VALENTINE DEMOCRA1
I. M. RICE - Editor and Propr
MarkZarr , Foreman.
A Weekly Newspaper published every Thura
day at Valentine , Nebras.
Subscription - $1.50 Per Year
Local Notices , oc per line per issu <
Entered at the Fostolllce at Valentine , Neb.
for transmission through the niailr , as secoui
class matter.
Thursday , December 15 , 1910.
Valentine needs a good coa
dealer who will havecoal to sel
when people want to buy. As i
now is and has been for man :
years , the consumer must cater t <
the dealer's convenience and ten :
perament.
Do * You Approve of Busi
ness Enterprise ?
*
Perhaps there are times whei
you feel that some of the busines
men of the city are not progress
ive enough. Ingrained in you
nature is an admiration for th
"hustler , " for the person wh
does things who improves whal
ever he touches.
You admire the merchant whc
in brief space , takes a moribun
store and makes it glow with lif
a credit to the city. Your ar
sure that , if we had more sue
men , the city would benefit amas
ingly.
A careful observer once note
the coincidence that most larg
cities were located on the banks c
rivers. It is equally certain thj ;
most large stores "happen" to b
enterprising advertisers. "
In fact , aggressive advertisin
is the one infallible test of entei
prise in a merchant. It stamf
him progressive alive wise. A
other "signs of life" about a stoi
are misleading if a store is not a <
gressively advertised. The rnercl
ant knows
This editorial is to urge all thos
people who believe in progresi
ive , in enterprise , to be consistei
to patronize the progressive an
enterprising stores. The safe tei
is the store's advertising. Yc
can buy advertised things an
know that you are helping 1
make enterprise worth while-
and know , too , that you are sa
ing money for yourself. You ca
buy of the non-advertising mercl
ant if you want to encourage an
reward non-progressiveness i
business , as well as to run the ris
of securing for .yourself a ver
doubtful bargain. Progressh
people should patronize progres
ive merchants.
NATION "NUMBERS 101,100,00
United States , Within Own Border
' Has 91,972.265 Inhabitants.
Washington , Dec. 12. In the Unite
States and all its possessions , tl
stars and stripes protect 101,100,0
souls. This is the official estimate
the United States bureau of the ce
sus , announced in connection with tl
population statistics for the countr
as enumerated in their thirteeni
decennial census. It includes tl
Philippines , Samoa , Guam , Hawa
Alaska and the Panama canal .zone.
Within its borders on the Nevi
American continent , exclusive
AlasUa , the United States has a pop
lation of 91,927,266 inhabitants. :
the last ten years the states of tl
union had an increase of population
15,577,891 , which amounts to 21 p
cent over the 1900 figures.
WAGE ULTIMATUM DEL1VERE
Big Majority of Engineers Fav
Strike if Demands Are Not Granted.
Chicago , Dec. 14. The Brotherco <
of Locomotive Engineers' ultimatu
of higher wages or a strike was d
livered to the Railroad Managers'
sociation by President Warren
Stone of the brotherhood , He advis ;
the employers that the recent vo
had been 97.5 per cent in favor of
strike if the demands were not. gnu
' ed. President Stone of the engines
announced that action would be taki
today.
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PUBLICiTY SPOILED PLANS
Land Earcns Were Getting Ready for
Pleasant Stay in Jail.
Hastings , Neb. , Dec. 12. That some
reason existed for the outcry against
'the special privileges granted the con
victed land barons who are confined
in the --Adams county jail is becoming
more and more apparent. The report
of the investigation made by the fed
eral court authorities last week has
been given to the public , with the as
surance that the prisoners are sub
ject to the ordinary jail rules and dis
cipline. It is now known , however ,
that Messrs. Comstoclc , Jameson and
Triplett were . getting ready for a
pleasant stay while serving their jail
term , cells having been specially pre
pared and new furniture and fittings
ordered to accommodate the "guests , "
but newspaper publicity put an end
to the proposed luxury.
Calling attention to the above
patent article going the rounds of
the press , the general impression
in newspaper circles of the east
seems to be that Richards , Corn-
stock , Jamison and Triplett , who
have been sentenced to serve six
months in jail and pay $ UOOO fine
each , are criminals and tlie general
inclination seems to be to jump
onto them , roast them , score them ,
berate them as undesirable citi
zens.
zens.What have they done ? Of what
great crime are they guilt.y ? Have
they killed , wounded , injured , in
sulted or snubbed anybody ?
