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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1908)
I HEW I. M. RICE Editor and Proprietor. MARK ZARII Foreman. Entered at tne postoflice at Valentine , Cherry county , Nebr. . as Second -"Class Matter. TERMS : \ | } ' 9 ° Per year in advance : Co. Cherry Subscriptions : J v ( &l.oO when not paid m advance. J $ L5 ° Ier .vearin advance ; paper dis- I-oreign Subscriptions ( conUnuedatcxpjralonif } not renewed. J 15c Per incl1 oac issue ; by contract 12c. ArlwH-icino- Aavei using Kates ( Transient ajvr 20o pcr inch. iocajs i0ca 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. THUKSDAY , OCTOBER 29 , 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 , H. Price Treasurer Clarence Mackey Supt. of Pub. Ins N. C.Abbott Attorney general II. 13. Fleharty Com. Pub. Lds. and Bldgs W. B. Eastham Uailwa } ' commisMoner Wm. H. Cowgill Congrosman. (5th ( Dist Win. II. Westover State Senator. nth di.st George SI. Adams Kepresentative. .VJncl ( list I. F. Carr COUNTY TICKET County Judge James C. Quigley Commissioner end Dist X. S. Kowley James C. Quigley For County Judge. This is the last time we will have an oppertunity to call attention to the office of count.y judge. As this county grows older business in this office increases and we ought to have a competent , painstaking man in this office ; a man who will have no other business to engage his at tention and who will give his en tire time to the discharge of the duties qf County Judge. In Mr. Quigley we have just that kind of a man. . .He has a superior educa tion and the necessary training for the work. He has good judgement and his habits are above reproach. He will have no other business and the people will - get the benefit of his entire time. He is a young man , full of ambition and will be anxious to make a good record. He knows that if he makes a good County Judge there will be better things in store for him and he will be careful to make good in that office. You will not find his name on any party ballot for the vacancy occurr ed so late that party nominations could not be made , but his name will be on the ballot by petition and we ask you to give him your support and assure you than he will make an ideal County Judge. The fight now going on between j the County Treasurer and the re publican county committee more than ever shows the necessity for a change in management of our couuty business. From the things they are saying about one another it looks as if a general overhauling would be a good thing for the county. The place to begin this overhauling is right with the coun ty board. The county commission ers are the men to check up all the books and examine the accounts of all the officers and it would be a good idea to elect X. S. Rowley , a member of that board. We elected one new member a year ago and he is giving good satisfaction. Xow let us elect another new mem ber and let the new members get to work and see whether every thing is as it should be or not. We supposed everything was in first class shape but if we are to believe what these warring factions. . are saying about one another it would look as if we ought to have a change. As we have said before , N. S. Rowley is a man of first class business ability. He comes from the southern part of the county and that snon of the county ought ID have u represent- ' ative on the board. He has his ranch so well organized that he can and will take the necessary time to attend all meetings of the board and will give the county the beni- fit of his good judgement and ripe experience. A vote for Nes ! Row ley will be a vote for a good county government. John F. Carr For Repre = sentative. Two years ago we urged the people of this legislative district to vote for A. Metzger for represent ative because he was closely identi fied with the livestock and agricul tural inteiestsof the district. They did vote for him and elected him and to-day every one admits that Mr. Met/.ger was one of the ablest men in that legislature and that his services have been of great value to the district. This year Mr. Metzger refused to become a candi date for re-election but we succeed in getting another able represent ative of these interests to take his place on the ballot. This district is esentially an agricultural and stock raising district. The pros perity of Cherry and Key a Paha counties depend on the prosperity of the farmer and stock raiser. These are the two classes of people j who make the county. And these are the interests that ought to be represented in the legislature. John F. Carr , the democratic cand idate is , and for twenty years has been , interested in these two bran ches of industry. He came to this district when it was a wilder ness and by industry and economy he has built up a good business. He has helped to develop this country. He has had his money invested and his time and labor have been given , for twenty years , to the upbuilding of the main in terests of these two counties. His opponent is not interested in any of the things that go to the develop ment of a new county. He came to Koya Paha county only a