n VALENTIN EDEMOCRAT _ GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor and Manager. A Weekly Newspaper published every Thurs day at Valentine , Nebraska. Subscription - Sl.HO Per Year Local Notices , 5c per line per issue Entered at the PostofTSr-e at Valentine , NeX. for transmission through the mail ? , as second class matte" . Thursday , January 25. 1912. Chas. W. 13ryan , brother of W. J. Bryan , has asked the Dem ocratic newspapers of the state to take a straw vote on their prefer ence at the present time for Dem ocratic candidate for president. The World Herald thinks that it is a little early yet and that the pri mary election will be time enough for such an expression when the people will have informed them selves as to the merits of the men most prominently mentioned for the nomination. We are inclined to the belief as expressed by the World-Herald that it is too early yet to express a permanent choice or favorite. Champ Clark and ex-Governor Folk have agreed to leave their candidacy with the state conven tion of Missouri which is to meet Feb. 20. Champ Clark will prob ably be chosen by that convention and would be satisfactory to near ly every Democrat in the United States and possibly many progres sive Republicans would receive him favorably. There are also several other Democrats who would meet with almost universal favor among which we might men tion : Gov. Marshall and Senator Kern of Indiana , Gov. Foss of Mass. , Hep. Underwood of Ala , Mayor Gaynor of New York , Gov. Wood row Wilson of New Jersey , and Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio. Now all 7)f these men and a num ber of others are presidential tim ber and might meet with almost universal favor and would be sat isfactory to Nebraska people and especially democrats , but when we express a choice we do so as our idea or opinion of the most avail able man with whom the Demo cratic party can win. This will depend partly upon the republican nominee. If it should be Tuft , then either Champ Clark or Gov. Harmon can defeat him. If it be Theodore Roosevelt then Gov. Harmon or Wood row Wilson would be needed by the Demo crats. If LaFollettc be the Re publican nominee or Cummins of Iowa , Gov. Harmon could defeat them. Ohio is an agricultural state. Gov. Harmon was reelected ed governor by over 100,000 ma jority and is the most popular and available Democrat as a progres sive and is also conservative enough so that it cannot be said that he goes wild over anything. A man of big business ability and with a far reaching intelligence of the country. At the meeting of the voters of Valentine Wednesday night _ the * j city attorney assured ihe people that the village hoard was ready and willing to divide the town in to wards as provided bv law and to do everything necessary to con form to the law in regard to a city of the second class. This -will give the people a chance to vjte \vherhcr they dehire to retain city government or go back to village rule. Mr. Cornell lead several letters from nearby cities of ihe second class and they were very much in favor of city government. Valentine has been M village long enough , now let ns have r.iry government. The burden of sal aried omY.ers will not raise taxes nor bankrupt the town. 1 , the County Court of Cherry County , Ne braska. OKDKft OK IIHVUINC In tlie matter of t ho appointment ofamwrd , i.ui for the minor lieir $ ol Thomas li. Dirndl uocrasod. To Cyrus Dnxvell , Hyron Dnv.fll. Kva noxvll , NettiH Doxv-ll , liiila. . Dwell. l.Mie luvxel ! . Flora Duxxt-ll. 'led-y I'ouell and . ) n > iiafltt Hotx ell , minor Ileus of Thomas K. Dtnwll , iif. ci-ased. aim to all p. r o s mtei estea in said mailer : Yon are herebx n itifled tint ' > n tli 23th < Iay of December , It'll. ' Mauieu.i K. 1) v.t-11 lilnl her petition m the Comity Cnrt of Cherry Uountj. iS' Druska. jmijinj ; for illsapiii > nt i.ent < > [ tnaile ; = 11. Con'irllas jiUiiruian of > our jierson and fblateann : t is heiei y ordered that jou i and al pereoiii mtt-re-te-i in .s-'hl nwttfi ini\ , i and do. uppear m the.s.nd County c < niri on tJi 1 intli ciayof V iTiifp , ! ' ' ' * " ' . -tsi- . inert Ui x b . i in'1 . ' > o liiiide , auu that