VALENTINE DEHHOCBAT
I. M. RICE - Editor and Propr.
MarkZarr , Foreman.
"A Weekly Newspaper published eveiy Thurs
day at Valentine , Nebras.
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Entered at the Postofflce at Valentine , Neb. ,
for-transmission through the.mails , as second
class matter. !
. Thursday , January 26 , 1911.
Subscribers Attention !
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attention of our subscribers who
are a year or more in arrears to
pay up. \Vc know the { .mrunts
are small snd to JGU may srcm
insignificant but mean a gctd deal
to us.
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us to keep our accounts more
closely collected up than fnimerly
and though peihaps illegally so it
is better to meet their require
ments than to try to buck rgainst
the.pcweis that be. \
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count pay half of it or as much
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to date to meet .the requirements
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ing this announcement'and believe
you will respond generously. "W e
will - mailjcu icceipts ss fast
as your money is received ,
showing the dale to which jou are
paid.
paid.We
We have tried to give jr.u a
grcd paper rrd tell the revs in a
readable manner of "this section of
the country. Our subscription'list
shows that our . .e.ffortshave been
appreciated and npw your several
remittances will assistus to do
belter. We want fo show you.
We like encouragement.
1. M. BICE.
The Farcfefs Post Bill.
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Do want it or not ?
Who will it benefit and who will
. it hurt ?
' bill Las been talked in con
gress , for ten or twelve .years but.
each lime Jt.ccmes up the express
companies have managed in some
way to strangle it , or get it out of
the-way. A great deal of noise
has been made by a retail dealers
association or American League
as they aie styled td they are
sending out tons of mail to merch
ant's asking them to have scrne-
thiDg done in their ccmmunilies ,
petitions signed and sent to con
gress opposing tie Parcels Post. I
They go into details of what the
evils will be and enlarge upon their
imaginative ideas until they got
o.ne or two stores in Chicago doing
the business of the whole country ,
country towns gone to kersmasb ,
the merchants cut of business and
people moved back to the country.
> They also picluie express com
panies as favoring the bill. t
What nonsense !
The bill originally was designed
for competition , nut as a helpmete
for the express- companies , which
are all fighting it , and have been
since it was first introduced.
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"What will be the' effect of the
bill ?
Simply this :
It will make package shipping
easier , and if that will not benefit
the whole people , then why ?
Another bugaboo.
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It's alright for mamma to say
Jimmie can't have any candy be
cause it tastes good and he'll eat
too much of it and make himself
sick. . Somebody must act as our
mamma in this case and I suppose
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we'll choose the express com
panies nit !
The merchants will profit be
cause they will have joccasion to t
ship 100 packages tea farmj j
er's one under the law.
/Yes , sir , frame the law light
* * ms it was first intended -and we're
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This-is TIIE YALEXTIXE PEMO-
Gordon Wants a Mill.
A flouring mill was so important"
\L \ ealier days to each community
tl at few settlements were made
without a miller in their midst and
few settlements thrived- until a
miller was with them to grind the
grain. He was one of them in all
the social and religious .affairs of
the early days , and those were the
days of the old fashioned preach
ers and schools and the village
blacksmith.
The miller ground wheat , rye
and corn for a share and took his
toll from the farmer's grist with
honest precision.
How different are conditions of
the present time when the miller
buys his grain from the farmers
at 85 cents per bushel which is less
than li cents a pound or § 1.50 per
cwt , and sells a 48-pound sack of
Hour at Si.40 to § 1.75 per sack ,
which just about doubles the price
in grinding ; or half the weight of
the wheat is sold in flour at double i
the cost and the remainder togeth
er with the shorts and bran is
piofitforlhe miller and the retailer - !
tailer , the latter getting a .small
profit.
It is no wonder we see these in
stitutions growing from small con
cerns to mammoth proportions ,
fostered by' the , toil of hundreds of
farmers who toil -from early till
late in the ffelds and find the price
low when they have been success
ful and high when they've noth
ing to sell.
