Loup City Northwestern, i
VOL X1V~ "-LQUP CITY. .-lll.HM.W coUXTY, NKLKASKA. KltllLW. A1MSII, I'M*;*;,_NUMBER H
Thk Northwkstkrn
*»UBl.iaHBD BVERY FRIDAY
AT Till'. COUNTV HK AT.
uICO. 10. HI'JSNttllO ri'.B.
Editor and Publlabnr.
TERMS SI SO par Taar, H Raid la Mvanca
Eatered at tlte Loup Clay PoeV/IBae for toaaa
atUelou throafh tbs mall* M mmmA
•laaa natter.
ObIf BepomiCiB NewiDaDsr id SDeroaD cooDtr
Miriioucaa uoi kTy ooavaaToy,
/. Republican county convention for HHer
man county. Nebraska will lm held In the
Court floime at Coup City. Nebraska on
Saturday. April llth IkM. at one o'clock p in.,
for the purpose of electing delegates from
aald county to the convention to bo held at
Hrokeri llow. April lath. IWM. to elect delegatee
from the sixth congressional dlstrlet of Neh
rusks to the National Republican convention
at Hi. Lools, To elect delegates from aald
county to the nehraska State Republican con
volition at Omaha. April K.th I** and to trim
•act such other business as may come before
ealdcounty convention
Representation In said county convention Is
apportioned to the several townships of said
yountp as follows-.
Oak Creek 2. Rockville 4 f,ogan k
Clay k. Washington k Harrison 7,
JL. Kim 2. Hcott 1 Webster 4
llszsrd ft, lump City II Bristol 4,
Ashton ,4
It Is respectfully recommended that town
drip primary meetings he held on Katurdav
April 4th l»d
Republican central committee, Sherman
4'ouuty, HyM H Mkao Chairman,
It It, Urn nows, See. pro tern
So far h* heard from every town*
chip in Sh«rma» county hum elect
ed * McKinlnv delegation, which
myana of «r>ura* that * McKinley
delegation will tie aent frotn here to
the <Jm«ua niav® coDvemion.
•
It is proposed U» organize a stock
commission company for tb« pur
pose of raising, shipping and sell
ing celery at Kearney, and if that
is done a t housand acres of celery
could he rai **<1, and employment
given to 5,000 hand* annually.
t’olitisal issue* awd-public joter
«sts seem to die a natural death un
less the newspapers stimulate, and
revive them. The truth of this
statement is evidenced in the re
cent, should-ha ve-beoii village elec
tion. Now the prominent business
men of the village are saying that
an election should have been held.
This is true, and It is also true that
they should have taken more Inter
est in it. The newspapers simply
published the call but made no issue
on which to conduct a campaign
JIIOUS WALL roil CONUSLMMAN,
The following are the comments
extracted from our exchange* pub
lished iu Hus congressional dirtrict
regarding the caiutidaiy of Judge
II'— 11 .
V V nil <
Judge Auron Wall of Loup City
will be a candidate for uoiigrees
from the Sixth district, subject to
the approval of the republican con
vention at Broken How. Mr. Wall
ban bean long identified with this
locality and knows its needs and
the wishes of the people a* well as
anyone, lie is also an able speaker
uud an energetic worker. -Ord
4juiz.
v Judge Aaron Wall,of l.oupCity,
is announced ns a candidate for the
republican nomination for emigres*
in tbi* district tliis fall, Jedge
Wall is known ail over the stale a*
an able lawyer, an orator, and a
fearlee* exponent of rcpubliuanixu
The republicans bon l got a strong
•r rasu in Iks dietriet then Judge
Wall, nor one who would make a
better eifligressmau, in ease of hi»
Iuotninaliou and election Mason
4Hty Trenwiipi
b
Judge Well, of l.oup City In* si
l«*t sighted lo* lutwutioii of ei tcr
iog tits in* ‘for the oongr> seional
••iwissllec in Ibis U 1*1 ltd, Tbs
Judge Is one «il the old sleiMldii*
•’* ihe og u' O mui |oi<«, and o. tit >
»-t up urn Us* j t*im| but bl* yob.
