THE 4 ORTH WESTERN
PUAMSHED EVERY FRIDAY
AT THE COUNTY HEAT.
QUO. E. HKNSCHOTEK,
Eilltor anit PnMIther
TEKMS:—U.OO PER TEAR. IF PAID IE ADVANCE
Entered at the Loup City Postofflce for trana
mission through the mails as second
claas matter.
A bill has passed the house ap
propriating 50,000.00 to sink eight
wells for location of oil or gas, the
places being Lexington, Chad run.
Culbertson, Columbus, Ponca and
Omaha.
The final exchange of the Cuban
reciprocity treaty has been effected
by the ingenuity of Secretary Hay,
in advance of the receipt ot the copy
signed by President Palma, this
course being necessay because the
period set for the exchange of rati
fications expired on Mar. III. The
copy signed by the President and
Secretary Hay was banded to Min
ister Quesada and, advices having
been received from minister
Squiers that the copy signed by
president Palma was on the way
to Washington, a protocol was
signed providing that it sbould be
filed with the state department as
soon as received.
The feilow who introduced a bill
to cut down the fee on legal state
printing sbouldhave inserteda clause
■flaking it a pcnatly for a subscriber
tu get in arrearages on' bis subscrpt
ion and then jump tbe couDtv with
out making settlement witli tbe prin
ter. It is tbe legal work generally
that enables a country newspaper to
live, although we confess that we
hnv’nt been getting much for tbe
past several \ ears under tbe popul
ist local government. Hut with tbe
republicans at the seat of state gov
eminent we ought to get a band out
occasionally, and we dontsee why tbe
state should Dot pay legal rates as
well as tbe poor unfortunate who
has his land advertised at sheriffs
s de.
The new revenue bill is now a law
in fact, having been signed bv tbe
governur last Saturday morning. It
does not carry an emergancy clause
and will not go into effect until Oct
ober 1st. The governor is said to
be a strong friend of the bill. While
these may be a few objectionable
features about it, yet as a whole it
is a good bill, and well calculated
to raise sufficient revenue to meet
all appropriations and to create a
surplus suffieiient to meet, in a few
years, tbe indebtedness of the state.
Under its provisions a county
assessor is to be elected next fall,
who will, in conjunction with the
County board, appoint as many depu
ties as may be required to do tbe
werk ir, tbe given time, as provided
for in tbe bill.
With the closeof the third quarter
of the fiscal year, on Mar. 31,
the government’s finances showed a
most prosperous condition. Re
ceipts have exceeded expenses for
nine months by upwards of $153,000,
000 and the prediction is made that
by the close of the fiscal year the
excess will have reached $50,000,
©00. This showing is particularly
gratifying in view of the fact that
during the same period the expenses
of the government have exceeded
those of a year ago by $30,000,000.
The increase in receipts is due to
increased importation, most of the
growth being in manufacturers’ sup
plies. The available cash balance
in the Treasury is $72,000,000, in
addition to wnich there is a credit in
the national banks of $150,000,000
in round numbsrs. Secretary Shaw’s
scheme for refunding the national
dobt is meeting with unexpected suc
cess, upwards of $.30,000,000 worth
of the higher interest bonds having
been offered in exchange for the 2
per cent, long time securities.
brother Haskell of the Ord Quiz
who has been taking an extended
trip through the South, and who
look his wife along to keep him
from missing the train, returned
home last week. While away he
wrote some very interesting letters
which have appeared from week to
week in the Quiz. Since bis letura
he publishes the following paragraph:
'•Since our return from the South
the question i? often asked whether
we found anywhere a better country
than Nebraska or whether we would
like to live anywhere in the south.
Now the Quiz man did not go south
for the purpose of berating or un
duly lauding any country through
which it wns our fortune to travel.
We went to see and hear all we
could that would enlighten us to the
country down in Dixie. Our con
viction is, as we have already said,
that the south is a great undevel
oped country, which some day will
be the meeca of the poor man now.
