{ - - - < - > - " " " " ' . . . . . . . . . - . ; .r."r" , . . . . ) I I - - . . - er - . ' - . , . - . , - . f " _ a e4D I , , , ' . : 4 t w. - A. - - PARIER . , - :1i :1 I General Merchandise I i - i , . : t I , , : : Men's Clothing and Furnishings , Ladies' ' . . j ' . Skirts Waists , Pattern Hats , Millinery i I : Goods , Notions , Ladies' Furnishings. I ' ! f I Underwear and Hosiery , Boots and \ Shoes , Groceries , Patent Medicines. . - E I Flour , Ground Feed and Grain. ! . i I i I . II I I Ii I i Wood Lake. co Nebraska e _ ft - - j , . . - . .AAA.AAj AAAA AAAf ] : i < J4H1DAY I , i 11 ! i ! ! : ' GENERAL MERCHANDISE J I ; i : We Buy and Sell Horses i < Wood Lake , Nebraska i ; fY f d. f Y I ! . , \ I 'I ' i a is w to oa o Jt . ! t-U.U me - o 9--'Jtt'.t' t ' 'i ' - , _ a t mrn . t ggRY S riOWE & .MONTAGNE . Livery , Feed and , Sales Stab ) e.s..ee. , : . . I ! ) . _ _ Wood Lake , Nebraska g ttt I i ; p , :4 Special Attention to Hunting and Fishing ) P rties. 3 . nen T "i"r . renG ; . nri Q " . .nnn. " "triT&n . < H. A. LYONS , . . ( Successor to " \Velkcr & Lyons ' Wood Lake , Nebraska Am : still doing driving and freighting. Special attention to hunting j . . and fishing parties. . . 1 I. Contest Notice. U. S. Land Ofilce. \ Valentine.E'hr ! . i i February ; 3. : liHO. f a A sufficient contest affidavit having been Jilcd in this office bv Joseph E Vrszry. contestant , aijaiust liomebtjad entry No 01271 , iwulo .iaii- , nary 18. 190U. ! fur the Sy.si of brciion : i . and N % , ancl the N % } " ' & of seen n 10 . townMiip ! ± ! i , jange 33 by Earl barhrelicniitf.stet\ wnU-h it is alleged Hint said Ua i l 15aid\viil has wholly abandoned f-ain lani : : ttiat he has changed his residence V ' erefrnm for more than six months last pa it ; th t " said land IB iur settled up - n ami cnlnvatui . bv said } 'artyas by law reqiurrd , and he has failed to cure his hfhes up to tins date. Said parties an1 heroby notified to appear : re spond and offer evidence tOII'hillaul alleg- tiou at 10 0' ( : lock a. in. , on i \ . ,111 "i. 19u , . n < * . fore the rt' ; i..ter and receiver at the Unite.i States land office in Valentine Nebraska. Ihesaid ! 'ontestant having , in a proper affi davit , filed February 23 1910. sen forth facts which snow tlint after due diligence personal servii-e of this notice cann-.t : be l made : it Is hereby ] ordered and oirecied that such notice } be l given by due and propui public , . ition. 8 4 M 1C. O1SuN Receiver. U. S. Land umce , Aa.entine. Nebraska , March : : 18. 1910. A sufficient contest affidavit having : been filed in this otlice by Frederick W. Kicliardson , c- > n- testaut , against homestead entry .No. 16(580. ( serial No. 02805. ; made Atigmt 16. 1904 , for SKjf. ; : section 20 , and N4 } of section 29. Township ? 8n , a range 32\v , Gtn 1' M. , bv Joseph H. Wiiry. contesee. in which it is allet ! ed that Joseph H. Wiley has wholly abandoned h-tid tract . for more than s x mouths last past , that said claim- ant has never resided upon cultivated or im- I proved said tract as required by law , that there 1 is no improvements of anv kind on said land , that said tr.wt.u.re in their wild and native state and wholly unimproved , that all said defects exist at this date and have not been k cured. Said parties are hereby notified to appear f respond and offer evidence touching said allega- 1 tion at 10 o'clock a. m on xprll 27. 