We do not need to , go away
frgm home to'fend the octopus. If
we're looking for leaks in the lab
oring man's purse we can find it
in our own door yard almost ,
though people have a habit of
looking off yonder distance lends
enchantment to the view , in whichever -
ever way we choose to concentrate
our thoughts and adjust aur glass
es when right at home we have
the'rats gnawing away at the sack
of malt.
Kcgardless of these . conditions
existing and have been for a num
ber of years , the people are approached
preached with a proposition to'
contiibute-a buildjng site , "a bonus
or a water right to'encourage a
mill to locate in their midst , which
will after being located pay the
farmers the city maiket price for
wheat minus , the freight rate from
the city and if the faimer. doesn't
like it he can ship his wheat and
get no more for it and the miller
can ship in a few carloads to sup
ply the mill while he's waiting for
Mr. farmer to come to' time and
save him the freight both ways on
the cost of his wheat.
It is no doubt a blessing to the
cc-untiy to have a flouring mill
but no less a-blessing- the mill
to exist in.a country where it can
get wheat less the freight to the
Chicago market and be enabled to
put flour upon the market in Chicago
cage as cheap or lesslhan a miller
in Chicago.
While the people may be grate-
lor a mill , the mill ought also be
grateful for its field of opportun
ity and in return for patronage
give support to the institutions
that have nurtured its growth and
the elements that have made pos
sible its existence.
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT is
in favor of lower freight and ex
press lates. Our legislature should
c ut down the freight rates espec
ially and look into the high ex
press rates with a view to a proper
adjustment , though the former is t
the burden mostly felt. We can <
all ship by freigh.t when the exi
preps rates aie lee high. Cut
down the freight rates first.
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We hope the merchants who "
are worthy of-patronage will ad-1
vertipe in THE DCIMOCRAT and we 3
believe they will. Our farmer J
friends should look over the columns - , j
umns o/ this paper for articles i
they need for their own benefit ]
and because we should help one
another.
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LeUs have some competition for t
high express rates. Guess that'll /
cut -'era down. That'll benefit
everybody ' ;
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Coroner's ' Jury Says His Cruel
ty Killed Litiie Stepsei ;
STEPFATHER OH THE STAND
Henry Stehr Tells Coroner's Jury How
His Little Boy Happened to Freeze
His Feet Will Be Charged With
First Degree Murder.
Norfolk , Neb. , Jan. 25. Murder in
the first degree is practically the
charge made against Henry Stehr of
Norfolk by the verdict of the coroner's
jury , which , for two days , has been
investigating the death of his three-
year-old stepson , Kaurt Stehr , who
died Sunday , following amputation ot
both feet , which had been frozen and
allowed to rot with gangrene befoVe
a physician was called ,
The stepfather , aged twenty-four ,
hurried to the county jail at Madison
as soon as the verdict was made
known , County Attorney Nichols declaring -
claring he would not leave the man
in Norfolk over night. Feeling against
Stehr in intense !
The coroner's jury says in its ver
dict :
"After viewing the body of , the child
and listening to evidence , we find- the
child's death was caused by the in
human treatment and cruelty of the
stepfnthf-r and the mother. The body
of the rliild was greatly emaciated
and badly bruised in various parts , the
feet being frozen and rotted , render
ing amputation necessary , resulting in
tetanus , which was the imriiediate
cause .of death. We further find that
the inhuman and cruel treatment of
the stepfather , Henry Stehr , was done'
wi'th felonious intent and was the in
direct cause of the death of the child. "
, , . : . Stehr Testifies.
. Stehr-was on the stand a half day ,
during which , at one time under the
gaze' of his accusing sister-in law , he
bijrst into' tears. In telling how the
child.frozehis feet , Stehr said it came j
about like this : jf
"We had * no coal and we used to
pick some tip -in a sack. That night it
got very cold and we had no fire , * in.
the stove. I did not think it would be-
so cold. We woke up during the night
from the cold. I looked after the/chil
dren and found that they were both
cold. ' 'Our own bed was froze stiff on
top. I took the small child in bed
with us. I found Kaurt's bed was
damp and everything was frozen.
I put dry covers . -jinde'r him and cov
ered him up. , I put .covers right over
the frozen ones , j The next morning
when we woke upwe * found the boy all ,
wet and almost frozen. The room was '
filled with snow and the walls , doors
window ? were frozen. So J think
the feet were frozen that night.The
smaller baby was not frozen , but Iverv
cold. "
Stehr admitted that he had punished
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the child frequently.
