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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1910)
f VALENTINE DEMOCRAT * * * " ' * " * ' . . * i # w I. M. RICE - Editor and Propr. Marie Zarr , Foreman. A Weekly Newspaper published eVery Tljure- day at Valentine , Nebras. . . t-v * . , ' .4 > ' M' M't. Subscription - S1.5jj3er Year. * t. Local Notices , ocper Imp per issue r vf'5 T > * j . ' . . i ? Entered at the rostofllce atVin nllne , Neb. . ' for transmission through the ! mulls , as secoad class ifattfer ; ' * i" 3 i ; " , < M- Thursday , November , 17 , 1910. i- E- - - ; . _ _ _ p Now , don't you wish it' had been Shallenberger . I SS/ ? ; " . : - / > Shallenberger for the senate in ' , place of Rrowp. , , , . , r y * i. _ J/ , , * * " t ' ' ' I * c.1 * ' T " Gov. . alldnberger weald have carried the state by 20,000. &drrf Bro'vp\and Burkett never " did reprgen"t * Nebraska people aE * ' > * ( * 4 * Senators . . , , . . Were youi'-p oudeBthopiS' real ized in the election of your favoritt candidate , or was it just a little ' 4'fV ' * -'iTiV ' * * ' * * ' ' ' \ ' i ' 1 - n- turney and a little crow ? * ' v > > % ' -n : , " " * ' ' c. . ' - The Valentine democrats rejoice in the ekction-pf'Gr..M'i Hitchcocl for , U Sv ehajforandJ. . . 'P.Nayloi /xc > * ' * - > T- * ' . * v - - for 'jcounty con missioner , andthei ] V T. * . - ' jajdip to Ne York , V + , ' ' : < , ' Jersey , Connecticut. Massachusetts and a few. westerr Sf. > - - - states ior consolation. . * ACTER . THE ELECTION * t .Vn The .pflsT election denotes al things "to-all"men and- speaks various language. - To hinf w'hqse favorite' candidate \as elected , ie j3anv rejoice in th < "simply beh'e dHo e tiie lesser * oj two evils. "All did , nqt"shar0dn , . the'opinior ' - in - j 'in * i T th.at _ , therett was a much preferrec can idafein Ihe field. " The vote was- riot - -overwhelmingly upon any candidate. Indeed , there was a * j-t Considerable following-fbr each "dan did-ate'End those who ' -fell a 'little , ' . . . . I ) * - ' h n" - \ 1 1 ; al 9r.t.fwrere5..simply/defeated ; but his following. " anflfheir. . .belief still- exists ists- thought their --choice candidate . . . . * - - * * ' - * ! < " < ' \ent " -.ji'v' ' , : * down - . to defeat , . perhaps be- cause of his principles , but mosl * * r .X * * " ' * * i ca ejJbecause/ofi.the personality oi the candidate- . this campaign l * * * . v * where the' inSep'ehdent votitig'was . . . l. . vc.-\ - - , , . jarty lij es w ere in a great meas : ure' brdk'en dnly-in localities where prejudices and bitter feeling was zfUqa'Bly 'stirre ' by men , . 'whc , thought ' Uhey.held * the key V the situation and their , energies and ef- f tS'jyere'coanten matched by those Who * , cared 'little ? OF either candidate but because a favorite or rather . th'e , ' . ' v.i - = /leat | [ ; "objectionable candidate was a61ackedv- ] they Reciprocated -with an * . that , was made to resemble a ftf seniineht in favor of the insignificant seeming indifference " * .r H- v / > w / l that might Jiave been entirely over- . * * . * ' * ' - - * * * - Tlie most ardent support of Dahl- mali irom thebeginmn'gi roi4he resulted m the Counter Then canlel ; ) ilfnanjs ) supporters -back at AldrieH , showingj'ithat his record waifn'ot entirelv "above reproach , r& * bu thfe' 3ie had been cast to defeat , J\ - f * IaDlnfan'i ) > eieauseiof hts strenuous ; x eacapaigri - 'for w the liquor interests in which they were more interested in A v the measure than in the man and Dayman , was a too willing sacrifice , * * * ' T proclaiming . heir doctrines at a cost to him in votes. Had lie , gone forth unharapered , * * - \t rt untethered and without being lassoed - seed "to"- the liquor combine , hunt- ing foi friends , a friendly mention and hearty handshake , he could have been elected without the