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THURSDAY , JANUARY 2:3 : , 190S.
Who Will Represent Us ?
AVho will represent this part of
the state at the Democratic Nation
al Convention at Denver this com
ing July 7th ? If Cherry county
can agree on "our candidate , " we
may hope to send a Cherry county
man. to the national convention to
represent us.
A. M. Morrissey , of our city , is
being prominently mentioned as
one delegate from this Congres
sional district and we think he will
be satisfactory to nearly every
democrat in this district outside ,
possibly , of a personal ambition.
Nebraska is entitled to sixteen
delegates , which is two from each
congressional district and four at
large.
As for Mr. Morrissey's qualifi
cations , no one disputes his Bryan
democracy , nor his ability to ex
press himself eloquently.
It has been a long time since
this part of the state was repre
sented in a national convention
and our great state was never
represented by a more loyal and
true democrat than is Mr. Morris
sey. He is a prominent attorney
of Valentine , well known to the
people of this judicial district , who
will vouch for his ability and in
tegrity , and HE IS FOR \V. J.
BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT.
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT has
been sending out statements the
past week to its various subscrib
ers , whom our books show to be in
arrears. There are possibly some
mistakes in our accounts , which
number nearly one thousand. If
one of these mistakes should'oc
cur in your account , dear reader ,
don't let your temper fj 't. th < > InM
of you and try to ' 'lick the < d- :
tor , " but rather show your friend
ly spirit by helping , good natured-
; ly , to set us right and we'll start
again. Already we have "received
many returns from people far and
near.
near.We have been encouraged by
their promptness in responding to
our statements. We hope to retain -
| tain every subscriber to whom we
have sent statements and olW ! to
i all alike the flat rate of § 1.00 ,
CASH IN ADVANCE , for their
, renewal for one year , before
Mar. 1st , 1908. Please be prompt
: with your remittances and return
! statements , for our convenience
! and yours. We will send receipts
' to all , showing the time for which
; | they paid. I. M. RICE.
D. Stinard has old his stock of
clothing to W. S. Barker , who
has employed Hem'y Hoenig to
run the business for him , under
the name of "The Fair. " Mr.
Barker is the owner of the build
ing and "The Fair" starts out ,
with a bright , new stock of goods
and expects to add more as the
' trade demands. See the adver
tisement elsewhere in this paper ,
i inviting the people to come in and
investigate.
Old Dan McVey is reported as
being very ill.
If you want good fresh oysters
in a hurry call up Baumann's
meat market. Phone SS. 1
The next- number of the lecture
course is Paul F. Voelkor. A. M. ,
the lecturer and critic , who will
deliver one of his famous human
nature lectures at. the opera house
Saturday night , Feb. 8th.
Mrs. John Thomsen arrived on
Mdhday from Shoshoni , to visit
here with her folks , Mr. and Mrs.
Ilornback. and her sister , Mrs.
Chas. Lewis , who has "been very
low , but who is now greatly im
proved and reported out of dan
ger.
Mar.\ . the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Granger died
of stomach and bowel trouble last
Friday , after an illness of only a
few days. She took sick Monday
and grew steadily worse until
she passed away , despite the com
bined skill of two physicians and
the loving care of a mothei and
father. The child was nine months
old and seemed to suffer a great
deal , although unable to tell of her
trouble. The bereaved family has
the sincere sympathy of the en
tire neighborhood in their hour of
sorrow.
Mathew Bowen , an old time resi
dent of Cherry county , returned
! : i-t Sunday from Lannnie , Wyo .
only to din. Mr. Ho wen had been
in poor health of late , suffering
from Bright's disease and Julius
Schromrn , his son-in-law , tele
graphed him to come to his home ,
where ho could be given proper
care. Mat. started alone , carry
ing in his pocket a letter , stating
who he was and where he was go
ing , in case any thing should hap
pen to him. He arrived in Wood
Lake , apparently all right and on
Mond-iy went out to Mr Schromm's
j 1-ifo , where he walked around
1 inking at tl.e stock and place and
chatting pleasantly , but he was
restless and could not eat or sleep.
Early Thursday morning he breath
ed his la t. The funeral was held
in town last Saturday , being con
ducted by Father Blaere at the
Catholic church.
Mullen , Neb. , Jan. 18 , ' 08.
Valentine Democrat ,
Valentine , Nebr.
Dear Editor : Please 1 e t mo
know how much behind L am on
my subscription and I will pay it
at once , also a year in advance.
Yours respectfully ,
S. L. JAMES.
These are the kind of men every
body likes to meet. They are the
salt of the earth and the kind of
people who have made western
Nebraska inhabitable. They do a
flourishing business and are known
as the solid and substantial citi
zens , who can be relied upon to
work for the upbuilding of our
country and its industries every
day of the year. THE DEMOCRAT
is glad to have such subscribers as
Mr. James. We have a lot of
thorn who arc just as faithful and
prompt as he and we're proud of
every one of them.
F
DEALER IN
IAL ,
Couch Covers Tapestry Rugs Carpets !