H c" . \ r ti.i oni-1 oe iuoi < Mid - < : d in 'tie Yili'iHlr * ' JJeiiicciui. for a peiio uf t two Mieces < ivG week N \\ti ) tMmh -13''iQ'a' ! * ' til. : LMtb flay ot'atiu r\ ! ' ' ' i - . .iiriOMr , Ou'uaij Jud0-1. Wale UV ; Aiiurucj a. & : * "V \ - ' ' * * " * ' ' Washington News By r. II. TAVKXNKK special "Washington com-spomlciit. Driven from pillar to post for explanations to justify the Pa.yne- Aldrich tariii' tax , stand-pat pro tectionists lon ago waived the theory that the foreigner pays the tariff and now stand on the assur ance to the people that , a prohibi tive tariff is for the protection of "American" workingmpn. TThen Schedule K , which places a heavy tax on every article of woolen clothing worn by every man , women and child in the na tion , was up for discussion , Aid- rich , Loiljre , Srnoot and other spe cial privilege servers of the House and Senate , declared their princi pal motive in levying a tax on those articles was to "protect" the ' "American" workingmen in the woolen industry. Schedule K be came a law , the prices of all kinds of clothing , made wholly of wool or partly of wool have advanced , and the combinations of manufac turers who contributed heavily to the Republican party to have. Schedule K framed and passed , have made millions. But how have the "American" workingmen - men been "protected ? " The strike of 15,000 textile workers at Lawrence , Mass , one of many similar illustrations which might be given , throws some lighten on the subjpet. It puts the lie to the statement that Schedule K protects the "American" work man , because the information shows there are scarcely any "American" workers left in the woolen manufacturing industry to protect. The mill owners have "protected'3 the "American" workingmen by driving them from their employment with low wages and unbearable working conditions , and by ( illiug their places with contract laborers from the South of Europe. Fifty-two different nationalities are repre sented by the strikeis at Law rence , and forty-live languages are spoken there. Bayonets and de creased wages for the men , wom en and children workers , instead of the workman's paradise pic tured by Aldrich , Lodge and Srnoot , is the definition of Sched ule K that the mill workers at Lawrence are learning by actual experience. In view of the strike of textile workers at Lawrence , Kas. , it is interesting to know how the wool en mill owners attract cheap la bor to their mills. Congressman A. P. Gaidner of Massachusetts , while speaking one day in the House on the subject of immigra tion , contributed some valuable in formation to the subject. Mr. Gardner is a stand pat protection ist of the Aldrich school. "For example. " said I > Ir. Gardner ' ' .suppose I am a Syrian conduct ing , a Syrian boarding house in the city of Lowell , Mass. Per haps some mill sends down to me for hands. I furnish them at a somewhat lower rate of wages than is expected by ordinary citi zen help. I advance the money for Syrian emigrants to come over I tell them that if they do not pay me back i.he money 1 advanced I will have them arrested ; that they must hand over the full wages that they get in the mill. They are held in terror of the police. Meanwhile I take all their wages while I feed them and keep them alive just as I would feed and keep a horse alive that I had imported for use is a livery stable. " Whenever the steel trust has for a high tariff-tax it has based its plea on the benevolent excuse that its first wish was to "protect the American workingman. " Al ways , when the Republicans fixed a high tariff-tax on steel their or ators and leaders shouted that it was done to "protect the Ameri can workingman. " Louis D. Brandies , citing figures from the Federal Bureau of Statistics , says- : "Under the guis of Protecting ; American work ingn.a.en J P. Mor- ii-f' and tin- owners of the tteel trust have subjected the laborer to 1 gTTKsh s'xcessive toil , and depriv ed him of his liberty. In Enjand : sieel in borers work only o\jt hours The only Bakin ALUM , MQ LSMS PHOSPHATE a week , while in this country they average 72 hours a week. About ja third work more than 72 hours , and a fourth work