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VOLUME X2III VALENTINE. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY , MARCH 19 , 1903. NUMBER 10
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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.
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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.
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Valentine , PHOXE 72 Nebraska
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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 :
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! 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 ,
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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
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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
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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.
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, Collection Business.
G. H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President.
M. V. NICHOLSON. Cashier.
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All Kinds of Fresh i
and Salt Meats. . . .
Will buy your Cattle , Hogs ,
Poultry , Horses , Mules and
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