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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1908)
toTlcal Society f ' * $ " r M 1 VOLUME XXIII VALENTINE. NEBRASKA. THUPxSDAY , AUGUST 20 , 1903. NUMBER 32 ma mm Fit All Faces. TH OF THE THEiAFETY RAZOR is so exactly proportioned that when the blade is held against the face , the edge is in the exact position for a clean easy cutting of the beard. WITHOUT HONING iiOUT STROPPING Each K K KU1HR blade is hardened , tempered and ground individually , insuring uniformity of temper and excellent cutting qualities. There is no scraping or pulling like you experience with other Safety Razors. SILVER PLATED GOLD PLATED BLACK LEATHER PIGSKIN ' CASE CASE A Complete KEEN KUTTSR SAFETY RAZOR OUTFIT consists of Holder and mm 12 sharp Norwegian Steel Blades , packed in a com pact neat covered case. New Blades. . . 5 for 25c 8OLD AKB GUARANTEED BY Front Try A. John We have the finest line of Men's Hats , all styles and colors , in the city. Prices from SI .00 to $3.50. PHONE 97. GRANT BOYER CARPENTER & BUILDER. / All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes , Kesidence and shop one block south of passenger depot. Valentine , PHONE 72 Nebraska References : My Many Customers. ROBERT McGEER , Propr. Fine Wines , Liquors and Cigars Bourbon Whiskies : Rye Whiskies : Old Crow , Sherwood , Hermitage , Guchenheimer , Cedar Brook , Sunny Brook , Spring Hill , and 27xyear/old andjas , E , Pepper , O , F , C , Taylor , These whiskies we're purchased in bond and came direct from the U. S. gov ernment warehouse. They are guar anteed pure and unadulterated. Un excelled for family and medical use. Three Star Hennessy and Dreyfus Brandies , Imported Gordon and DeKuyper Gins , Guinness's Extra Stout , Bass Ale , Storz Blue Ribbon and Budweiser Beer , 2 Valentine Nebraska a i Read the Advertisements. [ The Stuff That Makes Democratic Victory. "The stars for him" is a sen- tince which has become a proverb. It means that an irresistible tide of events favors a certain cause. At this hour the stars are fighting for the Democratic Star. Since the Denver convention the march of oncurrances has been palpably , unmis'akably democratic. On the tenth day of August Mr. Bryan stands stronger with the country than he did on the tenth of July when he was nominated. So do the principles he n presents. The meaning of the campaign appears in more salient relief , in sharper- defined outlines than it did a month ago. Let us see what has brought about this result. First , the can didacy of Mr. Taffc had a heavy paving stone dropped on its head by the tipping over of that $29- 000.000 fine imposed on Standard Oil. The easy overthrow of that penalty showed the country how' ' little had actually been done in the ayof putting the bridle and bit on trust monoply. The news of the upsetting of the great fine was hardly out in the papers before men who had p re- viously been in doubt were saying that now they should vote for Bryan. They felt that way because tin oil trust's success in fine dod ging had proved that the war on criminality in high places , which many people had supposed approaching preaching a sweeping triumph , had really hardly begun. It was no far step to the conclusion that rebating had received a new lease of life. That the trusts had not forgotten their knack of turning prosecution to profit was demon strated by the enormous jump in Standard Oil stock , and by the raking into the coffers of the oil trust of a sum more than seventeen times greater than the fine imposed by J udge Landis. Of scarcely less momentous im portance than the overturning of the $29,000,000fine itself was the discovery that the people had no way of appealing from the ju g- ment of reversal to the United States supreme court. On learn ing this fact , thousands of intelli gent citizens were astonished. Most persons had supposed as a matter of course , that the final threshing out of so vast a controv ersy would take place in the high est tribunal in the land. Nor was this beleif confined to laymen. Many lawyers thought so , too But no ! A neat little flaw a con venient loophole of vacuity had been left in the statutes , and though a fight about a can of watered milk can be carried to the United States supreme court , not so a rebate straggle involving the biggest in terests in the country. Standard Oil laughed in his sleeve , and there was nothing to do but try the