* ] * " i „ l ! . , _ _ 4 < J. H. DAY , 4 ! , " GenerafMerchandise. Hats , Caps , Boots 4 i and Shoes , Notions and Furnishing Goods. Ffour and Feed. : = : : = : : = : HOESES FOR SALE. | Wood Lake , Nebraska & HflONTAGNE 1 Livery , Feed and Sales Stable , Wood Lake , Nebraska g * S * Special Attention to Hunting and Fishing Parties. I H. A. LYONS , ( Successor to "NVelker & Lyons ) Wood Lake , Nebraska Am still doing driving and freighting. .Special attention to hunting and fishing parties. A JLYJLO JLM 8tr 'g JL. % Jl llJi > / ( Successor to Ed Young. ) Full line of Groceries and Dry G-oods , Millinery Goods and Ladies' Furnish ings. Boots and Slides. Hosiery. Men's Clothing and Furnishings FLOUR , FEED AND COAL. i Wood Lake = Nebraska. GENERAL FARM F. J. and LIVE STOCK Ep" " . R Satisfaction guaranteed and prices reasonable. Thirty years ex perience in the Eastern slates. Will go to any part of the State. Wrjte me , or dates can be made at this office. F. J. WILSEY , Auctioneer Box 826 Rosebud , South Dakota w. ER GENERAL MERCHANDISE Boots , Shoes , Dry Goods , Hats , Caps , Millinery , Groceries and Provisions. GRAIN FEED FLOUR. Special sale of Ladies7 and Misses' Suits and Skirts , Shirt Waists and Misses' Coats SATURDAY , MAY 27,1911 Wood Lake - - Nebraska Notice of Probate of Will In the coun ty court ot Cherr- county , Ne braska. STATE OF NEBRASKA , I COUNTY OP CHEIlltY. j hS To all persons interested in the estate of Joseph .lames , deceased : On reading the petition of Laura Kime , praying that the instrument filed in this court on the 16th day of April. 1911. and purporting to be the last will and testa ment of the said deceased , may be proved and allowed , and recorded as the last will and testament of said deceased : that said instrument be admitted to probate , and the administration of said estate be granted to Kekey F. Kime , as executor. It is hereby ordered that all persons inter ested in said , matter , may , and do , appear at the county court to be held in and tor said county , on the 2Uth day of TVIav. A. D. , 1911. at 10 o'clock , a. m. . to show cause , if any there be , why the praver ot the petitioner should not be granted , and that notice of the pendency of said petition and that the hear ing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in the Valentine Democrat , a weekly newspaper printed in said county , for three Miccessive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand and seal ot said court [ SEAL ] this29th day of December. A. D. , 1911) . JAMES O. QUIGLhJY , County Judge. C. A. Ruby , attorneys. 17 a Sight in your busiest season when you liave the least time to spare you are most vlikely to take diarrhoea find lose several -day5 * time , unless you have Chamber lain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy at hand and take a dose or r appearance of the disease. Foi , , the druggist ! . Order of Hearing and Notice on Petition foi Settlement of Account. * In the county court of Cherry county , Ne- STATE OF NEBRASKA , I _ _ County of Cherry. t" " " To the heirs and all persons interested in the estate of Henry Fllnenux , sr. , deceased : On reading the petition of Henry Flineaux jr. , praying a llnal settlement and allow ance of his account filed In this court on tin : 2nd day of Slay , Hill , and for n decree o ! final account. Jt is hereby ordered that you and all per sons interested in said matter may , and dc , appear at the county court to he held In and lor said county , on the ilth day of May , A. D. , I'.Ul , at 10 o'clock. a. in. , to show cause , if any there be , why the prayer of the pe- titioiH'r should not be granted , and that notice of the pendency 01 said petition and the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in said inaftor by publishing n copy of this order in The Valentine Demo crat , si weekly newspaper printed in said county , lor four successive weeks prior tc said day of hOarlng. [ SEAL ] JAMES 0. QUIGLET , J7 4 County Judge. Happiest Girl in Lincoln. 'A Lincoln , Neb. , girl writes , { 'I had been ailing for some time \vith chronic constipation and stomach trouble. I be gan taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and in three days I v.us able to be up and got better right along. I am the proudest girLin. Lincoln to. find such a good medicine. " For sale by Chapman , the druggist. "J jr " " . NET WEIGHT CSJIIISEJPHEIJ State Wins Test Case Brough Under Pure Food Act , GOTTOLENE CASE IS LOST Decision of Lower Court on This Prod uct Is Reversed Because of a Defec in the Statute Package Provisioi Applies to Lard. Lincoln , May 24. The decisions ii several test cases made on the ne weight provisions of the pure food lav were given by the state supreme court the" provisions being sustained in ful by the ruling. The principal case ; were against the National