v . . loA' " . ' , , , , ' - - - - ' I 9.J < SfCH " " - ' . . e _ . @ fJ@ _ 8 . 1. W. Ao PARKER , ' . x - - 'A _ - - T _ _ - . . . . .1 _ , ; ' i General Merchandise A ! _ ' _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - I - : ---I-- F . . . . 1 , Men's : Clothing and Furinishings : , Ladies' ' .e e - : f Skirts { , Waists , Pattern Hats , Millinery * ! { ' Goods , Notions , .L adles ' Furnishings. } I Underwear and .Hosiery , Boots and I L Shoes } , Groceries , Patent Medicines. w e . - , - Flour , Ground Feed alld Grain. . . . . 1 . . . - " - , ' , " ' ' . . ' , ' , , ' , ' , : Nebraska ) Wood l Lake . ' - , = - - I ; e _ @ ) t ; 1 @ } - @ > - - - ' \ . - . AJw AA iMu As = AAAi iWAAAAA . ) : > . : " J B H DAY 5 i : : . I ' : ; .GENERAl 1ERCHANDISE. I . ? * ' I ' We Buy and 'Sell Horses 1 \ : . , . .c Wood Lake , Ie Nebraska > . : - . . . . , , . ' . " , ' ' > 'f' nY + f'V' : ; . , ' " r I , _ _ ' _ v _ _ _ _ _ 'r _ _ : 'i"lVVY'V7' _ _ _ _ { 7V _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ " _ ® 00 + 110 8 @ o v ot ? d ! ! j > 0 . sr , c + . .u GI U.CJ..t..U- Q . ' ! „ gQ L y RY AA Mft S HOWE & MONTAGNE * , , . t ! . Livery , Feed and . , , . . ' I ' ' , . t " , ' " Sales Stable. ] . 11. , i. . * . . " . . M . 'I. ' _ - Ifl : ! " . . III : ' ' - ' " : jr. i e ; , , , " , , , , , ! _ _ . - Wood Lake , Nebraska , * ' _ :2 J Special Attention to . Hunting and Fishing Parties. > 8 ' . i1i ' n' irQ } Ii I' ' Ii tiiiiS { i lfli J " n ) T . .lr . I-H. A. LYONS , ( Successor "U'elker & Lyons ) . - , Wood Lake , Nebraska Am still doing driving . and freighting. Special attention to hunting -S _ and , fishing parties. . . _ _ , _ . _ - , , , _ . _ = , , " . . , > = p 7 : ' _ oc- . . . . ' " > " ' _ , n" " ' , , , , _ . , . . . . . " . . A. Lotspeicll , , ( Successor t to Ed Young. ) , . . Full line of Groceries and Dry : Goods. Millinery Goods and Ladies' Furnish - ings. Boots and Shoes. Hosiery. " 1 Men's Clothing and Furnishings . . . . . FLOUR , FEED AND . GOAL. , - Wood , Lake = Nebraska. , _ , _ _ _ . . . _ - -i * - - * --J * * < - - -TS rtfl V fl'iKrfl1CYj.flfl. - U. S. Land office , A'a'entine. Nt phrnska , March : : 18.-19IO. A sufficient contest aflldavil having ) been iilert in this onlce by Frederick W . lUcliartlson. c- > a- testant. against hnniebleu'l / : entry Ko. ' Gt3M ! ( ) , herial No. 02801. made August " W . 1004 ! , for SK4. : : ! section : 2fl > , and N'/i of section 'JO : Township 2Sn , . . range 32w. Ctn r M. , bv Joseph H . Wiley : eontestee. in which it is alined ; that Joseph II. Wiley has wholly alandnned said tract f..r more than s x months last past : , thi : daiu claim ' : ant has never resided upon. cultivated or im proved said iract as required by law , that there is no improvements of auv kind on said land , that said tracts are In their wild and native state and wholly unimproved that all said defects exist at tins datu and have not been cured. Said parties are hereby notified to appear respond and offer evidence touching saM allejza- t-on ! at 10 o'clock a. m on * pril 27. 1910 t e- fore County Judge of Hoooker Cornier. Mulleu. > ebr. , and that the final hearing will ! I.t ' held at 10 o'clock a , m. on May 4. } 1010. IK fore the regtrterand receiver at th United SUites : : land Office in Valentin'1 ; eb aakn. , The ad ! contestant Jiaviiur in u proper ifn- : davit \ flied March 18 , Iflio ( ) s forth facts which ) show that nitr due dilmence personal ; sec vice of this notice cannot be. nmde it Is hereby rdrr- ed and directed tnat such notice be given by due and proper publication. " 11 4 E. OLSON , Receiver. M - Notice , of Hearing on Petition for Adoption. t In the county court of Oherry county , Nc- lm ka. - f n the matter of the adoption of Carrie Jhirling Provo , minor. > A1I persons ] InterestedrIII