twelve hours a day and seven days a week , with an occasional 2i hour day when the shift is made. To work men this way not only makes them ' 'old at forty" but necessarily de generates the race , mentally , mor ally and physically. " Every Re publican who will ask for vote ? next summer will base his request on the plea that he wants to "pro tect the American workingman. " Land Office Notes. Heretofore the estinmte of the vacant land in Cherry county made annually by this office in its annual report of the vacant land in this distiict has always been V more or less inaccurate , because of the great extent of the territory covered. The cilice has recent Iv \i completed plats showing the va cant hind in ouch township , and it appears that on .January 1st there * ; is approximately 425,000 acres of vacant land in this conn. ty- The ofHcc has sent to the state auditor the annual list of entries on which linal certificates have been issued during the calendar year. It appears that there were four commutation proofs , aggre gating 573 acres. There were O O six hundred five-year proofs , ag gregating 280,070 acres , an aver- * 3 > Cj J J age of 470 and a fraction acres each. There , wore three soldier's additional entries located , aggre gating 200 acres. There were O O one hundred and fonrry-four pub lic sale' , aggregating 2-t,022 acres an average of 173 and a fraction acres per sale. Thus theie was ; i total of 3U,772 acres to be added to the 1912 tax lists in this districtOf this amount , about throe rpuirtejs lies in L-herry cotin- tv. % j While hills have been intro duced in congress to restore the old practice of allowing credit for six months of residence to the en try man who commences residence upon his homestead within the first six months after filing , yet it should be remembered that the fate of a bill is always problemat ical , and those who offer final proof at the present time mutt show a full live years residence. In the case of James A. Lan sing * - , from this district ' , the O < rcner- al land office has made an impor tant rnliiiir in regard to the ri rht cj Q of an en try man who has made -.Mid completed one entry under rho Kinkaid act , to .make another entry not adjoining the fiivt. The commissioner hokio thnt the right to make an entry under the Kin- - kaid act applies only to those who' have noi hereto ! ore IISK ! iheii right under that act. The only . C" * exception is in the statutes , which provides that : i person who made an entry prior to May ,29 , 1908 and who still owns and occupies it , may make an additional eiitrv * / to complete his total of 640 acres. Mr. Lansing attempted to secure the balance of < M-0 acres by enter ing land not adjoining the Kin kaid entry upon which he had made final proof , and the action of the local office in rejecting his application is sustained. The action of the local office in rejecting the application of John J. Wilkius , who swore to h' ? homestead application for rhern county land before an officerin Rock county , has been ' sustained by the general land White Clay Precinct. Mrs. Milt Dewing visited at Humphreys last week. Earl Porter is working at John Lehman's , cutting posts. 0. L. Hopper went to Jvushville Thursday to do some trading. The attendance at school Wed nesday of last week was three. Blaine and Logan Talbot enroll ed in Dist. 4:1 : Monday , Jan. 5. J. 0- Apian went to town Fri day and visited with his family over Sunday. Miss Emma Wellnitz is assist ing Mrs. Plantz at liushviile for a couple of weeks. Monday and Tuesday were fine days. Wednesday the snow fell a foot deep on the level. Should any more fall before some of this melts we will have to shovel our way out. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Talbot came out from liushviile Saturday and will stay with Mrs. John Leh man for an unlimited time. Mr. Talbot is assisting John saw wood with an engine. In The District Court of Cherry County Nebraska. Tn the JtrittT of tlie application of A. E. lli'.ith. mi.iruian ot Kenneth Murphy , minor lu-irot Lillian Murphy , deceased lor sale ot re.il Kstatf. On reading and filing tlic petition ( Inly vfii- fiiMl of A K llf.