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L M. Rice , Editor and Proprietor VALENTIXE , KEBR. , THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 11 , 1909. Volume 24 , No. 5
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Superior Quality in Material ,
Construction and Workmanship ,
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2 Fira Back Guaranteed 18 Removable Duplex Grate ,
5 years for Coal ; 15 for Wood or Coal or Wood
9 Cast Plus Box end Curved Flues 16 Urge Ash Pan ; Nickel Ash Guards
4 Cast Pipe with Nickel Check Damper 17 Aluminized Oven Rack
5 Extra Large Warming Closet 13 Drop Gven Door forms Shelf
6 Nickeled Closet Brackets 18 Self-Locking Oven Door Handle
7 Nickeled Drop Tea Shelves 20 Elegant Cast Base
8 Sliding Draft Damper 21 Detachable Encased Enameled
S Gociional Tcp Reservoir
10 Superior Covers and Centers 22 Back Shelf , can be uecd instead ef
11 Reducing Ring Cover Reservoir
12 Largo Po ch Feed Water Heater for fire box when desired
13 Drop Draft Door Silver Finish Mickei , easy to clean
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Recently we have added a large line of
Trunks , Suit Cases ? Steamer Trunks
Telescopes and Traveling Bags
Before going on your trip look over our assortment and
purchase what you need.Ye guarantee our goods to be
the best and at the lowest prices in the city.
ROBERT McGEER , Propr.
( Fine Wines , Liquors and Cigars ;
Bourbon Whiskies : Rye Whiskies :
Old Crow , Sherwood , B
Hermitage , Guchenheimer , .v
Cedar Brook- " Sunny Brook ,
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Spring Hill , and 27/year'ol <
and Jas. E. Pepper , O. F. C , Taylor ,
These whiskies were 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. I
Three Star 'Hcnnessy and Dreyfus Brandies. Imported
§ Gordon and DcKuypcr Gins , Guinne s's Extra Stout ,
t Bass Ale. Storz Blue Ribbon and Bud\veiser Beer ,
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Read the Advertisements
fifrK3fi&&B'
The Circulation Bill.
The following letter received
from J. C. Seacrcst , who is busi
ness manager , we believe , of the
State Journal , explains in part our
comment at length upon the subject
ject- Further , we will say that
men representing two leading daily
papers of the state and another a
Urge weekly , were largely re
sponsible for the bill two years
ago denying editors the privilege
of exchanging advertising for rail
road mileage If ine e parties
were known it would probably j
cause one to believe ihat J C.
Seacrest , Ross Hammond , llichard
Metcalf and two or three others
were behind this movement :
Lincoln , Neb. , Feb. 1 , 19' 9
Dear Sir :
I have today coriMilied
with Senators Miller and Brown
regarding the introduction of a bill
requiring publisher- t < prip in
their papers the number < .f < < . ( - ! > -
circulated. Every publisher M. ho
now tells the truth about hKif -
culation will be protected by Mich
a Inw , and e\en HIOM- who n * p in
the habit of somewhat < x-'gg1 rat
ing the figures will find no pecun
iary loss , as in the ca'-e of country j
papers one of I'K ) circulation mu t
charge as mucli per inch for ad
vertising as one with 2' o.
Would be glad to have you write
me your ideas about this matter.
Yours fraternally ,
J. ( ' SEACiJEST !
Valentine , Neb. , Feb. S.
Mr. J. C. Seacrest ,
Lincoln. Xebr.
Dear Sir :
I have your communica
tion of the l > t before me regird-
ing your proposed bill before the
legislature requiring newspapers
to publish their circulation and
must say that 1 am neb in acc r--
with you on this measure for sev
eral reasons , Borne of which I will
enumerate.
1st. Because a newspaper's
circulation is not of sufficient pub
lic importance and affects no one
excepting the advertiser pecun-
iarly and he may learn such in
formation from the proprietor of
any newspaper should he desire
to know , and it is not. the adver
tiser that is behind this bill asking
for it to become a law.
2nd. The people or general
public have not demanded such a
law nor thought of it nor do they
care. They are not concerned
alxut the matter , excepting pos
sibly as an idle curiosity since be
ing mentioned.