1910. be- d fore County Judge of Hoooker Conntr. Mullen. Nebr. and that the final hearing will 1m held at lo o'clock a , in. on may 4. l)10 ! be y fore the register and receiver at the United States land Office in Valentine. Ncbra ka. The said contestant bnving in a jtmper affi davit filed March. IS , 1010 ! s-t forth facts which . show that niter due diligence l personal service of this notice cannot be mide it is hereby ord-r- ed and directed that such notice be given by due and proper publication. . 111 , E. OLSON , Receiver. Order of Hearing and Notice on Petition for Settlement of Account. . In the county court of Cherry county , Ne- braska. t State of Nebraska. I Cherry County i' i. . , To the heirs and all persons interested in the estate of John Ford deceased. k On reading the petition of A. M. Morrissey. attorney for the executors praying a linal I settlement and allowance of their account i tiled in this court on the 3rd : day of : March 1910. . It is hereby ordered that you and all per- . t sons interested in said matter may , and do. . . appear at the county court to be held in and for said county , on the 2nd : ! day of April A. D. , 1910 at 1 o'clock p. m. , to show cause if any there be , why the prayer of the pe titioner should not be granted . and that not- ice of the pendency of 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 weekly newspaper printed in said county for four successive weeks prior to said iay : of hearing. JAJIES C. QIHGLEI- [ SEAL ] 9-4 County Judge. \ ValcottrOrl'jHse ' ' . walcott < Morrisscy , attorneys. Loup Valley Hereford Ranch C. H. FAULHABER & SONS , BROWNLEE , NEB. Herd headed by ' S. C. Columbus 17 , No. 160050 , and Climax 2 , No. 289 , 822 ; also ; ' Melvin , No. 327072 , reg- Bulls foV Sale at All Timss , I , r . " o ' . . - " - . SStV , Jtti.- ' " . : " " ' IIII11"1.110 _ .I.U 1fT IU Q 60 YEARS ' EXPERIENCE I d 1 TRADE MARKS DESIGNS . . . . COPYRIGHTS &c. Anyone sending n sketch and description ma ? quickly ascertain our opinion freo whether an invention is protmbly patentable. Communica tions strictly conllclcntlal. HANDBOOK onPateuti Bent free. Oldest ngency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. recelvi special not \vithoutcbaree , iuthe S j ntifie Jjmerka0 , \ handsomely lllnstrntod weekly. J.nrcest : cir culation of any sclent Hie \ Journal. Terms , $3 a year : four months $ I. Sold by all newsdealers. iliNK & Co.361BroadwayHew YorR Branch Office C25 F BU Washington. . D. C. . Crookston News. Co. SU pt. Story granted a school to theVertz \ district , ' , - We had a fine crowd to the Easter program Sunday. I A. B. Overman had his house and saloon repainted this week. Carlos Jones returned from Long Pine Saturday where he was attending school the past winter. , Yo E. Searby has purchased the property now occupied by the barber and takes possession May 1st. The foundation is layed ] for the new pool hall and barber shop ; 26x65 feet. Crookston is coming to the front. Charles Tackett was in town . this week purchasing lumber for his new house. I. M. : Jones and sons will do the work. , Members bf the Royal Neigh bors are practicing for a play to be given with the dance and box social next Friday evening. I f . J. R. Fee and Phil Embree are laying the foundation for the formers new house on North Star school section. Embree'rents the same : and will \ farm there this , . spring. " ' , . " - . , ' , . r " \ . _ . .oJ..l : _ . , . - - - , - . - ' . - - - - - - _ _ . _ . . . . . . _ _ _ , . . . . . . . .v y _ . . . . . r. . _ _ _ , " J , , " " _ . - . I . . , . . _ t. . . . . . ' ' s 'pw " " " " . r Wood s Lake Department . . i ADVERTISING RATES : Locals or reading notices cents per line each insertion. Display ; advertising . 