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Our stock of Christinas
I goods contains :
Toilet Cases
Post Card Albums
Traveling Toilet Cases j
Hair and Cloth Brushes
Kodaks
Phonographs
Manicure Sets J
Perfumes
Candle Sticks
Candy in Fancy
Boxes , Foun
tain Pens and
many other items suit
able for Xmas gifts.
Only Six Days 'Till
Christmas.
MAN ,
VALENTINE. NED
A Safe ,
Simple System
The system of paying
by check was devised
by all men for any
man for you. It is
suited 'to the need of
any business , either
large or small. It makes
no difference whether
we pay out $10 or $10000
a month. A checking
account will serve your
needs.
Pay by check , the
method into
puts system j
to your business and
gives you a record of
every transaction.
VALENTINE STAR BAk'K
VALENTINE.
H VALENTINE
BARBER SHOP
All kinds of.
SHAMPOOS ,
MASSAGES.
AND LADIES
HAIK DRESSING
Shampooing a specialty.
HOT and COLD BATHS in connection
Forest Shepard , Prop.
Valentine State Bank Building
H e refold Ranch.
BrownieeNeb i.
Soldier CreeV Tol-
UIIMHS 17th 1C' ' 05H.
: t * on of Coliirn'mt
17th , a half brother
of the SlO.OOOi am-
pion O ile , a n d
1'rim-e Boat d - 1131.-
693 a' hetd : of herd
[ now have about 30 head of 1907 bull r-al
for sale.
C. H. FAULHAMEK ,
EL DAILEY ,
Dentist.
Office. ov r the grocery deparment
of T. C. Hornby's store.
J , W. McDANIEL ,
rOUOTY SUKVKYOR
Valentine - Nehr.
All work will he iriven prompt
and careful attention.
W. H. Stratton
Dealer in
FLOUK & FEED
General Merchandise
PHONE 125
cor. Hall & Cath. Valentine , Nehi.
JOHN F PORATH
Tubular wells and windmills.
Of Call me up by Telephone.
Talk of the Town.
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Tr.Kazda's . barber shop. tf
Flexible Fljyers at the Red
Front. 49 2
See the specialist Tuesday , De-
Bacnelor's home is quart
( aLtined for dypthena.
Judge Walcott is in Omaha this
week , taking m the Corn Show.
V. Northrop's daughter , Irene ,
and miaut sou are ill of scarlet
lever.
Louie Bordeaux was in town
Alouday and handed us a couple of
plunks on subscription.
Miss Cora Thackrey and Mrs.
Stillwell drove into town Wednes
day from liackberry lake.
Mrs. B. At wood went up to
Cbadrou Sunday night to visit her
parents a couple of weeks.
D. 1C. lit ) by , formerly of
Sprmgview , but now of Pine
Kidge , was in town yesterday.
Hex Carter , M > uth of Wood lake.
wa * in town litsL Saturday and
called at our ultiee forasliort visit.
There will be a turkey shoot at
Briti on the 23rd of December.
Plenty of turkeys. Everybody
come.
J. A. Rose of Cody was in Val
entine lat week on business. lie
has sold his residence in Cody to
S. A. Winslow.
Mahara's mastodon minstrels ,
with their splendid concert band
and fine bunch of colored folks at
Church's opera house Dec 21.
\Ve are requseted to announce
that the patrons of the Valentine
school are invited to the school
house Friday afternoon to s-ie
their children's work in manual
training.
Henry Borneman came down
from Gordon Monday on busine.-s
and called at our office for a visit
Mr. Bornemnn doesn't come often
but we're glad to.see the old timers
from a distance when they do come
to town.
Frank Mogle of Cody came
down Monday on business and
paid our office a visit. Frank is
well into the stock business and
his taxes run a little higher than
when he first begun. It's a good
ign and we hope they'll increase ,
Frank.
On Sunday next there will be
services both morning and eve
ning at St. John's church. Also
celebration of the Holy Eucharist
on Christn as Day nt 10 a ra At
7:30 : in the evening Christmis
tree and exercises for the Sunda.x
school.
It i.s hardly necessary to intro-
luce the famous Mihara Brothers
to the theatre going public as they
have always been high in their
estimate as first class purveyors
of minstrelsy and rag time opera
for the past sixteen years. At
Church's opera house Monday ,
Dec. 21.
