Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

night. Bert is now a full flegeo
doctor and we wish him success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collett left Sun
day morning for an extended visit
through Michigan and Indiana.
They expect to be gone until Oct.
NJ. F. Clynes came in from his
homestead last Saturday and re-
turned Sunday afternoon. Mike
says rural life has greatly benefited
his health.
R. S. Faddis drove up from his
ranch last Friday. At present he
is busy erecting telephone lines
between different ranches. Harry
Harper is experimenting the job.
Charles Hudson called at this
office On business last Saturday.
He says that there has been too
much rain and the cold weather
has made crops grow very slow.
Work has begun on the new
opera house. The old court house
is to be remodeled into an up to
date opera house. Jas. Lash
burn has taken the contract for
the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Sparks, ac-
companied by their son Leonard,
returned from the East Sunday
morning. Leonard recently grad
uated from the Michigan military
academy.
S. A. Lee has erected a brand
rev barber pole, painted with all
the coIors of the rainbow. 1t GER
tainIy had ought to let you know
that there is a barber shop across
the street.
Mrs. Marjorie Williamson, of
st. Louis, is visiting her parents,
Judge and Mrs. Towne of this
city. Through an oversight THE
DEMOCRAT omitted mentioning her
arrival last week.
The DEMOCRAT force has taken
a moving streak. The editor has
moved his household goods into
the Daniels dwelling on Cherry
street and Mark Zarr now occu-
pies the rooms above the office.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Gould and
son John left for the East Sunday
morning. Mr.. Gould will spend
a week in Chicago and Mrs. Gould
and John will go on to Boston
where they will visit their old
home for several weeks.
Last Sunday the Odd Fellows
and Rebeccas held their memorial
services in honor of their dead.
Lead by the Valentine concert
band the members marched to the
graveyard. Six flower girls deco
rated the graves with flowers.
G. G.. Thompson called on us
yesterday while in town. He had
with him some fine samples of al
falfa, timothy, Kentucky blue
grass and wheat grass which he
raised on his farm southwest of
town. The samples are on ex-
hibition at the 1st National bank.
Last Saturday afternoon the
Crookston and Schlagel ball teams
met at Crookston and the game
resulted in victory for Crookston.
the score being s to 3. Up to the
eight inning the score stood 3 to
2 and the game was pretty fast,
but the Schlagel aggregation went
to pieces in the eight and ninth.
Kelly and O'Rouke for Crooks
ton and Lansing and Beeming for
Schlagel were the batteries.
Last Friday night, while taking
their regular constitutional about
1890 p. M, several young men
were startled to see someone cele-
brating the Fourth ahead of time.
A high board fence, which never
looked good to them before, sud-
denly took their fancy and they
made a hundred in ten-clip to
get behind it. There they watched
the celebration in perfect safety.
In the meantime the marshal
brayely attacked the marauders,
and, with much risk to his life,
took a pistol away from one and
razor away from another, and I'M
assisted landed all three in jail.
The town is to be congratulated
on having such efficient police Of
ficers who are always on hand
when trouble occurs (that is, when
it is all over. The young men
behind the fence, hailed the mar
shall as their deliverer, because
bullets did not look good to them.
Let everybody unite in praising
our marshal for his brave and