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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
UTAH'S BIG JUBILEE.
RECENTLY CELEBRATED HER
SEMi-CENTENNlAL.
Fifty Years Ago Brigham Young, the
Mormon Prophet, Led His People
Into the promised Land" and Laid
the Foundation of State.
Founding "a State,

The people Of the State of Utah re-
Gently completed their big celebration
of the semi-centennial anniversary of
| the arrival of Brigham Young and his
band of 1,160 pioneers in the valley of
| the Great Salt Lake. Almost full
week was required to fittingly observe
the great empire building work of Brig
ham Young.
1t was on July "a, 1S47, that the pio-
| neers emerged from the rugged detile
now known as Emigration Canyon and
faced broad and sunny valley, which
sloped gently to the shores of an in
land sea. On the east, the Wasatch
Mountains, and Oh the south and west
the Oquirrh range made grim walls
about the desert. When the pilgrims
had proceeded little further they saw
large fresh lake few miles to the
south, emptying its surplus waters into
the inland sea through a slender river.
These odd conditions suggested a strik-
ing comparison to Brigham Young, who
felt that he was a Moses leading a new
tribe Of Israel to new promised land.
L uc IIeSu like WIS Uuc sea OIL l1DorlaS,
the salt one the Dead Sea. the river
was, of course, the Jordan. This, then.
was the new Palestine; and here the
leader and his followers would build a
new Jerusalem. Advancing a few miles
into the valley, and halting near the
banks of a roaring brook, Brigham
Young struck his staff upon the ground
and exclaimed: "Here we will rear our
temple in holiness to the Lordv'
The small party of emigrants who
ended their tiresome and dangerous pill
grimage in the Utah desert fifty years
ago gave but the slightest promise of
founding an enduring State. They.
had come to an arid land, and possessed
neither canals nor the slightest knowl-
edge Of the art of irrigation They had
but scanty store Of provisions, and
thousand miles of deserts and noun
tains lay between them and any base
of supplies. They had no shelter save
that offered by the canvas coverings
of their crowded wagons, and there
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

The New Orleans Times-Democrat is
trying to ascertain by letter how the
various newspapers Of the country look
upon the old problem Of the govern
ment ownership of the telegraph. 1t
appears from the Times Democrats in
quiry that it is prompted by the fact
that most of the telegraph stations in
the South are closed by p. m., and
that it finds trouble in securing news
by wire unless its order is in long be-
fore that hour, which, Of course, is not
always possible. If the telegraph in
the hands of a corporation does not find
it profitable to keep its offices open for
the transmission CT news matter or any
other messages it is not likely that the
government controlling the wires
would find any profit in it either.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
National Wagon Road.

The national road" from ST LOUIS
to Indianapolis was part of one 81 the
great systems of roads which. before
the days of the iron horse, Were pro-
jected by the national government to.
connect the East and the West One
such road was planned to cross the AL
leghenieS. traverse the Western States,
connecting Cincinnati and St. Louis by
means of branch roads with all side
points Of importance, while other sys-
tens connecting New York with Phila-
delphia, Washington and the South
Considerable progress was made Oh
these roads before the invention Of the
railroad, but after the tramWay system
was found to be practicable work on.
the national roads was almost aban-
dOned, and these highways were, as a,
matter of fact, turned over to the State
and county authorities through which
they passed. In some cases the ma
tional roads were maintained III good
repair; in others the changes IN the
centers of population have also effect
ed a change in the highways, and the
national roads We're abandoned for
more convenient routes.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

were no forests near at hand from
which lumber could be made. But they
went to work under the direction of Il
masterful leader, turning the waters of
a canyon stream upon the hard alkaline
soil and stalking the last of their stock
Of potatoes on the venture. The result
of this desperate beginning is seen in
the Utah of to-day
Utah of Today.
This latest of American States con-
tains nearly 100000 people on the occa-
sion Of its fiftieth anniversary. Of
these less than one-third live in large
towns, Salt Lake City, the metropolis
and capital, containing about 10000,
and Ogden, its cheerful rival, about TO-
GOO. More than two thirds of the total
population is dispersed in mining
camps, ON the stock range and over a
myriad of farms.
While Utah owes much of it's present
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

