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I. M. RICE Editor and Proprietor.
MARK ZAIUI Foreman.
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THURSDAY , JANUARY 28 , 1909.
A man may run his party's- pa
per without expense to the party
for years and pat each candidate
on the hack that the party \\ants
to foist onto the people , and rack
your brain to say a great many
good things about this or that can
didate for office , saying perhaps
that there never was such good
timber whittled out for an office
as is found in such a person , and
then learn that he has all the while
been secretly standing in with the
other fellow. You can fool all of
them once but you can't fool some
of them twice- Too bad you can't
be everybody's friend.
The Government's Libel
Suit.
( American Press. )
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It may not be true , as Senator
Kayner believes , that the suit of
the government against the New
York World for libel is an attempt
to revive the hateful sedition law
enacted in 1798 and repealed three
years later. Be that as it may , it
is a matter of grave concern not
only to every publisher of a news
paper , but to every American who
loves his country and cherishes its
institutions.
* Regardless of the truth or falsity
of the charges made by the World
it is the imperative duty of every
newspaper , whatever its political
affiliation , to sound in trumpet
tones the warning against this new
" danger. The principle involved
is much bigger than the mere
question of a newspaper libeling
the government , or , as President
Roosevelt has put it , the whole
American people.
As long as we assent to the
proposition that our government
derives its powers from the people
we must admit that the people
have a right to express their opin
ion of the party in power and of
the acts of those persons chosen to
execute its will. The press is the
voice of the people. They hae
no other medium half so prompt
and effective for making known
their approval or condemnation of
official acts.
The World reflects the views of
that part of the public who sup
port it , who make its existence
possible by buying and reading it.
It is fair to assume that it is ju t
as loyal to the country as the
party , without regard to politic- ,
which happens to be in power.
Individuals may properly sue
for libel , though it seldom affords
much satisfaction , but the govern
ment is too big for that sort of
business. The .New York Eve
ning Mail , a paper of the presi
dent's own party , aptly says in an
editorial reproduced in another
column : k'Burke has said that you
cannot indict a whole people.
Similarly we do not believe you
can libel actionally an entire gov
ernment or an.y department of
government in its official
ity. "
Truth is always the bast vindi-j
cation of anyone libeled. Has it. '
not been entirely possible for the ,
government at any time to publish
every detail of the Panama deal. ' :
Every newspaper in the country j
v.'oulrl Have boon glad to publish j
ir. Tn have convicted the World |
at the bar of puMic "Minion of < ! e- }
liberate libel won hi have been n
' greater punishaiuntlouoiany other'
.
w - * it J
that could be inflicted.
And you may hae noticed that
the newspapers are generally q.uite
ready to publish the truth when
one of their number has been
caught lying. .Newspapers are
the best friends of representative
government and ought to be so re
garded by those who happen for
the time to be invested with au
thority. We fear the president
and we say without political bias
what thousands of papers of his
own party will say before the suit
is ended has acted unwisely.
Government censorship of the
press has been tried once and
abandoned.Ve commend to the
powers that be the following :
"The sedition law was a string
ent act against seditions conspir-
"arcy and libel , chiefly aimed at
obstructive opposition to the pro
ceedings of government and libelous -
ous or seditious publications in re
gard to them. These laws had
little effect besides that of over
throwing the Federal party , which
was held responsible for them.
Century Dictionary.
Commits Suicide.
Mrs. Albert Fairchild committed
suicide lust Friday morning at the
home near Red Deer lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild came here
about two years ago and rented a
house in the south part of to\vn
where the family lived until Mr.
Fairchild could build a house oh
the homestead where the family
moved in the spring. Mrs , Fairchild -
child disliked living out in the coun
try and wanted to come back to
town to send the children to school
in the winter , smJ in this she was'
encouraged by her mother and sis-
tcr ? , and. Mr. Fairchild having a
bunch of cattle to take care of and
not being able to employ a man to
stay on the ranch and take care of
them , he stayed there himself and
took care of them. It was a lonely
life for him to stay there alone , do
his own cooking and live away from
his family three-fourths of the
year , and at different times appeal
ed to his wife to come hack to the
ranch and live with him , but she
didn't like the" ranch and told him
to sell his stock and come to town.
