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DRY GOODS AND SHOES
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During the next two jweeks we will closeout
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out at COST all our Dry Goods and
Shoes. These will be busy days at our
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store. Corne early and make your se =
lections from- our stock. We handle ;
Groceries and buy Produce.
VALENTINE QEiOGRAT
I. M. RICE - ' Editor and Propr.
Mark Zarr , Foreman. .
A Weekly ewspaper published every Tliurs
day at Valentine , Nebras. * . . " ' , " .
Subscription - . § 1,150 Pof Year
Local Notices , 5c per line per issue
Entered at the rostofflee at Valentine ,
for transmission through the mails , as sccoad
class matter.
Thursday , February 23 , 1911.
A woman of Valentine has an
old hen sitting on a doo.r knob and
the woman thinks the old hen is
trying to hatch out a hotel. Good-
n3ss knows Valentine needs a ho
tel but we're afraid the old hen
has missed her calling. The wom
an misses her cackling.
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To the Public : >
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It is refreshing indeed to sit ,
these times , in an audience and
witness.a real effort to do justice
to a play you have paid to see.
"Sweetest Girl in Dixie" was ex
ceedingly well rendered here last
night , Nov. 17. A play full of
.genuine merit. Each part highly
satisfactory. The band and orch
estra is worth all ray patrons paid
to see the show. Don't pass this
company up. Kespectfully , .
, R. BUCHANAN ,
Mgr. Maxwell ( la. ) Theatre.
At Quigley's opera house March
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7 , 1911.
-St. Nichols Church.
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Services will- beheld at the
Catholic church as follows :
- In Valentine , on" Sunday Feb.
26. '
1st mass at S a. m. "V ,
2nd mass at 10 a. m.
Benediction ot the Blessed Sac-
ramentafter mass.
Instruction for the children at
3 p. m.
In Neczel , Sunday , March 5th.
Leo M. BLAERE ,
Kector.
' 'C. P. Hamar died last night af
ter a short illness , though in fail
ing health the past few weeks.
He was born near Muncie. IncL ,
May 16 , 1835 , was married to
Sarah E. Williams June 13 , 1858 ,
came to. Cass county in 1S78 , anid
to Cherry county m 1883. He
leaves a widow and five children.
The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon at the Presbyterian
church.
Presbyterian Church.
J. 31. CALDWEEL , D. D. , PASTOll
Preaching morning and evening.
, Morning subject : "The Trans-
.figuration of ChristV ; evening ,
"The Greatest Element of Pow-
- , Other services as usual.
i ; All cordially invited.
Every family has need of a good , rc-
liabte liniment. For sprains , bruises ,
- soreness of the muscles and rheumatic
pains there is none better than Cham
fcerlain's. ' Sold by Chngman/ drug
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' -School Notes.
The second room will give
Washington-Lincoln program Fri
day at 3p. m. - , - \ - *
. - ' The , stories of Lincoln by the
2nd and 3rd grades 'the past weet
were very good.
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Wilma Corbin was absent one-
half day on account of a fall which
injured her- face and caused s
swollen eye.
Robert Garrett is out of the 3rd
room this week on account of ill
ness. ' . , , .
The 5th grade will debate Fri
day at 3 p. m. on the Washington-
Lincoln question. The debaters
are Genevie Christensen , Zeta
Haley and Irene Clarkson on the
affirmative , and Kerwin Chapman ,
Gerald Boyer and Bessie Salmon
on the negative.
Cyrus and Byron Dowell enter
ed the 1st grade Tuesday.
s
: . Anew -primary .class will be
'started on Monday , March 6th.
'Parents desiring .to have their
children begin school at this time
should see that they are here the
first day and come regularly.
When you decide your child is to
enter school at this time please
also decide that you will send him
regularly. Nothing is more an
noying and discouraging to pupil ,
class and teacher than -irregular
attendance. ' '
Chancellor A very 'of the State
University appointed Supt. Bet-
tenga a delegate to the Nebraska
Conservation Congress , which
meets in Lincoln this week.
Prof. Gregory , inspector of
normal training high schools in
Nebraska , was with us all day
Tuesday inspecting the work done
in e.very grade. He found every
department in .a flourishing con
dition "and will give u flattering
report of the word done by each
teacher. He. also stated the Val-
en tine corps or teachers was one
of the strongest in the state.
The 1st inter-high school de
bate in the state this year was
held at Gordon last Friday be
tween the Chadron and Gordon
scliools. . decision of the
judges was two to one in favor of
the affirmative ( Gordon ) . Hon.
