Old Grow , All Leading
Hermitage Brands
and Bottled
Guclien- Under the
lieimer Supervision
i
Kye of the
Whiskeys. < V"y U. S. ( JOY.
9V ? * * \y * & v ro $3r *
We also handle the Budweiser Beer.
li in-i Ift viicji CiTcnai
JOHN Q. STETFER , Propr.
Notice to Builders and Contractors.
The Hoard of Trustees of School District
Xo. 1. of Cherry Countv Xelill riven e
sealed bids for the erei tion.md completion ot
.in addition. 40x11 two stones .ind basement
to their present school building. Plans and
specifications can be seen and examined at
the ofllce of M. V. Nicholson , treasurer at
Valentine. Nebraska. Separate bids mil be
considered for the entire work or dilferent
parts of the work the board leserung the
right to reject any or all bids.
Uids will be opened May tS. I'.KK and \\oik
must be completed by September 1 IJi.K
D. i : . SHEKMAN Secretary
Daed April : ? 0 UKto. 10 1
Notice to Non-Resident Defendant.
In the District Co.irt of Cherry Con..ty , Ne
bruska
Fred A. IJi-nnett , plaintiff. )
% J )
Klbie J. Bennett , defendant ) i
Elsie J. l.ennett , Xon-restdent delendant.
You are hereby notified that on April 'JO HIO * ,
Fred A. Bennett liiled a petition against u > u In
tne district court of Cheiry county. Nebraska ,
the object and prayer of which are to obtain a
divorce from you on the grounds of cxt-eme
cruelty and desertion , ? nd asUintr for the < s-
t'dy of the minor children , the issue < > f said
marriage , viOra Belle Bennett , : ne i 1-
jears , and Hattle Marie Bennett , aged 10ears. .
You arc required to answer saul petition on
or before June 8 , 1908.
154 FKE1) A. B
Sheriff Sale.
Kv virtue of an order of sale i-sued bv tlic-
olerk of the district court of i 'lii'Tv countv. > c
bruska on January 21.100 under a deciee of
foreclosure wherein Andrew M.Mornss-y e\e-1
cutorof the last will and testament ol . ;
J-nllivan. deceased. i * plaintiil , and Olue M /
( 'nine. May Jones , DHois Crane , minor heir of
Elmer K. Crane , deceased , and nine M ( ' aw
and Chaile" Larson , executor of the I.IM will .i-d
tcstamont of Elmer E. Crane , deceased , a de
fendants. I will -ell at the front door of the
courthouse in Vil nti'ie. Cherjy count\ , " "
braska , that being the bu Iduig wheiem the
last term ofeaid court was held , on the 1st
day ot June , 190 .at 10 o'clock a m to atis \
judgment of SllGSOOand inters at lo per < n
Iroiii date of judgment , January .21. li'iN atut i
costs taxed at ? 4040andaccruinjecsts. 't pni'lie '
auction to the highest bidder lor oasn the fol-1
lowinjidescribed property to ut : Thf . outh '
Half of Northeast , Quarter and Northeast Qti.ti- i
ter of Southeast ( t > uartei of h < > tion 10. and '
Northwest ( uarte'of Snutliwest ( Juait"iof |
section 11 , township : u runje . ; G. in Llicnj
countv. Nebraska
Dated tliisilth day of April. l'io >
C. A. JtOSaKTKU.
10 5 sheriff.
Walcott & Morrissey , Attjs. for ? ltf.
VALENTINE JUNIOR
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Valentine , Nebraska , June 15th
to July 24th.
i
To Teachers , -Actual and Prospec
tive :
The time approaches when you
will have to decide upon the man
ner of spending your summer. In
the belief that I may be able to in
fluence you to think favorably ofj
attending the Junior Xormal at' '
Valentine , I am addressing you.
Why You Should Attend Sum =
mer Scnoo ! .
There are two masons why you
should attend a summer school.
