< * < Mr. Farmer : v \ Get your supply of Paris Green early. Don't wait i till the bugs are on i the yiires and get V caught the way you did last year. I I VALENTINE. NEB I A Safe , Simple System The system of paying by check was devised by ail men- for any man for you. It is suited to the need of. any business , either large or small. It makes no difference whether we pay out $10 or $10000 a month. A checking account will serve your needs. Pay by check , the method puts system in to your .business and gives you.a record of every , transaction. * VALENTINE STATE BANK VALENTINE. NEBR. TREES " * -i * > . Plenty o'f time to plant trees. Our trees are kept in our large , cool , cement building now and are held back so they will be good to put out for several weeks yet. We keep no trees in our building in winter , and only recommend the hardiest and tried varieties that do business in Northwest Nebr. Catalog upon request. T. W. CRAMER , Local Agent , Valentine , Nebr. Boyd Nurseries and Fruit Farm. # J ' " " On C. & N. W. , 3 blks. east station Ainsworth , - Nebraska Loup Valley Hereford Ranch , C. H. FAULHABER A SONS , BROWNLEE , NEB. "Herd headed by S. C. Columbus 17 No. 160050 , and Climax 2 , No. 289- 822 ; also , Melvin , No. 327072 , reg , Bulls for Sale at All Times , W. H. Stratton v Dealer in FLOUR & FEED General Merchandise PHONE 125 cor. Hall & Cath. Valentine , Nebr. C. A. RUBY. Attorney-at- Law Office front room , second story , yoverT. C. Hornby's store , Main street entrance. Valentine Nebraska . . " - = ? - * ' . Dr. . M. T. Meer , DENTI5T Rooms over Red Front store -V V&fentfng , y' - - Nebr ; Seeds that always grow for sale at Fischer's hardware. 10 * The Phelpa Photo Studio is open the first Wednesday and Thursday in each month. 16tf Special coat , suit , skirt and shirt , waist sale at W. A. Parker's at Wood Lake , Saturday May 7. For the reason that it w'll ' be necessary to use creek water with the spring water all users of city water are advised to boil same for drinking and cooking purposes. There will be services in St. John's church next Sunday , both morning and evening. Early eucharist - charist at 7. Sunday school at 10 , morning prayer with address at 11 o'clock a. m. Vespers with sermon at 8 p. m. Choir rehearsal Saturday evening , May 20 , at o'clock. Geo. A. , Deiming's sale at Wood Lake last Saturday drew a good crowd and the sale amounted to § 134:11. Mr. Deiming was well pleased and set up the cigars to the smokers at the close and it took 3 boxes to go around so the size of the crowd measured by the cigars and the receipts was not small in anj way. ' Col Trace well took his wife with him on this trip and a number of Valentine people were there. George M. Tracy , lately of Quinn , S. D , whom we met 25 years ago at Fancy Creek , 'Kan. , when he took care of "Old Fruge , " the first Clydesdale imported into that part of the country and was owned as a company horse by N. Sandine and others. Mr. Tracy has been in town several months , but last Friday was the first time we met to know each other and we had a pleasant visit when he came in to advertise his new store he is starting at Crookston. POPULATION OF COUNTIES. . County. 1910 1900 Adams county 20,900 18,840 Antelope county 14,003 / 11,344 Banner county 1,444 1,114 Elaine .county 1,672 G03 | Boone county 13,145 11,089 Boxbutte county 6,131 5,572 Boyd county 8,826 7,332 Brown county 6,083 3,470 Buffalo county 21,907 20,254 Burt county 12,726 13,040 Butler county 15,403 15,703 Cass county. . . . . 19,786 21,330 Cedar county. . . 15,191 12,467 Chase county 3,613 2,559 Cherry county 10,414 6,541 * Cheyenne county 4ool 5,570 Clay county 15,729 15,733 Colfax county 11,610 11,211 Cuming county 13,782 14,584 Custer county 25.668 19,758 Dakota county 6,564 6,286 Dawes county. 8,254 6,215 Dawson county 15 961 12,214 Deuel county 1,786 2,630 Dixon county 11.477 10,535 Dodge county 22.145 22,298 Douglas county 168,546 140,590 Bundy county 4,098 2.434 Fillmore county 14,674 15,087 FranUlin county 10,303 9,455 Frontier county 8,572 8.781 Furnas county 12083 12,373 Gage county 30,325 30,051 Garden county 3.538 Cm-field county 3,417 2,127 Gosper county 4,933 5,301 Grant county 1,097 , 753 Greeley county 8/47 5,691 Hall county 20,361 17.206 Hamilton county 13.459 13,330 Harlan county 9,578 9,370 Hayes county 3.011 2.70S Hitchcock county 5.415 4'.409 ' Holt county 15,545 12,224 Hooker county 9S1 432 Howard county 10,783 10343 Jefferson county 16,852 15,196 Johnson county 10.187 11,107 Kearney county 9.106 9.866 Keith county 3,692 1,951 Keyapaha county. . . . 