We know it's warm and you know it's , warm I But i I I we want to sell our Fur 4 Coats We Meet Any Price. Call on us sure. I T. C. Hornby. | i 1 Prices are what we are talking Now Our stock is complete. BISHOP & YOUNG , CODY , NEBB , A Safe , Simple System The system of paying by check was devised by all men for any man for you. It is suited to the need of any business , either large or small. It makes no difference whether s we pay out § 10 or § 10000 a month. A checking account will serve your needs. Pay by check , the method puts system in to your business and gives you a record of every transaction. VALENTINE STATt BAKK VALENTINE. 01 Telephone Orders Quick Delivery You are not compell ed to come to our store when you want drug store goods. We have a splendid , exceptionally quick de livery service. We invite you to tele phone your orders. Watch how quickly they will be delivered. After you once become accustomed to ordering in this way , you will find it very convenient , especially so on a stormy 6 day , or when you are in a great hurry. PHONE 2. VALCNTIRt. N D Talk of the Town. W. A. Bonser is in town. Dewey Kellogg is in town to day , . John West is clerking at the Home Bakery again. We have facilities for keeping our stock in first class condition. 1 Bauraann's Meat Market. I i Miss Katharine Donoher was taken to the St. Joseph's hospital Tuesday by her sister. Miss Wren , i and a few friends. i Mrs. Mabel Merriss and two children who have been visiting 0. W. Halm's the past six weeks returned Ho Hampton , lowr , Mon day. Ben Bachelor has purchased a half interest in Bauraann's meat market and' will live at Haley's farm where tehy have their slaughter house. J. P. Sweeney of Enlow precinct - = cinct was in our city last Satur day on business and called at our office. He is going down east soon on a visit of several months. J. S. Brosius and wife are re joicing over the appearance of the stork at. their home , leaving a 9- pound son. They had recently moved onto the Haley farm south of town. Invitations are out for a dance to be given in Church's hall Fri day evening. Some new players are mentioned among the orches tra , showing some progression in this line. * Wm. Cramer reports that the sale of A. F. Brown and Bert Ayers in Crookston Wednesday was well attended and everything brought good prices. Horses sold as high as § 325 per team. W. H. Stratton has started a flour and feed store in the build ing north of the Eagle Livery Stable. Also has apples. Cider made to order for 50 cents per gallon on short notice. Leave your jug. Phone 125. 3 W. H , STKATTON. Ervine Bristol thought he would jt the habit of the season last Saturday and upon taking an "in voice" of the articles he had left in his wagon while he did some trading , found he was short a coat. The floor must have shirked its duty. Dr. B. F. Felch , an old timer of this county , returned from Seattle Monday where he had been to visit a brother and stop ped here for a visit with his wife and daughter , Mrs. Nels Rowley. He is looking stout and hearty for a man of 76. The 14 year old son of John S. Jackson , Johnnie Jackson , was kicked by a horse Tuesday eve ning and knocked senseless for awhile. Two teeth were knocked out and he was bruised some about the head and face. He is recover ing and doing well. The farmers of Kewane precinct are going to build a high line thru their district. At the recent meeting of the North Table Tele phone Co. , the same directors re-elected with thr exception of a Mr. Khure of Nor-len in place of j Mr. Campbell. They adjourned to ' meet Feb. 15. Emerson Powers returned from the Black Hills last week and has decided to have a sale of his per sonal property and move up to the Black Hills where he can edu cate his children-and have a com fortable place for his family to live near his work. Mr. Powers has had a hard time getting along the past nine years and though he has always had some property he has trfed to make a home out north of Sparks with but little to do and his pro6ts were mostly from his daily work. He has been ambitious and is now going to the Hills to make railroad ties. The farmers who can use the property he offers for sale will bid freely on what they need or can make use of. See his big advertisement on auUtlfcr page of this Try Kazda's barber shop , tf T. C. Hornby spent yesterday in Crookston. Also Mr. and Mrs. Ayers. For a nice juicy steak call at Bauraann's meat market or call Phone 88. 