few years ago and entered the practice of law , he never plowed a furrow or roped a steer. AVe have no fight to make on him because he is a lawyer , but we do say that the lawyers do not need a representa tive in the next legislature , but the farmers and stock men need a rep resentative. Every legislature is filled with lawyers. Omaha , Lin coln and the other cities will send delegations of lawyers to the leg islature. There are , in Nebraska , a thousand farmers and stock rais ers to every lawyer , but when you get into the legislature the lawyers will out number the farmers and stock raisers. The people of this district must determine whether the chief industries of the districts are to be represented or whether they want to join the cities in choos ing a man who has no interest in common with the great majority of the people he is sent to * repre sent. ; John F. Carr is a man of sterling manhood who has made his own way in the world. He is sober , industrious and capable. If lii * is sent to Lincoln the district will take front rank. You will have a man there who will be one of the leaders. You will have a man who will be a worthy successor to Mr. Metzger , and the influence of the district will be felt. Thereis a movement on foot to have an agri cultural station established in west ern Nebraska. This would be of incalculable value to this county and to the whole sand hills district. No man can be found who is better fitted to show the need of a station like this than is John F. Carr. If you want a man to talk farming and stock raising you want a man who knows what he is-talking about If you were after a law school it might do to elect Mr. Duval , be cause Du vail might be able to show the advantage of a law school , but if you want an agricultural and : live stock school , you had better J elect a man who knows something about agriculture and live stock. Mr. Carr has a good education : he is not an orator but he is a good talker , and a clear thinker. He will be a credit to the people of this district and the farmers and stock men of Key a Paha and Cher ry counties may feel proud to have a man of his character and ability to represent them. There is no United States senator to elect this year and , therefore , there is no party issue involved and Mr. Carr ought to get the vote without re gard to party. > " > Jy % > T ' 7 * W ? , ffjsl t - > < ' * - - ' i > ? " vy : n o > * * ( < - < ' 'tJr , - Y'/f 't W. H. WESHTOVER Why the Voters of Cherry County Should vote Against Kinkaid. The Chairman of Judge Kin- kaid's committee has issued an ap peal to the voters of this county asking them to support Judge Kin kaid and makes a lot of promises for the Judge. If Kinkaid will be able to do all the things now prom ised by his chairman why has he done so little during the six years he has been in congress. His chair man now promises that he will vote against Joe - Cannon for speaker of the house of representatives. Why is it that he has three times voted for Joe Cannon. If he is now in favor of a reduction of the tariff on lumber and wire , why has he let six years go by without do ing something to reduce the tariff on these articles which his consti- tuants must use. If he could do nothing for them in six years that he has been in congress is he likely to do anything for them in the next two if they send him back. Will he explain why he incorpo rated in the so called Kinkaid bill a provision requiring a dollar and twenty-five cents worth improve ments on every acre. Will he ex plain why he drew the law so that a homesteader must live on land five full years before he can make proof. These provisions have no place in a homestead law and if Judge Westover is sent to congres's he will have that law amended so that a homesteader can make proof at the end of fourteen months res idence , the same as he used to do , and he will have the law so amend ed that no improvements will be required. He will have the law changed so that the homestead er in this district will have a fair show. Every one knows that in a great many instances it is a waste of money to put improvements on the homestead. Where several members of one family are holding homesteads it is a positive hard ship to compel , them to put their improvements on several places. They ought to be permitted to build where it will do them the most good. If you want to have these requirements removed vote for Judge Westover and he will have it done- Doubled what ? The cost of running the state of Nebraska ! Under the democratic state government in 1900 the state taxes charged to all of the counties wereSl,20S,9Si.94 : . Under the adminis tration of Gov. Sheldon in 1908 the state taxes charged against all of the counties have risen to the enormous total of § 2,448,346.65 , which makes the record read as follows : Year 190S , state taxes charged to the counties § 2,448,346.65 " " vt " " tv 1900 1,208,984.94 Increase in eight years . § 1,239,361.79 And for what ? Cherry county is sur.e paying her proportion of this enormous in crease in state taxes. Look at the figures : Year 1908 , state taxes charged to Cherry County. . . § 15,821.81 * k i i\r\\ " * k ' kl ' * 11 T ft . CL > . . . 