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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1910)
. t ' A BLUFFER ALWAYS. - . . . I 1 i . ' 11 1 a i t i ) S . . - j : ; 5 lr . " - . . : . --f)1f' , : CEaIeGC' BAr.eR. Ella - A man is as old as he feels. Stella - How about woman ? Ella - She is as young as she car . Muff people into thinking she is. THE BEST OF ITS KIND t Is always advertised , In fact It only pays to advertise good things. When you see " . . , r an article advertised in this paper year after year you can be absolutely certain that there Is merit to it because the con tinued sale of any article depends upon merit and to keep on advertising one must keep on selling. All good things have imitators , but imitations are not ad. vertised. They have no reputation to sus- tain , they never expect to have any per- manent sale and your dealer would never sell them If he studied your Interests. Sixteen years ago Allen's Foot-Ease , tho antiseptic Powder for the feet , was first sold , and through newspaper advertising and through people telling each other what a good thing it was for tired and aching feet It has now a permanent sale , and nearly 200 so-called foot powders have been put on the market with the nope of profiting by the reputation which has been built up for Allen's Foot-Ease. When you ask for an article advertised in these papers see that you get It. Avoid substitutes. History Cleared Up. The third grade was "having his tory. " Forty youngsters were ma- king guesses about the life and char- cter of the Father of His Country , when the teacher propounded a ques- _ tion that stumped them all. . "Why Washington cross the Del- aware ? " Why , indeed ? Not a child < ' uld . think of anything ; but the answer to the famous' chiclren problem : "To get on the other side , " and , of course , that wouldn't do. Then little Annie's hand shot into the air. Little Annie crossed the Delaware every summer herself , hence the bright Idea. "Well , Annie ? " "Because he wanted to get to Atlan tic City.-Philadelphia Times. , The Nurse's Opinion. A nurse had been called as a wit ness to prove the correctness of the bill of a physician. "Let us get at the facts in the case , " said the lawyer , who was do . ing a cross-examination stunt. "Didn't the doctor make several visits after th'e patient was out of danger ? " "No , sir , " answered the nurse. "I ' _ considered the patient in danger as _ . ' long as the doctor continued his vis its. " An Unnecessary System. "You ought to have a burglar alarm , . system in your house , " said the elec- . , trical supply agent , "so that you will be awakened if a burglar raises one of the windows or opens a door at night. " "No burglar can get in here while we are peacefully sleeping , " replied Mr. Newpop. "We are weaning our baby. " Cleaned Out. . "I can't pay this taxicab bill. " "Then I'll take you to a police sta- tion. " "I'll pay ; it. But take me to the poorhouse and leave me there.- Louisville Courier-Journal. Life is two-thirds bluff , law is three- fourths tyranny , . piety is nine-tenths pretense. Be genuine and poor if you would die respe'ted. ' , ' 0 , . , I A COOL " " PROPOSITION And a Sure One. The Body Does Not Feel Heat - - Unpleasantly if it has Proper Food - . Grape = Nuts People can live in a temperature i which feels from ten to twenty degrees . cooler than their neighbors enjoy , by . . regulating the diet. The plan is to avoid meat entirely for breakfast ; use a goodly allowance of fruit , either fresh or cooked. Then fol. low with a saucer containing about four , heaping teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts , treated with a little rich cream. 3ldd to this about two slices of crisp toast with s. meager amount of butter , and one cup ot well-made Postum. By this selection of food the bodily .energy Is preserved , while the hot , car- ' Tjonaceous foods have been left out The result is a very marked difference in the temperature of the body , and to this comfortable condition is added t the certainty of ease and perfect diges- tion , for the food being partially pre- digested is quickly assimilated by the digestive machinery. Experience and experiment in food , / and its application to the human body V has brought out these facts. They can be made use of and add materially ' to the comfort of the user. Read the little book , ' ' 'The..Road to . . , ' , Wellville , " In pkgs. _ "There's a .Re > son. " : - ; - ' ri' . ' . ' \ . ' . " , ' 't ' .ft t- : . . . , , ' , ' . . . ' , . . / ; , . . ; . , " ; . ' ' x .ru ' . . . . . . . . > ! 1 . 2 fAvt4 . _ _ _ ' ' _ . -oJ _ IN MEMORY OF PILGRIM FATHERS , , t . . , ' . ! ' . . - / , H . . f { o r . . ks . 1 . vZ ) Wl . Lf ; i ; a7 p ti . : w A .r t . ( IY . .f A x , h ha. . 1 J t ? .x a f . s ; t _ . - , . - ; " ' . \ - Pi/gr.lm numenf.of r1cel"ptpn : , _ , RINCETON , MASS.