'jp 50 cents per inch per month each issue ; $1.00 per inch per month double column.4 , t - . .J.A - . ' ' ' .AAAAJjAAA Ajf/ I - . Robert Lee came up Tuesday * . M. Vian was in town , a few days , - - ago. - ago.A. . A. G. Ward"was in town Tues- day. I Harvey Johnston t was . in town ! Sunday. . , \y m. Heelan was in town the - other day. - - . . J. H. Day is having his resi- . dence painted. I J. T. Kief spent a few hours in town Tuesday. . * John Macek has gone to Ra- venna to buy horses. D. Garvey and wife were visit- 0 ors in town. Tuesday. Robert Ellis of Simeon was in town Tuesday night. Mr. Lake has gone to Iowa . with a car of horses. ' ' Miss Lottie Grady spent Easter with relatives at O'Neill. Clarence Dunham was up from Brownlee one day last week. Benjamin Mickey visited several' days at the home of David flanna. I Harry Hooker has been visiting I i relatives and friends here for some time _ Rev. Carpenter preached to an appreciative audience Sunday eve ning. . Roy Randall comtemplates put- ting another chair in his barber shop in the near future. For Sale : Percheron stallion , 6 years old , broke to work. - Klopping Bros. , Wood Lake , Nebr. 10 4 I G. Waggoner has gone to Sullivan , Ind. , on a visit and to do some business in the east. . The teachers meeting , billed for Saturday , April 2 , has for various ' reasons been postponed a week. severe rain storm hit this vi- cinity Monday night followed by hail and did considerable damage to windows. ' I Uck , - Lausen and " Krampert I l have shipment of lumber and some fine goods too , and are now .able to sell lumber. ; : - The pure food inspector is here again looking up Mr. Thompson , . who shipped in more groceries . from Chicago Tuesday , Mr. Lotspitch and family have i I I moved into town and taken pos session of their store , recently I purchased of Ed Young. It is reported that over 500 head of weak range cattle perished in a prairie fire near the Loup river in the southern part cf the county a short time ago. I Senator Aldrich was with us Tuesday night and spoke in behalf of education. Too much cannot be said in praise of Prof. Ruby for . his untiring efforts in' ' trying to put our schools at the head of the educational institutions in this part of the country. I , The morning passenger came in several hours late a few days ago on account of the burning of a small bridge near ivlerriman. Mr. Ness , the station agent , with his wife and children is tak- ing a well earned vacation , his place being filled by Frank Somer- ville. , Miss Leo West came in from her school Friday evening , ac companied by Olga Schleuter who has gone to Ainsworth for a few days visit. / . Remember the election April . Go with all your ; neighbors and help vote the water bonds. The town needs better fire protection and if it dont get it , you , Mr. : Voter , are responsible. , Your attention is called to the advertisement of the United Doc- tors which appears on another page of this issue. These famous specialists will be in Woodlake on Thursday , . .t\prill:4 : at Lake View hotel. 11 2 The Odd Fellows held a ban- quet Saturday evening. A large crowd . - partook of the good things provided for the feast. Several prominent members were up from Ainsworth and aided in the initia- tion of two new members. Last Saturday evening Jake Kline and wife went to the Odd Fellows banquet , leaving the two little girls at home fast asleep. The children waking , started on a ' " tour bf inspection and finding the doors locked , the elder , possibly thinking of the fame gained by Carrie Nation with a hatchet , found a hammer and began smash- ing things. Jake informs us that eight window panes were missing when he got home. - . 