3rd. An unnecessary burden
should not be placed upon the
country publisher to keep an ac
curate account of all subscriptions
thttt are in force from week to
week , requiring extra expense of
poss-ibly another person empl - > . \ ed.
4ih. A subscription or circula
tion department of a daily paper
has employees for that purpose
who take no extra pains in furnHi-
ing a detailed statement each da.\ ,
since they are always read.to . re
port and make that matter their
business , but it is different with a
country newspaper where one
man must , write , print , publi-h ,
keep books after a fashion and
very little of it sometimes during
a busy campaign when every hour
is needed for some other work ,
and also to collect or run the finan
cial part to have money to pay pa
per bills and postage and perhaps
rent and a printer or two , coal
bills , light and living expenses.
5th. A newspaper's credibility
mitfht , be measured by its circulx-
tion numbers without considering
the field in which it circulates , the
force of employees to promote a
business and the extra induce
ments offered and pushed for R
greater circulation , and yet may
hare a class of readers that sup
plement its /orh and coin or mould
the thought that sways the masses.
You corld not include classifica
tion bf rteadors in your bill and
This week's sale means a saving to you if you take advantage of the
desirable bargains we offer you. We have on sale this week in our
window specials
Men's Negligee Shirts
in good assortment of patterns and excellent quality of goods. Reg
ular § 1.25 and 75c values at 89c and 49c.
Clearance Sale of Children's Natural Wool Under-
wear.
Broken sets and sizes. Regular 50c garments. Per garment 23c.
Take a look at our new assortment of trading stamp premiums in our window.
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Trading Stamps
state how many leading men of
the community were patrons , nor
expatiate upon their iuflu nee if
you did , consequently your bill
providing and calling for publica
tion of circulation would be in
complete and should include epr \ -
thing pertaining to the bu-ines < ; ,
unless the motive of your bill is
for selfish purposes or for a lever
age to pry up and weed out the
smaller concerLS.
6th. It would work all right to
publish one's circulation as l/mg as
the list was growing , as an incen
tive for further business , which
scorns to be the motive of those
who now voluntarily publish their
daily circulation , but in case the
tide turned the other way and
each day advertised the losing of
business the effect would be to
hasten the loss of all , if the form
er theory is good.
7th. Finally , will say that your
proposed measure is only calcula
ted to make the strong , stronger
and intrench them in the strong
hold of public confidence with the
valor of successful conquest while
the smaller concerns would bear
the heavy burden of furnishing
reading matter to induce circula
tion but would lack the financial
patronage because of self julver-
ti ed inferiority , taking circula
tion numbers as the standard.
Perhaps you can realize how the
people will understand the effect
of such a measure and the selfish
interests that prompt its introduc
tion and support , but I sincerely
hope our legislature will have the
good sense to have nothing to do
uith this or any similar measure.
It is similar t/ > the bill parsed two
years ago refusing publishers the
privilege of exchanging adveitir-
ing for railroad mile-vge , in its ab-
surdriPKS. This bill should have
been declared unconstitutional
from the first , and the m ajnre
you refer to might Buffer a sim lar
fate , unless you include a1an
amendment , that all stores and
business concern publish a sworn
statement of their daily sales an-1
business transactions , their profits ,
the waires paid each clerk or !
workman and the profit derived !
from each individual employed , i
and that these measures he printed
upon a nine-foot bed sheet for the j
benefit of laboring men who have
no time to rend the paner . also
including a monthly statement of
all business transaction within
the county of the above leg-il na
ture.
If you dppire the hill you refer
to I hope you will also include the
amendment 1 have outlined for
von and the Ifcborimjr men will
shout your praises , while the trav
eling rsien will vote yon two nine-
foot shoots per night until the law
is pronounced unconstitutional if
it should ever become enrolled us
a Nebraska statute.
Very truly vmirs ,
I. M. KICK ,
Editor and publisher of
TllD Valbntinc Democrat.
We sell farming implements as well as other
merchandise at reasonable prices.
Call and try us.
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Jun1 , IS84. August 13. 1002 ,
Valentine , Nebraska.
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