This he couM not do.
Finally , the family was quaran
tine ! with scarlet fever and the
anxiety for Mr. Fairohild was great
er than ever , and when they were
out of quarantine he appealed a gain
to his wife to come out on the
ranch. She refused. A C3uple of
weeks later he came to get his fam
ily and induced his wife to go back
with him \\hich she did very reluct
antly and complained considerably
about it on the way home. The
following morning about daylight
siic arose from bed after a few
words complaining and threatened
to kill herself , but as she had made
similar threats before Mr. Fairchild
thought it was a blufi orangry talk.
She left the Louse and the children
having been awnkeneJ began to cry
and one of the little girls started
after her mother , but hurling her
bare foot out doors returned. Mr.
Faiichilil arose and started to build
ji fire , thinking his wife would soon
return and would be coldhut , think
ing hif'.r that he hid best go and
briny her in stirte3 : out siml looked
around the house , then at the j
chicken house where he discovered
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lnt-the barn 'door was open. '
He went to the barn and saw his
wife , as he supposed , standing
near the manger. It was not very
light in thp barn in the early morn
ing and he walked up to her PI\-
ing : ' 'Mother , you'd better COMIC
back to the house , it's cold out
here , " and put his arm about her
when he felt her body swing and
he discovered that she was hanging
by the neck nearly touching the
ground.
She had tied the rope around a
rafter and then about her neck ,
standing on the manger and jump
ed off and was strangled to death
in a short time. Mr. Fairchild
cut the rope and layed her down
on the ground. Only a gas p and
she was de d. Wnelher she did
this act in a n't of anger , despond
ency or temporary insanity no one
cm tell.
Dr. Lewis called a coroner's
jury and their decision was that
she carne to her death by strang
ling and gave tern porary insanity
as the cause. i.Jerlvip ; she forgot
her six children in her own misery.
Perhaps she was weak and tired ,
but we wouldn't encourage other
mothers to do likewise. There
are other thoughts to think , there
are other walks to travel. A
mother's duty to a family of six
children ought to make her forget
unpleasant conditions. Other
mothers have lived in the sand
hills or on the farm and raised
families and endured hardships
and taught her own children , and
this womin'b lot could not have
been worse than many others.
The relatives gathered sorrow
fully around to attend the funeral
held Sunday in Valentine in the
M. E. church. A large crowd was
there- The church was filled with
sorrowing people and the most im
pressive part of the services was
the wailing of six motherless chil
dren. But she has gone , given up
her life , and none o.f us nay know
her trials that brought on her tem
porary insanity or extreme anger.
If there were influences of rela
tives or friends against her living
out on the ranch they have their
sorrow now and perhaps it is bet
ter that each family attend to their
duties without hearing adverse
comments of what they should or
should not do.
Six-room house-stable for seven
ft
head of horses , granary and hay
stable ;
One i-roora hou ? e , c ) rn crib and
stable , city water in both houses.
Must be sold soon , part time , part
cash , or will take young h < jay
team as part payment. P. F.
Simons , Sparks , Neb. , or I , M.
Rice , Valentine , Neb. - 1
Talk of Oasis.
W. G. Ballanl is back from his
trip cast.
Bob and Clyde are hatching on
Watt's lake.
Fr < ( ] JLJeel is staying at his moth-
er-iiira\\'s. !
AleJc McAlevy had bjtd luck feel
ing , lie broke a wheel and run tug
tongue into the ground ,
Dadd $ Long Legs was seen at
Oasis. He ran a sliver in his horse's
'eg ' and the horse got excited and
ran for home.
Our Chicago frie.ul accidently
jurnecl some water the other night.
Dave goes to Kennedy , Bui geese
; o Burge , but the old folks stay at
lome.
\Ve see Carrie Nation is back
igain and she's hatching.
Some of these old bachelors
ought to take pifcy on her.
We were sorry to hear of Mrs.
Fairchilcl's suicide.
'THE WOLF.