Biscui company. The cases involved the le gality of sales of package goods b : the retailers and interstate and intra state sales as well. In tiie entire lis of cases the legality of the pure fco ( law is upheld , the supreme court fur ther holding that the package pro vision holds to lard , but not to cot toleno. In the cottolene decision the holdinj was that the latter product may b < sold without being branded as to ne weight or measure , because the stat < law proscribes that any compoum sold under its distinctive name is no ; misbrandetl if it be labeled with it : name , ingredients and manufactory. Chief Justice Reese wrote the opin ion pronounced by the supreme coun in the biscuit cases and Judge Letter those in the lard and cottolene cases PASTOR SMITH ON TRIAL Divines of United Brethren Churcf Meet to Try Beatrice Preacher. Beatrice , Neb. , May 24. Three min isters of the United Brethren church Presiding Elder Epley of York , Rev M. O. McLaughlin of Omaha and Rev Mr. Jones of Lincoln , arrived in this city to act as a court to try Rev. J A. Smith , pastor of the United Breth ren church here , against whorr charges have been preferred. Dr Schell of York will prosecute the case and Rev. Mr. Burkett will defend Mr Smith. The trial opened today anc some sensations are expected. The following are the charges pre ferred against Mr. Smith : First , thai his financial record is not good ; sec ond. that his leaving the Blue Springs church to rome to Beatrice was irreg ular ; third , that he is guilty of wreck less and irresponsible statements ; fourth , that he has circulated false and slanderous statements concerning the United Brethren hospital here ; fifth , that he has disobeyed the ordei and discipline of the church. PATRICK CQONEY ACQUITTED Jury Finds That Kearney Man Did No1 Murder Elmer Mercer. Kearney , Neb. , May 24. A jurj brought in a verdict of not guilty in the case of Patrick E. Cooney , charged by the state with the murder of Elmer Mercer in this city on the night oi Dec. 21. The jury was out two hours , Four of the most prominent lawyers m this part of the state were engaged by Cooney , while the county attorney and the city attorney of Kearney con ducted the prosecution. Cooney is a bartender and Mercer was found dead in front of his saloon with a broken neck and his face bruised. The men had been quarrel ing a few minutes before Mercer was found. Fainting Bertha Given Three Years. Lincoln , May 24. "Fainting Bertha" Liebbecke , who has a long police rec ord in several of the cities of the west , was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary by Judge Cornish. She pleaded guilty to the theft of va rious pieces of dress goods from two department stores. She fainted when sentence was pronounced on her and screamed for mercy. She was taken to the penitentiary. Dies of Acute Alcoholism. Lincoln , May 24. John Olson , a Swedish cement laborer , was found dead in his rooms here. An Inquest and an autopsy indicated that the man had died of acute alcoholism. The room where he lived contained scores of whisky bottles , which were re vealed when the room was searched. Fall From Roof Fatal. Aurora , Neb. , May 24. Albert W. Lane while at work tearing down an aid ice house in East Aurora fell from fhe roof , about thirty-five feet above Lhe ground , and suffered injuries which resulted in his death.- Dr. William Prctzman Dies. Linco'n , May 24 Dr. William Protz- man , the oldest physician in active practice in Lincoln , died at his home. He came to Lincoln twenty-eight years ago , being born in Ohio , July 19 , 1828. Kidnapers Draw Long Terms in Prison Las Vegas , N. M. , May 24. Judge C. F. Roberts of the district court pro- iounced sentence on Will Rogers and Foe Wiggins , the confessed kidnapers ) f Baby Waldo Rogers on March 29 ast. Both received from five to iwelve years in the penitentiary. In .he absence of a statute for" kidcap- ng in New Mexico the men were jrosecuted for burglary. STATEH Resolution Affecting Arizona an New Mexico is Passed. DAY IS SPENT IN ARGOMEHT Arizona Must Vote Again en Recall o Judges and New Mexico Must See ! to Make Its Constitution Easier c Amendment. Washington , May 24. The join resolution admitting Amopa and Ne Mexico to immediate statehood , bu withholding the approval of the const tuticns of both until the people hav \oted on proposed amendment : passed the house by a viva voce votj No roll call was demanded on th final vote. The resolution rorc3 Arizona t veto on PR r i : iInie t removing th recall provision , as it applies t judges , and requires New Mexico t vote on an amendment making it constitution more easily amendable i the future. Neither state is require to adopt the amendments proposed b congress. Whether they are approve or rejected by the proposed relerei dums. the constitutions of the