Ona of these is the absolute need
of getting away from the u-ual
environments and coming in touch
with new conditions , and in asso
ciation with those who can lead *
you along different and more ad
vanced lines of study than hereto
fore , perhaps , it lias boon- your
privilege to go.
Withoutsuch opportunity , leaching - J
ing is liable to be regarded as
rather a grinding task instead of
an opportunity to do delightful
aud serviceable work. The genu
ine teacher , of her own accord ,
seeks this opportunity , and if her
strength and means permit , at
tends some school.
, Another reason for attending !
is that the law '
imposes the requirement - !
quirement of normal attendance
'upon those who have not thus i'ar '
had the privilege of attending for
a , sufficient length of time to meet
the legal demand.
!
i
Why You Should Attend at Val *
entine. , I
There is no n re deligLtful
p-lace in Nebraska , t send a few
weeks of the summer than 1 ere.
To be in Valentine for six weeks ,
even with hard study , is genuine
'
rest. The locality is beautiful ,
jihe atmosphere fresh and invigor-
jating I , the citizens interested and
hospitable , and the faculty of the
normal strong and willingly help
ful.
In no other place of the state
probably is there so much done
constantly to make the stay of
those who attend the normal agree-1
able and profitable as here. Jnj
this effort both the citizens and
the management of the normal
unite.
Board and Rooms.
Good board and rooms can be'
secured at prices ranging from
83.50 to1.00 per week. Should
you desire to secure places to'
board 1 and room before going to
Valentine , you should correspond
M with Co. Supt. Lulu Kortz , Valen-
,
tine.
The Work Offered in the Normal.
There will be classes formed in |
those subjects required for the
three grades of county certificates ,
Sand I . , if demanded , in those sub
jects j leading to a professional
state certificate , However , it
should not be assumed that mere
attendance at the Xormal in any
way assures such standing as to
merit either passing grader or
certificates of any kind. These
can be earned only by the work
which attendance gives opportun
ity for.
Requirements for Entrance.
Those who hold county teachers'
certificates , those who hold county
superintendent's certificates from
the eighth grades of the district
schools , or thee who have been
promoted to the high school are
eligible to enter the normal. All
should take with them , when they
go to Valentine to register , their
certificates of one kind or another.
If any do not have either of the
three kinds of certificates men
tioned above , but feel that they
have 1 a preparation equivalent to
that indicated by the possession
of either of the above certificates ,
they should correspond with Co.
Supt. Lulu Kortz , registrar , Val
entine , and she will determine up
on the equivalency of what you
offer for entrance.
The Faculty.
The f acuily is composed of men
and women with successful ex
perience in the work of which
each will have charge , and each
member will endeavor to illustrate
successful methods of instruction
daily in class in addition to the
specific instruction which will be
given for the various subjects.
The faculty consists of Prin. A.
\Vaterhouse , Omaha , principal ;
Co. Sapt. Lulu Kortz ; Co. Supt.
C. i. Hopper. Rushvillf ; Supt.\\r.
T. Stockdiile ; Supt. J. A. Dorc-
mus , Madison : Supt. 0. It. Bo\ven ,
Pierce , and Miss Kate Drisc , > ll ,
Valentino.
Hoping that 1 may have the
pleasure of meeting you for the
session of lOUs and for a pleasant
and profitable summer , i remain ,
Sincerely yours ,
A. II. WATKKHOUS : ; : , Prin.
Cherry Co. School Notes.
Parents who desire free high
school privileges for their children
should apply to this office for
blanks at once. Tire blanks must
be signed and returned by June 10.1
i
Teachers , see that your reading
circle credits are in by June 1.
A certificate of professional work
j clone entitles the bolder to renewal
of all certificate grades.above 80.
| An 8th grade examination will he
i held at this office May 22-23 for
j anyone in the county who wants to
i take it. No fee charged. Any
' school in the county may hold the
! ' same examination at that time.
( The required grade is 70.
{
1 Teachers who have grades to
1 raise should take their examination
| , in May or July. Junior Normal
students shouhl not take the June
'examination. ' ,
I Questions relative to hoard and
room for Junior Normal will be |
answered at this office.