Estra.vcd from ray range near
Kennedy one roan steer 4 years
old , branded J on loft side Was
last , sron in October , 1907 , on
Diamond Bar rang1. * $5 reward
for information of his whereabouts
3-3 D. M. SEAUS , Kennedy , Neb.
Report comes to us of the mar
riage of John Maxwell , at Fort
EusseHf Wyo.
I Dave George is able to get
! around now with a cane and is
1 writing accident insurance.
"W. G- Ballard and sons , Len
and Ed , and D. A. Hancock were
in town Monday on business.
I S. B. Weston went up the road
the first of the week and took an
inventory of the stock on hand and
j tools for section men of the whole
Black Hills division.
M. E. Church Notes.
Morning subject "The Scattered
( Seed. "
Evening subject "A Mother and
Daughter. "
/Taken Up
at my place , S miles south of Val
entine , Nebr. , on Tuesday , Jan
uary 19 , 1909 , one white face
stpor , . ' 3 or four years old , no vis
ible brand , ears under cropped ,
broad horns , left hind foot bruised.
E. D. BKAMAX ,
2-5 Valentine. Neb.
Estray Notice.
I have taken up as estrays two
red white Face yearling steers. No
brands , one has left ear either
cropped off or end frozen off No
other marks I am able to find.
They are at my ranch on sec 33
tp. 33 , r. 25 , Cherry Co. , Nebr.
15 D. A. HANCOCK.
Are You a Writer ?
We want some young lady or
young man to take up the work or
city editor on THE DEMOCRAT anc
learn other work connected with
the office. To the one who can
gather the news and tell it in a
readable style and help with other
work when not so engaged we of
fer a place on our staff Wages
will be paid according to the value
of the services. We want a capa
ble person of good education and
a talent for newspaper work tf
Notice to Creditors.
In no rnimty Court within und for Cliern
county , Nebraska ,
In the matter of the estate of Levi X. Kime.
To the creditors of sa'ci ' estate :
Yon an * hereby notified. That I xv 11 sif at tlu
foniitA C'oirt Ivonin In Vale' ' tine in said county
on the 20th dny of lr iirnarv , 1)09 ! ) at lOo'c ock ; i
ni to receive a d f\annne all claims against
Miul eMat- ' , \\ith i \ie\v to then adj'ii-tment and
allowance The tiiao lini'ted Co.- the p-
Mon > f clriim1 ? against said estate is -i\ months
from the 20 h d.iv of August A ( ' 1908 and tlu
time limited for p tyme t ol de' ts is one year
from said 20th < iu of Atr-nst 1903.
' Witness my haii'i an-l the seal fsid
SEAL County ourt ti.is 2sth d * vof January.
v lOfi' ) JAMhS C. ( JUIGi KY.
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Notice of Probate of Will.
In the coun ty court of Cherry count } ' . Xe
braska.
STATE OF NEBRASKA , i
COUNTY OF CHERRY. i''ss
To all persons interested in the estate of
John Ford , deceased :
On reading the petition of Bennett W.
Smith , praying that the instrument hied in
this c mrt on thebth day ot January , IW.i.
ami purporting to be the last will and tebta-
ment ot the aid deceased , may be proved
and allowed , and recordeu as the last \\ill
and testament ot said deceased : that said
instrument be admitted to probate , and the
administration of saul estate be granted to
Victoria E Smith and Bennett W. Smith ,
as executors.
It is hereby ordered that all persons inter
ested in said matter. ma3 % and do. appear at
the count- court to be held in and tor sai I
county. o"n the 12th day of February. A. D. ,
1909. at 10 o'clock , a. in. , to show cause , if any
there be. why tne prayer of the petitioner
should not be granted" , and that notice of the
pendency of said petition and that the hear
ing thereof be given to all persons interested
in said matter i > y publishing a copy of this
order in the Valentine Democrat.'a ueekls
newspaper printed in said count } ' , for thre'e
successive weeks prior to said dav of hearing.
Witness my hand and seal of said court
[ SEAT * ] this 22nd d.iof February. A D. . 1909.
I5-H JAJIKS c. QuidLKV. County Judge.