Weston of Hay Springs , Supt.
Eeimund of Crawford and Supt.
Bettenga of Valentine were the
judges.
Harold Dunn is attending the
Salem ( Ore. ) high school.
Grace Fast of the junior class
left for her home at Johnstown
because , of the illness of her
brother.
Hearing on Classification.
Lincoln , Fob ; 22. The Nebraska
state railway commission has issued
notice that a public hearing- will be
hold in the office of the Nebraska
state railway commission ip Lincoln ,
March 14 , for the purpose of consider ?
ing a general revision of the \vestcrii
Classification No. 44 , now effective on
Nebraska intrastate shipments , or thp ,
adoption of an entirely new clas'sificaj j
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tiori. to be known as the Nebraska
classification No. 1. i
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E NEXT
Usual Onslaught on Treasury
'ill'Soon ' Be Made. -
Lincoln , Feb. 22. After the legisla
ture disposqs of the initiative and ref
erendum , capital removal , county op
tion , prohibition , railroa'd , insurance
and stock yards bills and some minor
measures , .it will be confronted with
appropriation- bills that may amaze
those members who have been preach
ing economy in campaigns. The usual
onslaught on the treasury , regardless
of the income of the state , will soon
be made. Already a few of the large
appropriation bills have passed the
house. Two years ago the legislature ,
appropriated a total of $5,203 , 754.19.
This was the latest arrount ever giv
en by any legislature for the support
of the state government for a period
of two years.
The indications now are that this
legislature will appropriate § 6,000,000
or $7,000,000. The amount given two
ROBERT H. HOLMES. 4.
, years ago proved to be too small. At
this time , the penitentiary , soldiers'
home at Grand Island , soldiers' home
i at Milford and tbe industrial school
for boys at Kearney are practically
out of funds and deficiency claims will'
pile up between now and the 1st : p'f
April , when new ; "appropriations lie-
come available. , . . V
For tbe first time the ' ex
penses of the state for the next two
years are smaller than the estimated
income of the state. The estimated
expenditures. ; including about $400,000
for new buildings , are $7,048,948.45 ,
while the estimated income for- the
same period is $7,352,847.89. Since
these figures were placed before tbe
j legislature , more new buildings and
j new institutions have been asked for
in different parts of the state. The
! current expenses of the state are con
stantly increasing , but if the "legisla
ture is careful with tbe people's mon-
j ey the income of the state will be suf
ficient to meet expenses and to build
many new buildings. Most of the ex
penses of the state are paid from the
general fund and the income for this
fund for the next two years will not
.exceed § 4,675,000. Of that amount ,
r
$3,132,252 is the estimated amount of
general fund taxes to be1 derived frqm.
the levies or 1911 and 1912. The cry
of economy has barely been raised
during the present session of the leg
islature , except in regard to the most
insignificant items of expense. As a
rule the most noise is made in regard
to little items and the least over "the
big expendituras. Those who may
pose later as watchdogs of the pep-
pie's money have not thus far been
Leard from in the legislative halls.
Excepts Newspapers.
The senate threw a bouquet to the
newspapers of Nebraska by excepting
them from the provisions of S , F , 54 ,
by Eartling. a bill to suppress all free
gift enterprises. Whether or not the
Newspapers desire to be in the ex-
pepted class was not divulged in de
bate , The bill is intended to sup
press trading stamp gift enterprises.
It makes it unlawful to offer to give
anything of value in consideration for
the purchase of any article qr thing ,
but as amended in the senate it excepts
cepts manufacturers or retailers whq
sell original packages containing
prizes or certificates calling for prizes
p.nd redeemable by the manufacturer ,
find PlsQ excepts newspaper subscription , -
tion contests. The bill as originally
drawn was prepared by the NebrasUs
Retail Dealers' association.
Scheele ls Seated ,
After the presentation of three re-
forts of the house committee on priv
ileges end elections upon the Scheele-
Wertman contest the house by a vote
of 54 to 43 adopted the mpjprity report -
port , signed by the sire wet Democrats
of the committee , in favor of Heijr.v
Scheele , the present holder of the seat
from the Twentyninthdistrict in Seward -
ard county.
Stock Yards a Live Issue.