Teachers and directors should see
that the annual term summary and
classification report is filed in this
office before the last month's salary
is drawn.
Cherry county institute will he
held in Valentine June 15-2G. Be
sure to attend.
An art exhibition of 200 Efson
prints will ho held at the court
room June 19 to 20. The pictures
will he classified and studied ac
cording to periods and schools of
art.
All second grade certificates re
quire at least eight weeks normal
training.
f s
Elementary state certificates re
quire at least twenty-four weeks of \
normal training.
If you have held a third grade
certificate you are not entitled to a
second one under the new law.
It is requested that those willing
to fuinish rooms to students or
faculty of the Junior normal notify
us of flic number of rooms and
prices ; also , those willing to fur
nish board and room or board onljT.
Anyone who can furnish table
board for 20 or 30 students will con
fer a favor on this office by writing
to us.
All districts desiring state aid for
weak districts should make application - ,
plication before June 2. Blanks
may be had on request.
Cordially yours ,
LULU KORTZ , Co. Supt.
SJ. S. Wt TE l > i r SCczrcuii ileport
for week KM ( I ing ; May. 5.
Daily mean temperature 41 ° .
Normal 52 ° .
Highest 58 ° ; lowest 22 .
Precipitation .76 of an.inch.
Total precipitation from March
1st ( the crop season ) to date was It
2.91 inches.
The averairc for 19 years for the
same period is1.05 inches.
IVe are still short of the general
average l.U inches but gradually
lessening this difference and com
ing closer to the"normal. . The
frost this morning was not severe
and may leave us a litfclo fruit ,
Nan and the Bucket.
There is one particular fever of non
sense which the Princeton Tiger claims
the credit of having originated , for in
the November issue , 1002. appeared the
following verse :
\ There once was a man from Nan tucket
Who kept ull his c-sh in a bucket ,
But his daiiKhto ; . named Nan.
Ran away with a man.
And as for the bucket Nantucliet.
For the nest few mouths Nan , her
father and her newly acquired hus
band encountered a series of the most
i astonishing adventures in every known
hamlet in the country which could be
converted into limerick form by the
brains of newspaper and magazine
writers from KCA to sea. By the tin : ?
Nan came back with a doen : : or so : ul-
ditional verses tacked on to her' there
L- reason to wonder in the face of the
ordeals to which she had been subject
ed whether the pecuniary advantage
gained by absconding with that bucket
repaid her for all that she had been
through. Hey S. Durstine in Bohe
mian Magazine.
How He Gaved Money.
A country politician1 Pennsylvania
managed to get elected to the legisla
ture at Ilarrisburg for one term. When
he came back he built himself a fine
house , costing about $20,000. His old
neighbors , who knew he had no money
before he went to Ilarrisburg and who
knew the salary of a Pennsylvania
legislator , were curious to discover
where the returned statesman got
means to build the house. So one day
a committee wailed on the man who
j built the house , and the spokesman
said :
"Jim , it may be none of our business
to your thinking , but we think you owe
it to us who sent you to the legislature
to explain where you crot the money
with which you built this house. You
didn't have a cent before you went to
Ilarrisburg and owed everybody in the
place. How about it ? "
"Why. " said the builder , "it's simple
enough. You sec , when we were in
Ilarrisburg we didn't keep a hired
girl. " Argonaut.
Freaks of the Sea.
The freaks of the sea are the anglers
and bat fishes. The people of North
Carolina have aptly named the angler
the allmouth , for the tail begins where
the mouth ends. Inhabiting the north
Atlantic , the angler has been given a
variety of names. On the lassachu-
setts coast it is known as goosefish.
Rhode Island terms it bellowfish , and
Connecticut gives it the cognomen of
molligut. Jamaica bay calls it the car
petbagger. England , Ireland. Scotland
and Wales all have their local names.