Dan Ada-nson was in town Tues
day on business and visiting
friends , He is one of the pioneers
of Cherry county and started at
the very bottom to build a home
in the sand hills. He has a com
fortable home now and his friends
who come to see him are made to
feel welcome. It's natural with
Dan.
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Mrs S. A Rice and Mrs. Flor
ence DeWyke , mother and sister
of ye editor , arrived Saturday
night for a visit with us and with
Mrs , Abba Thackrey , living near
Hackberry lake , who has been in
very poor health the past year.
Mother and Florence were here
together six years ago this month ,
and mother lived here with us for
awhile , before and after that. She
is growing old , it seems , faster
th-m many of ti-- , and has been in
feeble health the past year. The
trip from Manhattan , Kan , was a
long one for her and she. was very . A
tired after her arrival here and it e
wns neeeiry for her to rest Simd
day and Monday before starting i
out , to Hackberry lake to se e. her i
Mrs. Thackrey. t
Buy your Rocker at the Red
Front. 49 2
Born to C. A. Roseter and
wi'e ' , Thursday , Dec. 17 , 1908 , a
12 pound baby girl.
ljete Decory handed us a dollar
Monday when he was in town and
said he liked to keep square with
the newspapers.
Each holiday purchase of 25c
will give you one chance to win
the large doll at Frank Fischer's
store. Do not mi-s it.
Mis- Mary Anderson returned'
.
j. o d a y t o her home at
Plankington , S. D , after a visit
of several weeks with the Misses
VanOrsdoll and other friends.
The big doll in Frank Fischer's
display window will be given
away the day before Christmas.
Ei"h 25 cent purchase of holiday
goods entitles .1 ou to one chance
to win it.
A six-inch snow fe.ll last evening -
ning and today the wind is blow
ing. drifting the snow som * ' . It
has ( ' - C"ld ( col-iei ri-
MOt > ' < -II " > ut - iw -
er i mi'ivr ' . > niir'it ' u-j'h t m -
r -Id
MrF1. . M Walcott entertain * d
twent.\-five ladies yesterday afte--
noon in honor of Mrs. C J Call -n.
A two-course luncheon was - > erv-
ed The time went swiftly by
and all report a good time.
It was Billy Kiucaid's time to
hide out last night while the la
dies' club met at his house. 'Steen
to one is the number and they al
ways have an enjoyable time with
a feast at the close. Mrs Kin-
cud , assisted by Mrs John Yeast ,
entertained the club
S. J. Blakeb came up last Fri
day to C. C. Thompson's on the
river , and Saturday visited with
friends in town He now has a
ranch of his own near Big Creek
an 1 a bunch of stock. He's doing
well and c-tlied to renew his sub
scription to TIIK DEMOCRAT. Mrs.
Bltkely is a d iughter of C. C.
Thompson ,
Christmas shopping has been
slow this season. The people
hardly realize that there is only a
short time left to buy Christmas
goods this year. Only six more
shopping days 'till Christmas.
The stores have out their holiday
stock , and if John and Mary's
stockings are not filled it will be a
blow to Santa Glaus.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sparks ,
Mr. ajd Mrs. Val Nicholson ,
Mrs. Tom Hornby , A M
Morrissey , Miss VanAr. dal and
John M Tucker went down to
Ainsworth Tuesday night to see a
repetition of the show , ' 'Thec
Devil , " by Chase Lister people.
They all returned on the passenger
excepting , possibly one , who. it
is reported , missed that train
A. J. Jotdiii and family are at
Arabia visiting his parents. They
came down from Minnesota the
20th of November. It has been 12
years since A. J was home , but
he formerly lived on the ranch at
Arabia and was an athel te in
handling baled hay which h . has
not entirely forgotten and could
swing a bale to the top of a lo def
of hay yet. Mr Jordan has wn
advertisement elsewhere in this
paper which will interest the hou- < -
keeper.