1 , Darlington and Kingston' Moonshiner's Daughter , " Feb. 13th at the opera house. If you want good fresh oysters in a hurry call up Baumann's meat market. Phone 88. 1 The Hudson nut and lump coal for sale by Frank Fischer is now reduced to § 7.60 per ton. Its su perior qualities will be shown by a trial load. 2 Dr. Meehan , osteopath , will be at the Valentine House from Monday morning until Saturday , evenibg each week. Consultation free. 50 J. S. Brosius team ran away last Saturday , starting from the depot with a big freight wagon , coming up Hall street where they turned west on Catherine street and ran against the electric light pole at Davenport & Go's , corner , breaking it off even with the ground and also near the center. This checked the team and Jas. McLaughlin ran up and canght them. Karlv August Frederick Stopp was born in Hanover , Germany. August 30 , 1834 , emigrated to Denmark in I860 where he was married twice and by his first wife had six children , two only of which are living , one in Denmark and the other in America. After the death of nis second wife in 1899 he came to America and stopped with his son-in-law , Mr. Jens Thomsen then living on the Niobrara river. About a year later he went up to the west end of Cherry county and later went ; o work as shoemaker in the store of Z. T. Davis at Merriraan where le continued until about two weeks ago when he was taken ill with pneumonia and came to Mr. Thorn- sen's now living on North Table near Crookstou , where he died early this morning , Jan. 30. 1908 , An Ax to Grind. The familiar expression , "An ax to gr'oid , " frequently attributed to Benja min Franklin , originated with Charles Miner , "svlio introduced the following tale of AVOC in a short , pithy essay pub lished in a country newspaper of Penn sylvania during the year 1S11 : A little boy is asked by a man wfth an ax and an engaging smile if his father has a grindstone , and , the family being in proud possession of that implement of welfare , the youngster leads the way Into the back yard. "What a fine little fellow you are : " exclaims the stranger , quite casually , as though scarcely conscious of speak * Ing loud. Of course the boy becomes at once his most obedient servant and , by more well directed praise , brings water to whet the wheel and heroic ally turns the grindstone until his small hands sting with blisters. But the moment the ax is ground its owner calls his little fetch and carry slave "rascal. " crushes his newborn manly pride by bidding him hurry off to school. Los Angeles Times. An Auction Room Incident. It was an auction sale on Market street , and the auctioneer was disgust ed. He had offered a watch and chain \vhich he claimed to be worth $22. The first bid was § 1. and he could not get a second. "I'll find out if there is an ounce of nerve in this crowd. " said he. and , taking a one dollar note from his wallet , he held it up and asked for bids. A laugh went through the crowd , but for a couple of minutes no one bid on the note. "Come on , " said the auctioneer. "What is the matter ? Don't you think the bill is good ? " After another moment the voice of a small boy was heard. "Five cents , " he said. "That's the game , " said the auctioneer. "Who'll make it 10 ? " A mail in the crowd bid 10 cents , and the boy raised it to 15. The bidding went on until the little fellow had got to 93 cents , when the auctioneer handed him the note. lie gave the auctioneer another note and got a nickel change. The auctioneer then treated the crowd to a lecture on courage. Philadelphia Hecord. High Living. An eminent man who is a strict ab stainer from both wine and animal food is obliged in consequence of this peculiarity to refrain from dining out. Ho entertains , however , an occasional kindred spirit. One such was recently at his table. "You ought to have seen them , " said the eminent man's sou , "rioting over boiled carrots I1' Wooden Shoo Land. Did ytiu Iravo any sho'es' made iu Holland ? Patrice-Well , I tried to have a pair made , but when I \veiit to get them tliey told