VALENTINE DEfHOGRj i
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor ami Manager.
A WeHtly Newspaper published every TJr.irt-
< lay nt Valentine , N
Subscription - § r.50 Per Year
Local Notices , oc per line per issue
Entered at. the I'ostomcft nt Vaiciitine , Neb. .
for transmission through ilu ; mr.ils. as second
class matter.
Thursday , January IS. 1912.
The meeting held lu&t night nt
the court house to tilk : over the
udvisibility of changing the form
of municipal government of Val
entine lo that of : i city ol the second
end class did not biing out clearly
enough the merits or demerits of
changing from village government
to that of a cify of the second
class.
Bv having more than one thous-
v O
and inhabitants Valentine auto
matically becomes a city of the
second class but \vilh : i right 10
retain the village form of govern
ment if the people so desire. ' We
are , according to , the statute ? , a
city of the second class at present
but still retain the village * .yovern- _
menr. It is now up to the voters
to say which they bha.ll have.
Other towns , .Aiiiswojtli and
Gordon for instam-.e , have more
than the required popnhition bu-
no move has been made to co
operate them as citie ? .
With the population we now
have , it is optional with thu voters
whether we shall continue as a
city or < * o back to village govern-
/ o o o
ment.
Village trustees do not icceivc
a compei atit n for the w < rk they
do for the village. Under tne
city form d g < vernment the
mayor , comscilmen , cleric , attorn-
ev and other om'ccjs would receive
'
a compensate n , ( the maximum is
set by Jawj for their services. In
a town the si/e of Valentino it
would not be necessary to pay
more than $5 ( ) < > per annum in sal
aries , and with the \voik in sight
to be done by the tfhVers of the
town it would not be too much to
allow certain oirircs the maximum
pay established by law. Under
this fcrm of government the city
would have a rcspontibe head in
the major.
The meeting was adjourned and
will a ain meet Jicxt Wednesday
O '
night. This will give everyom *
opportunity to look up the.iela-
tive mer.ts of each form of govern-
fc-j
mcnt.
A dispatch from \Vashin < rtoi\
dated January 15 , says that , "Pres
ident Taft today Hjfnecl an ord-r
reserving 1-1,000 acres of the Nio-
brara reservation as bird pre
serves. The balance of the reser
vation , which has been abandoned
for military purposes , is open for
entry. The preserve may later bo
used for bison and elk. Congress
man Kinkaid at first opposed the
proposition , but after submittihij
the proposal to the people of Val
entine , submitted to their wi he
and supported the measure. "
The li,500 set aside for a game
preserve lies east of Ft. Niobrara ,
and comprises an area 5- } mile
north and south and 3i miles east
and west with Ft. .Niobrara about
the center of the west line. The
National Fish Commission is now
lisjuring with the Interior D jpart-
raent and are asking for 160 acres
or2iO acres lying about the pres
ent fort , taking in the creeks and
springs adjacent , and using the
same for a National Fish Hatchery.
This hatchery land would join
the game preserve on the west.
It is all very nice to have a game
preserve and Fish Hatchery close
to Valentine but it would be ever
so much better to have farmers on
that 14,500 acres. Valentine can
not draw trade from game pre
serves ; what it needs is a large * *
farming community. With 123-
000 acres in the Niobrara section
of the Nebraska Forest Reserve ly
ing soirth of the Snake river in
Cherry county and used for graz
ing purposes , it seems unvise to
take this 14,000 acres from the
military * reservation which to a
large extent is tillable hind , and use
ito'as ft preserve , The forest re-
? prvo would 'bo an ideal place for
proportion of animal and bird life ,
ar d it would not so seriously inter
fere with the welfare of Valentine '
and community.
I The land nol included in this pre
serve is not open to entry as was
stated in the above dispatch and |
will not be opened for entry until
' acted upon by congress.
COUNTY FAIR.
The Commercial Club of Valen
tine having been requested to call
a meeting of the farmers , stock
men , and all others who are inter
ested in orginizing a county fair
and live stock association , the
sme : is hereby called to meet in
the court hoirse at one o'clock on
Wednesday , January 21 , 1912.
