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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1908)
TH r \ \ I. M. RICE Editor and Proprietor. MARK ZAIIK Fore mac. Entered at the postotlice at Valentine , Cherry county , Nebr. . as Second Class Matter. TERMS : Cherry Co. Subscriptions : { | i ; S Foreign Subscriptions \ A . . . . r > , ( loc nor inch each issue ; by contract 12 c. Advertising Rates -j Transient ac.v . 20c per inch ; locals lOca line. Foreign rates for stereotyped advertising , 3 months or longer 10 cents per inch , net. . Local notices , obituaries , lodge resolutions and socials for revenue 5 cents per line each insertion. THURSDAY , OCTOBER 22 , 1908. Democratic National Ticket For President : W. J. BRYAN of Nebraska. For Vice President : J. W. KERN" of Indiana. STATE TICKET. Governor A. C. Shallenberger Lieutenant Governor E. O. Garrett .Secretary of state John Mattes , jr Auditor W , . Price Treasurer Clarence JMackey Supt. of Pub. ins N. C. Abbott Attorney general H. 13. Fleharty Com. Pub. Lds. and Bldgs W. 13. Eastham Railway commissioner Win. H. Covvgill Congressman. Gth Dist Win. H. Westover State Senator , llth dist George M. Adams Representative. Mnd dist J. F. Carr COUNTY TICKKT County Judge James C. Quigley Commissioner 2nd Dist X. S. Rowley COUNTY JUDGESHIP. EDITOK DEMOCRAT : There are two county officers that , in my opinion , should be chosen regardless of their political affiliations. One is the superin tendent of schools , the other the county judge. This year we elect a county judge , and I propose to give a few reasons why , in my judgment , James C. Quigley is the better fitted for the position. Mr. Quigley is a graduate of the Valentine schools and also of the Bellevue college. He graduated from both with high honors , and partially paid his expenses at Bellevue as correspondent for the Omaha papers. Educationally , he is far superior to Mr. Elliott and , while young in years , he is a mau of excellent judgment and superior literary ability. Age does not always bring wisdom , and I submit this as one reason why Mr. Quigley should be elect ed. Mr. Elliott has had eight years salary from Cherry county , and the argument he uses for the purpose of being elected is that he "needs the money. " At present he is the proprietor of a money making drug store , and I can not believe that he really does need the money. Mr. Quigley is a young man just starting for himself in life and will use the money made in the judge's office to finish his legal education. Mr. Quigley was born in Cherry county and no one can say aught against his reputation or character. His private , life is spotless and I believe that his of ficial life will be the same Do you not think it is a good plan to give the young men a chance ? Do you not think that Elliott's eight years at the public crib is enough ? Do you not think that it was un just to appoint Elliott county judge when two old soldiers were applicants for the position ? If Mr. Quigley is elected ho will devote his entire time to the duties of the office , and will not have any other business that will need his attention. In education , in legal ability and in sound judgment he is the peer of any man in the county , and the. voters will make no mistake if they elect him coun ty judge. OLD CITI/KN. Governor Sheldon helped to pass llift new revenue law. lie worked hard for that law. lie argued that the people could not be trusted to elect a precinct assessor who would assess faini lands high enough. Therefore he wanted thorn appointed. Governor Sheldon holds that same view now and i.s bitterly oppossed to the election of Precinct Assessors by direct vote of the people. Vote for A. C. Shallenberger fdr Governor. THE COUNTY BOARD. What is the most important county office from the taxpayer's point of view ? There is but one answer County Commissioner. All the money raised by taxation is expended by three commission ers. Thousands of dollars are raised and disbursed each year in Cherry county and it is of the 'greatest importance that the best possible material be selected for the county board. In N. S. How- ley , the democratic candidate for this office , the people of this coun ty have a ' candidate who is con ceded to be a first class business man. lie is capable and honest , and the