There are possibilities there for
great development and that of course
means wealth, but we believe we
violate no confidence when we say
that the south, under present con
ditions is not the place for any m'an
who has or can buy or rent a home
in Nebraska. It would bo unwise
for a Nebraska former to leave the
advantages of the north for such as
the south can now afford, and espec
ially for him to take his family;
there. If you are doubtful as to the j
advisability of remaining in Neb
raska a trip through the south will
make you ashamed of yourself for
entertaining such a doubt. The south
has a bright future, as we have said,
but it is not for the man of small
meaDs under the present circumstan
ces. The opening that the south
now offers is for the man of capital
who will be wise in the selection of
his investments down there and will
be willing to wait for a few years
for bis returns to begin to come
in.”
LINCOLN LETTER.
Lincoln, Neb., April 6th, 1903.
The house came to a happy con
clusion on the vexed question of
sugar bounty' claims. After a long
discussion as to whether or not the
claims ought to be paid nu agree
ment was reached to confer juris
diction on the district court to try
the case on its merits. In case the
sugar people prove the justice of
their claim, aod the court renders
judgment aginst the state, the next
legislature will have nothing to do
but pay the judgment, tbo matter
being thus divested of all political
features. The amount of the claim,
ns presented to the legislature, was
about $47,000.
Oue of the bills which went to its
death a few days before the close
was the “Burgess printing bill,"
which was attempted to be pushed
IhrougU as a piece of factional spite
work. Very few of the county pub
lishers of the state favored it, and in
fact most of them viewed it with
open suspicion. The bills to cut
down the rates of legal printi> g and
publication of constitutional amend
ments, which easily went through
the House, were also rejected by the
Senate, in which body tlie county
publishers seemed to bavethe strong
est friends.
These are some of the interesting
bills passed up to this date: II.
Ii 18, providing a seal for county
treasurers; H. It. 70, the Itamsey
elevator bill; H. R 100, appropri
ating $12,000 for the establishment
of five normal schools; H. R. 136,
providing a rate of 2 per cent, for
the deposit of county money, and
permitting the doposit outside the
county where local hanks refuse to
pay interest; H. R. 166 repealing
the wolf bounty law; II. R. 167,
asking coogress to pass a law called
for direct vote in the election of U.
8. Senators; II. R. 344, the general
revenue bill; S. F. 35, reducing
the property qualification of recogn
ized normal schools to $50,000; S.
F. 6‘.t, for the destiuction of prairie
dogs; S, F. 117, asking Congress
to oppose the Dietrich land leasing
bill. Up to Saturday the two houses
had passed 54 bills. Of these the
governor vetoed three.
Additional Local*.
Go to tbe Morgan barber shop for
first class work.
H. Stnelser, one of the leading m<i
chants of Ashton called at this office
Wednesday.
Come and see, hear and learn, of
Freemasonry, at opera house Loup City,
Neb. April 20tb, 1908.
Before you ordt r your lister lajs
you should aee those at, Depew’s shop
They are the beat on tbe market.
Art Eisner expects to go to Corn ell
Bluffs, Iowa in about two weeks where
he has secured a position in Heins pho
tograph gallery.
C. 1*. Michael, of Norfork. Nebr. is
in the city this week taking veiw* of
the iu'erior of the business placet In
town.
A. D. Nnrling. of Litchfield was
vI.■>itin*j Deputy County Clerk, C. W 1
Gibson last Wednesday.
S. F Reynolds Is re-shingling his
residence and adding a nice poareh on j
the north side. Harry Tayior is doing
the work.
The village eleetion for Loup City
passed otr very quietly Tuesday. E. F.
Hayhurst and O. F. Petersen were el
ected over K. A. Brown and John W.
Long by a vote of 60 to 20.
T. H. Eisner and W. G. Odandabl re
turned from thier goose hunt on the
Platte last Tuesday. They got four
geese and a lot of duck. Mr. Eisner
has our thanks for presenting us with
a fine young goose.
