Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16

Oct. 1st: Born to Martin Becker and
wife a girl baby. Mother and child
are doing well.
Geo. Slower, the father of the young
man. killed at Merriman by John
Green, was in our city last week.
A prairie fire was raging several
days OF last week on the reservation
and burned off thousands of acres of
good winter range.
Work was bugun laying the wall of
the FIRST National Bank on Monday.
| Work will be pushed as rapidly as
possible:
Geo. B. Simpson, asst. G. F. A., Of
c. & A. r. r. OF Kansas City, Mo-, is
| visiting with Larkin Hancock since
last week.
Frank Cody was rather boisterous
and was called down by marshal Cor
bin last Saturday, and taken before
Judge Towne, who imposed fine of
$12 and costs.
1t is reported to us that triplets all
girls we're born to Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
| Nollette on Oct. LIST. One of the three
died in ii hours. The other two have
since died,
A prairie fire started from Rogers
Bros. camp. while putting UP hay
south of Wood Lake, on the Ramsey
place, burning a grove of trees and
about 20 tons of hay belonging to
McDill and a lot of range. It Was
finally put out.
Mrs. John Tinnin and little girl,
came down from Nashville Monday
morning, on their way to their home
in Texas, stopping off at Valentine,
expecting to see her son who has been
holding a bunch of cattle up on the
reservation.
Harvey %Ingerson, of the Iugerson,
West Co. Commission firm, of Sioux
City, has heen in the city and county
the past week buying cattle! He
purchased 100 head of yearlings from
j. E. Cochran, 125 head of stock cat
tie of John Cronin, 154 from w. G..
Ballard and POO from j. H. Quigley.
A party of Omaha men, MIR. Mum,
of the F. E & M. ", Mr. P%orterfeld,
Mr.. Palmatler and Il. H. Rhodes, are
camping out on blackberry Lake for
a few days. Reports say that Mum
and Porter6eld are good parIour hunt.
ers. The rest of the party were very
successful in 5agging ducks and chick
ems.
Services at the M. E. Church next
Sunday as follows: Sunday school at
10 a. IN. Morning service at IL a. m,
Subject, "Doorkeeper for God" Class
meeting at II m. Junior League at
2:3O p. m. Epworth League at $50 p.
NJ. Evening service at 40 p. m, Sub.
iect, Hero for the Gospel" PRAYER
meeting Thursday V at 7:3O p. m.
You will receive cordial welcome at
all these services. CHAS. W. RAY,
Pastor.
The first of the series of entertain
ments of the lecture course will be
gived Monday evening. Oct. q, at s
o. m. at the NJ. E. Church. The Hahn
Park Concert Co. will be with us that
evening. ALI who have tickets may
have the number of seat, row, ect.
placed upon them by calling at the
Co. Clerks office. Those who have
subscribed and have not taken their
tickets yet, will please do so this week
or next. G. S. REECE, SeC'y.
P. Sullivan came down from Merri.
man Tuesday and received a warm
greeting from his numerous friends in
Valentine, who haven't forgotten the
faithful services rendered by him as
County Commissioner. Mr.. Sullivan
is receiving encouragement from his
friends for the Office of representative.
John Green, who was held by the
coroner's jury, for the murder Of Will
Slower at Merriman the 18th Of Sept,
at the preliminary hearing before
Judge Towne Tuesday, was bound over
to District Court which convenes Noy
Eth. Bond was fixed at $4,000 which
was not given and prisoner was held
in custody of Sheriff Layport. The
impression that this Green is some
relation to Herb Green, formerly pro-
prietor of the Hotel and now the
druggist is incorrect. There is no
relationship between them. John
Green has until recently lived up on
the reservation, having come to this
country from Southern Texas, and i.
part Mexican and part Jew, or what
some call a %scheeney and married a
daughter of Ben Lessert on the re-