public business will be well cared for with him on the board. Mr. How ley has lived in this county from the very earliest days ; whatever money he has he made in this county and it is in vested here. Coming here a poor boy he saw the advantages of this country and set out to make a home in the sand hills , and when bthers became discouraged and left the country he stayed on and never lost hope. He knew the time would come when the coun try would be prosperous again and he has never been rewarded for his faith and pluck. He has been .successful in the management of his own affairs , he is popular in his own neighborhood , ane every one who has ever had business dealings with him will tell you that " > Tels Rowley is on. the square. " Mr. Rowley lives at Kennedy , about forty miles southwest of Valentine , right in the center of the county , and surely the south ern and central part of the county ought to be represented on the board. Before you go to the polls look up Mr. Rowley's record and standing as a citizen and , if you do , we believe you will cast your ballot for him for a member of the county board. Protected Industries. It. is the protected industries that have thrived beyond their lawful earnings. They have har vested where they have not sown. \Vc , as a people , may have pros pered the past forty years , during which time this whole country west of the Mississippi was given to us. excepting what was given to the railroads. Lands were cheap and those who came and bought lands to farm made a good investment , but the total wealth of the farmers west of the Mississip pi river , asfde from their farms , shows the actual wealth accumu lated. The farms were here. That wealth does not compare favorably with the wealth acquired by the protected industries which came f'ioni ; the farmers. Besides raising the crops and stock that feed the people of the world the farmers and stockmen have .made the wealth of our coun try principally , and gave it to the corporations for a few fabiid.ca little machinery , a few gallons of oil , a bit of coal and some bric-a- brac for household and kitchen furniture. What they have left to sjbow up for prosperity is enough , perhaps , to tide them safely over another drouth. The big profits have gone toxpay the tarill' and duty to protect the manufacturers against foreign competition which makes us pay a bigjier price for what we buy , under the pretext that laborers and mechanics get that surplus. The prices in the United States will clo.-ely follow the prices of other countries in the world. It' the United States has a panic it will bti a manfacturers panic , but we can better'stand "a panic of cor rection now than when these manu facturers have greater control of our country , when we are made poorer and they richer. Government. In last week's issue of THE DEMO- CHAT we charged John M. Tucuer with a reputation for immorality , incompetency and dishonesty. We presume m's reputation for im morality will not be questioned by the voters of Cherry county. In regard to his incompetency and dishonesty we submit the fol lowing certificata from the treasurer of cherry county : Valentine , Neb. , Oct. 21 , 1908. This is to certify that the follow ing lines assessed by the district court of Cherry county have not at this date been paid into this office , this being the office where the mon ey for all fines must be paid in ordar to be distributed to the school districts : Fine of Tohn Stefcter assessed at spring term of court , ' 06 § 300 fcine of Harry Hilsiuger , as sessed at spring term of court , 1900. 300 Fine of J. B. Hull assessed at spring term of court , 1908 100 Fine of James Casler assessed at spring term of court , :08 100 ( Seal ) W. D. ARMSTRONG , County Treasurer. The costs in the above cases , as shown by the Appearance docket , is more than $150 , most of which is i paid by the county , and for which the county has not been reimbursed. These lines and costs are secured by i bonds that are good and collectable , and should have been in the school j fund for some time. We are in formed that John Tucker has been representing to the voters that all fines were paid ; we leave it to the voters whether this is dishonest or not ? At last spring term of court there was one James Butcher on trial for shooting a man. John Tucker