It is hoped that all citizens from
every part of the country , who
feel interested in orgiuizing an
association for the aforesaid pur
pose will attend this meeting.
The hour Ins been fixed at one o'
clock in order that the delibera
tions may begin as promptly as
possible after dinner and be con
cluded early enough for persons
driving from a distance to return
home in time for the evening
chores. It is very much hoped
that this meeting will be attended
by a large and representative
number of ihs citizens of the coun
ty. C. H. Cornell , President.
R. 11. Ivoontx died suddenly at
the home of Will White , jMerri-
man. The body was shipped to
Council IMufi'.i , where the funeral
was held on Wednesday. For the
past several years Mr. Koontx was
aiHicted with locomolor ataxiannd
was totally helpless the past year
or t\vo. jMr.s. Kxmtz has been in
an Omaha hospital for the past
six weeks and \vas not able to at
tend the funeral. .Mr. Koontz
leaves besides his wife , a live year
old son , v.hois with Mrs. Hardin
in Omaha and an adopted daugh
ter residing in Kansas City.
Mr. Koontz was born at Wash
ington , Pa. , Xov. IS , 1861 , and
cime to Cherry county in March ,
IStO and located six miles west of
Merriman and lived on the ranch
until he sold out in JS9U. When | |
the Northwestern road was going
through he did contract work on
that \\estofValentine. .
S-l acre farm for sale. Good
house ; ! fair barn ; 45 acres alfalfa :
25 acres fenced hog tight ; all un
der fence : all tillable ; 1 mile
from town. This is certainly a
line farm , and cheap at1,800. .
Address , S. K. Imes , Altoona ,
Food sale by the ladies of the
Presbyterian church , at Iloeniji's
store on Saturday , January 20 , at
10 o'clock.
A big dance- Friday night iir
Quigley's llall. Fisher's Orches
tra. Everyone invited.
J. W. Copeljuul , of Diyton , Ohio , pur
chased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for his boy who had i\ cold , < nul
before the bottle ws nil used the boy's
cold \vis gone. Is that not better lhau
to pay ji five dollar doctor's bill ? For
j sale by Chapman , the druggist.
Dr. M. F. Meer has decided to
vi > it Wood Lake' the first Monday
and Tuesday of each month to do
dental work. 19tf
If in need of wind mills or wa
tcr tanks call on Breuklander
Kone better made. 42-tf
Sick lieauMche is 'caused by a disor
dered stomach. Take Chamberliiin's
Tciblets and correct that and the head
aches will disappear. Sold by Ghapman ,
the druggist.
iDid you ever let a good thing
slip ? Get busy then before this
one. is gone and let S. K. Imes
help you lo trade that 6-10 acres
for a good home in southeastern
Kansas. Have a 210 acre farm
for sale at § 37.50 an acre , all till
able. Other land for sale or trade.
For particulars address , * S. K.
Imes , Altoona , Kansas.
Button Trimming for dresses
etc. , is the latest. Save .your
scraps of cioth and take them to
the Red Front where they can
show .you IS stj les including the
j new oblong shape made to or-
Vder. 46
Washington News
JJy ( ' . II. T.V\XNKX special Washington
President Taft has just taken an
action that is worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually to
the paper trust , by refusing to re
move the tax from print paper and
wood pulp.
When the Reciprocity bill was
passed a provision was tacked to
it providing for the free admission
of print paper and wood pulp flora
Canada. This provision became
law whether the reciprocity act
was agreed to by Canada or not.
Therefore , although reciprocity
failed , print paper and wood pulp
are now admitted Tree from Can (
ada.
Five nations which ship paper
to America Sweden , Xorway ,
Denmark , Germany and Austria- j i
Hungary immediately demanded .
of the United States the right to i
also ship print paper and wood
pulp to this country free of duty.
"We have treaties with you , " de
clared these countries to the United -
ted States , kkin which you agree to
extend to us the same concessions
you extend to the most favored
nations. Therefore we demand to
ship paper and wood pulp into
jour country free of duty the
same as Canada. " Obviously this
argument is unanswerable. How
ever the president has announced ,
through the treasury department ,
that a tax will be collected as here
tofore on all print paper imported
from any other country than Can
ada. The president advices the
European nations to appeal to the
Supreme Court of Appeals , which
it is declaredyis only a subterfuge.
