Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
REV. c. ShVIDCE VISITS
MR.. MICKEY'0 HOME TOWN
Reports the Results of His InVestiga=
tons and Declares the HypoCritical
Candidate Should be Defeated.
For This Statement He ''Nlust Answer at Bar of
Public Opinion and of God and He
Fears Neither Verdict

big place. A governor ought to
be a broad man, with a mind well
poised, with judgment mature,
with morals good, but this man is
small. His whole history has
nothing noble or inspiring in it.
His supreme egotism and boast
fulness are proofs of my point.
He rattles; | can hear his wagon a
mile off.
GRINDS DOWN THE POOR.
''Second-He grinds the face of
the poor. If you doubt it, go with
me to Polk county. The present
clerk of the district court of that
county says 'twenty-one years ago
| came to this section poor man.
| bought eighty acres of land on
time. | borrowed $3.50 of Mr..
Mickey, but it cost me S61.65 to
get it. Before that business trans
action was closed my Scotch wife
believed that john IL. Mickey was
q monster.
The man who thus speaks is an
officer today of the Presbyterian
church of his city and a highly re-
spected officer of his county.
Il know Methodist minister,
who in extreme need, asked this
man for small sum of money for
a short time. He was charged "a
per cent a year.
Mrs. John Burgess Of Osceo,a
lost her farm througe his shrewd
management and enormous inter-
est. After all was over she said:
Mr.. Mickey, you have got my
last dollar; how shall | get my
living" The fiancier replied: l
will give you bushel of potatoes
AS quick os lightning the outraged
woman replied: II you willcome
out from behind that desk / will
give you q black eye
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Joseph Koenig of Valley pre-
cinct, Polk county. gave a chattel
mortgage to j. II. Mickey to Sc
cure the payment of $3.50 on the
following property: One straw
barn, chicken house, the half of a
summer kitchen, stairs leading up
the outside of the house, 40 fence
posts, mostly cottonwood and box
elder, and the platform around the
we'll. He also agreed in sad
mortgage to z i've q second mort
gage to secure said debt upon 35
acres Of growing crops as soon as
planted, and later be gave the
mortgage. but on 70 acres instead
Of So. All OF this is q part of the
public records Of Polk county.
In Osceola during the years
1882 and 1853 it was the practice
of The village board to issue per-
mits to druggists to sell malt, spir-
ituous and vinous liquors. There
were three Of these permits grant
ed, and in each case Mr.. j. II.
Mickey signed the petitions that
permits be granted, also the bonds
of the parties to who the permits
were issued. Since those years
there have been no druggists per-
mits issued, but saloon licenses
have taken their places, except at
such times when the majority of
the town has voted against the
sale of liquors.
SOLD POOL AND BILLIARD TABLES.
j. IL. Mickey loaned man a
sum Of money Oh billiard and pool
tables in OsceoIa during the years
about 1890 to 1898. When the
parties who borrowed the money
were unable to pay the debt Mr..
Mickey took the billiard and pool
tables in payment of the same,
stored the outfit in the rear of his
bank and later reSold the outfit t.
another person, who again opened
a billiard hall in the town and for
two or three Years conducted a
most thoroughly Objectionable
place, bootIegging whiskey, beer,
onI no ,;pr. a., >I,a A. 4 II