far end of Prince George County, on
the introduction Of a friend of mine
and his, who said as he wasn't good
for anything else, perhaps he might
be made handy in a store. | took him.
just to be accommodating, Of course,
and promised to give him q chance to
rise.
He was about 10 years old, and wrote
poetry between times, so l put him to
sweeping out as a starter. He could
sweep well enough, and after Il week
l put him to doing the chores, and ad-
yised him to study the stock while he
was resting.
After about six weeks Of this kind Of
training l concluded he knew enough
to take charge of my scrap counter,
which was q counter where l put all
my old stuff about every sixty days.
ures and with the additional informa-
ton to those looking for bargains that
there would be 10 off for cash.
Trade was lively the morning 1 put
him at it, and he was doing as well, if
not better, than the more experienced
clerks, for l noticed several people get
ting around his way and getting out
pretty quick with what they had
bought. didn't think much about the
why's and wherefores until the young
fellow came to me at the desk with q
suit Of clothes in his hands to ask me to
explain something. The suit bore a
large white card inscribed with Il big
black "SS."
Il don't quite understand this" says
he. ''The others L sold were marked
$10.75, S11.5O, S11.9S, S12 and $124S,
and it was easy enough to calculate
what 10 off would be and sell them for
Is cents, $3.50, S1.9S, 50 and S24S. but
I'll be doggoned if L see how you're 60
ing to throw $40 off of an SS suit. un-
less you want to give the customer 50,
and | reckon you amt that liberal,
even at the scrap counter. are you"
It mighty near gave me a spasm, that
did. concluded the gentleman, and I
put another clerk at my discount coun.
ter p. d. q.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

The New York Times prints a very
serious editorial article objecting to
the quality Of English used by the re-
porters of baseball games, and it quotes
from a contemporary to show how un-
Ineligible and vulgar the language in
such accounts is. This is an old com
plaint, and one which time has done
frequent efforts to simplify and purify
base ball English, but they have failed
The readers Of the base ball column do
not want to read intelligible English.
That is all there is to it. If the report
of ball game Were written in ordinary
English, the base ball crank would not
understand it. The same is true of all
sports. The racing men, the golf en-,
thusiast, the bicycle crank, the yachts
man, each has his own vernacular in
which he insists that the report Of his
particular sport be written. This is
of course, all Greek to the average
newspaper reader, but so, too, would be
the game itself, and so long as the meD
most interested are satisfied what ara
the odds? The plea that the language
is being corrupted has long since beer
exploded Rather, it is being enriched
Every year sees incorporated into ouI
coloquial tongue and our written words
expressions owing their existence to
sporting and other walks Of life which
are both strong and graphic, and which
4<,f >drp
language, and hurt no one.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

The author Of work called 'The
Gold Standard has raised his voice
In protest against the action Of a Sen
ator who incorporated the entire text
Of the volume in speech he made and
had it reprinted in the Congressional
Record. 1t is now being distributed
free Of charge to the constituents of
the Senator and others. The author
has a clear case against the Senator
under the copyright law if he wishes
to prosecute it. This is not the first
time that Congressman have done this
thing, but this man is the first to pro-
test against it. 1t is a piece Of high
handed piracy.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

Some things may be done better in
Canada than in this country. For ex-
ample, there is the gold commissioner.
He sits on the case on the ground
where the dispute arises, hears evi-
dence while the witnesses are yet alive
and available, uses his own common
sense and good judgment and renders
his decision in time for the legal owner
to work his claim next day. The
chances are ten to one that the gold
commissioner gives better satisfaction
generally in a mining camp than could
any poking process Of appeal.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
Fruit in Hot Weather.

1t is a popular faIlacy that the free
use of fruit in summer is the cause Of
bowel disturbances. while as a mat
ter of fact no diet can be more health
full at this time than one composed Of
fruit and farinaceOus foods. with per-
fectly pure milk. Flesh Of all kinds
decomposes with great rapidity both
before and after eating, and summer
heats greatly accelerate this process
Hence flesh food frequently causes
grave arrangement of the bowels. as
the poison produced by this decOmpo-
sition acts powerfully as an emetic and
purgatiye. All meats are so heating
that they should be used sparingly dur
ing hot weather. and there is the added
argument that the whole system Graves
a change from the winters diet.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

When the Venezuelan cowboy wishes
TO catch a bull or COW for branding,
or for any purpose, he rides alongside
dead-run, stoops from his saddle,
grasps the creatures tail, and, with a
sharp, peculiar twist, sends the animal
rolling on its back. From the force
with which it falls, the creatures horns
almost Invariably pin its head to the
ground, giving the vaQuero time to dis
mount and sit on its head, holding the
animal helpless to rise, while a COM
panion ties its legs.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

farms range from three TO twenty acres
the smallest Of any State III the
Union. They are universally devoted
to diversified agriculture, and thus rem
der their unmortgaged proprietors alb
solutely self-sustaining.
In another important respect these
farms differ from those elsewhere.
Their owners do not live, as a rule,
upon the farm acreage, but in villages
or home centers. These are located at
central points in bodies Of 5000 to 1O,-
600 acres. The farmers have their
homes on acre lots in these villages,
getting from this small area many of
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
A Congressman's Horseshoes.

