' ' ? 4 / - - . \ ' i x and grow into money if fed Lee' Egg Maker. So do ducks , geese , turkeys , guinea fowls and all poultry. Lee's Egg Maker makes vigoroushealthy i poultry because it is just suited to their needs. ITens fed on Lee's Egg Maker show a i > 3 marked increase in lay ing capacity. Price 25c full 2 ! pound packages. a i VALENTINE. NED CS3D ilfirTfrifii.giB. . 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 puts system in to your business and gives you a record of , .every transaction. VALENTINE STATE BM VALENTINE. VALENTINE BARBER SHOP | All kinds of SHAMPOOS MASSAGES. , I AND LADIES bi HAIR DRESSING IP \ Shampooing a specialty. V HOT and COLD BATHS in connection P ft Forest Shepard , Prop. y Valentine State Bank Building T. J. Christopher , AUCTIONEER. Will meet all calls phone or mai' . Versed on pedigreed block. Valentine Nebraska Talk of the Town , Try Kazda's barber shop. tf Mrs. W. T. Kincaid has gone back to Denison , la. , to visit rela tives. Col John M Tucker is in Sioux City seeking evidence in a crimi nal case. Mrs. John D , Eaton and son , William , iH't yesterday for a visit in $ outh Dakota. Col. T.Vr. . Cramer went clown to Norden yesterday to cry a bitf sale for J. E Allen. The Valentine Lumber Co. have a neat advertisement in another column of this paper. Mr. and Mrs. Miller of Oak Creek were in the city Monday on their return from Omaha. Have you anything to trade or sell , if so , use our barter and ex- c'lurijre column ; .r > c PIT line T Bi-hop anil son , Mont , left for ( jr. 's or\ , S D , and will s irmly send for UH-MI * families. * fJ'tim Gould , it isaid , will she tl.\ lake a trip out of town on hu-irn'-s and in tv be gone some j Mi > RUSH ilooton and M.ss j Bi-1 op. who recent.ly returned ( from iht-ir bu-iin-ss trip , will start out ajrain. Ira Hewitt was in town ihc first of i he wt ek ami tells u- > that he is ravciiiiii out < / ! Sux City for an M-ui \\Vbb I returned Sun day night , of la > b week from a month's vi it with her brother Bert at flaigler , Xeb. Enthusiasts of roller skating may indulge in that pastime again , as a consignment , of skates arrived to Obe Church Tuesday. P. [ I. Young was in town Tues day night to attend Masonic lodge , lie recently returned from a trip over in Iowa on business. Atty. A. M. Morrissey returned yesterday from Chadron where he attended the district court of Da\ves county for two days. Mrs Paul Kennicott and daugh ter were up from Wood lake and visited wirh the- family of D. E Sherman the first of the week. Mrs Barren has returned to her home in Pennsylvania after a four month's visit with her grand daughter , "Mrs. Mark Cyphers. Paul Xewland has returned home near Sparks after a year's travel ing in Iowa , Missouri , Kansas and Arkansaw Fle's going again he says. John Xeiss sold his Percheron horse to the St Francis Mission [ Farm Co. , and yesterday morning wont back to Iowa to purchase a horse. Mrs. Nellie Cirter and her j t niece , Mrs. Wm. Anderson , of Cody were in town Monday on business. They returned Monday night. "Wevish to announce to our friends that we have the exclusive sale of the John Deere .1 Plow CVs goods in this vicinity. We now have the largest and inost complete stock ever shown here , including John Deere Plows , walking1 sulky and gang. Listers , walking , single and double row. Disk Harrows , with or without tongue trucks , Lever Harrows , Riding and Walking Cuti ! = vators , Corn Planters , Hoosier End Gate Seeders and Press Drills , Success Manure Spreaders , Economy Pitless Scales , Sharpies Tubular Cream Separators , Samson Wind = mills , Fort Smith and New Moline Wagons. The celebrated Veiie Wrought Iron Buggies and Spring Wagoiis. All of this is bright , newx stock. Xo car ried over or out of date goods. Prices and terms reasonable. Come and see us. A. E. MOIMUS , W. W. 3IOKRISSKY , J. T. KEELEY , DR. O. W. XOYES