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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1909)
I . - . - - - " . VALENTINE DEMOCRAT \ I. M. RICE Editor and Propr. , Mark Zarr - . . Foreman. . . , " Thursday , Octobber 21 , 1909. i f' . " t /DEMOCRATIC TICKET. . , , ' - " . ; ' . State : , , For Supreme Jt1d * - . 1 . ' ' B . F. GOOD , , _ J. J. SULLIVAN . - i . - ' : ' J. H. DEAN " . . ' . "For " 0 lte eats- ItCgClltsUHAIU OHAIILKB T. KOAPP . . HARVEY NEWBRAXOH 1 ; . . ; . . , l. . . . \ County : - : For Treasurer - : . . 15. B. QUIBLB. 1 : . For Judgo ; . JAMES ,0. QUIGLEY. . For Sheriff . . SheriffOLYDE OLYDE A. ROS8J < TER. . For , ' ' Surveyor SurveyorJ. W. McDANIELH. . " For Co. Com'r First District- ' - ' .JOSEPH P. KRJ ; YOIK. i . A PROPHECY. r r When ninny snows have bont the pine , When the roses bloom sonic more ; When the lllly and the vine Have graced the humble cottage door. When the cycles of the moon Have measured out their twelve times four , I And the sear leaves mat the dells ; I Then our horrlscope it tells Of strange ovonts In Valentine. - It was a busy day at the Cherry county court house in September , 1913. The board of county com- missioneresses was in session. The county judgess had several important cases before her court for trial. _ The office of the county . ' clerkess was filled to overflowing , with men , each of whom had im . portant business to transact. The office of the county treasuress was being continually visited by tax- payers and the treasureress and . , her deputyess were kept unusually . busy. The superintendentess and the surveyoress were each putting : their offices in shape after a some- . what extended absence. The sheriffess and the coroneress had ' - . ' been called to the country on ac- ' . - count of some fatal affray that . . sometimes occur in the best of communities. Aside from the to ' :0unusual activity about the court " \ . house it was one of those balmy , _ quiet autumnal days when every- , ; body and his neighbor seem to have business at Valentine and , 4 tr while there looks after the official i status of his affairs by visiting the court house. * It was for this purpose that Mr. Farmer hesitatingly entered the parlor ( we mean office ) of" the . ' . . county board. As he slowly pull- ed his dust covered and somewhat battered hat from his head in . obeisance to the board a lady who had entered immediately after him swept by , and upon her approach . ing the c'ornmfcsioner-ps the fol- . I. lowing dialogue took pJac : S . . "Mesdames I am assessed on I n I ' , , ; ' of mine too much . . Lr some'property J , r I think. " I i . . . . , ; . "Ah , indeed , is it your very . . . . : " own ? queried the chairmaness. ( - She received an affirmative answer , and then continuing : said : "Well , we will just strike it out d altogether , it iR i not our intention to tax ladies , certainly. They are , not permitted to vote , then why should they be taxed ? " y 1 To this decision the commission- eress from the Second district as- sented but she of the Third pro- tested so strenuously that the chairmaness , somewhat perplexed , called up the county attorneyess for advice on the subject. T\ , \ . * , t " Ah , here comes Attorney Jr . " , : : -4 Blank , we may ask himsaid I * * < > . : she , the objector. p " \rhat ? that man ? " replied the . : t : . chairmaness with a scorn that de- t " . 1' ( noted offended pride. , But Mr. Blank's approach asxhe t " > , , stood bowing to the board with , I : Beaux Brummel politeness . caused ' he& to desist from further remarks. j V , Attorney' Blank finished his :1 : i t i business with the asking of a ' ! question or two and bowed him- .t i self out , saying "hello" toIr. : . J I E Farmer as he passed that gentle- ( 1 . / man ; . who was about , to approach 1 tfie board whan the County at- torneyess passed and preceded i Him. Now , this lady had heen ) i C 1idJ ern td . faok after . tire fe ' a rl I af- i . . . . . , . . " . , ' . . . . .1. . " ; ' ' _ ' . . : . _ , . : _ , ' _ _ ; , . . ' . . ' ' . . . , : : . _ . . j - . . . . . . . . . . ' " ' k , fairs or e Cherry * ' " ---V-&HK- countynot ' ; ' . : - n-- -en , t * , ' 1 tirely : on : account r io.herknow : : : - ladge 1 of law , but partly for the purpose of completing the set of female officialdom. She was a woman and therefore must be electedj and she was , for in the election just immediately prior to the conditions herein described and the one that made them pos- siole , of all the gentlemen candi- dates who had entered the politi- cal arena , not one had withstood