-Practically all the details were carried out as ar P ranged for the dedication on August 5 of the monument to the Pilgrim Fathers , in which ceremony President Taft , British Ambassador Bryce , Senator Lodge and other distinguished men participated. The event was made the occasion of a big naval display by the North Atlantic squadron and the president delivered an address. The monu- ment , which is 269 feet high stands on a hundred-foot hill on the tip of Cape Cod and is an Imposing structure. , - - - - ' - - - ' . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IRRIGA TION . IN INDIA ' ' . : English Government Is Redeem- II I I : ing Many Acres of Dry Land. : . Powerful Recommendation of Irriga- . tion Commissiort and Courageous Energy of Lord Curzon Need- ed for Ultimate Success. London. - The Times of India gives Borne Interesting facts regarding the work done by the Indian government In extending the Irrigation system of the land. Of the Deccan system , it says : "The Deccan schemes are of first- class importance and value. They make a vivid appeal to our imagina- tion and sympat y. If we look at a rainfall map of India we see a large parched patch of country enveloping and Bijapur and parts of Nasik and and Bijapur andpafts of Nasik and Poona. Here the laborious cultivator has learned to look for drought and famine in one year : out of three , and in a vastly wider area a scanty and insufficient rainfall Is as likely to be received as a plenteous watering. In the Deccan there is no question of watering a desert and bringing In a colony of people to enjoy the results. The cry for water comes from the people whose native homes are on the soil and who year : after year sow their crops uncertain of the return , frequently having to sell their treas- ures and migrate in search of labor , in order to find the means of sub- sistence. "The soil is rich and capable of bearing fine crops , and along its whole western border runs the mighty but- tress cf the Ghats which brings down an unfailing deluge of water , sufficient to irrigate the land many times over. What more simple than to store water in the hills and deal it out through canals upon the thirsty plains ? Yet the difficulties to be faced are some of the hardest in any irrigation prob- lem in India. The construction of the great storage reservoirs in the Ghats proved extremely costly : ; owing to the - - - - - - - - - - - - . . conformation of the country , the align- ment of canals from the best sites for storage works to the districts requir- ing water presented complications ; and the fluctuations of rainfall in the plains sertously affected prospects . - of regular revenue. "Government obtains returns for its outlay upon irrigation both directly , by payments made for the water serv- ice , and indirectly , by the increased wealth , and therefore increased tax- able capacity , which It confers on the people. "It needed the powerful recom- mendation of the irrigation commis- I ! sion and the courageous energy of Lord Curzon to Insure the problem which the Deccan presents being boldly attacked and steadily pushed forward to solution. The commission found that of the soil in the Deccan which might beneficially be Irrigated , 95 per cent. was without irrigation. In the secretariat of the government of Bombay now lies a new map of the Deccan upon which may be seen the results of the labors of the last seven years. Every catchment area in the Ghats has been investigated , and every possible site for a reservoir examined as the commission desired. "Every square mile of the Deccan has been surveyed , the best align- ments . for canals in all directions have been sought out. The new map of the Deccan is covered with a maze ? : So Declares Dr. Thaddeus P. Hyatt of Brooklyn at Dental Hygiene Conference. New York.-At the dental hygiene conference and exhibit in the Metro- politan building Dr. Thaddeus P. Hyatt of Brooklyn gave a lecture on the ills that beset a man with poor teeth. "In no art or science , " said Doctor Hyatt , "has such progress been made as in the art and science of dentistry in the last twenty-five years. The - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Use Insects in Moth Fight . Two Massachusetts Towns Receive Flies and Beetles to Release in Trees. Dedham , Mass.