neces sity of speech from him during the -campaign nor 'any action : but to play the part of 'a 'man a'mong men. ' ' 1 . , But he was'charged with a mes sage tothe , people ; w'hich annpyed' and , provoked many of his warm- * r / . * > * " * ' * est friends , who. mighfc have given * most loyal support. They couldn't" "combine their , ? influence * in open * jVg - ' - t " s + campajgn" ' in-coalition with tlie liguor cpmbme and all the follo'w- in g of such-interests-in th'e cities. * - * It was hopeless fromjhe begin ning in.view' . Pf the lengthy and fheated campaign in whichDahlman lost votes eacli day he ' raised his" voice" , inwhich some persona ] friends and" admirers were put to shame by" the bold arfd" reckless * . declarations ( hat sounded as tliough coming not' out of the soul of man but out of cold , heartless and soul- legs depravity. ' ' Jim and * 'We supported Mayor Voted for hinras the man we knew , because of what * we believed he would do as a man and as a .gov ernor. Brother JJowlb'y ' is .huprahing for J - * ' ' ! - - ; * Aldrich'Witftfone breath' .and the ' -r , i , next deplores- the Jde'featv of 'Judge Good for congress. Then he ment ' . . * . * - > . . i * _ > r t tions : - tionsIt * ' -It is-"considered good politics Nvhen a candidate can work both the saloon and church , vote so as to get - > " ri t < then support , . < t- . _ - Then again : "Hereafter when any officials , of -the towns faiLor refuse , to inforce the la.ws , all you will have to do is to call Gov. Aldricn's attention to the fact arid straightway they.will : be cited 'tofafpearand "shojv , ciauoe why they should not be removed' froin-.office. That'is ( part of the victory won. " - Then pours the cold water on * iu i ' this paragraph ; ' , . "Many people , we are inclined to believe , like to be played : for chumps. " > * * j * .The defection in our own minds . * * * * * give encouragement to others to cut * * * * * * off some other head on some trivial or imaginary excuse , Brother'Bowlby'is a conscientious T I man , but he helped to defeat Judge Good , though perhaps unconscious ly. InsteadoHaking up his space and time in--the campaign to vent 5 his'spite : on Dahlman'r ? candidacy - * T r | and ' praising Aldrich , who qrdi- narily , or if Gov , Shallenberger had been the democratic nominee , he'd * * have scored unmercifully , he should. havei given his time and attention i . . . to Judge Good , who-'for want > of p roper and favorable consideration , f ' - - was lost signtof in the mud sling ing campaign in which the- people were blinded and led or encouraged to believe the virtue to be all on the- republican side. > * Stand up for the men you can support on your ticket instead of villifying those you cannot defehcT and thus waste space that , might profitably .be used for a worthy candidate. Somebody scratched the" ticket , bolfetK'some party nominee and then gfrt' sore because .somer other , * * " * K fellbw did the . same tfiing-i on some s. other part of the ticket. Another fellow who voted for his favorite man on the democratic ticket and jpossibly no other , declared that if his favorite candidate was not elect ed no'democrat need hereafter look to him'for his support and that the democratic party would be dead'for twenty years. A" car "load" ovf" Weber- wagons , , must be sold at once LDDWIG 1 , for railway commissioner , to fill vacancy , H Wright ) c. ) for governor 117. . Cottonwool Grove. Dipping cattle fras begun "and * * * * * * * will take a week-or so. - ; Jay Barnett has * a notion 4 ° work ifi Gordon this winter. - * i Mrs. Myers is gettingover her homesickness and says she almost likes the san < J hills now. 5 ' . George Hills talks of haying a husking bee , as he is getting'lone some picking by "himself. Herschell Reynolds took a car load .of cattle tarOmaha for . , his