3.452 3,076 Kimball county -1,042 758 Knox county . . 18.358 14343 Lancaster county. . . . 73,793 64,835 Lincoln county 15.684 11,416 Logan county 1.521 960 Loup county 2,188 1,305 McPherson county. . . 2,470 517 Madison county : 19,101 16.97-1 Merrick county 10.379 9,255 Merrill county 4.584 Nance county 8.926 8.222 Nemaha county 13,095 14,952 Nuckolls county 13,019 12.414 Otoe county 19.323 22.288 Pawnee county 10.582 11.770 Perkins county 2,570 1,702 Phelps county 10,451 10,772 Pierce county 10,122 8,44o Platte county 19,006 17,747 Polk county 30,521 10,542 Red Willow county. . 11,056 9,604 Richardson county. . . 17,448 19.614 Rock county 3,627 2,809 Saline county 17,866 18,252 Sarpy county 9,274 9,080 Saunders county 21,179 22,085 Scotts Bluff county. . 5,355 2,552 Seward county 15.895 15.690 Sheridan county 7,328 6.033 "Sherman county 8,278 6,550 Sioux county. ' . . . 5,599 2,055 | Stanton county./ . . 7.542 6,959 . Thayer county. 14,775 14,325 Tliomes county 13.91 U2S JThurston county 8,704 6,517 ( Valley county. . . * . . . . M$0 7,339 ' Washington county. . . 32.738 33,086 Wayne county. , . . . , . 10,397 3.S52 Webster county 12,008 11.619 Wheeler county 2,292 1,302 York-county 18,721 / 18,205 Pete Simons was in town yester day. Henry Clapp dropped ia Mon day to exchange ideas. W. A. Parker of Wood lake was in Valentine the first of the week. Dr. M. F. Meer , dentist , will be at the Lakeview Hotel , Woodlake , the first Monday and Tuesday of each month. ' 19tf B. F. Piester was in town last week getting some real estate printing done to engage in the business of buying and selling land. He's an old timer in the west end of the county. Dr. M. F. Meer has decided to visit Wood Lake the first Monday and Tuesday of each month to do dental work. > 19tf ALTERCATION 7 -r.\ .Retiring President Attempts to Keep Treasurer Elect From Taking Books. Alma , Neb. , May 1. At the council meeting R L Keester retired , as may or and C. IS. Alter took the office. A A. Swam qualified as councilman trom the Secofid ward to fill the va cancy 'caused by the resignation cf Mr Alter When the question of the delivery of the city records into the hands of the wgman city clerk ana treasurer arose , an altercation took jiiace. As it is now , the records are divided between A A. Billings and Robert Poiter and Mrs. John Hufobard and Miss Jean McKee. the old and newly elected city clerk and treasur er , with quo warranto proceedings to oust from office on file : n the district court. The council meeting had adjourned and Mrs Hubbard , the cleric elect , had picked up the books to leave the State bank , where the meeting was held , when Mr Billings stepped forward to take them At this time ex-Mayor Keester came fdrward to restrain Mr Billings , and in the melee that fol lowed Billings was jerked against the stove and fell to the floor , bsing as sisted to his feet by Councilman Mahn. The old clerk and treasurer objected to the delivery of the records on the grounds that the decision of the court should be given , which would settle all controversy. The council meetings have been 1-eld in the Alma State bank , of which Mr Billings is cashier. St. Nichols Church. Services will be held at the Catholic church as follows : In Crookston , Sunday , May 21 , at 10 a. m. Leo M. BLAERE , Kecto'iy 1 40 Acres of School Land Half Mile West of Val entine. Who wants a nice home a good easy living ? 40 acres , all in the valley of the beautiful Minnecha- duza , creek flowing through one corner , soil rich and deep , shelter ed by hills on the north and south. This is an ideal place for garden farming , fruit and chickens. Good building location facing southeast , where stone chicken house can be built in the hill with front on level. 400 egg Cyphers' Incuba tor at half price to go with this deal. A bargain. Get busy. I. M. KICE , Valentine , Iseb. ! 6 4 -WEBSTER NEW INTERNATIONAL THE MERRIAM WEBSTERZ Because ifc is a IEW CBBA- " TION , covering every field of the 'world's thought , pction and culture. The only new unabridged dictionary in years. i * defines over 4 0,000 Word * ; more than ever before appeared between two covers. 