ti»* •*•'** tie .1 I ||s It*• alsi*}k
l«>rii s*a|k*ii.g tbi utto. I lent l*‘
p'. »i kt I to i ci * •kvtl iny lieu r
f r bbssrif fHsrsfote H i* not uii
at this Mine f u Wall to
s**!*•** t 11*1 Ihi »» fio'ii l« it, pan
4 *■* *b%i b> bk* 4*<tsi> I up tin
I* duty nl I sldii, st*i oid put t», p, <**>
ticsl ** *1 I he o publican idea in f» i
I »»•'**>» ChsWr Con hi * |l, pwh‘t
WEDDING BELLS
iron MASCOT
Mix* Kl<i A<I;iiii« mix! J. TlhU» IJ»'t#i1
In tli« Holy Honda of Wsitlacli
Tlic ««rlil wax x»>l
Tin, yiiriJcn wax it Willi
Ami mun, ttii' hi’inilt xltiln"!
Till woman »rnIll'll
bast Tuesday at high noon, at, the
borne of the bride* parents, Miss
Flora Adams was united In marriage
with J. L Tibbs, Mr, Tibbs for
tbe past two years has been ona of
the most dashing beaux of our oily.
Ils la an active, bright hraketnsn on
tbs B. A O. W. W , and on the high
road to promotion. Miss Flo has
bssn known for the past two years
as tbs Mascot of the Flora Demo
erst olTIus. She is ous of the best
compositors In the slate, a <|Hiet,
level headed little lady with rare
ability, industry and Independence,
and withal very handsome. The
couple were married in style, the
beautiful Miss Blanche Adams set
ing as bride's maid ami Dr James
M. Crall as the beat man. The
bride and groom after tbe eeremony
was performed mounted the train
for Fairfield to tarry a few daya
with Mr and Mrs. Bland, the par
ents of the groom. In the Joy and
excitement of the occasion our Mas
cot was not unrniudfai of the Demo
oral force, and famished it with an
ample supply of specimens of the
good things of the wedding feaet.
Tbe well wishing and the blessing
of the Democrat will follow the
I £..t. wIIh.i nanlli.a Hvum I hoir
"■H" .r-. • 1.
matrimonial voyage over the break
ers and white crested waves of Un
great sea of Matrimony. Flora
(Illinois) Democrat,
Miss Adams first began to act
type in the Northwistcr* office
arid from the Oral set a vary elaan
and accurate proof, alia baa doubt
less been working at the trada most
of the time since leaving here and
lienci has breams a very swift eom
posftor. The North wist*** is
pleased to note her excellent suc
cess as a typo and joina her many
friends here in wishing her a happy
and pleasant future.
For the benefit of these who ara
doubtful of tbe coming season, we
reprint what Dan Freeman, tbe man
who entered the first homestead in
the United States, and a faithful
observer of seasons and crop, has to
sav: “We have plowed every
month in the year ao fur and 1 am
much encouraged over the farming
outlook. Wheat ia all right and 1
tbiuK we are gofug to have a big
crop of all Rinds tbit year. These
little flurries of snow is all right
aud tbe ground takes them all iri
too it is not juat the time yet
for rain, but we will get it this
ut.HiM.s au I, a n mu, at i.i., t it f rua u I ,u
off my calculation* hut I'll he
seventy years old iu April, and l
have never yet *een a winter live
this h*t what wa* followed by a wet
spring ami big crop* .Nebraska i*
all right.—Auburn Herald.