j Lficatof ] in buildings formcM'lv occupier ! byT. . T. Bisl.jop as a fm ] and salt" barn Mrs. E. C.Deiand of Kiigore vis : ited her sister , Mrs. Olson , Sun. It is rumored about town that Mr. Jones , who formerly operated the moving picture machines in local shows , will shortly return to Valentine. J Henry Ballard came in from John Xeiss'- place Tuesday and I met a lot of his old friends ij i town. Henry has been working up there about four months. ! Peter Goger was in town Tues day and stayed over night , lie ! has built a new house on his farm ' south of Burge on the Snake and when completed will be 24x 0 and give his growing family plenty of room. Big Martin , Charley Fitzer and , Enoch Halverson came over from ; Big White river last week and spent several days in town. The ' latter two named have filed on homestead- this county near K.jnnrd.\ ' \ . W. D. Jones , the young man who has been in our cily for sev eral months assisting Morey ar.d , later Obe Church wiih a moving ' i picture show , \ vac'tilen to Kansas j City last Tnur iay by ih-v d * of his brother j \\e were mistaken la-t week in our writeup of.Vm . ji. drte.'s demi-o in stating tint Olrir ! < s Hiiidman was an : i < Jopied --i. . Hi * i- a nephewof Mr ( Vrie * d n ile Jiis iioni' ' \\ilh Mr : itid . \ii- C.trti-r : iiiii ' ; is : u l.\ 1 ff Foxier Th'indi--- U < * ; .s in j lon Tinsdi\ : ( > \HM.j > 1 as 1 been looking for Libotnr ! tt il- liam's horses \\hich drilled awa\ during the high wind. They \\ere heavy bay draft hordes , branded T II connected with bar under. On Sunday next , I'Vbruary 21 , there will be services as usual both morning and evening at St. John's Episcopal church. Also on Ash Wednesday , Feb 24- . there will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist with an address at 10 o'clock a in. F. J. Pratt of Humphrey , Xeb , new deputy oil inspector under Shallenberger's administration , was in Stuart , Friday. Mr. Pratt is owner and editor of the Humph rey Democrat , and appears to be a very pleasant member of the fr.tteruity. Stuart Advocate. Married at the home of L E. Shepard in Valentine , Wednesday , Feb. IT , 1909 , Mr. J. H. Downing of Wood lake and Miss Julia Rhoder of Xorden , the Rev. W. W. Wells of the Episcopal church officiating. Mr. Downing is a brother of Mrs Lee Shepard and a son of S. B. Downing of Xorden , who is well known to many people of Valentine and eastern Cherry ounty. The Hon. J. R Fee of Crooks- ton sold his farm of 600 acres to an eastern man , the consideration being § 10 per acre. lie will re turn to Missouri in the spring , his future home. Mr. Fee is one of the early settlers and one of the leiding farmers of this section. He represented this district in the legislature IS years ago. He leaves with the best wishes of his neighbors. M. V. Xicholson returned Sun day from Lincoln where he was registered as a lobbyist from Val entine for an agricultural experi ment station to be established here and to get an appropriation for our fish hatchery. These bills he says have been introduced and we can hope that Valentine will be probably considered for the lo cation of the experiment station if the bill of J F. Carr passes. J. P. Kreycik of Arabia was in town yesterday , just returning from Xorfolk where he had ac companied his mother on her way home to Verdel in Knox county , after a visit at the home of her j son for five weeks. Mr Kreycik , tells us that the snow drifts in Xorfolk are the largest he ever saw. Some are piled as high as one story buildings and the streets are full of it. Almost buried the city of Xorfolk like Pompeii , I Old Crow , All Leading- Hermitage Brand and Bottled vj-uchen- Under the heimcr Mlfe rSPl Supervision S kf 'Yi > ; : < sv > * . > t\f-tfSstiS't : r * fr&i ' * * * ; * i "i r * , J-w K fe > ' si ? . < > 5SRi6/ j5' > - iyiifcrMcriar . 