'V m. J. Bott and Miss Ethel Clark , ' bot11 : of Goose Creek , were unite lsi - marriage at Grand Island and hare returned after their honeymoon at Omaha to the ' : groom's ranch on Goose creek. Mr. Batt is a son of a prominent real estate man of South Omaha , an Clark the daughter of a ranchman near Elsmere. She is a well known school teacher in the southern part of the county. Many valuable presents were re ceived by the couple after their return from Omaha and the best wishes are extended to them. Ben Pierson , Frank Ballard , Rev. Cumbow and many other ranchmen of this'locality were in to get their- shipment groceries from Love'rin & Brown of Chicago but went . -home disappointed . as : the railway company's agent here : refused . to deliver the goods to I Mr. Thompson , - agent for Loverin and Browne , till he paid th.e freight which he refused : to dor claiming prepaid freight and he became , very abusive -and used some pretty strong language which caused Joe Wiesner , pro- prietor of the Lakeview hotel , to let him know where he was. W'l ; ' . Cheap and " 9rJ ! ! ) 3ig Can Baking ) J/ft . . . . Powder : Only Big in Size D Not ! lJJfttflIJ in Satisfaction - Not in . 'VN U1 Economy A large can and a small cost does not make baking powder cheap- or even less expensive than Calumet-the high-quality , moderate-price kind. It certainly cannot make it as good. Don't judge baking powder in this way-the real test-the proof of raising power , of evenness , uniformity , wholesomeness and deliciousness will be found only in the baking. " LUMET Happy the > . _ LUMETBAKiNG ; v BAKlJfO ! POWDER BAKiNG _ boWDE NOT N " EBYTHE ! Ti\IS 1 is a better baking powder than you have ever used be- fore. And we will leave it to your good judgment 1RilIiMEI , proof. Buy a can today. Try it for any baking pur- , pose. If the results , are not better-if the baking is not . f lighter , more delicious , take it back and get your money. - : \ ' Calumet ia medium in price - but great in satisfaction. I , Free-large handsome recips book illustrated in colors I 1 Send 4c and slip found in pound can. I Calumet : Received Highest Award . ti , World's Pure Food Exposition . ERA ( N ET BAKIKG P - CHICAGO I J _ . t . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - H" . r - PV . Jt , f'7" - : , ' E' ' - . - - - : , . - . . _ . > - . . . . . _ _ } . , . . - ; - ! r1t , . . ; 1"JiL.7.- : _ . 4.e , , . , \ " , , ; " -1t . ' . . _ : _ . . . . . ; . I , 1 , . , . \ - . . . , . Furniture and Paints and Oils , Cattle Undertaking Goods Dip , Stock Foods , etc. / Johnson Bros. " SM d.- . Lumber , Machinery , Hard- ware , Harness , Saddles Wagons , Bugrffies and a full line of Haying Tools , Windmills , . . Pumps , Pipe , etc. Full stock of Posts and Barb Wire. > . Wood Lake , = = Nebraska - . - - C8X& r W. PARKER & CO. Wood Lake , Nebraska . Everything in Fancy - . and Staple Groceries - - - - o i , - . We have a complete line of . OVERALLS and GLOVES M C&i . . .J @ ) _ . . . _ e _ _ e . - Uck lausen & Co. , . . . , . T . . General Hardware , , - Wagons and . V Machinery. . . . . . . - ' . . f ) . e . - . - . A complete line of : . V J , Harness and JSaddies : ' . i X. e Household and Kitchen Furniture _ _ Lumber and Fence Posts / . > . . . , . . . . WOOD LAKE , ' 0. " ' . - NEBRASKA , . f - @ 88"'Oe - AlbertThipt ale & Sons. Rosebud S. D. Cnttle branded , - SOS on left side , OSO on richtsiae S 0 Some cattle also U have a + on neck Some with A on left shoulder and some branded with two bars tf.t < i across . tynd , quar " .Ie ; ters Some Texas = " cattle branded $ O on left side and some , on left side. ° Horses ! ' , branded SOS on left hio. Some cattle I branded AW bar connected on both sides and let 1 hip of horses _ D. M. : Sears. Kennedy Nebr. 