President Taft has declared he is
willing to concede the justice of
demands for cheaper paper , but
when tiie opportunity offers , his
acts refrute his words , and show
that he is willing to violate treaties
with five friendly nations rather
than to give even a slight conces
sion to freer trade.
The taritl oa print paper is to
all practical ends a lax on intelli
gence , because in this day and age
tiie great mass of the people re
ceive their education on public
questions through the newspapers.
With print paper practically con
trolled by a trust , the price has
systematically boosted , so as to
work a hardship on the prosper
ous publishers , and to make print
paper nigh on to prohibitive to
many of the small , country pub
lishers whose earnings are not any
too great at best.
Meanwhile there is pending a
bill introduced by Senator Hey-
burn , which proposes to repeal the
Canadian reciprocity act. Hav
ing been rejected by Canada , the
law is dead without being repeal
ed. But if the act is repealed ,
the live added section providing
for free print paper would also be
repealed , and the old tax on Can
adian paper would be restored.
Since the tax on Cinadiau paper
and pulp has been repealed , 81 in
dependent paper companies , rep
resenting a capitalization of eijih
ty-three million dollars , have
started up in opposition to the
trust. Already there have been
some reductions in prices , and
this explains the reason of the jo
ker in the "Heyburn repealer. "
Why would it not be a good idea
for all Democrats , everywhere , to
hereafter taboo the use of the word
"tariff , " and in its place use the
word "tax , " which is what atari ! !
really is. If every Democratic
writer and speaker would use tl e
term "The Payne-Aid rich tax
bill , " instead of "The Payne-Al-
drich tariff bill , " from now until
the polls close on November 5 ,
there need be little conjecture as
to the outcome of the election.
Who doubts but that if the
Dingley taritf bill had been known
and red'ered to generally as the
Dingley tax bill , and the McKin-
! P.V tariff bill as the McKinley tax
bill , and the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill as the Payne-Aldrich tax bill ,
the Republican party.could not be i
in power today.
The word "tariff" is too , indef
inite. There are hundreds of
thousands of men who may be
brought to biiisve that it would be
to-lheir advantage in some indi
rect , mysterious wa.y to vet for
a tarilf , but who could not ; be cajoled -
joled or coerced into the convic
tion that it is to their individual
interest to vote to put an enor
mous la : < on everything they oat
! I wear , and use.
j If Democratic editors will make
it a standing order in their oiiices
. to substitute the word "tax' * for
| i ' "tariff , " in every article having
to do with protection , and if every' '
stump speaker will carry on a
, similar crusade , and if the raovc-
j ment will be made nation-wide ,
; ' the problem of 'reverting liopub-
lican victories at the polls will
have been solved.
Think this over !
One of the Chicago packers , in
the trial now going on sit Chicago ,
complained that "S.vift infringed
on our territory. " The disputed
territory v.'iis in New York and
Vermont , and the question natu
rally arises : How did that ten-
tory , or any other territory , come
to bi the exclusive property of
Swift or anybody else- ?
The answer is simple. Because
Swift and the oiher packers , after
driving the butchers in the local
communities in New York and
Vermont out of business , by-'un
derselling them , divided up the
territory thu.-rseized and called it
their own. Of course , as it was ,
theirs ! Hiving stifled all com-
peihion , both from within and
from without the district , they
were leit free to advance prices of j
meat to suit the amount of dividends - !
dends , and to cill the territory
"their own. "
' " \Yhy talk about placing any of
the necessaries of life on the free
list ? " is the cry that goes up from
the standpatters every now and
then. "If this were done , " they
ask , "how could the government
raioe revenue to meet its ex peri -
? * '
set-
This is how : By levying an in
come tax aad an inheri&ance tax ,
as does every first cl.us nuion o n
the face of the globe , save the
United States of America.
The 11 un ; n Catholic press in the
United States is represented by
newspapers and periodicals in En
glish , German , French , Polish ,
Bohemian , Italian , Slavonic , Mag
yar , Dutch , Croatian , Spanish and
Indian ; of these 18 are dailies and
115 are weeklies.