the onslaught of gentle and win- some femininity - not one had risen from the wreck of worlds to stand even alone as a representa- tive of his fellows in the county's official family. A thorn among many roses. The chairmaness at once laid the question before the county attorneyess and then , after first volunteering own opin- ion , asked for her's "Beg your pardon , Miss Chair- maness , I believe that such an ac tion as you contemplate would be in violation of the statute , or-er -I do not believe that . the law warrants such proceedure. " A flush spread over the face of the fair chairmaness as she eyed the attorneyess for a moment and J then made reply. "Miss Attorneyess , you are en- tirely wrong. You state that the statutes do not warrant such pro- ceedure. Admitted. But what of it ? Weren't the statutes made by a lot of mere men ? Let me as- sure you that when we ladies get control of the state , as we expect to soon , we shall change the sta- tute in this particular , as well as in many others. Let me also call your attention to the fact that as now written the statutes do not warrant the legality of we ladies holding these offices to which we have been elected-yet we hold them , do we not ? Why , my Dear Miss , I expect to see a presi- dentess of the United States elect- ed in the near future. " IS'oting the look of bewildered astonishment that o'er spread the face of the sweet attorneyess , she continued : "Why not ? If it is lawful for women to hold one public office it is lawful for her to hold any pub- lic office , and we have started ; we have begun. No iv , if you start a ball upon an incline , gravitatioa will carry it to the limit , will it " not ? "I really do not know , " said the attorn yess. "I must seek legal advice on the matter. " The chairmaness proceeded : lWhy should we waste any more time and effort in chasing chimerical equal suffrage when we may step right up and take the i offices ? Why pursue the .shadow ; : when we .may so easily grasp the substance , regardless of whether the statutes provide for it or not ? The only guidance we t have on the subject is a guess trom some one. Men do not op pose our campaigns strenuously , cor in so doing they would violate all the rules and customs of gal- lantry and we have grown wise to the fact that men revere the laws of gallantry more than they fear the provisions of the statutes. No , Miss Attorneyess , you are wrong. " , "Very well , Miss Chairmaness , I shall not undertake to decide a question of such weight until I shall have obtained some legal ad- vice on the matter. " So saying the attorneyess left the room. The lady in whose interest this battle the laws had been fought , after receiving assurance from a majority of the board that the case would undoubtedly terminate in her favor , said that she would i call again and left also. Now , Mr. : Farmer , who had been standing against the wall near the door while the above de scribed scene -was taking place , moved cautiously forward , hat in hand. He had during the time he had been waiting. been subject- ed to the various sensations of different emotions. First he was filled with chargin at the de- lay , next amused at some of the ludicrous assumplbitfhbf . and thru w . , " " ; - - ' - - " , . o v . . . . . . - " - - . ' ' : it"alir - : as he viewed the immacu i late front of the daper and well groomed attorney who had visited : I the board there welled up a sense : ; ' of humiliation at his own uncouth appearance by comparison , he having left home hurriedly with no thought of being compelled to appear in society - so much was he embarassed under the circum- stances that he several times de bated with himself whether or not he should go back down town and consult a barber and some gent's . furnishing establishment , but the II I I case being presented before him was so nearly like his own that his interest in its disposition held him where he was and now that his turn had come he simply said : "Ladies , I understand that you are sitting as : , a board of equaliza tion and the assessoress in my precinct has assessed me wrong , that is she made a mistake and I'd like to have it corrected. " "Your name please ? " "William Farmer. " "In what manner did the as- " sessoress err ? "She assessed me too high , that is , too much. " " O , that is just the way with all you men , always complaining about excessive taxes. We have gone carefully over the work of our assessoresses and found it cor- rect , and passed upon and ap proved it , and our actions are ir- revocable. The best thing that you can do in the