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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1908)
Bistoi leal Soc rii VOLUME X2III VALENTINE. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY , MARCH 19 , 1903. NUMBER 10 \l \ The entire hardware department of the Red Front Mercantile Go's is now for sale. Come in and buy part of it. Carpets Rugs Mattings Burlap Linoleum Oil Cloth Cool Banges Gas Ranges Kitchen Cabinets Sanitary Cots Parlor Furniture Pictures Headquarters for first class undertaking : and embalming. o. Try Co. FIRST We have the finest line of Men's Hats , all styles and colors , in the city. Prices from 81-00 to $3.50. PHONE 97 , GRANT BOYER , CARPENTER & BUILDER. All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes Residence and shop one block south of passenger depot. t Valentine , PHOXE 72 Nebraska i Breeders and Importers of Percheron and Belgian Horses. Carroll , Nebr. , Wayne County. We arrived with our last importation Oct. IS , 1907. Our barns are full of big square built horses , imported and American bred , from yearlings to five years old. We handle the best draft horses in the -northwest. They have the size , bone and action , each horse being selected on the merits of its own individuality. We have no agents , do our own buying in Europe and our own selling at barns in Carroll. Farmers , form your own company , como to our barns and select a horsejLhat will be a money maker for you and a benefit to your com munity. Come and see our horses or write us. LARGEST AWB.MOST tep Read the Advertisements. Nature unaided may , in many places , maintain a given standard of live stock , but it seldom , if ever , improves the strain. Tins being true , it naturally follows that the improvement of all domestic ani mals is left for man's ingenious methods. In the realm of the great vocations , who will say that the providing of milk , meat and butter to feed the millions , is not as great as that of providing bread or any product. Our chosen line of business - ness is pursued with two aims in view. 1. To provide the necessary comforts of the home. 2. To tu- joy the intellectual and finer things of life. Happy indeed is he who , while busily engaged with the many details of business does not allow it to make him narrow , but keeps abreast of advancing knowledge , and lives in a spirit of good will for , and interest in the welfare of hi ? friends and neighbors. nBy force of circumstances or choice we are doing the things that go to make up this vast business world. The more practical know ledge and life we put into this line of labor the greater will be our suc cess. I admire the man who is en thusiastic in his business. There is abundant room for all the energy and talent you may display without the slightest danger of detracting from the success of others. In the livestock business it is only wisdom , to take up the breed of your choice and by systematic grading improve your herd until it is second to none in your locality. I would not dis courage those who hive spent years in grading up up a Shorthorn or Hereford herd. I believe it would be a mistake to c/6ss any high grade of cattle with another breed , but would rather encourage them be lieving that success will surely at tend their efforts. I invite the at tention of young men and all rais ers of beef cattle who are just tak ing up the business and have not made a selection of their chosen stock. I quote from Henry JDuPlan who was judge of carload lots at the International Livestock show at Chicago in 1907. He is a stock buy er for one of the largest packing houses in that city. The years of experience he has had handling vast numbers of cattle makes his judg ment of great value to stockmen. He says in the Breeders' Gazstte of December 4 , 1907 : "Black cattle have by consistent and meritorous performance on the block earned the reputation of 'hon est bullocks. ' Their unquestioned popularity renders unnecessary the backing of assertion by proof. When the yard salesman communi cates the fact that he has a load of 'good black ones' the buyer loses no time in ascertaining what the goods are. I am no breed crank. Buyers are invariably impartial ; their sole demand being for good cottle , but they will invariably look at a load of black ones on a dull market first. The butcher recognizes the merits of other breeds of cattle and \vhen the somewhat difficult feat of real izing top prices is achieved each will be found to have taken its share. As a yearling I like the Hereford ; it has no superior ; and the Shorthorn for superd thick beef can hold its own with any bullock ever sent into the market. Where the Angus ac centuates its popularity is in its ability to dress out a high percent age of good beef at any stage of its career , from baby size to the bullock of mammoth proportions. As a yearling it is as desirable as any ; when aged and weighty it cuts up thick and economical , but in my opinion the black bullock is at its best as a two-year-old. In making this assertion I do not refer to the counterfeit , and all breads have them , but to high grade cattle show ing breed type , and the closer they are to being pure bred the better. The Angus cross makes an attrac tive animal , as the popularity ot the blue gray in British market proves conclusively.A load of black bullocks of the same quality and finish as a load of any other kind will invariably elicit a bid of 10 cents higher than the buyer would feel