son-in-law and-himself , lately. Mrs. Gilkson , who'has 'teen in the hospital at Rochester , Minn. , since August , is expected home SOO'n ; fy : * r i . Mr. Pierson is gfting to Missouri " * * v > to spend the winter on . , account of v * 4 * his healthy His vtife . .has-been there some time. , ifp ; _ - " . j v7ibO iwi cSii' r 'd Mr. Tongs , 76 years old , has helped Mr. Hills some in his corn field just to show he is as spry as some young men. Mrs. Orville Connor .has re- * \ i turned from . her visit , with rela- f fj -f tives- . near Valentine , where-she - * i ' * " * ' had been since September , a. , , Mr. Plumer , who is working'at the Overton , but staying at home f nights , brought inli ducks jn half an hour's hunting , one morning last week. * i John Coleman has taken , Mr. , * x .Denny's cattle for a year , , .while the latter sends his girls-to school. Mr. Coleman has hauled lumber and built a good shed. Henry Lefler is home from Dan Hill's whereuhe has been working. He has invested his -wages in a windmill which is now , being , put on his father's homestead , - * ' * 5 Mr. and Mrs. Moss have begun work at the Overton ranch , the latter to do the cooking. Ira Rose , who was cook , intends going to his claim near Walls , S. D.'soon. Leander Mauer is kept busy these days putting down wells for new homesteaders. Watson Win ters has a small well machine that helps out some that would-o'thef- wise have to wait. ' , The Rose family , who were liv ing on Mr. Burress' homestead f . during his absence , have moved in with Fred" Hill's family until Mr. Rose and Ezra can get their houses built on their claims. A social , . "just for fun , ! % -was- held at the school house Nov. 11. A nice program of the usfial order but better , was prepared by the school and the four largest girls added an original supplement. . Mr. Burress has returned from his taip Oklahoma which he took for his wife's health , and who was threatened withj 'con sumption. She is not entirely re covered , but he could not stay off his claim longer. He * drove Tthru to , Missouri , startingV Jn "May- From there he went to1 Oklahoma by "r'a'H" ' and back.wtittf his visiting- relatives there. He then drove back from Missouri , his old home. * Mr. and Mrs. Vertex moved on- Jto a claim over the line in Sheri dan county about October. _ They have built a barn and a cement cellar and are now starting a house. Mr. Vertex hauled- the cement blocks from Gordon for his cellar. * < Mr. Dean , a tailor from Chicago cage , filed on the section east of " " * ' * John Coleman , and > Mr. Coleman will build his house for him in a couple of weeks. Mr. Deans has. been looking in other places for land but thinks this the best sec tion of the country to be 'found. * - , Mr. and Mis. Price had. a sad " * * < * * home-coming fiom ; Valentine , where they buried their -baby. Mrs.'Price's sisterj 'MissTillson - , accompanied them home to stay a KT < > * ' * * . * " Jrifi' ' * , ' a iLr f - i ' i' couple - ofweeks1. . ' vPnewhom neighborhood is sorry for the par ents in their sudden bereavement. Hull relinquished his claim and has built a house on , someland Mr * Speck offered him- for that purpose- can stay at home and * work on the Speck ranch. Mrs' Hull has just recovered .from a severe Attack of quinsy. Mr. Hull , sr' ' , has returned to Missouri. Mr. Brown , wno filed east of Mr. May.'s last summer , and who formerly lived near Sioux City , is going to build his house soon. He bought a young team of Mr. Rash. and got a carload of nice heifers from Sioux City. He thinks this' country beats South Dakota to live in. 4 4 -On account ofa severe attack- of pneumonia last winter , Mr. Reynolds has built a' ' coal . house * and got it filled. He , hopes to- avoid an attack this year. It is no joke to dangerously ill and 25 miles from a