St. Nicholas' Church.
Services will bo hold in the
Catholic church as follows :
In Valentine on Sunday , Jan. 21.
1st Mass at S a. m. ,
2nd Mass at 10 a. m.
Benediction of the Blessed sac
rament after Mass.
In Arabia on Sunday. Jan. 28.
LEO M. BLAEP.E , Rector.
THEEFFHSTI'UftXtf.Vc .
Tastes Like and is E&ian Like Candy.
In our experieuce in the handling
of drugs and medicine , \\e believe
\\e buve never Lac ! experience \\ith
an j Remedy that gave such great
satisfaction to our customers as do
Rexall Orderlies. This Remedy is
not like any other lax-iiive or cath
artic. It contains ail ths good
features of other lax tiives , bat none
of their faults.
Our own faith in Rexall Order
lies is so slrongai'iS olfer them >
to you with our own posi-iva perj j
soual guarantee , that if ihoy do not i
thoroughly satisfy yon , you only '
need tell us and we will hand back
to you every penny you paid ui for ' i
them. Therefore , in trying them !
upon our recommendation you take j :
no i isk whoever. j j
Rexall Orderlies taste like and ' !
are eaten like c-indy. They do not ! :
I |
gripe , cause nausea , excessive loose- i
net-s , or any other annoyance , j
They act so easily that they may
be taken at any timed ty or night.
They are particularly good for chil
dren , aged or delicate persons.
They are pat up in convenient tab
lets in three sizes of v ckages.
Prices , 10c. . 2oc , aud oOc. I
Remember , Rexall Remedies can
be obtained in ihis community only - ' <
ly at our store The Rexall Score.
( ? , A ,
| ! fi °
i 61111 ut
re that not closing
> desire to announce we are
ing out , but are still selling- the very best goods
at reasonable prices.
Our line of John Deere Fmplements , Yelie
Buggies , Molinc and Davenport Roller Bearing
Wagons and Samson Windmills is complete
and priced right.
We also have a large stock of lumber , lime ,
Wail Plaster , Cement , Brick , Pasli , Doors , etc.
Is it not good policy to patronize a firm "who
'expects io continue in business and intends to
handle the same line of goods for years to come.
Yve never advertise so-called bargains
because we have always had our goods priced
riff lit.
A. E. llorris. W W. Xorrissey. Dr. C. W. Noyes
Go tcr the
toc xchange'Saloon
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VALENTINE'S PURE L5QUOR CENTER
alther F. A. Meltendorff , Propr.v
HE VALENTINE HOUSE
W. B. HOWE , Proprietor
Successor to John D. Eaton.
Electric Lights , Hot vruter Heat , Good Ko'/ir.s niul f3cd3 where you
can feel at home and be comforts be while vou remain.
*
We invite old patrons and others to call and sec us.
a r\ . . X . -AW s ? 3 ri :
L. ' M. / n i S u L
Headquarters at the cage House
R sosebud a a a otel
Leave Valentine at 8 o'clock every morning ,
Sundays excepted.
Arrive at Rosebud at 2 o'clock p. m.
Leave Rosebud at 8 o'clock every morning ,
v Sundays excepted.
Arrive at Valentino at 2 o'clock p. rn.
5'a
5'r JBritt at 11 o'clock a. m.
Special attention to passengers , baggage and
express or packages.
Leave orders at headquarters or at the Red
Front store.
D. A. Whioole.
DAVIS and
J V * MOHANA , Prop.
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3j j GENERAL -
3J J A1ERC-HAND5
5' .
g P- r. ff\ff Ti M7a
A 5 er cent IM en ail IVm'cer
We carry fie Best Use of Shoes of whick
every pair Is backed by a guarantee from
I te actory , ry us an you will be ccm-
vace ,
We Pay Highest Market Price for Hides.
_ e urove Restaurant
Edmund Qerber , Prop.
First Class Meals and Short Orders
Board by the day or week. Ticket good for twenty-
one meals $4.50 , Single rneals 35c. Come to the
Cottage Grove Restaurant for a "square reeal , "