A great deal of the big crop of
grain raised iu this region last full
is yet unmarketed The Ashton
header editor, bearing the state
merit that tod half the grain rained
iu Osdeoia eounty had beeu sold by
the raiser*, hunted up a wall posted
grain buy nr and asked hi* opinion,
ha said over hall had beat maiket
ed, but that fiilltr .‘il» percent of the
oats, ill |ter (Mil of the wheat and
go |*»i ueiit of the barley remained
iu tha farmers Inn* In 'he twelve
mouth* ended Match I, lathi, mio |
i ar load* of grain was shipped and
Itt v«M of etnefc w«r#»eit| oiit ini
the a turn Mum l hi> givi < <<• idea
of the immensity id last team *10111
grain *'r* p tlsueui* count* *«n ,
tto evaeptiott to the lole of lai. •
y i< |d* l < reawav Vnd o«ris them si
untold has hell of oiii tw (II thou
e..«nlo« coin to throe Iu the pig*
I hough pitees ate low, the great
uitaaMy of uyg ><u hand sa||l briny;
In a i d of Monte* to inivitsa Ike
potae of 11«d* hi ,»v t ij lows}*
Weekly
History of Irrluotion In W*t>r««li»
The following is u brief blatoaj
nt tl.e conception awl announce
went of Ui** construction <<( irrlga
tton canals in Ilia*, part of America
lying east of the Rocky mountain*.
During that past three years of
active discussion of the irrigation
• |ue»tions, »e have rend and heard
of the merits of different canal *je
terns of Ihc I nitad Male*. Jet the
pouieer irrigation country of the
great plain* of America has remain
ed silent.
Lincoln county, Nehresku, alaimc
precedence In *.hc leadership of the
irrigation movement of '.he great
plaiua. As far as can he learned
from careful it**|«iry the flret irriga
tio:i canal constructed by Ameri
can* on the territory designated
wa* built by a gentleman now re
siding to North I'slai'e, Nebraska,
by the name of Washington li.
Hill (OS u. Mr. IfiBinau first com
nn need excavating a small < anal in
the mouth of March, 1903, taking
his water out from ike south bank
Mouth I'lattc river, at a point about
all miles rest of old Port M'l'her
non now of J.iacolo county, Neb
raska. In tb* the spring of
another resident of that vaetnity,
John Burke, of Conttonwood
Hp/tng, near the same military
post, commenced the construction
of a canal a little below Mr llio
man. Both of these canals were
need. Mr. Hinmao’s In both the
summer of lhi;?) and 18(5}, and Mr,
Burke m during I HO t and 18<i6, and
n lurge amount of valuable farm and
garden produce was gathered and
•old to tlx; aoldierM and residents of
iln- poet, bat the Indian wus, break
jog out in made farm labor
and irrigation both diflicult and
dangerous and no crop* were plant
a l on the lands subject to irrigation
by these ditches after iHfib, and the
canals were abandoned.
In 1870 there was u stock
company formed in North Platte,
Nebraska, and a small canal was es
cavated that obtained its water from
the Mouth Platte river, at a point
about four miles west from North
Platte, the head gate* being I seated
on the north bank of thi* river.
Tbit cant! was capable of irrigat
ing about three thousand acres,
•ituated in and About the town of
North Platte. Only three srope
were grown on the lend* thus water
ed by this ditch. Aa the rapid
growth aud development of the
free range anil stock interest during
these earlier years entirely elitni
naied all interset in everything per
taining to agriculture by the culti
vation of the soil in this vicinity,
the canal was Abandoned. But
North Platte still retains some of
tbs ber.fits deirved from thi* work,
in the growth and development of
several long rows of magnificent
trees now standing that were plant
•‘■1 in tin *e year* along Ike line of
thin f inal In 1K71 the i-oldier* of
Fort Sidney, Nebraska, constructed
a •mull fuiiu! that wa» used to
water the trees and uleo the poll
gardens, This ha* since hewn
ahamlom d aleo, owing to the non
on tipanc) of the fort hv the I'nited
Htate> troops.