Emil Shumann. living two and a half
miles from Ashton came to town last
Monday and sold on the Loup City
market 13 head of nice cattle. He is fig
uring with the O 111 sen Bros for the
building of a nice brick house on his
farm.
Masonic Lecture, by I’rof. Alberti,
ex-ofHeer, ex-engineer, and ex-convict
of Siberis. Russia, illustrated bv stere
opticon views, at opera house Loup
City. Neb , April 20, 1903. I'nder the
auspices of Oriental Chapter, No. 78,
O. E. S. Admission 35 ets. Special
price will be made for school children.
The rnoviog picture entertainment
given by the Parker Bros , at the opera
house last Thursday night was a suc
cess. The pictures are of a high grade
character ami the boys made a
verv sati*fa«tory exhibit of them. They
have several hundred dollars invested
in the outtlr, which is new and up-to
date in every particular, and wherever
they go. doubtless will please the peo
ple. When the exhibition waa nearly
finished thev had the misfortune to
break one of the lent to the mach'ne
which makes the repairs quite expen
sive. The phonograph feature of the
entertainment was also highly satis
factry.
4*oo<i for Children.
The pleasant to take and harmless One
Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief
in all cases of Cough, Croup and Grip he
cause it does not puss immediatley into the
stomach, but takes effect right at the seat of
the trouble. It drawsout the tnitamatlon,
heals and sooths and curer permanently by
enabling the lungs to contribute pure
life-giving and life.sustaining oxygen to
the blood and tissues.—Odendahl tiros.
Notice to the Public.
If you want to build a homo come ami
let me figure on the job. 1 CHn furnish
the lumber hihI do the carpenter work
and positively save you from fifty to
one hundred dollars on the job.
A. Boone, t*oup city, Nebr,
A Sweet fireatli.
If a novel'failing sign of a haallhy stom
ach. Whan the bream Is bad the stomach
is out of order. There is no remedy In the
woild equal to hodol Dyspepsy Cure for
curing Indigestion, dyspepsy and all stom
ach disorders. Mrs. Mary S. Crick,of White
PlaltiB, Ivy., writes: “I have been a dyspep
tic for years—tried all kinds of medicines
but continued to grow worse, iiy the use
of Kodol I began to improve at once, and
after taking a few bottles am fully restored
in weight, health and strength and can eat
whatever I like. Kodol digests what you
eat and makes the stomach sweet.—Oden
dahl Iiros.
SKVEIIR ATTACK OF OBIT
Cured by One Motile of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy.
"When I had an attack of the grip last
winter (the second one) I actually cured
myself with one bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy”, says Frank W. Perry, ed
itor of the Enterprise, Shortsvllle, N. Y.
"This is the honest truth. I at times kept
from cough I Dg myself to pieces by taking a
teaspoontul of this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on at night I
would take a dose and it seemed that in the
briefest interval the cough would pass off
and I would go to Rlecp perfectly free from
cough and Ms accompanying pains. To say
that the remedy acted as a most ugreeable
surprise Is putting It very mildly. I had no
idea that it would or could knock out the
grip, simply because 1 had never tried it
tor such a purpose, but it did, and it seamed
with the second attack of coughing the
remedy caused it to not only lie of less du.
ration, but the pains were far less severe,
and I had not used the contents or one bot.
lie before Mr. Grip had bid mo adieu.” For
sale by Odendahl Bros.
Just Received our Full Line
of Spring Goods for Men,
Young Men and Boys
CLOTHING,
HATS and CAPS,
SELZ & BROWN $3.50 SHOE
RUBBER BOOTS and SHOES
Ladies’ Skirts and
Waists :ind Dress Patterns
Mackintoshes for Ladies, Gents '
and Children,—all styles.
-
Come and look over
our Stock. Our
goods speak for them
selves; our prices are right.
JOHNSON, LORENTZ & CO.,
LOUP CITY, NEB.
.
T. M. REEI> SELLS UIGG1ES. NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED. CALL EARLY.
WAGONS,
FARM MACHINERY,
and a Complete Line
OF HARDWARE.