1900 . 11 , foU.br > Increase in eight years . § 4,062.15 What's that ? * You don't believe it ! Ask your county treasurer to let you see the records of payments made to the state treasurer on account of state taxes charged against our county for the various years since 1900. Governor Sheldon favors the system of state government which has led to the wild and extravigant expenditure of the people's money in this state. Mr. Shallenberger will try , if he shall be elected , to secure laws to give the election of precinct assessors 'back to the people. He also favors a law to forbid the state assessment board to increase the total assessments returned by any county. He believes the business of the state equalization board is to equalize assessments , and never to take away from the .counties the right to make their pwn assessments. | ttttvt * * * tlf * ' ! ' STATE APPROPRIATIONS , ri Taxes increased from one million and a quarter dollars to npnr.y two million and a half dollars in eight short years is the record of that illustrious quartette , Dietrich , Savage , Mickey and Sheldon. , To pay what ? Over a million dollars increase in the expenditure of state institu tions and § 200,000 increase in salaries , etc. , for state officers , state board and commissions. Here are the appropriations of the last session compared with eight years ago : 1901-1902 1907-1909 State institutions § 1,746,562.30. § 3,109,378.48 State officers , boards and commissions , 370,905.00 * 573,430.00 District and supreme courts 321,100.00 318,360.00 Legislative expenses.- : 133,000.00 100,000.00 Miscellaneous 303,722.21 266,088.82 § 2,875,289.51 § 4.367,257.31 Increase § 1,491,967.80 A vote for Shallenberger and the fusion ticket is a vote for economy in the state government and a protest against the record shown above. The voters of Cherry Co. at the coming election will elect a county judge. This important office will'either be filled by Mr. Quigiey or Mr. Elliott. It is up to the voters to elect the best man. Mr. Quigiey is especially fitted for the position on ac count of his broad scholar ship and knowledge of law. He will bring * to the office a ) knowledge gained though years of hard work in high school and college , and at , all times will be found in ; his office , ready to dischago the duties pertaining to that office. The only attack tin % opposition has made on him is on account of his youth , and inexperience. Let me , say tliat when Mr. Walcott ; was elected county judge he ! was but a few years older than Mr. Quigley and that he made a very efficient offi cial Mr Bryan and Mr. Koosevelt and a host of young men that we might name had all "made good" before they were thirty years old. The voters love of fair play should cause them to reject Mr. Elliott for he has had eight years of office holding , and this should certainly be enough. Mr. Elliott in his circular letter , sent out over the county , asks you to vote for him , because he is a "man of clerical experience , ma ture judgement and a knowl edge of court proceedings. " Many of the best officers that Cherry county has ever had are those who prior to their election , had no cleri cal experience. Mr. Eeece was one who though a young man made the best Clerk this county ever had. Mr. Daniels also was a young man , without previous cler ical experience , who made an excellent officer. No , voters , Elliott's plea is mis leading , for every young man should have the same right to asp ire to a county office , that an old er man has. Encourage the young men to take an interest in poli tics and thereby you will have a better set of officials than you have ever had be fore. Fair Play. ip your Live Stock./ ; , * . . to ; - MALONE DONAHUE CO. , SO. OMAHA OR CHICAGO No shipment too large and none too small to receive the most careful attention. Each consignment intrusted to our care will be handled by members of the firm. Each man's stock sold on their merits and a square deal guaranted to all. Write us for the market paper and our special market . letters , which we send you free of charge. AMOS SXYDER , Hog Salesman. - MATT MALONE ) Cattle GEO. M. WOOD , Sheep Salesman. TITOS. J. DONAHUE f Salesman , Toggery ROBERTSON & CO , PROPRS. Gent's Furnishi = ngs and Clothing. Ye ? , 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-made clothes we have handled five or six different lines , bat we fand that the best and greatest satisfaction is given by the house which we now hand- a 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 heavv guarantee They are all of a neat , dressy and well-ntting appearance. Let us fit you out with your FALL and WINTER clothes ; such as a taildr-made , rain-proof cravanette , or overcoat , or . suit , or , in fact , anything in the linp nf MEN'S FURNISHINGS. We have just received a new Hne of the latest styles m bow-ties , four-inlands and c.- < > 'r ; HT 'Ct 4 10 > flowing-end ties. We also have bargains u shirts , ties , underwear , soXi and , hate. Call in and see if what we say is not true. " Cleaning , Pressing arid Repairing a Specialty. Phone 122 , : : Valentin