Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, January 05, 1911, Image 4
VALENTiNE DEMOCRAT I. M. RICE - Editor and Propr. ! Mark Zarrf Foreman. / A Weekly Newspcper published every Thurs day at Valentine , Nebras. Subscription - § 1.50 Per Year. Local Notices , 5c per line per issue Entered at the Postolllce at Valentine , Neb. , for transmission through the mails , as secoud class matter. Thursday , January o , 1911. The Weather Bureau. When we read in Saturday's State Journal a dispatch dated Dec. 30 , that there was a general storm all over the Northeastern states ; that a storm was brewing in the west , north and northwest , and the thermometer at 42 ° be low-aero at Winnipeg , we knew without consulting the white flag with a Hack center displayed from our local weather station that there was a storm coming. Our weather station is alright to tell the forecaster what to ex pect or predict for -some other place. place.We We ought to have a station some f other place Co tell us at Valentine what the weather will be , for here's where a storm breaks , and * sometimes without the apparent cognizance of the weather officials until the storm is upon us. When they put out a storm flag here which is the same they put oat at Omaha and Lincoln , a da.'s . journey from here , though a very good prediction for Omaha in * * most cases but. a poor one for Valentine because the storm is up on us here about the time we get the report generally. This would suggest perhaps that we need more weather stations and fewer battleships ; better equip ment to provide for our citizens' welfare in times of peace and they'll prove masters of the situa tion when war comes. Give us better protection in dividually instead of whooping it up for the grand old flag upon which they hope the sun will nev er set. Cut down the idle forces of a large standing army which sap and draw upon the strength of our nation -in times of peace , and give us instead , a few more life saving institutions ; reduce the burden some tariff ; cut off the payment of tea thousand idle soldiers and em ploy ten more men to operate weather stations to protect the common herd and make our in formation of value , so that the local weather station will not have to bear the brunt cf the faulty predictions and instead of being looked upon as a huge joke , like Hicks or Devoe , that all may take heed in reverential admiration , when a storm is predicted , for a great system of weather forcast- ing that performs an actual de mand by a people who will in turn , feel a greater tie that binds than that of awe inspired by a great standing army as an idle boast of our strength. Give us more meat in the cocoanut - nut and do less shouting about the graceful curves of its body. Cut down the tariff and big standing armies and give us more accurate information on everyday weather that will benefit every being on earth. Do something instead of nothing. We hail thee , congress ! Chief Donahue of Omaha Vill probably come clear with flying - colors. He ba'nt donenothin' an : why should Attorney General Mullen prosecute him or try to \ throw Mm oat df office * -T ? VTv"V. : . * - ' - * ' X To Quit Competition , j Postmaster General Hitdhcock has announced that after January t 1st the government will discontinue ihe printing of stamped envelopes and recommends that the same be done by the local newspapers in every town where there is a news paper , and by special permit for the town nearest the newspaper \\here a town has no paper of its own. No Jarge town will be allowed to have a monopoly on the printing of the envelopes to the detriment of the ! smaller newspapers. A uniform scale of printing will be prepared by the post office depart ment and insisted upon or th'e , newspaper will not be sold stamped envelopes for printing. The scale of printing will be such that a reasonable profit can be made by the office printing them. The de partment will also soon make a ruling that no first class mail be 1 allowed transmission through the mails until it has a return card written or printed thereou. The above means that the envelope printing business will take a big boom soon , which is sure to con tinue. N The order relating to the printing of envelopes is a correction for an evil of long standing and against which the newspapers of the coun try have fought many years , for the reason thatllie price charged i for the envelopes was far less than the stock could be purchased by printers , and the rate charged was such that a profit could have been made by the government. Hun dreds of millions of stamped enve lopes are used annually throughout the country and the , contemplated change will be " greeted with pleasure by every printer and publisher - j j t lisher jvho hap felt the loss of this j class o f business.Publisher's Auxiliary. There was no weather report here from Chief Willis L. Moore from last Saturday morning until \ Tuesday at 3:30 p m. It looks like a good rest to us if the chief himself was not frozen up in the recent blizzard , in which case we fear there would be no more weather. Of course our local man never has a holiday. He has to send in his local forecasts and ref - /f ports with accuracy and precision , but e're not supposed to need reports from the rest of the world for our guidance on holidays , and ifjthe Chicago forecaster gets into a little tanglefoot on New Years or Christmas. We don't need the reports at all , sir. No , sir. They wouldn't probably be right , sir , if we had 'em and we had just as well wait until Willis L- Moore shake's 'em up a bit , for we don't want weather that has not been properly inspected by Mister Moore. An exchangs says : The trouble is that girls have too much rope. The best wives are invariably those who have been .flattened out across the parental knee about once a week and whose heads are no.t pad ded with store hair until they look like a sheep at shearing time. Noth ing will straighten up a lovesick girl who makes goo-goo eyes at ev ery traveling man in sight like an old fashioned spanking. The girl whose daily labor consists of brew ing fudge and making the trains is about as useless to a man who haste to work for a living as ahip pocket in his nightie. - Karl Lurz of Woodlake 5was in town today. George Gamm came back yes terday from the jiospital. Nebraska Legislature is Read ) to Organize. t DEMOCRATS ABE IN MAJORITY , Lincoln , Jan. 2.- The Nebraska leg islature , thirty-second session , assem bles at noon tomorrow in accordance with , the provision ot" the constitution requiring biennial sessions to begin ' the first Tuesday in January. The opening days of a legislature are al ways marked by the utmost decorum and politeness between members Most ol' the members are new to theii surroundings and they have otten been . likened to school boys on the first day of school. Diffidence and decorum at first is the rule , but at the close oi the session members who would not dare to speak above a whisper on the opening day may be found shouting at Hie top of their voices and hammering desks with fists and expressing all sorts of unparliamentary language un- til they sometimes have to be called tc order by a daring presiding officer. Fifteen days before a session begins and fifteen days after a session ends- . members of the * legislature are exempt from arrest except for treason , felony or breach of the peace. It has been suggested that this provision of the constitution is no inducement for men to become members of the legislature Few if any'have ever been accused oi treason , % but the provision is assur ance that members cannot be kid naped with impunity. Democrats in Majority. Two years ago the Democratic ma jority in the legislature boasted that it constituted the first and 'only Demo cratic legislature ever assembled in Nebraska. The Populist legislature oi 1S91 was not considered purely Demo crat. This year another Democratic legislature is in power. Nineteen ol the thirty-three senators are Demo crats and fifty-four of the 100 repre sentatives are Democratic. Lieutenant Governor M. R. Hopewell of Tekamah will for the third time preside oveil the state senate by virtue of the office j he holds. The speaker of the house is elected from the membership of the house. Governor Chester H. Aldrich ( Rep. ) will have the privilege of ap proving or vetoing bills passed by the Democratic majority and it will re- , quire a three-fifths vote of each house to override his veto. With only four majority in the house , there is likely to be some interesting situations , not withstanding the fact that the Repub lican and the Democratic platforms agree on some important measures. Salute to the Governpr. Tt is customary for the majority po litical party to organize the legislature and elect all of the officers and em ployees. This is done the first day oi the session. Wednesday , the second ; day , is devoted to further perfecting preliminary plans for the work of the session. Thursday is the day fixed byj the constitution for the end of the * term of outgoing state officers and the beginning of the term of incoming state officers. Thursday afternqpn. ' Governor Shajlenberger retiring. governor , will deliver his final mes. * , sage to the legislature and Governor ; Aldrich , the incoming governor , will