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MK XXIII VALENTINE. NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , MARCH 2C , 1908. NUMBER 11
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 Ranges
Gas Ranges
Kitchen Cabinets
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Sanitary Cots
Parlor Furniture
Pictures
Headquarters for first class
undertaking and embalming.
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Try AO
We have the finest line of Men's
Hats , all styles and colors , in the
city. Prices from $1.00 to $3.50.
PHONE 97 ,
GRANT BOYER ,
CARPENTER & BUiLDER.
All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sixes
Residence and shop one block south of passenger depot.
Valentine , mo 72 Nebraska
Friers are w
we. are talking
Our stock is complete.
BiSHOP & YOUKG ,
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WAITED : Salesmen to intro *
dticp our New Commercial Survey
of Nebraska.
These surveys are
n splendid compilation of facts ,
figures and drawings and of won
derful value. Railroads ape ] interurban -
urban lines are shown up-to-date ,
special at.tontion being siven to
i thorn. All counties , towns and
I postoflices fully indexed and populations -
' lations jrivon. Many other feat
ures too numerous too mention.
A splendid opportunity for ener-
irptic men. EAXD , MCXALLY &
Co. . Chicago , 111. f Q
Dr. Meehan , osteopath , has
moved into his new office rooms
over the Red Front store. Tele
phone No. ltf 10
CUT TEACHERS PAY
Mobil- Starts to KetrencJa
cause Xo B&CVCIHACA Come
From Sale of'JLiquor.
Mobile , Ala. , March 19. The
Mobile city and county school
board met this afternoon and marie
sweeping reductions'in the salaries
of the teachers of the schools ef
fective with the next term. The
kindergartens , music and manual
training departments are eliminat
ed from the school work. The
assistant superintendent is abolish
ed. A tuition fee of $1G annually
is made to the high school , tl.e
first tuition charged in the local
ity or county public schools.
A committee of business men
and citizens attended the meeting
and urged that the board contest
the validity of the prohibition law ,
under which the schools have been
deprived of much revenue. The
3oard held that it had no option in
the matter and the citizes will ap-
3eal to the courts. Minneapolis
Tribune.
WKT en
This seems to be the question
with many voters at the coming
Section and their thoughts per-
laps do not include other propo
sitions of considerable interest to
) ur citizens and the surrounding
country people who come to Valentine -
entine to trade or to send their
children to our school.
Our school is far famed as the
> est in the northwest , ar.c ] in fact
there are few better in the state ,
onsidering its size tind the size '
of oqr town.
There is V reason for this ;
Valentine people are , perhaps ,
not more intelligent than many
other people , nor are they blessed
with a more populous surrounding
ountry. Our people in the main
ia\Te given considerable thought
to our school and the requirements
of-a good school , one of which is a
generous supply of funds and a
.rood school building. Goodteach-
rs can be employed elsewhere ; §
well a Valentine and many towns
lave tie advantage of a greater
selectpn of competent educators
well within their own territory.
Teachers prefer , generally , to
teach near their homes and must
je offered better wages to go
west or far from home to teach. .
Valentine in the past has offered
these inducements and procured
the best instructors to be had in
this western country. The real
friends of education in our city
consider this question and our dis
advantage has been met with suf
ficient funds to procure a superior
class of instructors , not forgetting
that the salary of our teachers de
pended upon the supply of cash at
our command , and , likewise , the
quality of instructors that comes
in competition for the best places
in the profession. Why not put
the proposition on a broader basis
and say , good schools , good teach
ers and good salaries , or neither ?
Valentine has five saloons and
they are charged $800 per year
each for license , making a total of
§ i-,000 , of which $2,500 is paid in
to our school fund and $1,500 to
our city as occupation tax.
Perhaps , already , some critic
has condemned this argument as
taking " 'blood money" as tliey are
wont to do. Suppose we didn't
have saloons ; we'd have no "blood
money , " but we'd have "blind
tigers" , "hole-in-the-wall" , "drug
store saloons" , "clubs and club
rooms" , "bitters" , "hop tea
joints" , "restaurants" , "cigar
stores" , "pool halls" and "boot
leggers" , selling and dispensing
"iO-rod" whiskey without a 15-
pense , We'd also have a class of
people that would do these things.
If they are not here now they'd
soon drop in , There would be
prosecutions , of course , but that
would mean expense and "blood
money" going out instead of com
ing in. Do you want that class ol
people in preference to a gooc
class of saloon-keepers who arc
honorable business men in their
profession ? who pay their taxes
and their obligations promptly ?