The names of the English give to this
one fish are expressive of its'habits , to
say the least. They call it toadfish ,
frog fishing frog , devilfish , sea devil ,
nassTish. monkfish , pockelfish , wide-
gut , kettlemaw and widegap. Thomas
Pennant , who in 17TG wrote his "Brit
ish Zoology , " did not like the name of
fishing frog , then app.lied to the fish ,
so he ' 'changed the old name of fishing
frog for the more simple one of an
gler. "
i he Way of Humanity.
Human nature is kind and generous ,
but xit is narrow and blind and can
only with difficulty conceive anything
but what it immediately sees and
feels. People would instantly caife for
others as well as themselves if only
they could imagine others as well as
themselves. Let a child fall into a
river before the roughest man's eyes-
he will usually do what he can to get
it out , even at some lisk to himself ,
and all the town A\ ill triumph in the
saving of one , little life. Let the same
man he shovn that hundred > of children
dren- are dying of fever for want of
some sanitary measures which it will
cost him trouble to urge , and he will
make no effort , and probably all the
town would resist him if he did.
Ruskin.
On the Other Side.
A British b'old'jr out walking with
his son saw an old blind beggar with
the inscription on his chest. "I Fought
at Waterloo. "
The soldier said , with deep feeling :
"Give him something. ITc helped to
save your country. "
The child dropped some silver into
the beggar's cap , and the old man
gratefully replied :
"Merci bien , monsieur ! " London
Post.
Twain Wasn't -Well.
At a dinner to which Mark Twain
was invited his name was associated
with the toast of "Literature" , by an
orator , who referred with great elo
quence to Homer , Shakespeare. Milton
,
and Mark Twain. In response the hu
morist thanked the speaker for his
kindly references and excused himself
from making a longer speech by say
ing , "Homer is dead , Shakespeare and
Milton are no more , and I I don't feel
verv well mvself ! "
Guarding ihs Deposits.
Gentleman About Town An' if a
guy swiped a coin outer de cup. YTyer
mean t' say de dog 'ould yelp an' grab
him ? - Near Blind Person Sure he
r/ould ! lie ain't no dummy director.
Tuck.
The Sarcastic Victim.
'The ' Barber Your hair is coming out
on top. sir. The Crank Good ! I knew
was In me. Now. for troodncss' sake ,
don't talk to it or it will crawl back
again. St. Louis Republic.
At the Opcrs.
"What was the matter with Signor
Tenori ? Tie sane : the drinking song
wretchedly. "
' Yes. I think he had been driukin . "
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Anger begins in folly and ends In
repen tancePJF t hagorn s.
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I
Postofflce address Valentinfc or
Some branded
on li It
thigh.
Horse1 * branded
, on left
( shoulder
thigh.
Some Some branded
branded ! on ndir thigh
on left or shoulder.
shoulder !
or tin-h
P. n. Young.
j si3S § Simeon. Xebr.
, % SC _
- > Cattle branded
j © 3F
ab out on lerr side
j V-A 1
-
Some Q.YOU lefr
faide.
v.
. $ on left jaw of
V horses.
Range on Goidos Cieak north of Simeon ,
Weather Data.
The following data , covermsr a. per
iod of IS years , have been complied
from the Weather Bureau records at
Valentine , Xebr. They are issued to
show the conditions tliat have pre
vailed , during the month in question ,
for the above-period of 3 ears , but
must not be construed as a forecast
of the weather conditions for the
coming mrnth.
May.
TEMPER ATUK2.
Mean or normal S0
The' ' warmest month was that of 1'JOO
with an average of GI50
The coldest month was that of 1892
with an average of 48 °
The highest was 07 ° on S , 1805
The lowest was 23 ° on 2 , 1889
PRECIPITATION.
Average tor month 3 33 inches.
Average number of days with .01
of an inch or more 11
The greatest monthly precipitation
was o 08 inches in 1898.
The least monthly precipitation
was 0 17 inches in 1894.
The greatest amount of precipita
tion recorded in anv 24 consecutive
hours vvas 1 96 inches on 18. 1897.