Iu IHa.i a promoter, hy the name
of 1C. >i Pay, of North Platte
organis' d a usual company at thie
point, that after ewvural uhaugee
in it* organisation. Snail) completed
a cansl, now known ns the North
Platt* *imil, that was twenty mites
tu length and was capable of irri
g*Ui ".id nvfi * of l*t.d I to*
renal I* One of the p*nuen»nt works
of thi* avcii >u and has hem the
no in * of rilu stUni the p* oj*lw of i
\e » i, tie gt> «> out I and
Wai-o of tnigsth *>. In l*»t * he
people of > olte Itlett n out)
Ndiiiti* , iiitr*r<«d t ha * nsursrt
h*n of iniy*ti u ratio*, and in taco
the r*l>*i <**ic trust of || It'fci tut
ronaty wa« pi p** I ai l e*>m ;
nsernwtl. tints tin* dale the titi I
gat it •vtilin < at Ha* he** *l#a<tnti |
itoi*'**ine a**,! at the pie-sent ttn**, (
w*|, it*, t-mueie a m* tnpietwtl mm 1
THE BECT
SPRING MEDICINE
to Simmons mvkh kiout.Aiop don’t
forget t» t ike It. I ll I I, ft get* sluggish
dunn/ the Winter, ju-.t like all nature,
and tile system l on , s choked up by
the a ut' dated vv ■<<*, which brings on
Malaria. Fever and Ague and Hheurna
Warn. You wan' to wal < up your l.iver
now, but be sure you take SIMMONS
LlVIW FI.OUI.AIOW to do It. It al*o
regul. tr* the I tvtr keep* it properly at
work, when your v/m- m will be tri e from
poison and the whole F>.Jy Invigorated.
You get Till: HKH'V l$l.< )OU when
your *y*lem Is In A1 condition, and that
will only l e when the Liver I* kept active.
Try a Liver Wrmedy ot < and note tlie
(Ifrerence, But tal e only SIMMONS
jviw Ft oid.Arow • it I* Simmons
LlVIW Fudd.Ali.W w! h make* tlie
differeme, t e it In j ,. e-r < in liquid
already prepared, ir u <• a tea ot the
Cawderj but t il n ' I M 'A I IVI.K Fl-.OU
AlOW. Y dim It, Fid; / on every
pac kage, !«■!'. for It.
J. H. Zetllo & <’o., 1‘liPn.f' tj.t.lH, l*«.
W SNTfCO.
Lady or gentleman to I.a: <t uhnrge of
Installment finalne**, ami collwt fnihl*
(W,lint)' rtolery OlOper week to begin
with, Addre. ncloilng stamp for re
ply. .1 K. oamiuii id. A r<>
Kansn* Itlty. Mo.
Uf .1. MAKCY,
1)1 Fit I In Iti'i'l mill Murcy Work, Kn»t
Kldo I’lihitc *1)11111'#, f.oupUily, Soli.
yy .1.Kisiilit.
-AttarnBy-Ht-Law,
W'1'1 find nnprovn‘1 liin<l.« for mil«. And
monny to loan on real
Lour CITY, . • KKBBAUA.
A 0KVHCHOTKB,
V7 im«r EXPRESS *«“»
GENERAL DELIVERY LINE.
All 1C * pi nna or Freight ordera promptly
attended to
Do Your fiends Wear Glofhot?
AQEMT8 WANTED.
_ U*|<l money eaty with our tampls outfit, for fint
no Tailoring of oil kind* at popular piles*. Write
lor full p.rucala/i and tpsuai larina to Agunti.
Nathan Wolff A, Co.,
Ill W. Seventh St.. Cincinnati, O.
THE MILD TOWER CUREO.
HUMPHREYS’
Ur. iluiiiphrev*’ bpeclDci are •olentlOoally
and carefully prepared Ilawediea, tuml tar yaan
la private practice and for over thirty yean by
the people with entire lUroatt*. V "ery single
Kpet lflc a ajmcUl euro for the disease Lamed,
so. arrrtnr yon muuaa.
1—Fever#, Prmgeatkjns, Inflammatt mi. ,U
»-Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... ,1
B-Trrildiigf Cello, Crying. Wallet alma#
4 - lllarrhen.ot Cbiidreu or Adult,.
ft l> y.emery,'Irlplng, Illllous Guild.... .4
•—Chiller# ltlorbu*. VoiultUjg.