deliver his inaugural address. It'i on this occasion that the old cannoii near the State house booms out seven teen guns , the number prescribed in military regulations as a salute to a governor. The address of the incom ing governor is thus sometimes punc tured by the roar of cannon. Inaugural Reception. In the evening the inaugural recep tion is given at the tate house. Music and refreshments are a part of jh ; program , but this yeajthgrg \yil } tfe ) no dancing , at the request of the in coming governor. Hundreds and thou sands crowd into the state house to gaze at the line of state officers , in the receiving line and to admire tht told braid OB the uniforms , of the gp.y : enior's military staff. Thg reception this year is to be in the nature of a farewell for Governor Shallenbergei and a welcome for Governor Aldrich The incoming and outgoing state oflv gerr- generally have a place in the re- peiving line , but they admit that they ftre placed there mostly for the purpose - . pose of filling gpace an $ { hat the ins coming governor is the big drawing rard. Still they all stand in line foi hours and shake bands of people who " pass. There will be no ifliljjary display by Governor Aldrich , .33 lie hria decid ed not to appoint a pfaff. GorerHoi Bhallenberger has a staff of forty-five colonels and they will be called upon Jn- him to give a militaryajr to the erpaslpn. Standing Committees , Thursday afternoon it ss customary for both houses to adjourn till the following Monday or Tuesday. Dur ing this interim the member s go to JJifiir homes'and are admired by theii constituents and receive advice as to what , they should dp fpr the state. The speaker or the committee in charge ot the appointment of standing commit tees also takeg advantage f this ad journment to sort out the names of 3 no members antf place them on com- mitip s they do "not want and. give the best committees to those who did not ask. Two years ago the Demo cratic house jook from the speaker Ihe pswir to appoint'c'cirirnittefes ; tmt i made him a indaiber cf a ccmmiitoo ic periorm this < woik. Tins plan is again urged by Governor bnallen berger , and will prouabiy be foilowd The senate , whicu is piosided ovei t > y one who is not a member cf that . 'oocty , has always selected its committees toes through a coruinittea choseu Dy z caucus ot the dor.mant political side i or the chamber. I Important Wcrk en Hand. This session or' the legislature will be conironted with a bill * on the sub ject of county option , a measure which the Republican platform calls lor , but which is not mentioned in the Demo cratic platform , yet a majority of tn& members cf the house piedged them selves in the campaign to vote foi some such a' measure. The senate is said to contain a majority opposed to such a measure , though this is denied by county option advocates. It is be lieved the measure will have a diffi cult passage and that it will be de feated in the senate. The drafting of a proposed amend ment to the legislature for the adop- tion' of laws and amendments by the initiative and referendum is pledged by both political parties. j Governor Shallenberger recom mends the repeal of that part of the primary lav/ which caused his defeat and which he signed in the form of a bill two years ago , providing for an open primary. He recommends going back to the lavas it existed prior to the meeting of the previous legisla ture , with a few minor exceptions. List of Senators. First District John H. Moorchead , Dem. ; Second , L. A. Varacr , Rep. ; Third , Henry H. Bartlin ? , Rep. ; Fourth , W. B. Banning. Eem. ; Fifth , E. E. Placke , Dsm. ; Sixth , F.ichard SHorten Horton , Dem. , John E. Reagan , Dem. , John M. Tanner , Dem. ; Seventh , N. S. Wilcox , Dem. ; Eighth , J. M. Talcott , Dem. ; Ninth , Aubrey A. Smith , Rep. ; Tenth , Fred Volpp , Earn. ; Eleventh , Philip H. Kohl , Dem. ; Twelfth , 1. L. Albert , Dem. ; Thirteentn , J. D. Lee , Dem. ; Fourteenth , W. R. Reynolds , Rep. ; Fifteenth , J. A. Oiis , Jr. , Dem. ; Sixteenth , C. F. Bodinson , Dem. ; Sev enteenth , J. H. Buhnnan , Dem. ; Eight eenth , J. H. Kemp , Rep. ; Nineteenth , j Charles McClellan Skiles , Dcrn. ; j Twentieth , Edward P. Brown. Rep. , William A. Selleck , Rep. ; Twenty-first , Peter Jansen , Rep. ; Twcnty-secoirl , F. W. Bartos , Dem. ; Twenty-third , ' Wes Pickens , Dein. ; Twenty-fourth , ' Charles C. Smith , Rep. ; .Twenty-fifth , . . J. ' M. Cox , Rep. ; Twenty-sixth , James B. McGrew ; Rep. ; Twenty-seventh , George W. Tibbets , Dem. ; Tv/enty- efghth , H. A. Cox , Rep. ; Twenty-ninth , John F. Cordeal , Rep. ; Thirtieth , W. V. Hoagland , Rep. Representatives. First