'I s * j ? * * v5 5 * „ i > - v > < Y ? > vx < aEjCIHf.irf ( i t it'57' ' * ? ' fe3.f CgV' s JS ? _ _ , _ * * - > x - Eye t V i of the V36SK vVJiiskeys. ! < Cv TTv/i 'S * ; * 7 4J& ' - + r * * t - ? - U. S. Grov. - V v'7 s ' , . ' * ' [ ' Mte. U } aKo liandlc the Badv/eiser Beer. /i / * r121 f35 A s 411 H W 1 E g \L * \ \ /L a jr\L JOHN G. STETTER , Propr. ' - - * ' ' : ' * * T- a'M' * ' ' * ct-f' * r- tmftifw * T-J- * * Trg * " F' ' * - - - * - * - * ' * m " f.\ For the Convalescent nourishment. It is a highly concentrated liquid food , predigested - digested , and during the period of convalescence proves a most . , " * -v - - ' Jiv MALT EXTRAJ valuable aid to nature in her .c k ° work of reconstruction. Palatable and Efficient PAUL GPO. L'ltlo'.y and wife drove io Coil.v and caino down on the train yesterday mornin < r on bu ine. and to visit the I/iyport family. M i lor Wendell Cram ° r aotml MS host at , a child ron' party . iven at his home a'uid-iy sifti.fni ( on. ! About thirty of his nlayir.atKand friiMids attended. Jake BrochbiM , Dave Aaron Grooms , Paul Rowland and a couple of other neighbors \vt-ro in town Tuesday nijrht and enjoy ed a social jiame of pool at Count | Mi'ltondorirs. Jake has a jolly | lau h and appears very chocrful , considering his serious loss during the recent windstorm which he says bio wed away SO iv ( Is of wire fence , three hay stacks and a now Moline \vi : < ion and \\hen last he heard from tltem they were still Kit hard Htillwell ha rented Mr. Cramer's pi-ice on North Table and will shortly move there. His wife \isilinjr U tiie home of her j mother-in-law , ? > frArcher. . ll'tsebud was the scene of a very pretty v.eddi : eeivinfny on r\Inn- tlay last , when the K v. , ] H. Anderson united Mr Stephen K tes and Mi-s ? Maud Uiterb-ick in the irolden bonds of matrimony. L. E Garlock was brst man and Miss Clementine Mi-Lane was bridesmaid. The Valentin0 o.- che-tra , con. istiiiur of Ciias Jvids , Frank Fischer , jr.V. . Morey and John Gould , rendered tiie musie An elaborate wedding supper ivas served and the jrue-ts did justice to the repast. The floral decora tions were many and very pretty. THE DK-UOCIJAT extends congratu lations to the happy couple and wishes them a prosperous future. nrugn" THn iai IT Aaaw ? UUN ! ! ! Jj"f AVe are going to help you turn something 1 you don't need , into cash. Here is our \ proposition : We intend to establish a I 1 Barter and Exchange Column 9 ! i iii our paper. If you have anything' you j don't need , offer it for something' you do need. Don't let it lie idle. We saw a sew ing machine traded for a buggy , a bicycle for fishing tackle , and many other almost innumerable articles that 3Tou don't want , while other people lie awake nights thinking - ing of a place to procure wllfit you have no use for. i us hear from you , What have you to offer , We insert your ad for 5c a line j i /Jj "f jfrJ'ig5Tte ? > LUMBER j | Lath , Shingles , Doors , Windows , Paper. Patent - | | ent Roofing Tar Paper , $ | Paints , Oil , Varnish , | | Brushes , Glass. Putty , | | Lime , CemeiiTPlaster. . I Brick , Posts , Poles. We Sell Hudson Coal i I8HOP & YOy G , k > " B a H Uw 1 h" JLouji Valley llereiotd Kanch. BroftnIeeNehr , oliiier frcfr < 'ol- 5 'B-i mil-Hi' , irtli Iioo.vi. ; 3 tfiyiir ; Z n ' a of Coliiinbits I S ? J 17tli.ahilf lirotluT \n \ MI o..Ie , a n d i i . c : : lleid of ' Jc * * tfS I now lia\i * t h tut .i head nt 1W)7 l > iill calves fi-r ule. C. H. FAULIIAISKU. H. DAILEY , Dentist. Ofiico over the grocery dcparmenfc of T. C. lloruby's store. i T 7 h/ . f # V . | All -.vork v.ill he c v n prompt , and careful attention. W. Ho St ration Dealer in FLOUR & FEED ] General Merchandise i PHONE 1'25 ' cor. Hall & Cath. Valentine , Xebr. * IOH.N F. POEATH Tubular wells and windmills , me up hy Telephone. { Dr. Median. ( strc ; ith , afc the ! Donohor hotel , Mono tj , Wednes day and Friday each week. 12