M. McAlevy died at Meridian , Idaho last Thursday morning , Jan. 9 , 1907. at the home of her daughter , Mrs. C. B. Kline , where she had been making her home the past year. Alex McAlevy and wife had gone out there from here about a month ago , expecting to visit there this winter , but at the death of his mother they returned , biinging her here to place beside her husband in Mount Hope cemetery. Margaret Fleming was born in Pennsylvania Nov. 28 , 1839. She w-as united in marriage with Sam uel E. McAlevy Oct. 2 , I860 and i in 1807 they with several children moved to Iowa and in 1888 came to Nebraska where they have made their home until the death of Mr. McAlevy Feb. 10 , 1905 , at Ken nedy. Neb. Mrs. McAlevy was the mother of 11 children , f sons and 5 girls. Two boys and a girl died in in fancy and one son died in early manhood. Three sons and four- daughters are yet living. Mrs. McAlevy united with the Presbyterian church in early life and was highly esteemed by a wide circle of neighbors and acquaint ances in Cherry county where the family lived for nearly a quarter of a century. Don't forget our prices are al ways right if you come , send or call by phone , (88) ( ) . 1 Baumann'a Meat Market. ' Successor to D. STTNARD Throws open its doors to the' * pub lic and solicits your patronage. Courteous and fair treatment' will i- be accorded everybody at all times. ' j A clean , up to date stock of best 5 quality goods will be carried and sold at reasonable prices. . f The first shipment of new goods will be received this week. Call and investigate DISTRICT COURT CALENDAR. Sioux. . . .February IS September 8 Sheridan . . . March 3 November 9 Cherry. . . . . .March Ifi September 21 Holt. . . . . . . .March 23 December 14 Boyd. . . . April 6 November 23 Brown. . , JL. . .April 20 September 21 Rock . . . , April 27 September 28 ) Key a Paha May 11 September Box Butte May 18 December 7 Dawes , June 1 ' . November 16 r L i