No.
Have they supplanted cattle up
on the western prairies in place ol
coyotes ? Horses in place oi
wolves ?
Have they assisted in keeping
down the great prairie , fires thai
used to devastate the country
Assisted the poor settlers whc
hadn't the means to live , with em
ployment and a market ? Made il
possible for the homesteaders
without means to get a start ?
Yes !
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This was their crime , for whicl
they are criticised as "land bar
ons , " cattle kings , " who hav <
been convicted of land frauds , anc
must serve time for their crime.
They grazed their cattle on pub
lie lands not jet homesteaded
made use of the grass that prairh
fires and only coyotes had claimed
a wire fence enclosing some o
this land for pasture to preven
stock from straying.
This was their "gigantic lam
fraud. "
The persecution of the abovi
men seems to us to have been i
dummy affair to obscure the coa
land frauds and divert attentioi
from other great frauds.
1 THE MARKETS
Chicago , Dec. 13. Statements tha
the outlook for winter wheat in thi
southwest had become the worst ii
twenty years iormed a sustaining in
fiuence today for prices here. Texa
received some rain , but dry weathe
and no snow covering were reportei
in Kansas and. Oklahoma. Comparei
with last night , the market closed }
@ * /ic higher 'to a shade lower. L
corn , there was a net decline of
% c , oats finished unchanged to
J/tC up and provisions at an advance o
2V-5c : to 12Ac. Clos ng prices :
Wheat Dec. , OI c ; May ,
95-ICc ; July , 93c.
Corn Dec. , 45c ; May , 47c.
Oats Dec. , 3131V c ; May , 34 < ?
{ 34'/sc ' ; July , 33 % c.
- Pork Jan. , $13.85 ; May , $17.87&g
17.90.
Lard Jan. , $10.15 ; May , $9.92 . '
Ribs Jan. , $9.371/0 ; May , $9.55.
Chicago Cash Prices No. " 2 ban
wheat , 94@9Gc ; No. 2 corn , 481X49c !
No. 2 oats , 31@32c.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago , Dec. , 13i Cattle R'eceipt :
| 14,000 ; 25c lower ; beeves , $4.30j5)7.10 ( )
. western steers , $3.90@5.90 ; stocker
t.nd feeders , $3.25@5.50 ; cows an
heifers , $2.25 @ 5.90 ; calves , $7.00 <
9.00. Hogs Receipts , 38,000 ; 20
i lower ; light , $7.40@7.75 ; mixed , $7.4
@ 7.SO ; heavy , $7.40@7.75 ; rougl
I $7.40@7.55 ; pigs , $8.SO@7.65bull ;
i $7.t0@7.75. Sheep Receipts , 30,000
j 10@J5c lower ; natives , $3.40@4.25
westerns , $2.50@4.39 " ; yearlings , $4.4
@ 5.75 ; lambs , $4.25@6.50.
South Omaha Live Stock ;
South Omaha , Dec. 13. Cattle R (
ceipts , 7,300 ; 10c lower ; beef steer :
$4.25@5.85 ; ccws and heifers , $3.10 $
4.05 ; stockers and feeders , $3.75 < f
5JO ; calves , $3.75@S.OO. Hogs R <
ceipts , 9,400 ; 20c lower ; heavy , ' $7.P.
@ 7.4n : light , $7.40@/T.55 ; bulk , $7 n
@ 7.45. Sheep Receipts , 6,200 ; steady
good lambs sold up to $6 "J5 ; ewe
brought $3.65 for the best ; wether !
Freshen ! Sands Name of
iana judge to-Senate.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF H16H 6QUR1
Willis Van Devantsr of Wyoming ar.d
Joseph Ruckcr L msr of Georgia
Are Nominated for Associate Jus
tices New Court of Commerce.
Washington , Dec. 13. The nomina
tion of Justice White for chief justice
of the United States supreme court
has been confirmed by the senatae.
President Taft sent to the senate
these nominations :
To be chisf justice of the United
States supreme court , Asso'ciate Jus
tice Edward Douglass White of Lou
isiana.
To be associate justices , United
States supreme court : Judge Willis
Van Devanter of Wyoming and Judge
Josp.ph Rucker Lamar of Georgia.