»—C’ougbe, Colds. tlroiuhlU*... ,11
Ct-Neurulgl#, TooUiaike. Farroebo ... ,4
fh-lleadmbi,#, kick lieedaetiu, Vertigo. ,! I
10- Drspep*l«, pllloiiannM. ConaMpaUoa .) I
11— Siuppreaaed or I'uluful Periods ,1 i
Bl*— Whiles, Too 1‘rofuM I'eiUkla. ,1 i
uup, l.uryagllU, Floanenea#.
It H bruin, Kryalimla#, Krui.Uoua ,1 i
ieuniull,ni,or lloeuiuaUo Pallia.. ,1 i
ilurlu, chill*, Fever and Ague.! >
lee, Mind orUhirdlug . ,
bihuliur, BurourWeakByaa...., . i
lartb. lufiueiiia. told liilbe Used .
bunplug ( uuab. 33
41-Aalbma, lireaihlng ....... dl»
‘44 Fur III*, burgee, llnivbad Bearing .'AS
4B—Nerolula, I nUra<,1 eland,. kweIllug ,s
44-iieueral iVrklhty, rh>,k alUrakuM# 4 .
44 llrupsy, and beauty Hwrribmi . ,1 :
14-»rer«lc her**, kk know from Uldiag
St Hldury Ulsruee#... ■'
4H- Nervous lit blllly.......4, ‘
IMF--Bur* Sleuth, or Canker.... ,
3»-l rluury Wrabnre*. Wnttia* M.
1| —Fululul Period. .. ,1.
.'If tllaeuseeol lb» lle#rt.l’atpttalki#|,#
IA ~ I ettepay, Hp*,e,a. Ft Vitus'Patter.1
.iLlHsklkrrU, I t*rai«ibwTtnai. .4 >
4a~t brattle t uugasilen, A bittptloua- .43
"V"™ Hu«ntmiM (GR1pf260.
I'M an la rmad turtles of pi «>.ol aMbpai
pta | tMAf YNNI |h 4.4*0
4-k4 fcj U> v4«W4«. **t a»HI km k*>i mb aw, ate* ad MateM
1% *4 ■/***(« 44 ,4 , >M»| ^ >44t*4H» ]
I inrun HI 4 IUIU,lilAiU*l4MK,IU l»*4
SPECIFICS,
HUMPHREYS*
WITOH HAZEL OIL
“THI Wtt OlfeTMINT,"
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#> Itiuil ***>*.»H 4 It* ■*•*••*»•«* !«•.
• *<•» (AM Mill )»•
l( >M UImii ('•91, NiWmIi < a, j
4 »i« l« klW mu 4 all"#
U4I 4f* »>l*rt Jllil.l# of Iril 4ll '4, |
It* W44H* 111 III* >444l>, tbal *111
4 4414 4 |» «in*'.* •#> Ml Ur l|l| |
» I'mai |M|»,t4lloi> 4io| >>.1 •
IM4ltlllvll MltMt In all |««|« Hi t>uW*
I A jfttyl >>l North Him*, 14
U*ii44‘ « An> * |
I). r DOE. A. I*. GULLET,
Vice-President. t’suhier.
FIRST BANK OF LOUP CITY.
General Banking Business Transacted.
Capital Stoek, 1600.000.
Ix>one on Improved forme ot NINE pm oent. Beet Oompony oad bent taRM
to bn bed in the wmt.