Windmills, Tumps,
I’ipes, Garden and
Field] Seeds, Alfalfa,
Furniture, Etc.
' ts*
To Cure a CoM in One Day -j
Tnke Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, ft rytfs 0R every j
‘>VMt Million boxes told In post 12 months. This Signature, ^ '** bOX« <■:,
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Mortgage Record.
The following Is a list of mortgages
Hied for recording ami releasing dtiiln •
flie month of March, 1903, at the clerk's
ntHee of Sherman county, Neb
52 Real Estate, tiled.f53.075 00
52 “ “ released... 40.124.00
217 chattel mtgs. tiled.... 28,711.17
!)2 “ released 33.843 98
WANTED- SKVKHAL I'RKSONS OK 1 IIAU \
mtev and good reputation tn each stale
(one in this county required) t" represent
and advertise old established wealthy
business house ot solid tlimneial standing
salary (at.UU weekly with expenses addi.
lionai, all payable in cash each W ednesday
direct from head ottlces. Horse anil ear
rage furnished when necessary. Refer
ences. Enclose sell addressed envelope.
Colonial Uo , 314 Dearborn St., t h Icago.
W J. FISHER,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public
Will Defend in Foreclosure Canes
ALSO DO ▲
General Real Estate Business,
lour CITY, - - NEliBASKA
A. S- MAIN.
PHYICIAN & SUttGEOM
LOUP (,'ITY, NEBRASKA
OFFICE AT RESIDENCE.
City Dray
AND
Transfer Line.
J. W. &A. T. Conger, Props
All kinds of hauling will be given prompt
attention and will make a specially ot
moving household good. Wo solicit your;
patronage.
LOUD CITY, - NEBRASKA.
DELIGHTFUL BEVERAGE
A SAFE STIMULANT.
AG00DMEDIC1NE.
For Sale by
T. H. ELSNER
LOUP CITY.
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NEBK.
Eugene
Field’s
Views on Ambition and Dys
pepsia.
"Dyspepsia,” wrote Eugene Field,
"often incapacitates a man for endeavor
and sometimes extinguishes the fire of
ambition." Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered from indiges
tion all his life. A weak, tired stomach
can’t digest your food. It needs
rest. You can only rest it by the use
of a preparation like Kodol, which re
lieves it of work by digesting your food.
Uest soon restores it to its normal tone.
•WlnBtlHH.tajj,
Envigorating.
Prepared only by E. C. DsWirt & Co., Ohlcasa
XIm SL bottle contain. 2 /t tunas the Me. tua
For sale hy ODWNDAHL DUOS.
They’re so good we can’t keep
them long--that’s why our stock is
always fresh. Advertising brands
of sterling merit. Read these
PRICES:
3 cans good salmon, - - 25 cts.
3 cans good corn - • 25 cts,
3 cans good beans - - - 25 cts.
3$ lbs. dried peaches - - 25 cts.
6 lbs. good dried prunes - - 25 cts.
2a lbs. apricots. - - 25 cts.
3 lbs. seedless rasins ... 25 cts.
3 lbs. evaporated apples - - 25 cts.
7 bars D. C. soap - - 25 cts.
7 bars. Silver Leaf soap 25 cts.
3 cans lye 25 cts.
3 !bs. best prunes 25 cts.
YOURS RESPECTFULLY,
SWANSON A DAHL.
twmHmmtmmwmmBmmmBauBaam
•*®J. J. DEPEWSr**
Blacksmith
Wagon Maker,
o '
My slioii 18 the largest, and best equipped north of the Platte River
I have a four horse engine and a complete line of the latest Improved, ma
chiuary, also a force of experienced men who know how to operate it and
turnout a Job with neatness and dispatch.
MY PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND PROMPT
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS.
Soliciting your patronage I am
Yours respectfully,
J. I. DEPEW, Loup City, Neb.
wi—umb! . lss £Z3C&aim®*\
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ing the slightest degree of comfort. The cars are neatly
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Mrs. Sora A. Miller writes:
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Car. The cars were models of comfort”.
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