2700 Pages. Oooo II' lustrations. rA it is the only dictionary oE page. A "Stroke of Genius. " Becans0 Jt * ? an encyclopedia in ' a single volume , Because ! t * accepted by the n . . Y Courts , Schools and Press as tlio one supreme aa- Because ° who * news - Success. Itet ua toil you about thte new for ppacteta of E ctricjtd G. & C.MERRIAH CO. , PQolwbc , receive FEES zt ofpcciet cups. Neverleave home OA a Journey with out a bottle o Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Pijirrliaea Remedy It .is- almost certain to' IDS needed and cannot be obtained when on board the cars or steamships. For sale by Chapman , the Want Fort Niobrara Opened to Settlement The people of Valentine and surrounding country , particularly all citizens of Cherry county , are undertaking to try and have the Fort Niobrara military reserva tion opened to settlement. There are 60,000 acres of land , which have lain idle five years , serving no purpose and adding that much to the unproductive , untax paying reaf estate of the county. It is the hope of those taking an inter est in the matter that a bill will be introduced which will open allen on the north side of the Niobrara river to homestead entry of 160 acres under the old law and all on the south side to Kinkaid 640- acre homesteads. A petition in triplicate will be found in Chapman's drug store , where persons from throughout the county visiting Valentine are requested to call and sign. There appears to be no objection to this movement but it is hard to get signers by reason of persons for getting or neglecting this matter. Therefore , all persons are request ed to call at Chapman's drug store and sign each copy of the petition. ( Published by request ) - For summer diarrhoea in children al- waj's give Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil , and a speedy cure is certain. For sale by Chapman , the druggist. LU ER We invite our friends to call and in spect the most complete line of lumber in Cherry county. We also carry in stock Plaster Board , Lime , Cement , Acme Plaster , Hard Wall Finish and Plastering Hair. / We also have Red and White Cedar Posts in all sizes and prices , from 10 to 19 cents. A complete line of Builders' Hardware , Barb Wire , Nails , Fence Staples , and Screen Doors. An examination will convince you that our prices and the quality of our material is right. D ERCO. TRY US FOR SALE BILLS Old Crow , All Leadin Hermitage Brands i and Bottled * Guchen- Under the heimer Supervision Rye. of the Whiskeys. U. S. Gov. We also handle the Budweiser Beer. THE PALACE SALOON , ' HENRY STETTER , Propr. Condemned Man Hands Over Knife and iron , Declares He Had Been Denied Priv ileges in Prison Accorded to Others , but Says He Bears No Malice Now Toward Anyone. Lincoln , May 17. Thomas Johnson , the Omaha negro murderer , created a Btir at the state penitentiary when he voluntarily turned over to Warden Delahunty a two foot piece of gaspipe and a sharp knite which he had se creted in his cell some time ago. With the knife Johnson told the warden , as le handed them over , he could have taken his own life or with the Iron pipe , he informed him , he could have slain the unarmed guard who stood watch over his cell. Johnson pulled the knife blade out of a crevice near the door sill of his cell and reached under his cot to get the gaspipe. The pipe was filled with wood , apparently to make it more solid. Johnson turned the implements over to the warden and remarked that he no longer had any malice toward any one. He- turned his discharge from the Spanish-American war over to Major Moore and gave directions in regard to writing to his sister in Chicago , where his seven-year-old son Jr living. The condemned man does not want his old father to learn of his fate. He said he did not care what is done with his body after the spirit has left it , but if he had money he would have the body shipped back to his birthplace In Georgia for burial. Johnson's Complaint. Johnson complains bitterly of the treatment he received under the ad ministration of Warden Smith and Deputy Welton. From remarks made Uy him In the presence of several colored - ored men and women in his cell , he had become desperate and may have had in mind the murder of some of his attendants or officers -of the peni tentiary. His principal complaint i alnst tb.e former administration , is that attendants would take other pris oners out for exercise in