premises , Mr. Farmer , is to go right down to the office of the treasureress and settle with her and say no more about it. " , Mr. Farmer seemed to think so too and acted accordingly. As he entered the treasureress' office he met three men just coming out , two of whom were jovially talk- ing pretty loud and were somewhat uns eaQ.y on their feet , and as he passed them on the threshold he heard the deputyess who had turn- ed her back to the door say to the treasureress , " 0 , those horrid men , I do wish they would stay away from the liquor emporiums- or invest in cloves , sen-sen'or some other aromatic disinfectant" but William Farmer went in and paid his taxes like an honest man and ' good citizen but mentally vowed that he would never again hurriedly leave his plow and jump , into a passing wagon for the pur- pose of coming to town to trans- act business at the court house. In the meantime while Mr. Farmer had been paying his taxes the commissioneresses had phoned up the sheriffess and when that lady had made her appearance the chairmaness addressed her saying : ' "Miss Sheriffess , complaint has been lodged with this board. against your , local deputyess to the effect that while you are out in the country running down bad men , serving papers , etc. she doesn't treat the prisoners prop erly. It is alleged that she is con- tinually carrying them tracts and having them sing hymns and con- stantly urging them to sacred ser- vice-in fact looking after their spiritual welfare to the neglect of their bodily needs. " "Well , I am surprised , truly. Ring her up please , " ' said the . . ( heriffess . in astonishment. When the deputyess appeared before the board and was confront- ed with these charges by her su perior she was surprised also , and entering a denial laid the whole blame on the janitoress but as that lady happened to be indis- posed and had remained at home that day the matter had to be de ferred for settlement at some fu- ture . time. - The chairmaness informed those present , however , that there would be a meeting of the Lady's Official Union at 8 o'clock sharp that evening for the purpose of trying : the clerkess for having violated the rules of the order by employing a male deputy. Howard Lay port has now got his go-devil in running order. . t Ducks seem to be very . plenti ful ] j-anti ; feVferybto \ getting a fuW\ I . . . _ . . , _ . . _ _ , _ . . . . . _ . , ' . ' ; . . . . . _ . _ . . ; : . . . . _ ---bC - ' - .r..i1.i. 'r . . . . . 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We Sell Hudson Coal . BiSKQP 1 < & YOUNG , CODY , NEBRI t . t.'It. ' . . . . . " ' ' ' ' . . . ' . . . . . A1..il : . . . r VALENTINE ' BARBER SHOP | ' . All kinds of. . . . . . , SHAMPOOS , . MASSAGES fc AND LADIES v HAIR DRESSING ' - . ' Shampooing a specialty. , HOT and COLD BATHS in connection . * ' I I Forest Shepard , Prop. Valentine State Bank Building b ll cwvwvw , . _ . . , . _ - < J : FRANK RAN DALL , , Drayman , , Light and Heavy Draying ; : . Furniture and pianos handled in a careful manner. Coal : hauled and trunks and grips : ; a specialty. Phone No. 134. . . . , . MA VtJ..AA . " - The Loup Valley Hereford Ranch. Brownlee , Nebr Soldier Creek Col- umous 17fh IGOOSOi . a son of Columbus e 17th a half brother of the $10.000 Cham , - , . - . . pion Oxle , a n d - ' - Prince Boabdel 131- , . 693 at head ol herd. I now have about 30 head of 1007 bull calves for sale. C. H. FAULHABER , H. DAILEY , Dentist. Office over the grocery deparment of T. C. Hornby's store. J. W. MCDANIEL , , COUNTY SURVEYOR Valentine - Nebr. All'work will be given prompt and careful attention. W. H. Stratton Dealer in FLOUR & FEED General Merchandise PHONE 125 cor. Hall & Cath. ' Valentine , Nebr. MILL PRICES FOR FEED Per Cwt. Per Ton. Bran , sacked.$1 05 $18 \ 00 Shorts , sacked 1 05. 20 00 " Ootti , sacked 1 2o ' ' 24 OfO Chop Corn , sacked 1 30 25 00 Chop Feed , sacked 1 40 2t 00 . ' - Oafe sacketi 1 4o 2 $ tJd . , . . ' . . " . - - . ; ; - - - _ : _ - - - - - - . , . " . . - , I f : CONFECTIONERY I Tobaccos and Cigars. ' Canned Goods 2C2C Lunch Counter. II' ! Pl.es : Oakes IacL : Bread. , Ph7one Home Bakery. | L : : J tat : if le _ _ ( t e.e I I Whis/c " - $ Go to the : Stock Exchange Saloon VALENTINE'S PURE LIQUOR CENTER Walther F. A. Meltendorff , Propr. e _ _ e Q ' 0 , . r . . . \ . i \ . : . : - . ' . . . . ' - ; . . . . : . . : : . : : . . . . ' ' . . . . . . . . . : . . : . . . . . ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ . . ' . . . . ' . / . . . . . 11u4 . . . . 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