had the case continued and recommend ed the court to accept as bonds for the appearance of said James Butcher , one Charles Butcher , a brother of James Butcher , a man wno has nothing in this world to his name but the clothes on his back and debts , and John Tucker must have deen incompetent to recommend such a man for bonds man or dishonest and afraid to prosecute the ease. It has been John Tucker's prac tice sinre he has been pounty at torney to call all state witnesses for the district court to appear the first day of the term. He must be incompetent or he would know that witnesses could not be used on the first day of the term as the jury is not called till the second day , but I he calls the witnesses for the first day , thereby costing ( he count ? hundreds of dollars as the records of the county will show. In an article in the Republican , signed by F. A. Cuuabow as secre tary of the republican committee , he says : "When Mr. Etisley filed for his nomination he made an af fidavit and filed it with the county clerk of this county , saying that he would 'abide by the results of the primary. ' " In making this state ment Mr. Cumbow is grossly igno rant or trying to mislead the voters by a .statement that he knows to be false. What Mr. Easley signed was that he would "abide by the re sults of the ELECTION and qualify if elected. " Notice it says ELEC TION AND NOT PRIMARY , and Cumbow quoted only part of the ' sentence and that part incorrectly , and all ] \Ir. Easley pledged himself to was to qualify if elected. However - 1 ever little Freddie is not so much to blame as he evidently thinks that when Mornssey , Tucker or any one of the "gang" pulls therstring he 'must dance. Mr. Morrissey rushes into print in the Republican to deny the au thorship of the article in TUB DEMO CRAT signed "by Order of the Com mittee , " also stating "it is not our fight and the democratic organiza tion has taken no part in it. " He might have stopped at that if he was willing for this to be "their light , " and "not ours" , but really seemed indignant that such "false charges" should be published con cerning John Tucker. In an article in the Republican the chairman of the republican connty committee says that "Mr. j Easley was his choice for the office of county attorney but Mr. Tucker was the nominee of the party , therefore is entitled to the support of the republican voters. " In other words vote your ticket straight , even - ! en if there is a " 3Tellow dog" norni- \ nominated on it. We think that j the voters of Cherry county are too ; intelligent for that kind of voting. ' Cumbow , Morrissey & Co. seem ! anxious to know who the committee j was that are responsible for the > artile in last week's DEMOCRAT. j Space will not permit us to publish i all the names of the committee , but i suffice it to say it was a committee of a great many citizens of Cherry county , representing all parties , who elected the officers signed below : W. D. ARMSTRONG , . H. BAILEY , Secretary. Chairman. "THE EAIIKS AuE FC3 THE PEOPLE-HIT THE PEOPLE FOB TE ! BAflKi" W. J. 8RYAH. THE DEMOCRATIC WAV W. A. Woodward , one of the leading' business men of Lincoln , a lifelong1 republi can and a member of the city council elected on the republican ticket , has publicly - , licly announced that he will ! vote for Bryan and do all he can to bring about the elec tion of his distinguished fel low citizen. Normal precinct , the home of Mr. Bryan , is usually re liably republican. Six years ago the republican state and congressional committees spent over $300 in Normal precintin order to secure the "satisfaction" of carrying - | ing Bryan's home , precinct ! against him. Normal has less than 200 votes. Now a move is on foot , engineered I by Normal republicans , to give Mr. Bryan the unani mous vote of the precinct. All but a dozen or fifteen republicans have agreed to ' bear to induce the obdurate ones to get in line. The "pressure" consists wholly of appeals to neighborly pride. There was a pathetic incident at Tecumseh last week when Mr. Bryan visit ed that town. Mr. Ross , an aged citizen , lay upon his death bed. For days his one wish had been that he might live until NY. Bryan came to Tecumseh that he might once more grasp the hand of his hero. Mr. Ross , 80 years old , has been one of Sir. Bryan's