take notice that onhll'l"h : 3rd , I'.iid , Louis ; II. Leaver 'II 11(1 Louise Heaver , his wile , iiled their petition for the adoption of said Carrie Jarling Proeo,11nil \ that on the same day + the Child Saving Institute , a corporation , I 1 , within the State of Nebraska with Its ] u"in- ; cipal place of business at Omaha In said _ state , llled their reliiujuisliineMt a , id con sent to the proposed adoption of said Carrie Darling Provo by said Louis II. Heaver and 3Atii.se C. iJeaver : ! , his wile : that said : : l matter will he heard by the county court at the . " county court room in .said ! county on the ; ! rd ( day of May : " 1910 l , at o'clock ! ( a. II ) . , at which time and place ! objections to said ; proposed , 1 adoption will he hoard. witness my "baud and ollicial heal this 5th day of . \pril , 1010. , JA31EbtFO. QVIGLEY . . [ SuulJ U5o ] : : : County Judgo. . JOHN F. PORATH ] . Kebr. r . Itnrgc , tG t t ; : ' Tubular wells and windmills ' . eVall me up ' b'y Telephone. . _ . . . . . " . , . ; : . . I . - - - - - - - f - - T In the District Court of Cherry County , Ne braska. ' In the ! matter of the ap- ' . plication of William I Beainor , th'uP-1 Mabel Sadersan insane i person.toscll l'l'Ull'state j j ' ' 11Is cause : : came on for hearing upon the I petition William Beamer , guardian of ; Mabel Sanders' : , an insane person , praying for license to sell the dower and homestead interest of the .said ! . ; Mabel .Sanders in the southeast quarter section : 2t. : < ; , township : , range 3:1 : ( , in Cherry county , Nebraska , said petition alleging that the said Mabel Snn- ders ha- been for a period ] of more than three years last past insane and . incurable. It is therefore ordered that all persons In- terested in said estate appear before 111 ( ' at . my chambers in Ktishville in Sheridan county , Nebraska : , on the : lOth ) day of April ! I , I 1JUO , at 10 o'clock ! a. in. of said day. to show cause why a J license should not be granted to said gun rdinii to sell the said interest in said estate as prayed for in said ; petition. It Is further ordered that this order be published for three .successive weeks in The Valentine Democrat , ' a Meekly paper of general circulation in said Cherry county , Nebraska. ; Dated this ; lst ! day of March. I'.UO. ] W. JI. WHSTOVKK , IS o ' Judge of the District court. _ . . . . . , . . . - Contest , - Notice. . U. S. Land Oaice Broken Bow. Nebraska. l I ' March ° 8 , uno , r I A sufficient contort ! affidavit having been filed in this olllee Georgia n douse.contestant. Hgaiu-t Homestead entry No 0250 m/ule August ) 2. : ; ; 1903 , for nwl4y.ne ! - . sej.iue4 u'/ssii : , sj/ se'.f ! , sehswtf , s ction 11 , and the neXwwJ-f. mvtfiiej-f ot section H , township ) ! : ; , rang ' 31 : * , bjVtliUrn J Thomas , co , t stee. in \\hicti it. is alleged that claimant ; ) has holly abandoned said Intel for more Iha i six months IMS past ) ; thai he has never established a n Mdence upon ) the said ! laud : that ther is no II | : ic , of aimde ; that I said land is III its wild . a ' d native : stnte JUKI ' wholly iiniyriprovrd that ; all ot - > - il deiectsfcxist at this date and have iiot. been : cured : , I . . r-aitl i aities ! are ; hereby notified to appear ] , respond Sin :1 : 1 oiler e\l 'cuce ! touching said alie.- I giitiun : at 10 o'clock a. m on ; * 'ay H ! ( 1910. : ' iMi'ore / W. E Borers county judsre of Hooker I county , Nebr. . at his olllcn in Mullen Neor . 1 ami lliat the 1i , , ai 1 hearing will ou held at 10 o'clock a . JI ) , on " Alav 11 , into , cfore > the register and receiver at the United S'lt 'Laml : Oiiiei , in B.-okeu How , i ebraska I The 5iiu : cot te-tant having. In a : proper sun davit : IIIclJtal' ! . 