The anti stock yards bill introduced
by OJlis of Valley in the senate is
now on tha general file and'will be
discussed this week. The bill places
the stock yards under control of the
state railvav commission , the coyrnis-
sion to have power to malce rates and
to value the property of slofib yarflsi i
Attorney Frank T. Hansom , represent
Ing the Union Stock Yards compan :
of South Omaha , argued before tb <
senate committee on live stoclc am
grazing that there was no need of Ics
islation of the kind in the hill , bu
his argument did not convince thre :
of the five committeemen. Ever ]
year a measure to regulate stocl
yards comes before the legislature
No amendments to the present law fix
ing charges for fceci and the time
limit for unloading stock have beer
made for many years. The Ollis bil
is one" ot" the many measures used ir
the legislature as a center for los
rolling or vote trading.
Governor Aroused.
The trading of votes , which is ap
parent In the legislature , promises tc
become more of a scandal than evei
on account of the many important
bills used for trading purposes. Gov'
ernor Aldrich has issued an emphatic
warning to the legislature that bills
should be discussed and acted on upon
their merits. He intimates that the
first hill which he thinks has been
"log rolled" will meet with a veto at
his hands. The governor did not send
ihe legislators a special message , but
he lectured the members in a speech
which he delivered in Lincoln before
the Young Men's Republican club on
the occasion of Lincoln's birthday.
Death by Hanging.
The biennial attempt to induce the
legislature to abolish capital punish
ment failed in the house when that
body turned down an anti-capital pun
ishment bill by a vote of 45 to 22. The
Nebraska law is considered one of the
bestof its kind , because it permits
juries in trials for first degree mur
der to say whether or not the prisoner
shall be punished by life imprison
ment or by death. Only in rare in
stances do juries order the death pen
alty inflicted.
Prohibition Bill.
Gait of Clay introduced the first pro
hibitory measure in the legislature.
His bill was presented in the house
last week , following close upon the
heels of a bill introduced in ths senate
by Reagan of Douglas to permit li
censing boards in cities over 5,000
inhabitants to extend the hours or
closing saloons not later than mid
night when so petitioned by over 50
per cent of the voters of a city. These
bills coming soon after the defeat oi
county option in the senate make the
legislators sit up and take notice that
the liquor question is still a live one
before the legislature. Two years ago
the daylight saloon law was passed
the last day of the session , much to
the surprise of many. 'Some such a
surprise is looked for at llie closa of
the present session.
Initiative and Referendum.
The senate , after much turmoil ,
passed an initiative and referendum
bill. The house considered a housa
bill without waiting for the senate
bill to arrive , but the discussion led
to nothing and the attempt to con
form to the. senate amendments was
abandoned. The leaders propose , to
pass the bill precisely as it came from
the senate , although such party lead
ers as Chris Gruenther and Arthur
Mullen ( Dem. ) have published open
letters denouncing some of the pro
visions of the bill.
The bill as amended in ths senate
provides for a 10 per cent petition to
initiate and a 5 per cent petition to
refer. The same provisions in the bill
ns to the initiative and referendum ap
plies to the constitution and to laws.
Straight party votes are not to be
counted for or against propositions
submitted under the terms of the bill.
A majority of the votes cast at an
eleqtion if ? nil that ! s necessary to
carry a proposition submitted under
the bill , . ' provided a proposition re
ceives 35 per cent of the total vote
cast at the plection.
To Raise Cour.ty Salaries.
An effort is being made by nearly
every county officers' association in
the state to obtain the passage of bills
raising salaries. , of county officers.
This effort is meeting with considera
ble resistance in the legislature , How-
Rver , the senate has started 3. F. S on
its way. This is a bill to increase the
ealariqs of county superintendent
These officers receive less pay than
other county officers and the move
mant to Increase sa'aries intends to
push ths county superintendents bill
before other salaries are discussed.
The State Watchdog.
Land Commissioner E. B. Cowles ,
chairman of the state board of public
lands and buildinrs , Is called the
watchdog of the treasury so far as al
lowing claims for supplies for state
institutions arc concerned. Recently
he discovered thr.t Dr. Bater , the
former superintendent of the Hastings
asylum. , had bought strawberries ,
salted almonds.candy end other deli
cacies in the face of an order from
Jilr. Cowles that strawberries should
not be bought in tha winter-time for
officers and their families at state in
stitutions. Land Commissioner Cowles.
refused to allow the state to pay $37.31
of the bill presented by groeerymen
pind confectioners at Hastings. Now
Co.mmis ipner Gowles has blacklisted
$118.85 worth Q.f high priced meats
bought at the Hastings asylum for tne
use of officers of the institution. The
purchases were made shortly before
Ir. Baxter returned from the institu
tion and started on a trip to Europe.