staunchest supporters ever since 1890 , when Mr. Bryan entered political life and was elect ed to congress. The demo cratic leader cut his Tec tun - seh visit short that he might- hasten to the beside of his old friend. The old man lay upon his bed near the front door , surrounded by relatives and friends , wait ing for his hero to come. . * * * " ' Ship your Live-Stock ' ' . \ to E DONAHUE CO , . SO. OMAHA OR CHICAGO No shipment too large andsnone too small to receive the most careful attention. Each consignment intrusted to our care will be handled by members of the'iirm. Each man's stock sold on their merits and a square deal guarantee ! to all. rrite us for the market paper and our special market letters , which we send you free of charge. AMOS SXYDKII , Hot ? Salesman. MATT MALOKE ) Cattle GEO. M. WOOD , Sheep Salesman.Tnos. . J. DONAHUE j * Salesman. ery ROBERTSON & CO , PROPRS. Gent's Furnishi = ngs and Clothing : . Yes , WHO IS YOUR TAILOR ? This is a question which is asked of ev ery man who is seen with a neat and dressy suit on. We can easily answer this correctly and to perfect satisfaction. In over eight years in which we have been handling tailor-naade clothes we have handled five or six different lines , but we fincl that the best and greatest satisfaction is given by the house which we now hand le , Ed. V. Price & Co. All clothes before leaving our shop is made to come up to the purchaser's satis faction and they are all put under a heavy guarantee. They ? re all of a neat , dressy and well-fitting appearance. Let us fit you out with your FALL and WINTER clothes ; such as a tailor-made , rain-proof cravanette , or overcoat , or suit , or , in fact , anything in the line of MEM'S FURNISHINGS. We have just received a new line of the latest styles in bow-ties , four-in-hands and . , . . . COPYKICnT 19.C3. V. PRCE 10. flowing-end ties. We also have bargains i.i shirts , ties , underwear , sox , and hats. Call in and see if what we say is not true. 3 Cleaning , Pressing and Repairing a Specialty. Phone 122. Valentine , Tebr. Mr. Bryan entered the room and without a word hasten ed to Mr. Eoss's beside. The dying man could not raise his hand , but a smile flickered over his wan face as Mr. Bryan took the wast ed hand in his own strong palm. With a few words of cheer that visibly bright ened the dying man , Mr. Bryan left the house , his eyes glistening with tears. The people who witnessed the incident will never for get it. valuation on farm lands in Nebraska was increased twenty- four percent this year by the State Board. Look at your tax receipt and honestly ask yourself if you don't want a change in our State Government : I hereby announce myself as an independent candidate for county attorney of Cherry county , Ne braska , to be voted on at the gen eral election November 3,1908. ROBERT G. EASLEY. A. C. Shallenberger , Democratic Candidate for Governor , STANDS FOR Guaranty of deposits law. Election of precinct assessors by direct vote of the people. A more jusj system of taxation between corporations and other property owners. Strict economy in public affairs. Sawyer Bros. Oasis , Nebr G. K. Sawyer has charge of these cattle. H rsea l > Son left shoul der. Sorne er left side. Ml same > Ieft thigh. Kange on Snake river. 1 'Nebraska ' tand and Feeding Co. 3artlett Richards 'Pres Will G Comstock , V. P. Chas C Jamison Sec&Treas Cattle branded on any part of animal ; also the following brands : horses' same Range betweem Gordon on the F.E. &M. V..R. R. ar > d yannis on M. R. R. in Northwestern BARTLBTTT MILL PRICES FOR FEED , PerCwt. Per Ton. Bran , sacked § 1 15 $22 00 Shorts , sacked 1 25 24 : 00 jCorn , sacked 1 50 29 00 j Oats , sacked 1 60 31 00 Chop Corn , sacked 1 55 30 00 Chop Feed , sacked 1 60 31 00 Contest .Notice. U. S. Land Office , Valentine. Nebraska October S. 1908. _ A. sufficient contest affidavit having bepn filpn in this . .nice by William II Everty , c-XtS ant apiinst homestead entry No 14101 , made November 12. iwa. for section ! il.-Townshib rr Range 33. by Ida West-ate. coutesteeT which " : " , aluwd.that . IdA WaafRate has wholiv abandonud sai.l laun and changed herresidenc therefrom for more than six months lawt i tiiat the land i * not settled IIUOM nor cultivate ! 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