James Mon'p , who is the county
unruissioner from Cody , was in
twn Monday on business. It
seems that a commissioner should
draw pay as such in general beside
his regular work at intervals be
Ciuse it is only $3 a day that they
get when they are supposed to
draw pay and they are always besieged -
sieged with a lot of questions and
have to hear every man's story
when ou or oil' duty. Yet they
are always courteous and obliging
and ready to spend time to assist
this or that m-in to solve problem ;
in his community We h-tven't
heard anyone complaining of be
ing overworked but we just want
ed to call attention to our countv
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dad'vvi ! ar gener-tlly in obiig i
ing S'-t of f.'llo v- Titex take an l
interest in th * people arid in county - (
ty affairsi i < j
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Old ( Crow , All Loading
Hermitage Brands
and Bottled
Gruclien- Under the
heimer Supervision
' Eye oi : the
Whiskeys. U. S. Grov.
"We also handle the Budweiser Beer.
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JOHN G. STETTER , Propr.
Folding Doll Go Carts at the
Ked FroDt. 49 2
Miss Cora Thackrey and M s
Stillwell drove in from Ilackben-y
lake yesterday , and the ln- : \ >
s o\v last night , followed b.\ a
sb
b isk wind today , has snowed
them in though Mrs. Stillwell ven-
tiredoutto Ilackberry Thomp
son's , accompanied by her son
Lee , and Earl Stillwell who go
out to spend vacation.
D. StinarJ , for many years a
prominent and respected merch
ant of Valentine , has purchased a
real estate , loan and insurance
business at Mount Vernon , New
York , and Misses Ida and Ada ,
his daughters , have started a con
fectionery and stationery store in
a part of the same building oc
cupied by Mr. Stinard and are do
ing well.
FARM PRODUCTS , $7,778,000,000.
Twelfth Annual Report of Secretary of
Agriculture.
The secretary of agriculture in
his twelfth annual report to the presi
dent renders a comprehensive ac
count of his stewardship and presents
a review of the progress of agriculture
in the United States during this pe
J.
riod. Concerning the farm production
of 1908 , he says that the farmer has
created wealth by the billions Pro
duction has been above the average of
recent years with few exceptions , and ,
while some prices .have fallen , others
have risen.
The farm value of all farm products
of 190S reaches the most extraordinary
total in the nation's history 37,778-
000,000. Greatest of all crops is In
dian corn , whose production this year
is 2.643,000,000 bushels. The value
of this crop is $1,615,000,000. This
wealth , grown out of the soil in four
months , rain , sunshine and some
drought , is enough to cancel the inter
est bearing debt of the United States
and to pay for the Panama canal and
fifty battleships. This crop is worth
this year nearly as much as the great
crops of cotton , hay and wheat com
bined. Compared with the averages
of the preceding five years the quan
tity is 2 per cent higher and the value
43 per cent higher.
All cereals aggregate 4,329,000,000
bushels , a total that has been exceed
ed three times , but the value reaches
$2,694,000,000 , or more than $300,000-
000 above that of 1907 , and exceeds
still more the totals uf former years.
PANAMA BLAST KILLS 14.
Fifty Others Are Injured in Explosion
of Dynamite.
Fourteen men are knowi.to oe drr.d ,
three of them Air.Ticar.j , aud iffy in
jured as a result of the prema.3 ex
plosion of twenty-one tons of dyna
mite at Bas Obispo , in the Panama
canal zone according to an official
dispatch received in Washington irom
Chief Engineer Goethals. The mes
sage follows :
"The premature explosion of twen
ty-one tons of dynamite at Bas Obispo
resulted in the death of fourteen men
and the injury of fifty. Three or four
of the injured will probably die The
following Americans were killed :
James L . Hummer , craneman , steam
shovel , Dunnellcn , N. . ! . ; .To hn J.
Korp , steam shovel engineer , Phillips-
burg , N. J. ; John J. Reidy , powder-
man , Indianapolis , Ind. Seriously injured
.
jured : Benjamin H. Cole , foreman ,
Rochester ] , N. Y. "
Ik Marvel ! a Dead ,
Donald Giant Mitchell , eighty-four
years old , the well known author
who -wrote under the nom do plume
"Ik Marvel , " died at his home. "Mar-
velwood , " in New1 Haven , Ccnn. Ilia
illness dates to August last , -when he
suffcrea an at'tatk ttf acute indigna
tion.
Bomb Explosion in Chicago.
Two buildings were wrecked acd
windows were shattered for blocks
around by the terrific explosion of a
bomb in an alley in Wabash avenue ,
near Sixteenth street , Chicago , Sun
day night. The wrecked buildings ad-
yOtll TfitS ( JtlTfiitfifiii't ' i J |
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CHRISTMAS NUMBER
Tea < l KrK REACH'S bi-ar-liunt.