There's no use dodging the
proposition. Look it squarely in
the face. Do you want it ? Othei
people have tried it. and know.
There's more to this : Your bo.v
would meet a crowd of other boy5
who are good boys but some ot
them like to take a nip , just for
fun , you know , and they'd senc
for a jirg and keep it all to them-
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
ingto the refined and tasty dressers. We are showing you this week the neb
by , neat spring patterns of Cluett Shirts , tin * new shapes of Arrow Collars ,
and the elegant new creations in Men's Neck Wear. We 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 shoesmade * in Endicott , N. Y. ,
and shipped direct from manufacturer to retailer , which enables us to sell
them at the prices we offer below :
Men's Lace Biucher , Gun-metal Calf Skin , per pair $3.00
Men's Lace Patent Leather Bluchers , per pair 3,50
Men's Button Patent Leather Bluchers _ 4,00
Men's Button Patent Leather Bluchers , brown uppers 4.00
\Yatch our windows.
selves , just their friends , you
kjow , would be taken in on it. A
keg of the stuff "that made Omaha
famous , " would be shipped in and
taken out to a picnJQ or a fishing
party where none would suspicion ,
until your boy finding it flowing
as free as water would imbibe ,
perhaps 1 , more freely \than you
think. The uninitiated would run
onto it in the "residence districts"
sure enough and many a boy who
would from precept never depart
from j his father's footsteps , though
saloons lined the streets , might
fallan j easy victim when it came
to | him from an unsuspecting
source.
A large quantity of liquor corp
sumed in a town does not so much
ref'-6ct immorality of its oitixons as
the intemperate USD of a small
quantity. One jug , one keg or
me bottle might bring the blush
of shame more to your home than
saloon in your town.
Do you want a change from tha
> eaceful quietude of the past year
o chaotic conditions , that means
neither money for our school nor
Lbatement of the liquor question ?
Are you in favor of reducing
he salaries of our teachers and
op oil' one grade for lack of funds ?
There's a class of people who
would have you believe that they
ire against vice of all kinds , but
ou'l ! find them as mean as the
.levil and lacking the honor found
n the ordinary saloon-keeper in
Business principles. They send
> ut of town for their printing and
everything else they can buy away
from home on which they think
they can save a few cents. 'Why ,
some of them would send out ot
town for their chewing gum if
they were running a hardware
store , and others make a pretense
of giving big amounts to charity
and take a farm in on the sly as
compensation for amounts oscen-
sibly contributed. Wo heard sev
eral ugly talea last summer about ,
a man who pretends to bo a good
soul , that he raised the price on
several sales to different individu
als after the deals were made , j
Now , everybody knows just who i
this is for it's commonly known ;
that he's tricky like this and It has I
been frequently commented upon
on the street. Poses as a reform
er. Great Scot ! It's popular you
know to shout temperance and
Christianity from the house tops
and some people are always striving -
ing to be popular.
"Turn that wrapping paper the
other side out , " Raid a lady in a
drygoods store this morning as the
clerk was putting up her purchase
in a printed wrapping paper. "I
don't want to be a. walking adver
tisement to your store. 1 read ,
the papers as all intelligent people !
ought to do and J think in them 5s
the place to advertise your busi
ness. Instead of asking your cus
tomers to carry your sign around
with each purchase of goods , go ,
and toll the people through thej
papers what you have to sell and
how you sell it. ? 3
A full line of Gent's furnish- ,
, ings. Phone 122.
1 9 Jttobertson & Bishop ,
We sell farming implements as well as other
merchandise at reasonable prices.
Call and try us.
GfJOOKSTON NEBRASKA , , MAX E. VIERTEL.
DEALER'IN ' EVERYTHING.
We have had a panic ;
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& We have had a mild winter :
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We have had some closing' out sales , but
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W. are still doing business at the old stand
and invite our friends to remember us
when in want of the staples of life.
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Call and see us. Phone 23
& . W. A. PETTYCREW , GENERAL MDSE. jj
Chartered na a State Bank Charter 1 as a iNatioifil Bank
Jun - 1 , 1834 , August 12. 1002 ,
Valentine , Nebraska.
( Successor to )
PAID IN A General Banking
Exchange and
Collection business.
C. H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Viea-President.
M. V ; NICHOLSON , Cashier.
Tobaccos and Cigars.
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Canned Goods ? C2C Lunch Counter.
i 3 Phone 7 me Bakery , is
Stetter & Tobien , Props.
DEALERS IX
All Kinds of Fresh jlj.
and Salt Meats. . . .
Will buy your Cattle. Hogs ,
Poultry-Horses , Mules and
anything you have to sell.