To be judges of the new court of
comm * ics : Martin A. Knapp , now
of the interstate commerce
JUSTICE EDWARD D. YvTHITE.
commission , for a term of five years ;
Robert W. Archibald , new Unitec
States district judge for the middle
district of Pennsylvania , term of foui
years ; William H. Hunt , now a judgt
of the court of customs appeals , form
evly United States district judge o :
the District of Montana , term of three
years ; John Emmett Garland of Soutl
Dakota ? to be judge of the new couri
of commerce for a term of two years
Ihis is , change from the origina
slate , Arthur C. Denison , Unitei
States district judge for the westen
district of Michigan , having first beer
sele.cted for this place. Julian W
Mack , now judge in the appellate cir
cuit court of the .First Illinois district
tsrm of one year.
To be members of the interstate
commerce commission : B. P : Meyei
of Wisconsin and C. C. McChord o
Kentucky. The appointments to th (
interstate commerce commission ar <
made 'to fill the vacancies causec
by the elevation of Mr. Knapp to th <
commerce court and the forthcomini
retirement of former Senator Franci ;
M. Cockrell of Missouri. The commis
sion will elect its new chairman. Th <
members of the commission who re
main are Messrs. Clark , Harlan , Clem
ents , Lane ami Prouty.
LIGHT ON QUADRUPLE'iVIURDEf
John Feagle , Who Lived Near Bern
hard Farm , Under Arrest.
Kansas City , Dec. 13. A blood :
pair of overalls and. shirt were iounc
'by Chief of Police Zimmer in thi
home of John Feagle , under arrest h
connection with the murder on th <
Bernhard farm , in Johnson county
Kansas. The bloody garments wer <
concealed in a closet on the secon <
floor of Feagle's house.
Mrs. Feaglo could not explain th <
presence of the bloody clothes in he
home. She said she did not know t <
whom they belonged , and she was un
able to state what kind of clothinj
her husband wore last Wednesday.
It developed that Feagle had quar
reled with the Bernhards about thi
boupdary line between their farmi
and that this difference was more seri
ous than a quarrel he admitted hav
ing with them about hunting.
The officers declare that Feagle i
a little . deaf , which discredits hi :
statement that he heard cries of.dis
tress at the Bernhard home Wednes
day night when he was at his home i
half mile away.
Feagle is a hunter and trappei
whose home is a half mile west of. thi
Bernhard farm , 'where Mrs. Emil ;
Bernhard , George Bernhard , her son
T. H. Morgan and James Graves wen
murdered. He told conflicting storie
regarding his relations with the Berr
hard family.
County Fair Managers.
Lincoln , Dec. 10. Representative
of the Nebraska Association of Coui
ty'Fair managers met with member
of the board of managers of the Stat
; Fair association and made arrange
j naents for the annual meeting , whic
! will be held in Lincoln , Jan. 17. 1
was decided to have papers on sue
subjects as "Our County Fair , " "Th
Circuit"The Stock Show , " "Coi
cessions" arid "Publicity. "
NEBRAS
Regents Vote Down Motion to
Transfer Boilings to Farm.
WOULD AMEND SACKETT LAW.
Governor ShaMenberger May Suggest
Changes That Would Expedite Ouster -
er Proceedings Attorney General
' Mullen Returns From Washington.
Lincoln , Dec. 14. The regents of
the university met and transacted
the usual routine business. The ques
tion of gradual removal of college
buildings to the state farm was again
voted on and stood four to two in laver -
vor of maintaining the present loca
tion. This question was voted on be
fore and stood three to three for de-
moval.
The board adopted the biennial re
port to the governor , which report
was based on the assumption that the
present campus-would be retained. It
went on record as favoring as soon a&
possible a change in the plan of oper
ating-the medical college so that a
four-year course could be taken at
Omnha and two in Lincoln , instead of
the present reversed plan. ,
Governor Would Amend Law.
"I am thinking strongly , " said Gov
ernor Shallenberger , ' 'of incorporating
into my message to the legislature a
suggestion for an amendment to the
Sackett law. As it now stands my ex
perience is that it is practically im
possible to get good results Irom ac
tions under it. For instance , .last July
I caused ouster proceedings to be
started against Chief Donahue of
Omaha. With the slow methods of
our ceurt procedure it will be impos
sible to get any results from that suit
until long after I am out of office. I
am thinking of recommending in my
message that the Sackett law be
amended so that a governor , after a
public hearing , on any charges pre
ferred against an official of the state
for dereliction of duty , might oust
him without any process of court , the
individual affected having the right to
appeal against the governor's action ,
but to do so from the outside. This , is
a lot of power to give a governor- but
in my opinion it i : ; the only way to
make the Sackett law effective. "
Attorney General Has Returned.