There's art and fun and vet feet all
mixed up together.
One of our bet doctors savs that good
reading keeps more young folk- , out
of mischief than any other one thing.
TRY EVERVKODY'S. Get one now
It's big and bright and powerful.
It's too good to go without.
15C A COPY , rl.50 A TEAK.
TIIK KIDGWAY COMPANY.
Union Square , New York City.
In Crookston on Sunday Dec 13
it 10 a. m. sharp.
LEO M. BLAEPJR.
Pastor.
Weather Data.
I'he following dati , covering a per-
-i > f 20ears , have been complied
' MII the ea'tjer Bureau record * at
lentine. Nehr. They ire issued ti
ow the conditions that have pre-
n'let1 , dun'ng the month in question ,
v T the above period ot jears , but
mist not be construed as a forecast
if tne weather conditions for the
oiiiintj month.
December.
TEMPERATURE.
v'ean or normal 24 °
The warmest month was that of 188 ! )
Arith an average of 30 °
The coldest month was that of 1902 i
'ith an average of 19 °
The highest was 72 ° on 'M , 1904
The lowest was -34 ° on 14 , 1UU1
PRECIPITATION.
Average tor month 047 inche- >
Average number of days with .0 ]
> f an inch or more G
The L'routes * t monthly precipitation
vat , 1 'S inches in 11)02 )
The lea t monihlv precipitation
is U 03 iiK-he- 190-1
The < jreatt amount ot -cipit-i
ion r vordi-'d in am 24 ci'M-i-cn'iv
i 'UP- , - . 0 7 < j i'ici eon 28-29 188 : )
Pne greatest amount ot s-"owtn >
econie'i in any 24 consecutive nour.-
record extending to winter of 1884-85
.i'\ ) war4 GO incht's on 10 1901
AMD WEATUELl
number of dear dav * . l'- >
irliv ciotnU. 10 : rioudS
VV INI )
1 Hr pre\ailinir Aind.h.iv tn-i
otn the VV
The average hourly velocity of Ut
. in l is 10 miles.
The highest velocity of the winn
- i < 52 miles from the XW on 26. 1890
.1. .1. M.-LEAX ,
-r Weather liureau.
MILL PRICES FOS FEED.
PerCwt. Per Ton.
Bran , sacked § 1 05 § 20 0 < >
Shorts , sacked 1 20 23 00
* 1orn , sacked 3 20 23 00
Oats , sacked i oO 29 00
Chop Corn , sacked 1 25 24 00
Chop Feed , sacked li 0 27 00
Rockellcr to Give $50,000,000.
According to a statement made by a
professor or the Univcisity of Chicago ,
John D. Rockefeller v.-SH devote $ oO-
O.,0,000 to the promotion of education
in the Oriental nations The professor
says Mr. Rockefeller first v.-ili await
the reports of Protosscr Ernest Bur
ton and Professor Thornas C. Cham
berlain , vnp Lave been commissioned
lo investigate conditions in the Orient -
ent Proiessor Burton is now in India
and Professor Chamberlain and his 5
son , Rollin , vill start for China neit
mwth.
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cssfe'1.fit
H 'S BUILDING TIME NOW
and the selection of Lumber for
tlie purpose is a matter of great
importance. There is
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER
on the market , both good and bad.
lOnl.y the jrood kinds has found its
way into our yards. It will pa.v
to let us furnish an estimate on
your next bill. Remember , we
carry first class stock.
T. J. Christopher ,
AUCTIONEER.
Will meet all calls phone or mail.
Veiled on pedigreed stock.
Valentine - Nebraska
Prices are what
we are talking
Our stock is complete.
T
Changed the
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On Id Tow. , * s Name | ?
Kr. Erovn of SLESPYTOWE ,
He wouldn't advcrticc ;
So along cans ilr. Strong
And took iiini by c z
Hr. S. , as yon iay gucza ,
Was strictly up to elate ;
Kne v7 the game cnl phyed the
At early hour ; cnii latD.
Strong is still in v7AKZFTJLVIIIi : ,
The ncrdicnt of 1 2 to m ;
He advcrtices and st 1 czrpries
Such chaps as Mr. Broi7n.