OonananonDBim:—Cbemiool Wottonol Book, Row York aty, B. Y4 Omnkn
JHeloool Baum, omoko. Rebroebo
1 W. ./. KIHI1EH, OEO. K. BENSCHOTER,
Attorney snd Notary Public. Publisher LOOP Cm NoimiwiwTnnw
I
FISHER & BENSCHOTER,
ilEAE estate aoejyts.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Town Lots, Wild, Cultivated and Irrigated Lands for Sale.
i _ *hdhav b
I PUR
' I uiiWARii I is the whole story C
’ I •( InlUtion trad* I , f
I | mark* and label*. | aDOlit P
W\ AND H A " «VER SODA I
ii-irtflffOC Costs no more than other packanesoda—never r.'olle P
IF! flour—universally icknvwteJjjed purest In the world, B
4 Made only by CHURCH & CO., New York. Sold by grocers everywhere. /
\ Write for Arm and Hummer lloolt of viilnuhli Ui non VJiU. if
I rwT"*Jr'w~r ?“r-*rrTr*p^rv'iy‘*dr%- - Vfwwl
~ RTISTIO HOMES.
225 Designs—All for IOc.
The Urtrssl collection of up-to-<1*t«) dostrut
< v«r puMislie'l In Any arrl.iffuiursl bonk Id
ill* world. MO church do*!««•—Si Interiors
u.tabi;.. COLONIAL HOMES . . r-1
M da.lgn. loat*., or both book, for net*, g* .
Any on. got nr to bulhl. or ever Int'ii'tlar i-r n—■—-tmhJi
to bund, .houl* Mod for thrM ( If*. Haitian ,
million.) of “ArUntlc and colonial Hoium,”
HERBERT C. CHIVERS. Architect, ‘SUSaT ST. LOUIS, MO.
Doctor Henderson
IC2t104 W. 9th St., KAN'AS CITY, SO.
Thi Old RlliabU Doctor, A fifrular Cradu .// in Mtduim. Old$»t in
Aft andLengut Lecattd* g
OVER 37 YEARS OF SPECIAL PRACTICE.
Authorized by the But to to tr«nt CHRONIC, NERVOUS and SHfCIAL
0181A Sill. Curoa Kunrauu ed or money refunded. All ■udtelne*
furnished randy for use. No mercury or Injurious medlotaea u.ed
Notleteutlon fmw work. I'utleuta otadUtaooe trauted by mall
und express. MoUlelne* n nt everywhere, free from gaze ornrenk
uge. Charge* low. Over IkMiuO rum* cured. Age and eiperlauaeare
Important. ltead little book, then .tale your case. Bend for opinion
and term*. ConuuUatlun I tee and ooutldiuua),personally or by latter
Seminal Weak ness & Sexual Debility,
(Sfitrmalorrkoa am! /M/e/rory) caused by youth I n I follies and excesses, producing narvoua
BesH, losees, pimple* and ulotcbenou the face, rualit >4 tif blood to the hi-ml, pains In the back,
couf used Ideas aud forgetfulness, bash! nines*, at o n toeoclcty, loan of mutual power, loan
of manhood, Ac , cured for life. I uan atop all n ; ••• to.se., restore loat sexual power, ro
atore nerve and brain powur.eulargnamlstreugtle u weak part* and make you (It (or marriage.
St'llhllK VI1IU l''i rintu til tin, , in (I I
Its furiiiMuiiilMlutri a curt l
for lift). Itl.Hxi Potannlny, HUlii Iilxomu *,
IIleers, ftWilUB**, Mules, fitmurrliti a and
Uif t, and nil forma of Privuio Mmms
tend lively enretl or money refunded
H,w.L fur liuth sexes, “>i pn^es, CT pic
ixiMirx lor, n, (run to ftlt,. wltli full ilea,
erlpllulief nUivo Oie uses, ilt’i elite ! a ml
cure.seuieil in plain arapporferf'e Insi.irtiiw,
Ileal u.lalmiu Instil «na uiukm r questions
O.riClUrc gut caustic, futdntf, bou ■
v • tor hound. No |>afn, no erpoaure. P>l
ilmtcun mu the treatment at home. if
Rheumatism feSjRy&Sf |
A tekBCfUN. Ttin greuleat dtaeovery la B
It ittlaol tnodlcnue. One done glvea r«>B
l.i.. ■ # tlos. eremove foyer and pain luB
joint at irultt alt w days. Bead>ttww»lB
» .mp lor circular. ■■■■■■
Irree museum of Anatomy • " tu5
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