The beard did not give the superin
tendent permission to buy the meat
and the bill wjll not be paid by the
state. The state buys cattle , which
are slaughtered a.t the institution , and
the meat is kept in a large cold stor
age plant owned by the state , and the
Ft.ate's meat is supposed to be as good
is an > body's meat.
Holme ? of Douglas introduced a bill
in the hQuse providing that the' fire
[ tnd polifie board of Omaha shall b §
appointed by the mayor and shall bo
nonpartisan.r . - ; - * j „
Finished
and find we are overstocked on some
lines of
Farm Implements
which we will close out at lowest prices.
, 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
"fchat 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.
LUDWIG LUMBER CO
BILLIARD HALL
Cigars and
Soft Drinks
JOHN G. STETTER - PROP.
Stage Line-
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D. A. WHIPPLE , Propr ,
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Valentine Headquarters at the Chicago House
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Rosebud " " " Rosebud Hotel
Leave Valentine at 8 o'clock every morning , -
Sundays excepted. ,
Arrive at Kosebud at 2 o'clock p. m. , * * , . .
Leave Eosebud at 8 o'clock every morning ;
Sundays excepted.
Arrive Yalentine at 2 o'clock p. m.
Dinner at Britt at 11 o'clock a. m. _ ,
Special attention to passengers , baggage and
express or packages.
Leave orders at headquarters or at the Eed
Front store.
D. A. Whipple.
Higii Court Hands Dcwn Opin
ions on Important Questions.
MONEY ONLY FOR A a TICKETS ,
Officials , of Naval Stores Company
Granted New Hearing of Their Con
viction of Violations of Sherman
Anti-Trust Law.
"Washington , Feb. 21. Not for years
have so many far-reaching principles
relating to interstate commerce been
u.pproved by the supreme court of the
United States , as were established in
its decisions as the unquestioned law
of the land. Decisions on severai
other difficult questions also were an
nounced.
That the pass-snger has no right to
buy tickets with services , advertising ,
releases or property , nor can the rail
road company buy services , advertis-
Jui ? , releases or property with trans
portation.
That a law regulating the size of
crews on trains within the state which
is not an obstruction to interstate com
merce , but is rather enacted in aid of
interstate commerce , may be passed
by a state for the public safety.
That the supreme court will review
the validity of an- order of the inter-
Etate commerce commission even
though the two-year limitation on the
llie. ' of the orqer has expired.
That n railway system may not es-
pspe regulation as an instrument of
interstate commerce because one of
its constituent parts is a wharfage
company and its dominating power
over tiie wharfage company rests in
the fart that it is a holding company.
That the interstate commerce com
mission does not possess the power
to reduce a rate "unjust and unrea
sonable" merely because the rate is
some- circumstances ;
as 'm cass wnei'j 'rair.ti ; 3 fnatice
shippers to enter the field by offering
rates so law as to bo unremunerative
and later increases the rates.
The court mrther held constitutional
a state statute providing that no. con
tract of relief , benefit or insurance
should be a bar to the right of a rail
road employee engaged in the opera
tion of a railroad to sue the employer
for damages resulting from injuries re
ceived in the course of his employ
ment.
The mayor and several councilmen
of Clay Center , Kan. , were held in
contempt , but excused from punish
ment with the payment of costs , be
cause they destroyed the subject mat
ter of a litigation before the supreme
court after its decision was announced ,
but before the mandate had been is
sued or time given for a motion for re
hearing.
The famous boycott case brought in
the local courts by the Bucks Stove
p.nd Ram < e company of St. Louis
against the American Federation of
Labor was formally dismissed.
The officials of the Naval Stores
company were granted a review of
their conviction of alleged violations
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
STUDENTS VISITSTOCKYARDS
Two Hundred Nebraska Aggies Spend
Day at South Omaha.
South Omaha , Feb. 18. Two hun
dred students of the short course at
the Nebraska , agricultural college , Lin
coln , spent a day at the stock yards
here , seeing practical demonstrations
of everything which concerns the
marketing and handling of live stock
at the yards and packing houses.
ThiF is an annual advantage which
the students enjoy and learn in one
day things about the live stock indus
try which it would take several yesrs
for them to learn as individuals and in
the ordinary course of events. They
were the guests of the Union Stock
Yards company and the big. packers.
Before the day was over th6j had
seen every p'tep from the time the
stock arrives from the farm until it is
ready for the markets as food.