Iron J3eds Springs Mattresses |
Guns Ammunition \
Gasoline Kerosene Lubricating Oils !
Sparks Quill ? ,
James Hudson was enroute to
'valentine Monday.
Dick Allen drove to Valentine
Tuesday on business.
Henry Grooms went to the Hub
with two loads of grain the first of
the week.
If the present fine weather con
tinues we won't know how to ap
preciate spring.
John Helenbolt has built an ad
dition onto his house which gives
him plenty of room.
Emerson Powers returned from
the Black Llills Wednesday. He
reports a fine winter up there.
Subscribe for THE DEMOCRAT.
It's always on time , as is our gen
ial mail carrier , Wm. Stillwell.
Valentine may be getting to be
the hub of Cheery county , but
Sparks is one of the main spokes.
Marion Graham , a former resi
dent of Sparks , spent several days
here recently renewing old ac
quaintances.
At a dance recently some of the
young folks complained that the
music was furnished by ' 'Bone-
parte's retreat. "
There has been considerable
r.alk of a bank here recently. It's
no use to say no , we are coming
to the front anyway.
A. Haley , our merchant , went
to Valentine Monday arid while
there his team ran away and start
ed for home another case of get
ting to Sparks in a hurry.
Miss Parker seems to be pro
gressing nicely with her school at
Sparks , and from the comments of
the patrons , she must be one of
Cherry county's best teachers.
With the exception of Mr. Till-
son all the members of line No. 2
were present at the meeting Mon
day night which proves that our
citizens are interested in home
surroundings.
Graduating exercises will be
held in district No. 28 , some time
in March. ' Elnora Hewer , Elsie
Grooms and Arthur Brown are
the scholars who will try to pass
into the Dth grade.
Mary J. Grooms is building a
nice residence , 16x32 ft. , on her
farm southeast ofhere. . Her son
Frank is doing the carpenter
work the outside of which will be
completed this week.
A ' 'spelling bee" at Pleasant
Valley school house Friday eve
ning Jan. 2-ith. This district is
28 and Miss Mary Jacobs is the
teacher. Mrs. Hittle , teacher of
district No. 14 , of Pen brook will
do the pronouncing and a cordial
invitation is extended to all.
A telephone meeting was held
at Sparks Monday by members of
the North Table Telephone Co.
Officers of said meeting : J. S.
Grooms , pres ; M. Jelly , sr.j Sec.
and Thad Jelly , treas. It seems
that it was hard to reach an agree
ment and probably another meet
ing will be held soon.
PORCUPINE.
Parents who have children .to
educate will do well to write the
Business and Normal College of
Grand Island , Nebr. , for circu
lars. One thousand students are
enrolled annually and it is a high
grade institution in every sense ,
although the rates are reasonable.
Tuition fees may be paid in month
ly installments after the student
graduates and is placed in a po
sition , but the number admitted
on this plan is limited to five
hundred.
C r < l of Than UN
We desire to express our thanks
to our neighbors and friends who
assisted and befriended us during
the illness and death and at the
burial of our baby.
MR. AND Mus. Jonx
GRANGER AND FAMILY.
F x a mi nation
The following program will be
rendered by the East County
Teachers' Association in the High
School building at 1:30 : p.xm. , Jan.
25th , 1908 :
"AmongCo'intrv ' Schools , " Chnps.
vii , viii and ix , Quiz Miss Korlx.
"School Management" "School In
centives. " Quiz Miss Hollj' .
Report of State Association , by
Mr. Watson.
"Peace Conference. " Mar } ' Cumbow.
"San Francisco Earthquake , ' " ' by
CJlara Dunham.
"Lincoln Schools. " by Ed a Brood
"Books Suited to all Grades , " by. . . .
Rertha Gordon.
"Origin and Development of Plays , "
byf Ruth Kennicott
"The Old and the New Womanby
Leo West.
"Dn Wi T. Harris , " byMary Jacobs
Mi. EJittn tl the
U ort-iiy
We Hackberry Lake people are
very happy over the way our
school , which has been taught by
Mrs. Cook , completed its term.
Mrs. Cook has proven herself a
first-class teacher in every respect
and has taken her pupils through
the term in a most satisfactory
manner , accomplishing wonderul !
results and pushing the children
through the hardest problems.
\ \ e are all proud of the neighbor
hood in which we live and think it
"the be.-.t going. "
We are also extremely happy
over the present educational out
look for our children , as our am
ply large new irame school hou e
is now nearly completed and , with
Mrs. Cook's services as teacher ,
we look forward to the pupils of
our district making rapid gams in
their school wor.k in the future.
In Mrs. Cook we have a teacher
who is the equal of any in the
state and she own1 ? a fine home
stead near the School.
A new well is to be put down at
once at the new school house , with
hitching posts and wind breaks
for hordes , and school will soon be
opened in the new quarters.
\ \ e have pulled together and
have at last broken auay irom the
disadvantages under which we
have laboied irom having no
school. A good Sunday school
will now be started and church
services \\ill also be held m the
new school house. To say that
we are happy over our out-look
does not begin to tell it all.
Much praise is due to Wm.