District Charles Brecht , _ Dem. , Henry Gerdes , Dem. , Otto Ko- touc , Dem. ; Second , A. D. Barclay , Rep. , C. W. Potts , Deni ; Third , E. H. Dort. Rep. , Ben T. Skeen , Dem. ; . Fourth , Porter C. Johnson , Rep. ; Fifth , Edmund B. QuackenbusU , Dora ; j Sixth , Wilber W. Anness , Rep. , G. W. ; L-eidigh , Dem. ; Seventh , C. E. Metz- ' ger , Dem. , W. H. Puls , Dem. ; Eighth , Fred L. Nutzman , Rep. ; Ninth , C. V. I Sr.nborn , Dem. ; Tenth , P. G. H. Bo- - land , Dem. , J. H. Bulla , Dem. , John H | Grossman , Dem. , Robert H. Holmes. Dem. , C. B. Liver , Dem. , E. J. McAr- dle , Dem. , J. F. Moriarty , Dem. , Frann. J. Riha , Dem. , W. S. Shoemaker , Dem. ; Eleventh , W. D. Haller , Rep. ; Twelfth , C. H. W. Basse , Eem. ; Thir teenth , H. H. Herzpg ; , Rep. ; Four teenth , F. P. Lawrence , Dem. . H. J. Nelson , Dem.- Fifteenth , Con M. Mc Carthy , Dem ; Sixteenth , FeMx L. Gal lagher , Dem. : Seventeenth , H. C. Bsr- tels.Dem. . . ; Eighteenth , Enos E. Ellis , Rep. ; Nineteenth , John Kuhl , Dam. ; Twpntieth , West L. Kirk. Rep. : Tv/en- tj'-first. F. M. Housh , Rep. ; Twenty- second. Rescee 3R. Smith , Rep. ; Twen ty-third. H. C. iJatrau , Dem. ; Twenty- fourth , Charles Schueth , Ecm. ; Twen- ty-fifth , Richard C. Reran , Dem. ; Twenty sixth. J. B. ) Sindelar , Dem. ; Twenty seventh , Frank Doezal ! , P. I ; C. H. Gustafson , Rep. ; Twenty-eighth , Joseph Dcstal , Dem , . John Has5.- ! : , Rep. ; Twenty-ninth , 0V Frllcr , Dem. . Henry gclieelc. Dem. : Thirtieth , Earl O. Eager , Rep. , Andrew J. Minor , Rep. , S. R. McKelvfe. Rep. ; John H. Mockett , Jr. , Rep. , I II. Hatfisid , Rep. ; Thirty-first , John A. Hospodsky. Dem. , Michael J. Murphy , p. L ; Thirty-sec end , I. R. Claj'ton , Rep. . Clyde H. Filley , Rep. , Jehu W. McXissick , Dom. ; Thirty third , Anton Sag ] , Dsm. ; Thirty fourth , Henry Heiliger. D"m. ; Thirty fifth , William Grueber , B&m. ; Thirty sixth. Luther Bonham , Eem. : Thirty-seventh , Peter Eggenberger. Jr. , Dem. , H. N Swan , Dem. . ; Thirty- eighth. D W. Bake.v. Rep. , William Colton , Rsp. ; Thirty-ninlh , J. M. Nor ton , Dem.-f ; Fortieth , H. G : Taylor. Rep. ; Forty first. Clark E , Neir. Rep. . T. E. 'Nordgren. Rep.Fortysecond. ; . A. A. Gait. RepT , John M. Jones. Rep. ; Forty-third , Ernest Meyer. Rep. ; For ty-fourth. George W Lindsay , Dem. ; Forty-fifth , L p. Evans , Rep. ; Forty- sixth , Wjlliam Weesner , Dem. ; Forty- seventh , W. A. Prince , Rep. , John W Sink , Dem. ; Forty eighth , Soren M. Fries , Dem. : Forty-ninth , T. J. Hcw- Rrd , Rep. ; Fiftieth , H. A. Aliep. Rep. , D. H. Qronin. , Rep , ; Fifty-first. Buel 3. Harrington , Dem , ; Fifty-second , E. D. Clarke , Rep. ; Fifty-third , Walter fl. KentrRep. ; Fifty-fourth. B. K Bus- nee , Rep. ; Fifty-fifth , M. E. McCleliaa. Rep. ; Fifty-sixth. Jesse Gandy. Dem. ; p. H. MoodP. . I. ; Fifty-seventh , W31- ber S. Waite , Rep. ; Fifty-eighth. Wil- Jard F. Bailey , Dem. , S. C. .Bassett. Rep. ; Fifty-Binth , W. M. Stebbins , Rep. ; Sixtieth. C. Anderson , Rep. : Bixty-first , L. H. Eastman. Dem. ; Six- ty-seccadr-D. S. Hardin , Rep. ; Sixty- thirdfi E. W. Roberts , Rep. ; Sixty- fourth , James John , Rep. ; Sixty-fifth. 0 Frank Moore. Rep. : Sixty-sixth. SD. . Et , Rep. ; Sixty-seventh , W. Z. Tay- C Heal. . . . . -r- = . jt < f. d EDUCTION In all Winter Goods such as Clothing ; Cloaks * . Underwear ( Disck Coats Outing Flannels We offer you these goods at bar gain-prices to clean up our stock before inventory. Be sure to call at / tore Co. : n | n and find we are overstocked on some lines. To close out we will sell IANURE SPREADERS That cost us $110.OO for $75.OO f. We believe tllat there will be an advance" in the price of Lumber and advise our cus tomers to build while it is cheap. A com plete line of Posts- Barb Wire and Staples that we are selling exceptionally cheap. You will save money and be assured of getting the best quality by purchasing of ' us. An examination of our Lumber will convince you that we carry the largest stock of the best grade and at lowest prices. RCO. J &J A J J & &J J * \ Have Just Received a Car of Apples in boxes containing Ben- Davis , Jonathans and Winesaps. Stop in and get some : | while they- are cheap. | $1.15 a bushel box \ Charley Gassan , Valentine , Neb. & DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES Cigars and Soft Drinks JOHN G. STETTER PROP. Good Meals § 1.00 Per Day UN ION HOTEL Valentine , Nebr. Warm "Beds * Clean Eooms D. A. RUBY Law Attorney-at- t Office front room , second story , iver T. C. Hornby's store , Main treet entrance. Valentine , Nebraska * > ' i JOHN F. PORATH Tubular Wells and Windmills Call me up by phone