Congressman Russell, of Connecti-
cut. has something like a bushel of
horseshoes which he has picked up.
Six or eight fine specimens ornament
or disfgure his apartments at the Ham
ilton in Washington, and the remainder
of the bushel. except a few, are stored
in an old box at his home in Killingly
The few which are especially reserved
from the collection in the box are
hanging on the port waist oar which
Russell used to pull a winning stroke
with in the old six cared crew of Yale
College in '13.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

Twenty-Five years ago scientists pre-
dicted that abundant coal fields would
be found on both sides of the British
channel, and the predictions have been
fulfilled. Besides the great Kentish
fields discovered several years ago and
yielding bountifuliy ever since i'm
mense tracts Of coal have been recently
found between Calais and Cape Girls
nez. The French discoveries were the
result of those in England, geologists
being sure that the same belt OF coal
extended under the water from one
country to the other. This last discov-
cry is of the greatest Importance to in.
dustrial France.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

verge of insanity. This is not sur
prising, considering the fact that un
der the law Of that State it is prohib
fted to employ the convicts in any gain
ful labor. The wonder is that the PEN
itentiaries Of New York are not all full
Of lunatics Imprisonment under such
law is inhuman. 1t is a retrograde
step and it cannot but result shame
fully for the State. No power has the
right to drive even it's convicts insane,
and that is the tendency Of this law.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

Boston rejected Bacchante because
sn the excess of his artistic emotion
Sculptor Macmonnies utterly overlook
ed the trifing detail Of clothes. Now a
substitute for the brazen beauty has
been found. Boston is ready to adopt
Sculptor Miranda's draped figure rep
resenting the Spirit of Research If
the current newspaper illustrations are
correct, the new figure looks like a
Boston spinSter with a tablecloth over
her head and in hysterit, over the ap.
proacl of a mouse.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

Come, Nancy. old horse. and keep movinb
l want to get home TO my tea
You've been loafin' little-improvin
The chance of my dreamin', | see
Twas the cold and the moonlight, ,
fancy,
And the snow on the pine and the birch,
But they've sent me back forty year,
Nancy,
To the sociable down to the church.
| remember so plain. when / asst her
If | might see her home. and she said,
Yes, Caleb BY Jinks, if I'd daster.
I'd sartinly stood on my head.
And when we walked out there together
Right by my old rival, Ike Murch,
My heart was as light as feather
At the sociable down to the church.
Twas n night of the Lords own design-
in
Too good for us mOrtals below:
All still. with the moonlight a-shiu.n',
And the world fast asleep in the snow.
And shc-well. God bless her,-she tilted
The scene like an angel whose perch
Up III heaven had somehow been luitted 4
For a sociable down to the church. v
All, hum. / dunno how / said it,
But somehow | told her. you SEQ.
What would seem mighty fiat if you rea9
it,
But meant all creation to me.
And there's more in that simple Old story
Than iii ages of study and search.
For my life's been lit up by the glory
From the sociable down to the church.
Well, Nance. I've been settiu' herer
dreamin.
And our journey is pretty nigh through,
There's her lamp in the window, a-beam-
in
She knows how / watch for it. too.
The chief of Gods blessin's, I'm scnmin',
Is that / wasn't left in the lurch
w hen l asst her to marry me, cOmiu'
From the sociable down to the church,
L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
THE GREAT MORMON TEMPLE.

prosperity to its mines, and will be
even more deeply indebted to this item
of it's resources in the future, the broad
foundation of its economic life is in its
irrigated soil There are some remark
able facts to be recorded about its 49,
SIG farms. In the first place, 1864 Of
them are absolutely free of all incum-
brance. The average size of these
FARMS is twenty-seven acres, but as
some large ranches are included in this
estimate, the figure given for the aver
age W. high. The typical
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

him of strong support among the mem
bers of the church, not even when he
vigorously attacked the leaders for
''rlsing the livery Of heaven to serve the
devil in as he once did in the heat of
the campaign. The first Representative
chosen to Congress, c. e. Allen, had
been for years Il powerful and uncom-
promising opponent of the church. But
he was elected with the aid OF Mormon
votes.s The twelve apostles are divided
betW.eap the two great parties. The
diWsio,l which has come after forty
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

The St Louis Republic remarks edi-
torially: We can whip Spain. We
can whip Japan and we can whip En-
gland, too" We'll, if it comes to the
worst, it is a sEeetly solemn thought
that St Louis paper stands ready to
tick all of Uncle Sans enemies at q
moments notice.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

A poor miner in Pennsylvania is said
to have fallen heir to $4,000 by the
death of an uncle who came to him
In the disguise of a tramp and was
kindly received. This story reads as
though it had been written by some
William Whiskers with a fancy for
tales of Imagination and desire to
have his kind treated we'll by those
whom they would in the future solicit
Cor Handouts"
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

