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. VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
\ I. M. RICE Editor and Propr.
, Mark Zarr - . . Foreman.
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Thursday , Octobber 21 , 1909. i
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OHAIILKB T. KOAPP
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. For Sheriff
. . SheriffOLYDE
OLYDE A. ROS8J < TER.
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Surveyor
SurveyorJ. W. McDANIELH.
. " For Co. Com'r First District-
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A PROPHECY.
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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.
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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
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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-
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; 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
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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
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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 ? "
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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.
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Jr . " , : : -4 Blank , we may ask himsaid
I * * < > . : she , the objector.
p " \rhat ? that man ? " replied the
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t : . chairmaness with a scorn that de-
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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.
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, 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. : .
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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. "
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"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
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' : it"alir - : as he viewed the immacu i
late front of the daper and well
groomed attorney who had visited :
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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-
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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. "
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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
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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.
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Ducks seem to be very . plenti
ful ] j-anti ; feVferybto \ getting a fuW\ I
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Paints , Oil , Varnish ,
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Valentine State Bank Building
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The Loup Valley Hereford Ranch.
Brownlee , Nebr
Soldier Creek Col-
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of the $10.000 Cham
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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
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Ootti , sacked 1 2o ' ' 24 OfO
Chop Corn , sacked 1 30 25 00
Chop Feed , sacked 1 40 2t 00
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' Canned Goods 2C2C Lunch Counter.
II' ! Pl.es : Oakes IacL : Bread. ,
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