-The state in its plan of assisting the various towns to exterminate the gipsy and brown-tail moth has sent to Dedham 1,000 anas- pati s flies and 200 calosoma beetles. These flies and beetles , bred at Me1- rose Heights , are distributed in in- . fect d sections. They livo on the raoths and caterpillars and wherever . . . . . . . " . . . . ' . . ' \ . @ ' . . . . . . _ _ . " ' - ; -.3"-'I : ! , . . : " . t - , tried they have done good work in ex- terminating the pests. They were delivered the other day to George A. Phillips town , tree warden , by John Schaffner of Dover. A similar amount was delivered to C. H. Southerland of Westwond who has charge of the work in that town. . " . , ' . , . . . Silence , ' has the advantage . - over speech "in that you . irev ? ? have : to take " , . ' . It back. h. r- . . . ' t- - . . - ; - - i . - MOTH PERILS TREES Army of Caterpillars Charge Up- on Lawns and Public Parks. Spraying , Individual Destruction and Autumnal Precautions Are Recom- mended by Chicago City Forester -Invasion Last Year. Chicago. An Invading army of tus- sock moths has descended upon the trees of Chicago and its suburbs. Un- less strenuous methods are adopted to check the advance of the devas- tating horde the lindens , poplars and willows of parks , driveways and pri , vate lawns are in danger of being dis I mantled of foliage and ultimately de- stroyed. These are not the only members of the tree family that the tussock moth has chosen for its field of operations. The horse chestnut , the dogwood and a score of other shade producers and ornamental shrubs that are the pride of good citizens also are under at- tack. Park commissioners have declared war upon the gorgeous caterpillar , which is the larva of the tussock moth. City Forester J. H. Prost has issued a bulletin of warning and advice. Tree owners in many parts of the city have appealed to the forester for aid and complain that the tussock caterpil- lar-which represents the ravaging stage of the moth's development-is running over everything outdoors and even invading homes. It may prove of small consolation to know that the caterpillar of the tussock moth is one of the most beau tiful that science is familiar with. It has a bright red head ; a velvety black back , bordered with rich yellow stripes ; four tufts of yellow hair standing upright a little back of the head ; a pair of long black plumes , suggestive of horns , extending for ward from the head , and a single plume for a tail. They live upon the green matter of leaves and , being gifted with abnor mal appetites , It does not take very long for a goodly company of the in. vaders to defoliage a tree. They are practically new comers to Chicago , though last year they became a source of danger to the trees of certain sec tions. This year , however , they sud denly have become the cause of dis may on the South , West and North sides , while particular complaint have been heard from the West sIde. There are just three things to do. according to the city forester : Spray the foliage with arsenate of lead. . Destroy caterpillars by "squashing" I them. Gather cocoons and egg masses in I fall and burn them. of red lines and blue lines , shaded patches , dotted patches , showing the results of these labors. Financially , the engineers are able to show pros- pects of better results than were at one time believed possible. Most of their schemes show an estimated rev- enue of three or four per cent. , and for all of these the government of In- dia is now prepared to advance funds. "It is an Irony that the best soil in this region is In those parts which are farthest removed from the zones of regular rainfall. In the future this topsy-turvy arrangement of nature will be of no consequence. The dry and thirsty districts of Ahmednagar and Its neighbors have a latent ca pacity for becoming one of the rich- est wheat-producing tracts in India. When canals have made the country Independent of the rainfall , even the Deccan ryot may forget the meaning of drought and the pain of turning his wife's bangles into rupees every third or fourth year. "One of the greatest of the new projects is the Godaveri river scheme. This is nearing completion , and sev- eral miles of its canals will be brought into use in the coming mon- soon. The distributing channels will serve 240,000 acres of ground in Nasik and Ahmednagar. The whole catchment area surrounding the sources of the Godaveri and its upper tributaries , the Darna and Kadwa , is brought under control for the benefit of the scheme. This represents an area of no less than 160 square miles. " , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bad Teeth Make Many Ills 1 . most important discovery was made only recently. It Is that the health of the entire body depends on healthy teeth and healthy surrounding tissue. It has been discovered that the dental end of a nerve can manifest itself In the eye , causing temporary blindness ; that it can manifest itself in the ear , causing temporary deafness , and it can manifest itself in the muscles , causing temporary paralysis and in sanity. " London Death Rate Low. London.-In four weeks the death rate in London averaged 10.8 per 1,000. being 1.7 per 1,000 below the mean' ' rate in 'the corresponding periods of the five years : 19059. There were three cases of smallpox in the Metro- politan asylum board and London fever hospitals last week , the only cases in London for the last thirteen weeks. , French Imports Grow. Washington. - France's exports dur- ing the first four months of this year Increased i $25,400,000 , being $380,415- 159. while the increase in imports was only $9,600,000. . . . . . . . - ' . - - ' - = All OVER NEBRASKA For Killing His Sister. Dixon County.