nic they hadn't cut the tree Uowu yfct , Tankers BAUMANN'S ftfr Tl n m TlJ I i J j & & fc > fcftfr ftfr fcfr All kinds of Fresh Meats Salt and Cured Meats 0 > Assortment of Fish 0fc Vegetables and Oysters fc * Fresh rendered lard in bulk or pails. Particular attention paid to special orders. Our selling prices will be governed by our buying prices. ftft ft ftft I will buy poultry , butter and eggs , and all ftft kinds of live stock. ftft ftft ft ftft Call at our shop and see us. Phone 88. ftft ftft . % ftft ftft Yours for business , ftft ftft 49 ft 49 49 ftfr 49 ft ftft 49 ft ftft 49 49 49 aumann & Bachelor ftft ftft ft ftft 49 ft 49 9 Proprs. ftft ftft 49 49 . ftft ftft 49 ft ftft ft Valentine Nebr. ftft ftft , . ftft ftft 999999999 $ 99 9 999999 99 99 9 * O" Q O-O" Of OF Saw His Own Finish. Some time ajjo the wife of Judge Blank lost her cook. and. since she had no other resource , she rolled up her sieeves ; md for a week provided nidi meals as the judge had not enjo.ved fiucc thee happy days when the III sinks did not keep a cook. The judge's delight was so great that by way of appreciative acknowledgment he presented Mrs. Blank with a beau tiful ermine cloak. Quite naturally the incident was a good deal noised about among the social acquaintances of the Blanks ami a spirit of envious emula tion was developed in certain quarters. It was in this mood tliat Mrs. Jerome recited the story to her husband. "What do I get , Jerry. " she asked , "if I will do ( lie cooking for a week : " "Well. " said Mr. Jerome , "at the end of a week , my dear , you'll get one of those long ertipe veils. " Argonaut. A ! ! Alone. Some legends , especially those vttl- a moral , die hard. A little boy Iian told a lib with the carelessness ol' imaginative childhood and was receiv ing the conventional rebuke , coupled with the threat that the convcnt'onn ! reward of the future would not be his unless he told tle : truth. "Won't there 1 y anybody in heave ! ) who has told a story ? " asked the small boy , much interested. "Xo. dear , " answered his teacher at a venture. The small boy drew a long breath of deep reflection. "How jolly dull for George Washington ! " he remarked. London Chronicle. England In Virginia. If an Englishman wants to feel at home at once in the United States he must go to Virginia. I was spoiled ev erywhere , but nowhere more than in Virginia. They love England there with a special affection , are very proud of their English ancestry , and at an old Virgini-i country hor.se such as we visited during t ! ; { week at Richmond you might casiiy f.-uvy yourself in an old park in Sussex or Worcestershire. Bishop of London in London Diocesan cesan Magazine. A Classics ! C.lery , 1 am going to toll you a rlasir.il story. Listen : The wooden horse was standing be fore the city of Troy. { "That seems a hetivy lipj-t. " said' ' Paris to Hector. " > "o-v. what would you say was its weight ? " "Troy weight , of course. " replied Ileetor. "I didn't mean that , you great hec toring brute ! " w. . .stho reply. Lr.t the wit of tiie other had turned Paris green with euVy. Successor to D. STINARD Valentine , Nebraska. v Has just received a complete line & of the latest styles and best quality shoes for ladies , misses , children , men and boys. Our "Buffalo Calf" work shoes for men and boys cannot b e j equaled for quality and price. In dress shoes we have both plain and snappy styles. Our "Hard Knocker , " the best on earth , is a line of school shoes that will please and satisfy you in style , quality , comfort and price. New goods in all our lines are now constantly arriving , and you are invited to call and inspect the quality and become ac quainted with prices. DISTRICT COURT CALENDAR. Sioux February 18. . . September S Sheridan March 3 . ? November 1) Cherry March IB September 21 Molt March 23 December-14 Boycl April 6 November 23 Brown Apvil 20 September 21 Rock April 27 September 28 Key a Paha May 11 September 14 Box Butte May IS - : December 7 Dawes , June 1 November 10 Frank Fischer's popular Hudson nut and lump co.il no-.v sells for $7 HO per ton. Asmall load will convince you of its good qualities.2 Don't forget our : > rices are al ways riirht if you oorae , send or call by ph me. (88) ( ) . 1 Baumann's Meat Market.