doctoror - drugstore store , "with hilly ro'ads and a treacherous river besides. Cottonwoo.d grove fs on the'west line of the county on Snake creek. It is 25 miles from Gordon , which is the . nearest town. ' It has a school of twenty pupils and a Sun day school of about thirty , botlTof which are flourishing. The school district comprises two townshipst Most of the children come to school horseback , A telephone system ] runs from Gordon to the Overton ranch , and on to the ranches south. Turn Over TURN OVER YOTJR MONEY. , MOVE THE , OLD " STOCK. BRING NEJV. BRING THE OLD CU&TOM- ' . ERS TO YOUR STOEIt ! . * HOW ? BY ADVERTI.S- . ETG THEN BY ADVERTISING ' TISING pY AGAIN , 'AKD ' " 6THER"WOlffiS , ADVER- School Notes. Examination next week. ' * Wm. Heelan of the freshmen class is out of school this week. Morning rhetoricals is an inno vation the freshmen delight ( ? ) in. Miss 'Gordon's room will give a Thanksgiving program this 1 riday afternoon. Maud Rowley of the junior class is in Omaha this week. We miss her presence. , i The juniors gave the story of Lancelot and Elaine last Friday to an appreciative audience. Our laboratory supplies for phy- 'sics and chemistry are here and the shelf room is all occupied. Miss Driscoirs and Miss Nelson's room will give a Thanksgiving pro gram liext Wednesday afternoon , * * * * t Kate Helzer , .Kale Burge arid Pearl Carey" the normal training class 4were substitute teachers last \ Friday atternoon. Stipt. and Mrs. Bettenga and all the teachers were pleasantly enter tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E' Sherman last Thurday eve ning.- * ' Sanitary drinking fountains will be installed in our school. Two on the first and" one on the second floor. . We all appreciate this im provement. * * - * , .The students in Caesar emulate the great general in burning mid night oil. They will all be excused from examination , having an aver age of 95 or over. t Miss Van Driel , principal of the high school , entertained the seniors , high . school faculty and Mrs. Bet- / - tenga with an evening's boating on Lake Minnechaduza. - * jThe advanced German class is studying Undine , having finished Hoher als .die Kirche. They are thorough in their work as reported by the high school inspector. The teachers of Valentine and northeast Cherry county organized last' Saturday afternoon. Once a month they will give a program discussing the reading circle books and read professional papers. .The officers of the association are Prof. Bettenga , president ; Miss Florence Jackson , secretary. St. Nichols Church. Services- will be held ab the t- * * - Catholicchurch- follows : -In Valentine , on Sunday Nov. 2X ( . 1st mass at 8 a. m. f. 2nd-mass at > 10 a. ra. . Benediction t the Blessed Sac rament after. mass. Instruction for the children at 3 "pi ra' . , In.Grookston on Sunday , Nov . , 27 , at 10 a. m. Leo M. BLAERE , Rector. Wednesday , Nov. 23 , is the date oLtfie coolied food sale held at T. , C. Hornl > y's store at 10 o'clock by St. John's Guild. 3r. Obituary. / . Rev. Asbury .Caldwell * . A. B _ the only SOD of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. Mr Caldwell , died su&Jeh- " ly October 8 , 1910 , at New Castle , New South > Wales , Australia , where he had been called as pastor of the .Brown St. Coagregational church six years ago. - 'j He was born in JRock jKive.r .jSerainary and Collegiatejnstitute , at Mt. Morris , Illinois , Oct. ' 13 , 1868 , and hence lacked ; rbutfive days of being 42 yeara old. f Though his. life was not Iongrt \ hal been a very strenuous one. He was a brilliant student , and at \ 12 years.of age was in the-high school of Chicago ; at 15 was enter ed freshman at the North Western University , and at the age of 20 was in charge of a church at Ulysses , Kan. 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