whole case over again this time with the advance knowledge that no fine could be imposed which would be to the oil trust more than a bagatelle , the appellate court having decided that the judge who had imposed the large fine had exceeded his discre tion. It was clear that the laws gov erning the prosecution of trusts , and especillay the right of appeal , needed attention. That helped Mr. Bryan , and it will also help elect democratic members of con gress. Hardly had the nation had time to grasp the significance of the Standard Oil decision before there was evidence that the threat of government by injunction invading the immemorial right of trial by jury was no idle menace , but a very tangible fact. On the heels of this came Mr. Taf t's acceptence speech. It was ambiguous and , unsatisfactory the speech of a If you are you will want a SUIT CASE something that is neat and durable. Or if you are going fco stay awhile you will need a trunk. Come in and let us help you with your journey. We have cases at all prices and trunks at figures that are right. Look them over in our windows , Carnival Dates : Sept. 22 , 23 , 24 , 25. temporizer and opportunist. There was no right ring ; in it to catch and hold the ear of the voter no pledge or promise that got to the root of any great exis tent need. To awaken enthusiasm with such lukewarmness of utter ance was impossible , and the re publicans themselves didn't at tempt to enthuse. They skimmed over the acceptance address , and were glad to drop it at that. Then came Attorney General Bonaparte's endeavor to use his office as an axe to split the plank of the democractic platform de signed to protect bank depositors. When the attorney general had struck his blow the plank was UD- hurt. All that Mr. Bonaparte had to say was only a lawyer's opinion and the medicated opinion of a liised attorney at that. But a more unpopular thing cooldn't have been done than this officious action of Mr. Bonapart. It roused the fcnL.agonism of every bank de positor in the country , and \\as particularly offensive to the voters of the west. Meantime the nabbing of the Gould railway system by the Harriman - riman interests furnished the coun try a staggering reminder that the vaunted Northern Securities case couldn't prevent big railway mer gers. gers.All All these things are the natural culmination of republican abuses and failures. They are more con vincing than eloquence or logic. Knockdown arguments of grim fact brickbats , they strike the voter where he lives. They were bound to come at some time , and they have come at a most inoppor tune time for the republicans. The shifts of "revision after elec tion" and "publicity after elec tion" can't be worked with events that stare you in the face , and will look at the voter still harder when he pulls the lever or casts the ballot next November. Buffalo Times. TAKEN UP , By the undersigned at my place seven miles northwest of Valentine on the 2Sth day of July , one iron gray gelding , about G years old branded B L on right shoulder , blotch brand on left shoulder. 295 JOHN JACKSOX. U. S. Weather Knrcau .Report lor week Ending Aii . 18. Daily mean temperature 66 ° . Normal 72 ° . Highest 86 ° ; lowest 48 ° . Precipitation 0.66 of an inch. Total precipitation from March 1st ( the crop season ) to date was Id. 05 inches and the average for same period for 20 years is 15.97 ements We sell farming implements as well as other merchandise at reasonable prices. Call and try us. CROOKSTON NEBRASKA. , MAX E VIERTEL DEALER IN.EVERYTHING. Chartered as a State Bank Chartered as a Rational Bank June 1 , 1884. August 12 , 1902 , The BANK Valentine , Nebraska. ( Successor to ) CAPITAL PAID IN A General Banking Exchange and Collection Business. C. H. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Vice-President. M. V , NICHOLSON , Cashier. CONFECTIONER Tobaccos and Cigars. Canned Goods Lunch Counter. Phone 7 Home Bakery. j | Stetter & Tobien , Props. DEALERS IN All Kinds of Fresh arid Salt Meats. . . . Will buy your Cattle , Hogs , Poultry , Horses , Mules and anything you have to sell. sell.E FAIR Valentine , Nebraska , Has now on sale for a short time only , At Reduced Prices Clothing , Straw Hats , Work Shirts , Ladies' Waists , and Odd Sizes in Shoes. This is not a Jew store. Goods are plainly marked and sold to all alike. They are offered at reduced prices to clear shelves for fall and winter stock. 2 : 53 * EMOCRAT.