justified in offering for otherB. He has by long experience determined in his own mind at least that results justify him in doing this. The statement that the black is an 'honest bullock' explains this. When he starts a load of black ones toward the scales he does it with the conviction that he has not booked himself for a calling down when the dressing sheet has been filled out. Kot only trill lie gefc a The spring of 1908 has created many new and pretty patterns , many shapely styles and novelties in men's wear , which are more than ever pleas ing to the refined and tasty dressers. We are showing you this week the neb by , neat spring patterns of Cluett Shirts , the new shapes of Arrow Collars , and the elegant new creations in Men's Meek Wear.Ye also call your at tention to the Endicott , Johnson & Go's line of Men's Oxfords , which we have now on sale. This is an eastern line of shoes , made in Endicott , X. Y. , ( and shipped direct from manufacturer to retailer , which enables us to sell tliem at the prices we offer below : i ! Men's Lace Blucher , Gun-metal Calf Skin , per pair S3.00 Men's Lace Patent Leather Bluchers , per pair 3,50 Men's Button Patent Leather Bluchers r 4,00 Men's Button Patent Leather Bluchers , brown uppers 4.00 Watch our windows , i high percentage of beef , but it will be good meat , and when displayed on the hooks will attract the eye of the retailer , a more critical buyer than the layman imagines. I do not wish to be suspected of dispar aging good bullo3ks of other breeds. They all have merit , much of it in the superlative degree. But-Avben the Angus is contrasted with the ordinary drove of steers it shines out conspicuously. The killer nev er experiences the least trouble in disposing of the choice cuts. Loins and ribs are always in demand and at a premium. It so happens that the blacks carry a large percentage j of their weight above a 'me ' drawn midway and horizontally through the carass. The neck is short and the hind quarter well filled out. When decently bred the Angus carries a high percentage of desir able meat of excellent quality , line { grained , mottled and compact. The i meat is always thick on the rib where it is worth money and there is no excess of plate. Being short legged the shank is not promrient in the carass. Give me a load of black cattle aging anywhere from long yearlings to short three-year- olds and I will seek no further quality , One reason why the butcher is partial to them is , that they are line boned and when an experienced retailer enters a beef cooler to select material to replen ish Jiis stock he invariably begins a patient search for the black ones , frequently surprising beef men by the certainty with which he picks them out of the mass. A black carcass is always a nice carcass and my experience justifies me in stat- j ing that there are fewer counterfeits in this breed than any other. Of course there are black cattle that deceive the feeJer , but invarially the stock yard buyer is equal to the task of weeding them out in his rounds. A black bu 1 in a dairy herd will create a crop of black calve" decidedly superior for beef purposes to the progeny of a dairy bull , but when marketed they ara not the kind of cattle that prompt buyers to ride their horses lame for the purpose of getting a bid down , i It is the load of well bred ones that justifies the scramble to get posses sion. London is extremely partial to the blacks. If an exporter can secure the i they have the prefer ence over all others. For holiday trade across the water they are al ways in urgent request. The typical - cal Angus steer is highly prized , in fact at aU British markets , which accounts for so many being sent across the Atlantic alive. Since the institution of the International Livestock Exposition there has been a world of improvement in the quality of black cittle reaching the Chicago market. The stellar per formance of Advance , the first In ternational grand champion , es tablished a new standard and both breeders and feeders have not only been living up to it but taking aim even higher. Before the educational campaign launched by the Interna tional became effecme we were get ting black cattle decidedly deficient in killing quality. Staggy necks ! i were conspicuous and other defects j noticeable but now they are noted j | for smooth , short necks , thick loins and ribs and a , heavy hind quarter. ' They furnish ideal beef for hotel ( Continued on last page. ) of winter goods in all lines is now complete. Come and give ns a call. OROOKSTON NEBRASKA , MAX E. VIERTEL DEALER IN EVERYTHING. We have had a panic ; o : We have had a mild winter : We have had some closing out sales , but Of are still doing business at the old stand and invite our friends to remember us when in want of the staples of life. Call and see us. Phone 23 § W. A. PETTYCREW , GENERAL MDSE. Chartered as a Stiite Bank Chartered as a National Bank 1 , 1884. -August 12. 1002 , The Valentine , Nebraska. ( Successor to ) PAID A General Banking $ Exchange and $25,000. . , Collection Business. G. H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President. M. V. NICHOLSON. Cashier. \ ZS5 A > ? f r't r < yP ; j Tobaccos and Cigars. R j § Canned Goods 2C * < C Lunch Counter. 1 IT T * < Phone I 8 7 Home Bakery. - A * ft Stetter & Tobien , Props. DEALERS IX All Kinds of Fresh i and Salt Meats. . . . Will buy your Cattle , Hogs , Poultry , Horses , Mules and _ ny thing you have to sell.