21. : I iDoi ! ! ) , set forth tacts which show that after due diligence pwrsonsd service ! of this notice cjm i.otbr / made.it ' hereby order ed and directed that such notice be givpn by due and proper publication. ) I JOHN ' TtEKHE. . H 13 4 . nhl Bn l'i I . , . . . - - - - . \ . 1 I - , ' . :8 \ I f s , -.m et.w-eve-af , + t.- , . --SS..y- - . - _ " . . _ _ _ _ _ . , , _ , , , _ - _ . _ _ . _ " ' < b ' : - - = - : - . - _ : : = . ? _ - - . : . . _ _ - : . , . . r . . . I . - . - allntlevmuer ' . . . . . . . , . . ' , , , . , , I - - ' " OW-"jO ' ! ' ' " " $ ' - - ' ( 'fIi ! :1 < / I joHnJ7"7" "IT * f T"V I Wood Lake Departmen1 ! J , ) ADVERTISING RATES : . ' ; . . . notices 5 line each ' . ' ' Locals or reading cents per insertion. Display ndVertl&ing fe > 5O < ) cents pur Inch per month each Issue ; $1.00 per Inch per . month double I column. < : , .C 'Ch.I SUC. PC. : : : : 1 . , J < J < JkJiA&&J * I 1 W. A. Parker left for Missouri last week. James Kreycik is back in the city again. . Thompson , the grocery man , is again in town. C. D. Case were in from Marsh lake Saturday. Ray Tinkham took out a load of , freight Monday. Walter : Tinkham took out a load of lumber Saturday. I 0. W : McDaniel took in the show Monday evening. The Hicks family moved to their Wednesday. Charles Sail returned from his I visit east Friday night. , Rev. Wells preached here Thurs- I day evening of last week. 1 Roy Randall paid a visit to Val- entine one day last week. A. G. Ward and wife were shopping in town Tuesday. David Hanna and wife returned Sunday from New Orleans. S. E. Smith , census enumerator , began operations Friday the 15th. Saturday evening , a company of young folks gathered at the home of W. Klingaman. All present re port a jolly time. . Monday afternoon , Henry Lau- I sen lost a pocket book containing I about $250 in currency and checks besides other'valuable papers. Britt Items. Pearl Brown was on the sick list last week. Several Brittites attended the dance at Crooks on Friday night. Joe Ryschon and Bud Brown went to Carter the first of the week. week.Will Will Ryschon was kicked by a horse Sunday evening while wat- ering it. ' Will Ryschon made a trip to his homestead last week retqrning ' Saturday. Will Bullis has his barn finished and it is quite an improvement to the place. " Joe Kalblinger and wife were callers at the home of W. F. Bul- lis } recently. A. H. Brown's brother of Coun- I cil Bluffs , Iowa , was . out here last week visiting. Floyd Spratt , Mrs. ' W. Bullis and Miss Dora Grewe were Britt callers Saturday. The cold weather of the past week enticed the farmers to hunt up their fur overcoats again. ' James Novak , who has been visiting about Britt and Dry creek returned to Neiigh last week. Miss Bertha Ryschon is home again. She has been engaged by Mrs. Fred Smith the past month. J. Broad made final proof on his homestead last week. Will Bullis and Louis Taylor were his wit- nesses. School closes in district No. 50 I on April 22. A program is to be given by the pupils Friday eve- ning. Everybody invited. Crookston News. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams Tuesday a boy. Joe Pavlik did some mason work for 1. M. : Jones Tuesday. Mrs. ' Arthur Richardson had the misfortune of spraining her ankle Tuesday. . Fred Green's broken wrist is improving but is keeping him be- I hind with his plowing. A. B. Overman and son Gdy took a trip to .Hot Springs last week returning Monday. . . 