-The dog , which tried to' protect the sister' from the hands of her brother , William Flege , , kept her dead body away : from the hogs after she had been killed by her brother , according to the testimony of the hired man , Albert Eichten- kamp , in the preliminary hearing of the case of William Flege , charged with the murder of his sister. Flege was bound over to the dis trict court and his bail fixed at $15 ' 000 , which was furnished by his two brothers , his brother-in-law and him self. . self.The The hired man told a straightfor ward story of the killing as he said he saw it with his own eyes. He said that he saw Flege and his sister come down from the porch' and walk to the front gate. He said they were quar reling and when they reached the front gate the dog interfered and Flege kicked him so that he ran un der the porch. Eichtenkamp said that he saw Flege gra'b his sister by the shoulder and just as he was entering the barn door he heard a shot , and turning , paw Louise on her knees. 'He said that he walked a little farther into the barn and then heard a second shot , and when he again turned he saw Louise lying on the ground. The hired man said he went to the fields to cultivate corn and when he returned Louise was still lying in the front yard and that the dog which had tried to protect her when alive was still guarding her while dead. Capital Removal Association. Hall County. - At a meeting ot representatives of the several cities I in the central part of the state last I night an inter-cities organization un - der the name of the Capital Removal association was perfected , with Willis Cadwell of Broken Bow , president ; C. W. Brininger of Grand Island , vice president ; Willard F. Bailey of Kearney , secretary , and Joseph A. Hayes of Central City , treasurer. In the brief constitution adopted the purpose of the organization is set forth to be "to secure the removal of the capital of Nebraska to such a lo cation in the state as will best serve the interests of all of the people of the state without reference to any special location , it being expressly agreed by the members thereof that the association shall not favor the in terests of any one locality. " Pioneer Lawyer Dead. Douglas County.-Judge George Baker Lake , for many years a lead- ing jurist of this state , died at his home in Omaha , aged eighty-four years. The intense heat was parti- ally responsible for his demise. He is survived by ; his widow , one daugh- ter , Mrs. Joy Morton , and a son , Mr. Frederick . Lake. He came to Ne I braska in 1857. . Securing Harvest Hands. Dodge County.-Farmers about Fre- mont are adopting a new means of obtaining harvest hands. They are applying in considerable number to the Y. M. C. A. employment bureau , and their wants are being supplied in large part. One farmer had a man at work half an hour after he telephoned In his request for help. . - Trampled by a Beast. Cuming County.-Carl Johnson , a Well known and wealthy farmer liv : ing east of West Point , met with a serious accident while attempting to drive a cow into his cattle shed , the animal turning upon him with her fore feet , fractured three ribs and inflicted other serious injuries. Mr. Johnson is 80 years of age. Woman Accidentally Poisoned. Red Willow County.-Mrs. Perry Cathcart of Driftwood precinct , drank carbolic acid in mistake for citrate of magnesia , and died the same night. . Burlington Spending Cash. Phelps County. - Burlington ex penditures for work and materials in- cident to 1910 improvements in Hold- rege may considerably exceed $100- 000. The large coal chute , built to re place the one destroyed by the March fire , is now practically completed. It represents a cost of close to $12,500. Rev. H. W. Lampe Returns to Korea. Dixon County. - Rev. Henry W. Lampe and his bride str-rted for St. Paul , Minn. , where they take the Ca- nadian Pacific for San Francisco , and will leave that city August 9 for Ko rea , where they engage in mission- ary work. Pauper No More. Otoe County. - George Newburn , for many years a resident at the county poor farm , has fallen heir to an es tate of $2,0f , which f was left him by fcis father , who resided in Logan county , Nebraska. The estate was discovered by the county attorney who was looking up some other mat- ters. Newburn's wife has beeen liv ing in Nebraska City , taking in washing. . Organize Health Board. Red Willow County. At a meeting of the county commissioners of Red Willow county , a county board of health , was organized. The rules of Nebraska state board of health were adopted ! for present necessities Good News for Teddy. Kearney County. - Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nelson of near Upland' are the parents of three baby girls born July 27. Their weights are respectively 6 % , 5 and 3 % pounds , are perfectly formed and are strong and healthy. . ' " - . . . . . - . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . - 4 d . 2tiia- ; . ' State to Enforce Irrigation Law. Assistant Attorney General Ayres has gone to North Platte for the pur pose of asking a judge of the district court to dissolve the restraining order Issued by the county judge of Scotts Bluff county. The county judge has issued a temporary order to prevent the state board of irrigation from closing the headgate of the Gering Ir- rigation company. As Scotts Bluff county and Lincoln county are in the same judicial district , a district judge in the latter county has jurisdiction over the subject matter and has power to dissolve tie county Judge's order. In Lincoln county there is situated the North Platte Land and Improvement company , which under the state law is claimant No. 1 and has priority over all other claimants for water from the North Platte river. The state board , comprising Governor Shallenberger , Attorney : General Thompson and Land Commissioner Cowles , recently or dered claimants for water to close their headgates and take water from the river in the order of their prority. ; This order was deemed necessary on account of the scarcity of water in the North Platte. Nebraska a Leading Shorthorn State. Only three states in the union will receive as high as $1,500 from the shorthorn breeders' association to- ward the shorthorn exhibits of the country this year. The states are Ne braska , Iowa and Minnesota. Upon investigation it was shown that Ne- braska was entitled to as much con- sideration as a shorthorn state as any state in the county , and so she was placed this year among the top notch- ers. Those who attend the different state fairs of the county have been aware of this for some years , 'but ' it was not until this year that the board of directors of the shorthorn associa- tion could be made to see the wrong position in whic . Nebraska has been placed in former years , and the new ' board promptly changed the record BO that this state is placed in the first class. Visitors to the state fair this year , September 5 to 9 , will probably see the advantage gained in the in creased exhibits of shorthorn cattle. To Fill the Vacancy. Miss Rilla T. Ferguson has been appointed to fill the vacancy of county superintendent left 'by ' the death of Superintendent Burkett. Miss Fergu- son -was for a number of years assist- ant to former 'Superintendent Bow man when he held the office in Lan- caster county. She will now hold the office until November , when a superin- tendent will be elected to fill the va- cancy until the term expires January 1 , 1912. Will Be the Greatest. Secretary Mellor says the state fair to be held September 5 to 9 promises to be the greatest , not only in the history of the fairs of Nebraska , but of any fairs which have been held in the west. The entries in all depart ments have been large and will crowd the space allotted. It is feared by the management that unless better facili ties are added they will , in some cases be enable to accommodate all ex hibits. Has the Time of His Life. Jack Best , of the state university who is enjoying a vacation at his old home in England , writes Dean C. E. Bessey that he is having the time of his life.- He feels as lively as when a 4 boy roaming through a forest that is . now Penge recreation ground , a moat beautiful spot , as shown by a picture sent. He ' s visiting his brother , who ust reached his eighty-seventh birth- day. : Will Go to Louisiana. Professor Albert T. Bell , professor of botany in Nebraska Wesleyan uni- versity for the past eight or ten years has been appointed professor of bot- any in the Louisiana state university at Baton Rouge. He succeeds Profes- sor Ernest A. Bessey , who goes to the Michigan state agricultural college at Lansing. State Fair Railroad Rates. Secretary W. R. Mellor has received notice that a round trip rate of one and one-half cents has been granted by railroads for the Nebraska state air. [ This rate is to be given 'by all of the leading roads ! for stations where the fare is more than one dollar. - The state railway commission has ssued an order requiring the Lincoln Traction company to give to the city of Havelock after September 15 , the same rate that is given on all other suburban lines of the company , a six : . ' 'or a quarter fare , or five cents for a single fare. Lots of Automobiles. The number or automobiles re- turned by county assessors to the state board of equalization will be double the number returned in 1909. in that year there were returned 3,611 , while with six counties not yet report- ed , there has been returned a total of 6,481. April 1 when the assess ment was made there were registered in the office of the secretary of state n total of 9,286 machines , and the y.ar before a total . / 5 8"7 - . . . . . _ . .