ne1 states will stand finally approve when the respective votes have bee taken. The resolution passed in the forr proposed by the Democratic niajorit of the committee on territories. E "forts were made by the Republican to force Arizona to veto out of it constitution the recall of jntl os ante to give immolate and unqualified a ] proval to the Xew Mexican constti ! tion. Both provisions were rejecte singly and lat r , when Mann embodi" them in a motion to recommit th measure , they were voted down. The Democrats saicl the proposal t force Arizona to reject the recall wa an effort to keep that state out of th union. The Democratic resolution , sai Chairman Flood of the territories con mittee , presented the fairer methcx namely , to leave to the people the cl ( termination of the recall question. Notwithstanding this method , Denu cratic orators bitterly denounced th recall of judges during the debat * while Republican insurgents refuse to join Minority Leader Mann in th proposal to force Arizona to give it uj Representative Martin W. Littleto ( N. Y. ) made a strong attack , not enl on the recall , but upon the initiativ snd referendum. Don't Overlook : Son. fli you arrears remember always find IBS WitJiont Hard Scraping Because tiie fine particles of the Cleanser immediately loosens and removes the hardest " burnt in " food-crusts , which soap-powders and scouring - bricks may only wear off after long.hard scrubbing. Many other uses large Sifter-can lOf , * -i i-y. Furniture and Paints and Oils , Cattle Undertaking Goods Dip , Stock Foods , etc. Johnson Bros. , Lumber , Machinery , Hard ware , Harness , Saddles Wagons , Buggies and a full line of Haying Tools , Windmills , Pumps , Pipe , etc. Full stock of Posts and Barb Wire. Wood Lake , - Nebraska ausen & Co. General Hardware , Wagons and Machinery. , . . - . . A complete line of / - ' . * ' - * Harness and Saddles Household and Kitchen Furniture Lumber and Fence Posts WCCD LAKE , NEBRASKA K. M. Faddis & Co Postoftlce address Valentine or Kennedy. Some branded on left ( high Horses branded , shoulder lor thifh Some Some branded branded on rteht thigh on Mt or shoulder. shoulder or thigh P. H. Young. Simeon. Nebr. Cattle branded as cut on lefc side Some Q.yon left side. on left jaw of V horses. Range on Gordon Creek north of Simeon. 1ST. S. Rowley. Kenueds , - Same as cut on left , aide and hip , and on left shoulder of her ses. AlsoE0S8H ° left side hip. 'f ' X on Jell e Some rafc tie brand ed . „ pe ( either side up ) on left side or hip. p on left jaw and left shoulder of horses , HIon on left hip of horses. ] " on left jaw of horses C. P. Jordan. Rosebud , SD Hordes and cattle same as cut : also CJ BE JJ on riffht hip. Ranvre , on Oak and Butte creeks. A Iile-al reward for information leading to detection ; - - . - - of rustlers of stock hearing nnv of these brand1 * . E. M. Ten-ill , Propr. Brownlee , Xeo. t C.ittle branded as " in c-.t on left side. Home branded K. T Y on left hip. Ilnnge on North Lonp liver , two miles west of Brewnlee Not Afraid St Francis Mis sion , Rosebud. S. D. Cattle branded as in cut ; horses same or .HCH on leftthieh , Kauee between ! ? prin < C'k and Little White river. Albert Whipple & Sons. Eosebud S , D. Cattle branded SOS on left side OSO OD rightalde Home cattle also have af fen neck Some with A on left shonlder and some branded with two bars ncrosH hind qnar- _ _ ters Some Texas cattle branded O ou left aide and somej on left side. Horses branded SOS on left hlo. Some cattle branded A"W har connected on both sides and left hip of horses D. M. Sears. Kennedy , Nebr. Cattle branded as on cut.left side Some on loft hip. Horses same on left shoulder. Range Square Lake. Nebraska Land and Feeding Co. 3artlett Richards Pres Will G Comstock , V. P. Cbas C Jamison Sec&Treas Cattle branded on any part of animal ; also the following brandy ; horses same Range betweea Gordon on the F JJ. &M. V..B. B. and Hvannis on R & .M. fl.R. in Northwestern Nebr. KARTl.ETT KirilABDS. Ellsworth , Nebr Sawyer Bros. Oasis , Nebr G. 1C. Sawyer has charge of these cattle. El rsea l > on left shoul der. Somel left side. Horsdsl same left thigh. Kange on Snake river. Metzger Bros , Rolfe Nebr Cattle branded anywhere on left side * . Earmark , square crop right ear. Horses have same brand on s/t thigh. Ranpe on Gordon and Snake Creeks. A Reward of $250 will be raid to any person for information leading to the arrest and final conviction . , . of any person or. persons stealing „ * ! „ , ivjft , ai > ovp brand. J. A. Taryan. Pullman , Nebr JCattle branded JY on right side Horses branded JY on right shoulder Reasonable reward for any information leading to the re covery of cattle strayed from my range. A TRIUMPH IN THE ART OF BREWING THE LEADING BEER jMcGreer & Carroll IN THE MIDDLE WEST Dealers - Valentine