Mrs. Charlotte Smith, the profession-
al reformer, who is helping to make
Boston truly good, will ask Congress
to appropriate enough money to send
100000 unmarried women to Alaska.
How delightful! That ought to be q
great place for ice cream the year
around if somebody would furnish the
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

Atlanta Journal: Lynchings in Geor-
ga will never be suppressed by en-
couraging the mob to believe that they,
rs indicators of justice, are superior
TO the law, or by encouraging judges
Of the superior courts to yield to the
demand Of mobs and trying men where
prejudice is overwhelmingly against
them
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
UncrOwHed Rulers,

There are many reigning sovereigns
at the present time who have never
taken the trouble to be crowned
Among them may be mentioned the
German Emperor, the King OF Italy
the King of Spain, the Queen OF Hol.
land, the King of Bavaria, the King OF
SaXony.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
Lives on Insects.

There is a quaint plant which grows
in pea bogs. 1t has large flowers. with
an odd umbrella-like shield in the cor
ner. The leaves are generally aboW
half full OF rain water, in which many
insects are drowned Some naturalist.
insects.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
HE WAS A BRILLIANT CLERK.

How a Virginia Prodigy Gave a 10
Per Cent. Discount.
l once had a promising bud of genius
in my store down on the James River,
said Virginian to reporter. l keep
a general store there, and this bud, that
promised to bloom into seven kinds Of
a loo loo flower, came to me from the
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

The London Globe says that the Japs
ean easily whip the United States: but
h evidently underestimates the fight
sng abilities of the Yankees, as John
Bull has done on two previous occa-
SionS to his own sorrow.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

A New York woman 80 years Of age
was arrested on Chicago street for
wearing male attire. She explained
that she had worn the same garb for
years in Gotham, and couldn't see
why these Western towns should be
So particular 1t is queer.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
THE MORMON TABERNACLE.

the things they consume, and having
the social advantages of town life to q
| considerable degree. The church is
also the dance hall, and in the remotest
hamlet there is q Sunday night dance
led by the bishop. These social ar
rangements have contributed much to
the contentment OF the farming popu-
lation There has been less tempta-
ton for the boys and girls to leave the
soil and go to the large towns than
elsewhere. The people live under such
conditions that neither panics, strikes
nor wars could seriously menace their
three meals 4 day.
The MormOnS are admittedly the
founders Of irrigation among Anglo
SaXons. Until they made their first
rude canal from City Creek on that
July day, in 1871, men of their race had
never dealt seriously with this indus
try. AS the pioneers enjoyed a practi-
cal equality in the matter Of property,
their irrigation works were necessarily
built by means Of cooperative labor.
Every man performed his share of the
work and received his proportion Of
stock in the company which owned the
canal. 1t was nearly forty years after
the first settlement was made before
costly works were built by outside cap
ital, and the innovation was not re-
garded with favor by the Mormons. In
Utah the stores, factories and banks
are owned very generally by joint stock
companies, consisting of multitudes of
small shareoWners.
The Mormon Church.
After a half century the Mormon
church is still q dominant factor in the
life Of Utah. In numbers and in wealth
1t is, Of course, a far greater church
than it was fifty years ago. The prac-
tice of polygamy, suspended by formal
edict in 1890, is now thing Of the past
speaking in broad terms. But the doe
trine is still religiously held among the
tenets of the church. It is doubtless
sincerely believed in by the majority Of
the people, and is usually more vigor-
ously defended by the women than by
the men. There are occasional arrests
under the Edmunds-Tucker law, but
there seems no reason to doubt the
good faith of the church in discounte-
nancing the practice.
The older generation of Mormons
rule the church, but the younger gen
GRAFTON rule the State. The Governor,
the two Senators and one Representa-
tive are natives and of Mormon parent
age, though Senator Rawlins is said to
be an apostate. Contrary to general eX
pectations, this fact has not deprived
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
The Nalenfine Aemorraf
ROBERT GOOD, Editor and Prop.

Gentlemen who are now raising
money for steamer fare to Alaska VIII
DO well TO remember that the walking
will not be good coming back.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

Down ct Atlantic City the other day
q New York man announced that he
was about to burn up the ocean. For
tunately he was arrested before he did
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

The announcement is made that
seven convicts in the Kings County
penitentiary, New York, have gone in
sane and that two more are upon the
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19
a RIoodless Battle.

In 1918 a battle was fought near Mi
Ian, in Italy. and so perfect was the
armor of both armies that, although
the conflict ragged from Q a. m. 70 D.
m. no one on either side was either
killed or wounded, though one man
broke his collarbone by falling of his
horse
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

We Go not admire everything Cupid
does, but there is no denying his good
taste and sense in dressing.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

years of political solidarity appears to
be genuine, and the people carry on
their discussions with the proverbial
zeal of new converts.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-08-19

A water spout-A temperance oza-
tion.