'Z . Cattle branded as on cut.left side e Some on left hip. S m Horses same on l shoulder. . Range Square Lake. Nebraska Land and Feeding Co. iartlett Richards Pres Will G Comstock , V. P. , Chas C Jamison Sec&Treas : I D ) Cattle branded on 2f. < h any part of animal ; iz.f . ; if' also the following . , , ; . . , t" : dJI.- ' . brands : ? . ! " . J 'I. ' ( . < . \ ' : Jf . . . . _ . : If. G. . . _ IE " . . " . : ' ? . - - : - g fl. . . ' . . IV ' . ' , I : -F. , ' " . < t f'Jj ; > > > . _ 1" " ! ' to " horses randed the ; . -iti same , . ; : - r Range between Gordon on the F.E. &M. V. , R. R. ard Hvannis on K & M. R.R. in Northwestern Nebr. BARTl.ETT JWmAJ DS. Ellsworth Nebr , Sawyer Bros. . Oasis , Nebr G. K. Sawyer has ohanre of these cattle. II rses : S ® e. S U ! 3 ! on left shout- - der. Some left somcl- ! : e Horsss - Q > - same left thigh. _ Kange on Snake river. Metzger \ Bros. Rolfe S'ebr Cattle ! branded anywhere on left side. Earmark , square crop right ear. . t. Horses have same brand on eft , ' . r . CItthigh. r J" ' r " , , " , , ' Ranpe * on Gordon and Snake Creeks. A Reward of $ Z50 will be raid to any person for information i leading ; to the arrest and final conviction of any person or , persons stealing . c } i , trie with above bninrt. J. A. Yaryan. Pullman Nebr Cattle branded JY on right-side ! Horses branded JY on right shoulder Reasonable rewarth for any information ) leading to the re- b : ; : % : range. strayed covery of from cattle my 1 : , ' " . , R. M. Faddis & Co Postofflce address-Valentine or Kennedy. Some branded r . on left / . . : . L . . ti/nlJgb / : / , I Horses branded , on left shoulder gon thiph . ' : i l . . : . . . - J I Some Some . branded branded : on W hrandedii III jefta i1 or Mioulder. shoulder I . . . } f or t hi J 11 ' . . _ . - - ' , P. H. . I Y Ol1ijg. Simeon. br. Cattle branded as cut on left side Rome Q. yon left side. - on left Jaw of i I V horses. ! i . Range on Gordon Creek north of Simeon. I N. S. Eowley. : , - Kennedy , - * WeDraska. Same as cut on left , - side and hip , and on left shoulder of hor- ses. Bide0 ° " felt' left Alsorwon I hip. . I ft' X on left se. Some r ! . t- ' ' . _ r . tIe brand- . . . . . . " " , . ed Inisk-S ESHHHing pei ( either side up ) on I left side or hip. F on left Jaw and left shoulder of borsc : ! . HJ . Q on left hip of horses. . N | on left Jaw of horses " C. P. Jordan" - V- , ! . , Rosebud 8D . Horses and cattle same as cut ; also CJ BE jj on right hip. J Range on Oak and Butte creeks. A liberal reward for Information leading to detection - - - of rustlers of ; - - : - , stock beanngany of these brands. ' . . E. M. : Terrill , Propr. Brownlee JTeu. G . . . Cattle branded as , . in c.it on JefS j side. Some I branded K. T Y f on left hip. Range ' on North Loop river , two miles , west of Brewnlee ; r ' _ , , : . V l' . . . Roan Bros ' _ . . ; V ' , . Woodlake Neb . . ' . : : r . . " 1 " ' . Range on Long - R B : - Lake and Crook . , " ' . ed Lake. , . . ' . . . . - . . ; . - ! . . . j S . . . , , \