The greatest amount of snowfall
recorded in any 24 consecutive hours
( record extending to winter of 1884-85
only ) was 2.00 inches on 11. 1895.
CLOUDS AMD WEATHER
Average number of clear days , 11
partly cloudy , 11 ; cloudy , S
WIND.
The prevailing winds have been
from the NW.
The average hourly velocity of the
wind is 12 miles.
The highest velocity of the wind
was 70 miles from the S\Y on 21,1903.
j. j. MCLEAN ,
Observer Weather Bureau.
Get your property insured by I.
M. Rice * and you will be safe. His
companies pay losses promptly.
Of Hamm's Beer is
absolutely pure. You
take no chances when
you drink Hamm's.
We guarantee Hamm's
under the National Pure
Food Law and also under
the Food Laws of all the i
states.
The 'Preferred Stock"is the
most delicious Beer ever
brewed. It is the ideal
Beer for all occasions. Call
for it.
e
Geo. A. CORBIN , Distributor
Roan Brothers
Woodlake Neb
John Roan's
private mark , slit
j in left ear
Metzger Bros. ,
Rolfe Nebr
Cattle branded
. anywhere on left
bide.
Earmark , square
croj ) light ear.
Horses ha\o
amc brand on
eft thigh.
-o on Oordon and Snake Creeks.
A Reward of $ ' 50 "Hi I : ll(1 to any Person for
KfiStioiileading to the arrest and final
conviction of any person or persons .stealing
cattle with abovw brand.
Jos. tsristol
Valentine , Nebr.
Range on Nlo-
brara river four
milefiVastof Ft.
\iobrani
Rorses and
cattle branded
xx B connected on
left hip or side as
shown in cut
T A. YAKV
Pnllmttn.
'tlr branded .fT
on right side
Horses branded J y
on right shoulder
Reasonable reward
for any information
leading to the re
covery of cattle
strayed from my
range
D. M. Sears.
Kennedy , Nebr
Cattle branded
as on out.left side
Some on loft hip
Horses same on
left shoulder.
Range Square
Lake
AL.ONZO HEATH
Postottlce address
Cody , Nebraska
On left
side. Hor-j
ses left
shoulder.
Range north o
Cutcomb Lake
Sawyer Bros
i'ostoClce atldress
Oasis. Nebr
G. K. Sawyer has
charge of these cat
tle Horses fi > S on
left shoulder ome
left side
es same
eft thigh. linnge on Snake river
Land aud Feeding Co
Richards Pros \Vill GComstock , V. P
Chas C iamison Sec&Treas
Cattle branded on
any part of animal ;
also tlu ; following
horses !
same
Range between
Gordon on the FE
& M V , R. R ard
lyannis on B. K. In orthweatern
Nebraska.
KH - i 7
A T DAVIS
Postoffice address
Iiyanma , Neb
On right side
horses
on left
shoimler
also cattle
on right s deRange
Range i miles
north of Hyannis
Albert Whipple & Sons
Rosebud , 8. D.
Cattle branded
SOS on left aide
OSO on riehtsida
Some cattle also
have af fen neck
Some with A on
left shoulder and.
.some branded
with two bars
across hind onar-
J Prs Som Texas
branded A O on icf t sde : and some
'
on left side.
Ilorses branded SOS on left hip. Some"catt
7"h o -V b3r connected OD both sjde3 and
N. S. Howley
Kennedy , - Nebraska.
Same as cut on
side and hip , arid on
If-fr shoulder of her
303 AlsoS g on
I'-ft side
hip.
< l huskr ,
- ,
_
„ ,
pee ( pitiPr Slde up ) OQ
left side or hip. p on left jaw and M -.boulder
of horses QJ
QJQ on left hip or horses
JSJ on left jaw of horses
O. P. Jordan.
Rosebud , SD
Horses and cattle
tame as cut- also
CJ BE f J on rtS
hip.
and
A liberal reward
for information
leading to detection
of rustlers of stock
beariivtcahv of these
Pat Peiper
Slmeen Nebr * *