the opeir air ud * refused , on accourt of lack of ti5i8 , to take.'him out of-bis coil , Governor Aldrich is convinced that is faulty. . J. 1 * Ki.ey. attor for Johnson , caueil again "on the governor and asked him to commute the death sentence to life imprison ment or to issue a reprieve and allow the application for pardon to be con- sideied by the advisory board of par dons when that body comes into exist ence on July 7. The governor refused to interfere with the death sentence. BOARD VISITS BROKEN BOW Cucter County Presents Its Claims for Choice as Site of New State School. Broken Eo\v , Neb. , May 17. The board of public land and buildings vis ited Broken Bow to inspect two sites offered by this city for the proposed agricultural school. The beard was met at the depot by the Commercial club's committee and alter brnakfast was taken to the high school building , where the board mem bers addressed the delegation of citl sens. Alterwards the members were taken to inspect the two sites offered , both near town , and from there east to Berwyn and back. The aatomohlles taking part in the trip were from all sections of the county , the most progressive farmers of Custor county being guests of the Commeicial club. After dinner a meet ing was held in the Custer club rooms and Broken Bow's invitation was ex tended , after which the city's guests \vero taken in automobiles to Merna and bade. Ncbraskan Becomes P/lissionary. Ponca , Neb. , May 17 At a meeting of the Niobrara presbytery , held in Emerson , Linn P. Sullenberger , a graduate of Princeton Theological seminary , was ordained to the gospel ministry. Mr. Sullenberger was born and brought up in Ponca , Neb. The newly ordained minister has been ap pointed to the Presbyterian mission at Queza'.tPnanza , Guatemala , by the board cf loreign missions. Windstorm V/recks Farm Buildings. St. Paul , Neb. , May 17. On the home farm of Anton Kasperson , seven miles southwest of here , a small twist er wrecked all of the outbuildings on the place , including , the -large solid barn , and scattereoihvff jeckase prac tically over a quarter section of land. Two horses were in the barn and were buried. Some hogs and alxnt 150 chickens were killed. . Brakeman Killed at Columbus. Columbus , Neb. , May 17. John E. Piersall , a Union Pacific brakeman , was caught between the cars while making a coupling and died at St Mary's hospital frott. his injuries. The accident was caused by the slack in the "train catching him while he was aknukle. ASKS POPULAR BIDS FOR BONDS Secretary MaeVeagh invites i People to Invest. SMALL BIDDERS PREFERRED. Issue for Canal Expenses Expected to Be Largely Oversubscribed at Once. Not Available to National Banks as Circulation Basis. Washington , May 17. Secretary MacVeagh invited popular subscrip tions to a ? 50OJQ,000 issue of govern ment bonds , to reimburse the treasury general fund lor expenditure 011 ac count of the Panama canal. Treasury officials expect the loan will be largely overscribed and" in uis- tributing the new securities the gov- /ernruent's announced intention is to give preference to smaller bidders. The new securities will bear 3 per cent interest , payaole quarterly , will be free from all national , state and municipal taxation and will be in de nominations of $100 , $500 and $1,000. They will be dated June 1 , 1911 , and will be payable in fifty years. By provision of law the bonds vill not be available to national banks as the basis of circulation. Inasmuch as this is the first time the United States has ever issued bonds with such a re striction , much interest is attached , to the price they will bring. According to law they cannot be sold at less than par. The premium which they can command will reflect the national credit of the United States as compared with that of the nations of Europe. Inasmuch ac the postal savings bank law fixes the par value of a pos tal bank : bond bearing 2 % per cent in terest at $100 , it is agreed that the 3 per cent Panama canal bonds must bring more than par. "How much more is conjecture. The estimates range from slightly above psr to 103. Chocks and * postal prii6rs will be accepted for the . .new bonds some thing which never lias been done be fore. Although the Issue Is designed for private bankers , national banks which bid for the bond ? will be al lowed to deposit them as security for government deposits.