-itii , iriiiirii.ui f > t lv * nn'li Mnr- phy. minor tcirt hilliin Murphy , d"favm , to-- liceiiMto sell Ihe interest ot" said minor hfir in and to ho following fle cnned rU ctnti' , t-i-uit : Lots ! . " , IGanu 17. Hlock 1.Pole's riou'h Sule Addition to Village of Cody Cherry County , .Veltraski : for the purpose of the payment ' ment 01 tli < ' mdebt < dne.is ot buid miiioi , aml'ic appeal-Hi ; ; to tlu ; et > nrt that sail i * al estate consists of iinpro\cd town lot and than it h lor Thebes * , interest of said minor ttell said real estate r.mi nse th proceeds for the pur- UOM * ot p ivinjj ihe del)1 ; of s iid \ \ ird. It is tlierefae onleieil tli.it the next of km and all JUTMVJS interested i'l siud estateapp-ar Let oreme at C.-iaitihers in ih Court Ho t > e m the i ity ot llnsliM'.le bli'-uda'i ' < onuty. Xe- t-raska. on thea : ! day of .lannnrv , 11)12. ) to show cause , it any there be , why lirensiwild not he Drained to sim A. K heath , fruardun. to sell said real estate for the purpose ahovr ht-t torth and it is f.trlher otdf led that a copy ct' his orcier i e published oi"-e each \\oek ior three Miccesheeeks in Tlie -Miioetat l , a ne\\-viaper ] pruned and published in said Conn ty of Cherry. Datul ot \ hambers in Sheric.in County this 30th day oi December , I'Jll. W. H. We over Tud iiuf District Court , NG CAUSE IS UOOBT A Statement of Facts Backed by a Strong Guarantee. We guarantee immediate and positive relief to all sufferers from constipation. In every c.ise where our remedy fails to do this we will return the money paid us for it. That's a frank statement of facts , and wo want you to substantiate them at our risk. liexall Orderlies are eaten just like candy , and are particularly prompt and nggrceable in action , may be taken at any time , day or night ; do not cause diarrhoea , nausea , griping , excessive looseness , or other undesirable effects. They have a very mild but positive action upon the organs with which they come in contact , apparently acting as a regulative tonic upon the re laxed muscular coat of the bowel , thus overcoming weakness , and aid ing to restore the bowels to more vigorous and healthy activity. Eexall Orderlies are unsurpass able and ideal for the use of chil dren , old folks and delicate persons. \Ve cannot too highly recommend them to all sufferers from any form 1 of constipation and its attendant j evils. That's why we back our faith in them with our promise of money back if they do not give en tire patisfaction. Three sizes : 12 tablr.-ts 10 cents , 36 tablets 25 cents ; and SO tablets 50 cents. Eeniemj j ber , you can obtain Eexall remedies j in Valentine only at our store The t Rexall Store. G. A. Chapman. Here is \voirum v * ho speaks from personal - j ' sonal knowledge and long experience , viz. , : Mrs. F. H. Brogun , of V7ilson , Pa. , who says , "I know from experience that ' Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is far su perior to any other. For croup there is nothing that escels it. " For sale by Chapman , the druggist. iieranaut sale at ihe Ked Iront. It is our desire to acquaint you with W. B. Cor sets. We would like to have you look them over carefully , see how the various parts are perfectly adjusted , and how they fit into each other without a pucker ; how the boning is placed so as to bring v out every desirable line and curve 'and how some 1 lines have a tendency to subdue superfluous parts while curves round out to a desired fullness. W. B. Corsets are a combination of grace , solid comfort and guaranteed wearing1 value. To get the most value out of a corset it is best to select one suitable for your figure. Remember , a comfortable fitting- corset should be three inches smaller than the waist measurement taken over the clotSies with a corset. If an especially snug fit is desired allow four inches. This is exceptional. 1 For Slender Figures Sivi c - Bust Hip Sizes Price : Low Short 18 to 23 $1.00 4" : i Medium 18 to 24 $1.00 1135 Medium Long 18 to 23 $2.00 For Medium Figures M Style Bust Hip Sizes Price 1133 Low Long 19 to 28 $1.00 1139 Medium Medium 19 to 25 $1.00 121 19 to 30 $1.50 For Average Figures Style Bast ' . 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