Order of Hearing and Notice on
Petition for Settlement of Account
In the county court of Cherry county , Ne
braska. '
State ot Nebraska i
Cherry County t
To the" heirs and all persons interested in
the estate of Willie H. Archer , deceased.
On reading the petition of Emma Archer
praying a linal settlement and allowance of
her account tiled in this .court on the 10th
day of January. 19Q9 , and for her discharge
as'Tulminjstratrix.
It is hereby ordered that you and all per :
son.s interested in s.aid matter may. and do.
appear at the county court to he held in and
tor haid county , on the ( ith day of February.
A. D . ] 909 , at 2 o'clock p. m. " to show cause ,
if any there he , why the prayer of the pe
titioner should not he granted , and that not
ice ot the pendency pt said petition and the
hearing thereof be given to all persons inter
ested in said matter by publishing a copy of-
this order in The Valentine Democrat , a
weeyly newspaper printed in said county for
three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing. JAMES C. QUJGLEV.
[ SU.VT , ] 3-3 County Judge.
Notice of Probate of Will.
In the county court of Cherry county. Ne
braska ,
State of Nebraska , > , .
County ot Cherry , t Hb
To all persons interested in the estate of
Lewis H. Smith , deceased.
On reading the petition of A. C. Nellor.
praying that the instrument tiled in this
court on the 22nd day ot Januarv. 1909. and
purporting to be the last will and "testament
of the said deceased , may be proved and al
lowed , and recorded as the last will and
testament ot said deceased ; that said instru
ment he admitted to probate , and the ad
ministration of Hdid estate be granted to A.
C. Nellor and C , H. Cornell as executors.
It is hereby ordered that all persons inter
ested jn .said matter , may and do. appear at
the count'court to be held in and for said
county , on the 13th day of February , A. D. .
1909 , at 2 o'clock p. m. , to show"cause , if any
there be. why the prayer of the petitione'r
should not be granted , and that notice of the
pendency of said petition and that the hear
ing thereof be given to all persons interested '
in said matter oy publishing a copy of this .
order in the Valcntiuu Democrat , a wqeklv '
newspaper printed in said county , tor three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. ,
Witness my hand , and seal of said court
ISRAI < ) tin's 25th dav of January , A. D. . l J09.
3-3 JAMES C , ( jjoicfcey , County Judge.
GRANT BOYER ,
CARPENTER & BUILDER
' All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes
Residence and shop one block south of passenger depot.
Valentine , PHO\E 72 Nebraska
References : My Many Customers.
Go to the
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WaSther F. A. Meltendorff , Propr.
ip your Live Stock
ee.
, JS | IWIfBiL-SJMU .
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Xo 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
guarantee ! to all.
Write us for the market paper and our special .market
letters , which we send you free of charge. .
AMOS SNYDER , Hog Salesman. MATT MALONE ) Cattle
GEO. M. WOOD , Sheep Salesman. Tuos. J. DONAHUE ] Salesman.
New Hotel. Electric Lights.
Good Rooms. Hot and Cold Water.
0
ouse
NEAR DEPOT
MRS. 8. A. SEARS , Propr. , Valentine , Nebr.
Rates $1 per day , Calls for all trains.
ery
ROBERTSON & CO , PROPRS.
eot's Furnishings
and Clothinsr ,
oocoeeo oe
Valentino , Xeb. , Nov. 23 , 1908.
Gentlemen.
We wish to call your atten
tion to the fact that we are going to
manufacture all suits here in the fu
ture and all our aelp has had years of
experience in cuting and fitting. You
need not hesitate in leaving your ord
ers for they will have our prompt attention - >
tention and immediate service.
Our cutter has had 35 years ,
service cutting and fitting.
Cleaning , Pressing and Repairing a Specialty.
Phone 122. : : Valentine , Nebr.
UCTIONEERING
Done in the most satisfactory manner ! Largest prices for
the seller and honest dealing with the bidder ! On these
terms T.V . Cramer solicits your patronage. Graduate
of Missouri Auction School , August term. 46
W. CKAMi-R . VALENTINE. NFS-