Bachelor , for the way in which he
has pushed forward the building
of the new school house and our
school board is not a bunch of
jauglers , but are gentlemen who
see to it that things go right.
But the pleasant surprise we re
ceived , namely that of our child
ren learning so last , with poor ad
vantages as to house and other
things , is due to Mrs. Cook's expertness -
pertness as a teacher.
J wish success to THE DEMOCRAT
and when my time runs out don't
let the paper stop. Keep it com
ing , for 1 enjoy reading your rad
ical columns ior the right.
OLD SETTLER.
Milt Latta called at our office
Monday while in town to tell us
about his1'new pumping apparatus
which he has recently invented
and has applied for a patent. The
machine works without a cylinder
ai.d just coaxes theater out of
the ground almost equal to an
artesian well. Mr. "Latta is now
on his way to Chicago where he
has been invited by some capital
ists to demonstrate his new de
vice and goes , with them up into
Wisconsin where the demonstra
tion is to be made. He is almost
in possession of a fortune now ,
for no one before has been so suc-
cussful in pumping and xvell drill
ing inventions as has Mr. Latta.
He is the "Edison" of the "sand
hills" and if given equal oppor
tunities for developing and me
chanical construction would yet
make Cherry county more famous
than the "h nd frauds * ' have made
her notorious.
Thomas Ashburn was in town ,
this week and sa.\s.-he made $80on
two acres of his ivinkaid home
stead last ) ear raising potatoes
and is sorry that he didn't plant
more potatoes. He is going to
plant more this year. If one can
raise 100 to 150 bushels of po
tatoes on an acre of ground that
costs but § 10 he has made 400 to
600 per cent on his money or 4to
6 times the value of his farm each
year. What more can people ex
pect excepting lower freight rates j
when Gov. Sheldon gets his railway - |
way commissioners to working
without injunctions. But , then ,
we told you a long time ago that
the g. o. p. was good on delays
and anything to pacify the people
at the time l eing. But Cherry
county people can raise potatoes
cheaper than any place on earth
and what Tom Ashburn has done
is what anyone else can do and
have been doing.
Sam Hudson came very near to
being burned out last Monday
week. The cause was Letting a
pan of ashes too near the building , j
The fire must have smouldered for
several hours before starting to
blaze , but it was during the night ,
so the ilames had full opportunity
to burn. The pump house and
wind-mill were destroyed and the
main house also caught fire , but by
quick work Sam and Kirkwood
extinguished the flames and saved
ihe house. But they got pretty
badly scorched in so doing. The
neighbors are wondering where
they gob water to burL , as the
wind mill burned up , the pump
bouse burned down and the pump
handle was red-hot. We suggest
Lhat they ask Kirkwood.
Is- .
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reliable substitute for tea ' i
*
and coffee is
the new food beverage 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
sessed by neither , and can be used in all cases
where tea and coffee are prohibited.
Tfrr
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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 , constipation - \
pation and headache. Eemoves impurities from the
blood and can be used freely without causing injury | j
Manufactured by
OMAHA , U. S. A.
The above preparations may be had from all
Grocery and Drug Stores.
I j ; 'ore ' Liquor Center
wblic 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
and its methods , by bestowing upon it a far greater
patronage than that accorded any other place in
Valentine.'here the major portion of the fair ,
the impartial , discriminating public buys its Liquor
and Beer , must be a good place for You , the 'in-
I dividual , to trade. Visit The Stock Exchange when
you need anything in our line.
ELTENDORFF
The Loup Valley Hereford Ranch.
Brownlee.Nebr ,
Soldier TreeV ( 'ol-
unius 17th 1CW50.
a sou of Cntuintnis
17th. a half bruther
of the 310.000 1 ; ' ain-
pion i le. .1 n (1
Princ- Heal dH 131.-
CU3 a head of herd.
I now have about 30 head of 1907 bull calves
f r sale.
C. H. FAtri.HAUER ,
JOHN F. PORATH
Knrge , Kebr.
Tubular wells and windmills ,
me up by Telephone.
E. D. DEBOLT. .
Barber
STATE BANK BUILDING
First-class Shop in Every Respect
Ea.u de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star Itair
Tonic , Herpicide and Cokn's Dandruff Cure.
Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
H. S. LOCKWOOD
Handles the
SHARPLESS- CREAM SEPARATOR ,
JJLOUR , GRAIN AND HAY.
Opposite Postotlie. Phone 71.
De Laval Cream
Separators * xm SALE "BY
Nebraska Valentine A. R WEBB.
BL DATLEY ,
Dentist.
Office over the grocery deparment
or 1. O. Hornby's store.
V\ ill be in Rosebud agency July
3rd , Oct. 2nd and Jan. 1 ,
K-I-P-A-N-S
Tabules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
Ther - nt package s
enough lor usual occas
awns. The family bottle ( GO cents ) contains a
"unnlv for a year. A.11 drueei r *
J. W. McDANIEL ,
SUUVEYOB
Valentine
All work will be civen prompt
and careful attention.
We invite you to call and in
= pect our new meat market.
L. H. Bauman.