"I used a strap with the buckle off. ' '
he said. Some of the bruises were
made this way. His half-brother on
the stand said he had seen Stehr
strike the little tot with a pair of ice
ton ° ; s. Stehr declared that when the
child's feet turned black with gan
grene he surmised something was
wrong and bathed , them in hot water
every other night till the flesh dropped
off , then he had his wife call a doctor.
Stehr admitted that he and his wife
sometimes locked the house and. left
this child with a fourteen-months old
baby there alone. The baby , whose
screams when it was locked up 'alone
In the dark house Sunday night' in
duced neighbors to break in the-door
with an axe , is now cared for by those
neichhors. Mrs. Stehr left the child
locked in.
PETITION IS WITHDRAWN
John L. Webster Paid Fee in Miles
Case Out of Court.
"Lincoln , Jan. 25. John L. Webster
has been granted his request/ filed ]
in the supreme court , to withdraw
without prejudice his petition for an
order allowing him attorney's fees in
the Miles' " will case. He aske'd for |
S35.000. The court grantshis * application - i
tion for the withdrawal of the request.
Webster was attorney for Samuel
Miles , who lost in his attempt to es
tablish the validity of the St. Louis
will and to break the one made in Ne
braska involving" estate worth over
$1.000k ( > 0. It is said his fee was paid
out of court by Joseph Miles , who got
most of the estate.
Pacific Mutual Wins.
Lincoln , Jan. 25. The Pacific Mu
tual Insurance company of California
won a victory in the federal court
when Judge Munger sustained the
plea of the company and declared that
it had a right to do business in Ne
braska. Ex-State Auditor Searle
barrel the California company from
Nebraska because local concerns were
not admitted in that state on recip
rocal terms. The ruling of the insur-
an- : ? department is reversed.
Twelve Anarchists Put to Death.
Tokyo , Jan. 25. Twelve anarchists ,
coivictert of conspiracy against the
throne and" the lives of the imperial
family , w ro executed < n 'th& prison
oere. Those put to death Included the
allotted ringl2ader , Dsnjiro Kotoku ,
and Jiis ' - '
Theatre goers of Valentine who
desire good , clean performances ,
are assured.of the same in the en
gagement of The Barrington Stock
Co. , at the opera house the balance
of the week. This company comes
well recommended from s.urround-
ing towns and they guarantee
satisfaction or money refunded.
Tonight they offer a three act
comedy , entitled ' 'The Morning
After , " which is said to bo a laugh
producer from start to finish.
F ur good specialties. Friday
night they offer "The Girl of The
Sunny South , " a sensational four
act comedy , with special spenery
and effects. Saturday nigh't they
present a dramatization of Marie
Corelli's famous novel , -"The Ven
detta. " A special matinee of
"Kip Van Winkle" will also be
given Saturday afternoon at 2:30. :
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WHEAT PR'CE" B C ! iHH
j Liberal Receipt : ; in Northwest a pis-
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. sqreeable Surprise- 2'jlls.
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i Chicago , Jan. 24.Vheat values
i gave away 5n the , ast hour , ihis after
noon. new buyers becoming discouraged -
' aged at the absence of any improve
ment m the milling demand. Farti r-
. more , receipts in the northwest w re
so largo as to form a dis/greeable sur
prise to the bulls. Clo'sing prices
showed a net loss of 7'-Vj2 to % c.
- Corn finished a sh.icle to Vt.c off , o..ts
, unchanged. aid hos products 5c lower
to 32' , uc higher. C'oshTj prices :
Wheat Hey , CS9G7cr.July , ' 95(7 ( ?
D5sc ; Sept. . 93c. . . .
Corn May. CGc ; July , ul < QZlc. ,
Or.ts May , S41c ; July , 31LC. .
Pork Jrn. , C2n.9 : ; May , ? 1S.52 % .
lard Jan. , 89.97V ; : May , $3.82 .
Kiljc Jan. , § 10.72May ; , $9.85.