1. : ' 'I. ' Jones and son , Carlos , are working on Charley Tackett's , new house on the reservation. i Ollie Overman accompanied lier brother to Kilgore Monday eve , returning on theTlO o'clock train. The old depot was moved- ' to Kilgore in the'high wind Friday afternoon. Several Crookstonites followed it and helped to unload it from the flat car. The Sunday Alliance Associa- tion didn't meet Sunday on ac count of the cold and wind but will give a good program next Sunday. The debaters are J. R. r Fee and the professor. Subject : ' - " ' . " ' . ' . . - - - - - i Allen Benson was in town Mon day night and took in the show. Ness , the station agent , returned from his vacation Saturday morn- ing. Wm. Hepperlen , who has been attending school in Kansas City , returned Friday. Frank Randall of , Valentine vis ited relatives and friends here one day last week. : Numerous "homesteaders are making Wood lake their head- quarters these days. Mrs. A. L. Johnson is making preparations to visit her old home in Wales this spring. - Many who are interested in the cattle stealing case went to Valen- tine Sunday evening. - The play "A Prince'of Sweden" was given here Monday night. It brought together a large crowd who thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. Sunday , the 17 , Frank Kram- pert and wife celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. A dinner was given them at the Lake View hotel , in the preparation of which neither pains nor expense were spared. Many beautiful and useful gifts were received , which , with the many ' expressions of kindest regards and best wishes , will make it a day long to be re membered by the happy pair , who have journeyed together for a quarter of a century. ! 'Resolved . that 'fear of punishment I more than hopes of reward rule the human race. All are invited. Miss Lizzie Cavanaugh finished a successful term of school Friday in the German Settlement south of Crookston. Mrs. Oscar Weisflog n and Mrs. Epke were in Crookston Tuesday and spent a part of the afternoon with Mrs. Fred Edwards. Eli Chat. The Pleasant Valley school will close April 29th. Mr. and Mrs. Springer visited at W. D. Ri kett's Sunday p. m. Miss Alice Nelson has been stay- ; ingat Philip Nelson's on account of the illness of her aunt. Misses ; Esther and Mabel Rick- etts spent Sunday at home. They both like their places fine. George McName'e and wife of the Rockford country spent last Saturday and Sunday at W. D. Rickett's. A new organ has been purchased for the Pleasant View school. A large share of the box social mon- ej was used to purchase the organ. "Thelerrirnan Maverick states that the girls have quit wearing rats in their hair and are now wearing the rat houses. Girls , do you ever use . the squeal ? We boys don't. PECK'S BAD BCY. . . . . Teachers' Association ! At Valentine , April 23 i , HIGH SCHOOL BUILIING 1:30 P. M. : Theory of. Teaching , chapters to 48 - E. P. Bettenga Plays and Games , pp 158-222 - - - D. F. Story Field Study-Its connection with Geography - - Lottie Grady Panama Canal - Jennie Bennett The Tariff . J. McKenna Rhetoricals - Florence Westover The United States Bureau of Edu- cation - Nelda Hoefs Book Review - Margaret Easily The Colony of My People in Cherry county - Dennis Mahan The Catholic 'Observatory at Creighton - Catherine Hickey Religious Education , Esther Ricketts Idylls of the King - Effie Carlson Full Band Coming _ With the Omahans Arrangements have been made I by the Omaha and South Omaha I business men , who are to visit us shortly , to bring a full brass band I and give concerts in each town and city visited. The band is no ordinary pick-up , but a regular organization , and travels with the party in a 14-section club car. I Where there are local bands , I there is plenty of music when the excursionists arrive in a town and for a short time things sound like a campaign rally or early morning of July ) 4th. ' - - . . , - . . " . , .5 * , ' F " - . 