Attorney General Mullen returned
from Washington , whither he has
been in company with I. L. Aioert and
C. O. Whedon arguing in behalf of the
slate the bank guaranty case , which
the state appealed from the findings
of unconstitutionally of the federal
circuitcourt. . Mr. Mullen says that
while he would not presume to predict
what the court will do , he feels very
hopeful of a re-versal of the lower
court's decision : 'n the matter. The
court listened to the argument with
much attention and frequently asked
questions. Each of the Nebraska at
torneys were given twenty minutes ,
while the attorney for the banks con
sumed an hour : md three-quarters in
behalf of the Kansas banks and the
Nebraska banks.
Decide en Monument.
Attorney General Mullen came to
the rescue cf Secretary of State Jun-
kiu and State Treasurer Brian and
voted with them that it was all right
for their names to be carved on the
stone slab placed in a corner of the
new building at the Hastings asylum.
He agi eed with Mr. Cowles that it was
not a desirable practice , for often the
names carved in this enduring man
ner turned out to be names to be
ashamed of afterwards. But now that
it was done , oven though his name
was not to be embla'zoned in granite ,
he was willing to vote to pay the final
estimate of the contract price of $38-
000. Two motions were passed by the
board dmyng the controversy over
inscriptions , the one that the name of
Land Commissioner Cowles should be
removed at his request , Avhich he
made as emphatically as possible ; the
second , that the building should be
accepted just as it stands. Which of
these motions takes precedence was
not decided on. The names , however ,
will reman , unless the land commis
sioner carries out ls threat and re
fuses to sign the voucher without a
lawsuit.
FLEGE ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL
Court Will Hear Argument on the Motion -
tion Next Thursday.
Ponca , Neb. , Dec. 13. William
Flege has asked for a new trial and
the court has appointed Thursday for
the argument. Flege had his liberty
all through the trial until the verdict
was rendered by the jury. He is now
in jail , though his brothers , Fred and
Henry , tried to get him out on bail.
Clarence Guilty of Manslaughter.
Plattsmouth , Dec. 13. The jury in
the case of John Clarence , charged
with killing John Thacker , brought in
a verdict of manslaughter after being
out nearly a day. This was the sec'
end trial of the case.
The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the
less the danger from pneumonia and
other serious diseases. Mr. B. "W. L.
Hall , of Waverly , Va. , says : I firmly
believe Chamberlain's Cough Reinedj
to be absolutely the best preparation on
the market ior colds. I have recom
mended it to my friends andthey all
agree \vith me. For sale by Chapman ,
' foe druggist1.
Take Notice ! !
W hen you are in town for Xmas
shopping be sure to stop at
The Da
first and look over their splendid
line of Holiday Goods. Their prices
are cheaper than any place in town.
GREAT RE ION
We cut prices on Winter Goods in
order to make room for our spring
line. Big' line of Xmas Candies
and Nuts. Don't fail to stop at t j- '
A. John & Co.
Cigars and
Soft Drinks
§ JOHN G. STETTER - PROP.
< mx
Good Meals $1.00 Per Day
U N ION HO EL
Valentine , Nebr.
Warm Beds Clean Kooms
Farm Implements
We sell farming implements as well as other
merchandise < at reasonable prices.
Call and try us.
JROCTKSTON. NEBRASKA MAX E VIERTEL.
DEALER IN EVERYTHING.
= DRS. DALLAL & BARAKAT , =
GENERAL PRACTICE and SURGERY
EYES TESTED and GLASSES FITTED SCIENTIFICALLY.
We compound and dispense our own medicines. Office on 2nd floor ot
T. C. Hornby's. Phone 161. Valentine , Nebraska
GRANT BOYER ,
CARPENTER & BUILDER.
kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes
Residence and shop one block south of passenger depot.
Valentine , * HOXE 72 Nebraska
References : My Many
Stetter & Tobien , Props.
DEALERS IN
. All Kinds of Fresh
and Fait Meats. . . .
ftrill buy your Cattle , Hogs ,
r'oultry. Horses , Mules and
.nything you have to sell.