Chicago Cash Prices Xo. 2 bard
wl at. 877 , ( ? > ? 9c ; No. corn , 47@
No. 2 oats , 32 V
South Cmshs Live Stock.
South Omaha , Jan. 24. Cattle Re
ceipts , 7.000 ; stpady : bc-e : steers , $5.10
@H5.20 : cows and heifers , $3.40@5.50 ;
stockcrs and lenders , $4.50 5.90 ;
bulls. $4.4Qfz/5.CO ( ; calves , $ n.30@8.2o.
Hogs Rcceifta , ' 70,450 : Cc higher ;
heavy hogs coKiir.a'irJe ; ! as. much as
S750 ; lights brought the high figures ,
tops reaching $7.70 and : i considerable
proportion of light mixed moving
arornd $7 fi5. Sheen Receipts , 500 ;
10'c 1-cwer ; lambs. $4.00@5 75 ; < ; wes ,
$2.75@3.SO ; yearlings , $4.00@4'.60.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. Jan. 24. Cattle Receipts ,
4.000 ; steady ; beeves , $ L7 @ 7.GO ;
western steers , $4.50o.SO ; stockers
and feeders. $ . ° > .75Z ! > 5.70 ; cows and
heifers. $2.60 < & G.I 0 ; calves , $7.25 J
9.25. Hogs Receipts , 18000 ; steady ;
light , $7.70fiT/7.95 ; heavy , $7.65@7.90 ;
rough , ? 7.Go)7.75 ( ) ; pigs , ? 7.50@8.05 ;
bulk , $7.75 @ 7.35. Sheep Receipts ,
25,000 ; weak ; natives , $2.50@4.40 ;
westerns , $2.704.50 ; yearlings , $4.50
© 5.60 ; lambs , S4.25@6.20.
Housecleaninghas no terrors for
thehousewifev/ho uses this won
derful , all-'rotmd Cleanser. It
keeps everything in and about
the farmhouse in spick and span
condition in fossSf the txttQ
and with half the iaisos * re
quired by old-fashioned clean
ers. This one cleanser
In the kitchen , dining
room , sitting room and
bed rooms , and does it
quicker and $3efite § ° 0 The
best thing for potskettles ,
pans , floors.iin the dairy ,
etc. No 'caustic or acids.
Hygienic. This ideal
cleanser works mechan
ically not chemically.
CAPITAL RENfflVAL
ADVOCATES EOSY
Delegatss From Eigl ; ! Counties
HolJ Meeting in Omaiia.
Omaha , Jan. 25. Committees from
, Bloomington and Kearney , and representatives -
' sentatives from eight counties of the
state were in Omaha , and at a meeting ,
which was held'at the" Home hotel iasc
night , tried to set Douglas county in
terested in the movement for the re
moval of the state capital from Lin
coln to either Kearney or Grand Isl
and.
and.The
The committee expects soon to es
tablish in Omaha a publicity depart
ment , which will give circulation to
the full plans of the movement.
On Feb. 10 special trains will be
run from all principal points in the
state , according to Bernard McNeny
of Red Cloud , to Lincoln , when the
matter will be taken up with the legis
lature.
and find we are overstocked on some
lines. To close out we will sell
MANURE SPREADERS
That cost us $110.OO for $75.OO
We believe that 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.
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LLIARD HALL
Cigars and
Soft Drinks
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Stage Line
D. A. WHIPPLE , Propr.
Valentine Headquarters at the Chicago House ,
Rosebud " " " Rosebud Hotel-
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Leave Valentine at 8 o'clock every morning ,
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Arrive at Eosebud at 2 o'clock p. m. - . * . * . * . \
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Sundays excepted. ' - - > \
Arrive at Valentine at 2 o'clock p. m.
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'Dinner at Britt at 11 o'clock a. m. 7
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Special attention to passengers , baggage and " . :
express or packages.
Leave orders at headquarters or at the Eed
Front store.
. A. Whipple.
Go to the
Stock Exchange Saloon
VALENTINE'S PURE LIQUOR CENTER
Walther F. A. Meltendorff , Propr.
; Cigars , Tobaccos , Confectionery
I Hot and Cold Lujiches
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otne Bakery.
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