0 , - - -r " ' - - . . . . . . ' . , ' . , .fwt . . - " - : " I , " Furniture and . Paints and Oils , Cattle . Undertaking Goods \ Dip , Stock Foods , etc. S Johnson Bros , . Lumber , Machinery , Hard- ware , Harness , Saddles . . Wagons , Buggies and a full line of Haying Tools , Windmills , . Pumps , Pipe , etc. Full stock of Posts and Barb Wire. Wood Lake , - ' = - Nebraska ' " - - C8 : : C8j hv1 F. PARKER & CO. Wood Lake , Nebraska _ . Everything in Fancy ' . ' and ' Staple Groceries : , . . . We have a complete line of OVERALLS and GLOVES C8j ; I e _ eo _ ' e Uck - , lausen & \ CO. , ' ! General Hardware , " Wagons and . " ' , , ' , Machinery. . . . ' ' ' . ? 5' . . - e A complete Jine of . , t * Harness and Saddles v p Household and Kitchen Furniture e Lumber and Fence Posts * . , WOOD LAKE , c NEBRASKA " ij- - _ - - Albert Whipple & Sons. Rosebud S , D. Cattle branded SOS on left side OSO ou riirhtsiae O S Some cattle also have a -f- on neck Some with A. on left shoulder and some branded with two bars . ' r./ . Across hind quar- _ . . . , ters" Some : : Texas cattle branded t ! ! i O on left side and somej on left side. , Horses branded , SOS on left hin. Some cattle branded AW bar connected on both sides and left hip of horses D. M. Sears. Kennedy , Nebr. - Cattle branded as on cut.left side Some on left hip. S - Horses same on left shoulder. Range Square . Lake. Nebraska Land and Feeding Co. I Jartlett Richards Pres Will Comstock , V. P. I Chas C Jamison Sec&Treas : : Cattle trended : on ? 4 any part of animal ; also the following brands : - ' I. k horses brandedtnt s : .I same . . , , Range between Gordon on the F.E. & &M. V.R. R. ard , Hyannis on H & ; \ r. R.K. in Northwestern Nebr. BARTI.ETT IIIOHA.UDS. Ellsworth Nebr Sawyer Bros. v Oasis , Nebr e' G. K. Sawyer has charge of these cattle. II rse-t eery It fe ! ! on left shoul- der. Some left somer Horses . . ; r , , , . , . : . . , f same left thigh. ' " ' Kange on Snake : : river. Metzger : Bros. Kolfe Xebr I I Cattle branded I anywhere on left ! side. I , Earmark , square crop right ear. Horses have same brasd on eft thigh. y b' " . . . ; ; " 5'5'- ' Range on Gordon and Snake Creeks. A Reward of $250 will he j aid to any person for iuifirimit.on : leading to the arrest and final conviction of any person or persons stealing JI-ttIA with above brand. . J. A. Yaryan. Pullman , Nebr Cattle branded J"Jr on right side Horse branded TV on right shoulder Reasonable rewara for any information leading to the re - covery of cattle strayed from mj range. PS t. - . . - R. M. Faddis & Co Postofflce address-Valentine or Kennedy. i Some branded * on left , .c 1 r \tIitblgh \ Horses branded / / , on left / U shoulder _ or thiph , _ _ . . -.1. r _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J Some Some branded branded on hrandedi1 on left i1 or shoulder. shoulder or thi.h I P. H. Young. Himeon. Nebr. Cattle branded as cut on left side ' Rome a. yon left side. - - tleft . -77-on lettJa.wot V horses. Range on Gordon Creek north of Simeon \ . S. Rowley. Kennedy , - Neoraaka. Same as cut on left , side and hip . , and on left shoulder of hor- Ises. I Also t on hip. left ] ; solon ft' X on lelt se. Rome cat . . r tie br : 'at-i2t , . ed hlsk . , ' 'ing peg ( either side up ) on left side or hip. F on left Jaw and left shoulder of horses. LU LUon LUQ on left hip of horses. w N on left jaw of horses C. P. Jordan. I Rosebud SD . Horses and cattle same aa cut ; also CJ BE JJ on right _ nip. ' Range on Oak and Butte creeks. . A liberal : reward for Information . _ leading to detection - of rustlers of stock bearing any of these brands. RM. : . Terrill , Propr. Brownlee , Neu. Cattle branded as In o.t on left side. Some branded Jv T Y on left hil" . Kange on North Jxinp river two niib ] west of Brewulee . . . John < Kills Plenty. . I St Francis Mis- sion , Kosebud. 8. D. : \ Cattle branded ! - Eminent ; horses i . NJ , . ' . ' same or .1 ' K P on leftthighli nge _ _ _ _ _ between Spring C'k and Little White river. - , . . . . , ' . . . t : " . . . . . : . . , . . . . - ,