A. P. GULLET, President. THE W. F. MA80y, Cashier. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of LOUP GfTY Conser vative 1907 and Strong Real Estate and all classes of loans made promptly at lowest rates, with optional payments. THE NORTHWESTERN A Few Market Quotations. Cattle, per 100 lbs.$3.00 Hogs, per 100 lbs. Corn, per bu. 25 Wheat, per bu. .55 Oats, per bu.30 Rye, per bu.42 Butter, per lb.18 Eggs, per doz. Hens, per lb. Spring chickens, per lb. $5.00 5.80 @ .28 & .57 ecame a new reader of the Northwestern Monday. For garden seed, hoes, rakes, etc, see P. O. Reed. John Kratzer of Clear Creek is a new reader of the Northwestern. Thanks. Loans on Real Estate, call on John W. Long. Monday was Arbor Day and the pupils of our schools had a half holiday. Phone A. T. Conger, 3 on 62, when in need of a drayman. J. M. Taylor is enjoying a visit from his nephew, \\m. Taylor of Omaha. ALFALFA seed for sale. C. H. Leininger. Frank Hiser returned home last Saturday from a trip up into the sand hills. Go to T. M. Reed for well work, windmills and supplies of all kinds. John M. Taylor has been on the sick list the past two weeks, but is able to be out again. We can save you money on your groceries. Lout* City Mercantile Co. Frank Scliasce, who has been clerk ing at Gasteyer's, has gone to Ashton to clerk for Lorenz Bros. Have you seen the “Billy Twister” wash machine at P. O. Reed’s^ It is a dandy. Floyd Janulewicz was over from Ashton last Saturday and Ed took his visit here the Sunday following. Buy your storm sashes and doors now. Sold by the Leininger Lumber company. Mrs. F. M. Henry left for Omaha on Monday to be with her husband, who is taking treatment at a hospital there. Try some of that Carsolium Dip, kept by C. H. Leininger. It kills lice and mange on hogs. Did you go fishing Monday, in cele bration of Arbor DayV Most every body, who had nothing else to do, did so. Leave your order for a new tailor made suit. Loup City Mercantile Co. The Conger boys last Saturday placed a tine monument at the cemetery in honor of their beloved father. John IF. Long is prepared to make all Real Estate Loans on short notice at lowest rates. Mrs. Gus. Lorentz is visiting with her parents at Ravenna, and Gus is chief cook at his own domicile in her absence. Please get your ice contracts signed up before the 25th of April, as I pos itively will not make contracts after that date. J. W. Conger. We understand Mrs. Katie Burrowes and Mrs. Chris Johansen on Tuesday purchased the Downs restaurant on lower Main street. Wanted—Stock to pasture. Cattle at $1.25 the season; horses $1.50 the season. Four miles south and two miles west of Loup City, Neb. Frank F. Dietz. A boys’ nine from the high school went up to Arcadia last Saturday and succeeded in mustering some four votes to 10 for the Arcadians. For Sale—Department store and buildings, $8,000 CASH. Reason for selling, other business. Will stand closest investigation. W. M. Smelser, Rockville, Neb. 22-3t It i;s the intention of C. C. Cooper to soon commence the erection of his fourth cottage, which will be on the lots east of Ward VerValin’s resi dence, which he will probably fashion for his own future home. Breeders will be Interested in know ing that Basco B. will be found Mon days and Tuesdays at the St. Elmo barn in Loup City, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the farm of G. A. Curry, the owner, eight miles south and one and one-half miles west of Loup City, and on Fridays and Saturdays at the Round front barn in Litchfield. Bear in mind the times and places. .. A Card of Thanks. To the ladies of the G. A. R. and my friends whoso kindly remembered me with such a complete surprise on my 70th birthday, April 13th, also for their presents, I wish to return my sincere thanks. Elizabeth Bubns. Alfred Cook has measles. Mrs. Tlios. Ward is quite ill. Auctioneer Kauffman has measles. Photo Draper returned from Ansley Sunday evening. The Baptist ladies will give a May day supper on May 3rd. The county medical society held a meeting last Thursday. Leslie Sweetland returned to Belle vue college Monday morning. Miss Ilallie Brush of Ord is visiting her cousin, Miss Ella Foster. Mrs. Callen of Arcadia is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. H. Mead. Ottis Hiser has resigned his posi tion at Odendahl’s and is again clerk ing at Conhiser's. Prof. Mead suflered another severe attack of stomach trouble last night, and is still quite ill this morning. Don’t fail to take in the grand ball given by the Ashton orchestra at the opera honse, Wednesday, May 8th. Dan Bushhousen of Rockville was a pleasant caller yesterday and ad vanced his^ubscription a year ahead. W. S. Waite and family were down from Valley county over Sunday visiting their many friends and relatives. J. W. Conger wants all parties in tending to use ice this summet to get their refrigerators ready for the 1st of May delivery. v Mrs. G. W. Collipriest entertained last evening in honor of her sister, Miss Ora Whittaker, who will soon return to her home in Oklahoma. Joseph Williams of Ashton, Ills., was a guest of his cousin, E. G. Tay lor last Thursday night. He was ac companied here by Frank Taylor of St. Paul. Taking it for granted in advance that the board would grant a license to the fourth saloon, Mr. Herschlag is fixing up his building in substantial shape for that purpose. The Ashton orchestra of seven pieces will give a grand ball at Pilger’s opera house at Loup City, Wednesday even ing, May 8th. Best of music and management guaranteed. Postmaster Owens expects to move into his new quarters in the bank block Saturday night. When the new fixtures are put in place, which are of the most approved pattern, Loup City will have an up-to date postoifice in every sense of the word. Parties wanting Grand Island field fencing will please leave their orders a week or ten days before they want to use it, as the demand is so great it is almost impossible to keep a supply on hand at all times. Yours resp., P. O. Heed. J. S. Pedler returned from Lincoln last Saturday where he had been lifted through all the intermediate degrees of higher Masonry up to and including the thirty-second. There were forty-nine pilgrims in all who went up to the top of the temple. Chas. C. Perry, the piano tuner, will be here in about ten days, ready for your work. Mr. Perry is a graduate of the New England Con servatory of Instruction of Boston, and a thorough master of his business and guarantees satisfaction. Save your work till he comes. Engineer Joe O’Bryan was home over Sunday. Joe says the Ord papers are a little previous in moving his family from Loup City to that town, as he has not concluded to do so, especially as there are important changes soon to take place on that branch that may preclude his moving to Ord, yet if he stays on that line will undoubtedly make his home there. Chas. Duffy, the horseman, by mis take last" Thursday morning swallowed a dose of horse medicine, that made him quite sick for a time. He had been suffering from a severe cold and when he went to bed put a bottle of cough medicine on the table on which was a bottle of medicine for horses. By mistake he got hold of the wrong bottle. Fortunately no serious con sequences ensued. Rev. A. J. Stevens of Kearney was in Loup City yesterday. Through him, we learn that Charles Crosten, living three miles east of Hazard, was kicked full in the face, Sunday last, by one of his horses he was leading to water, badly disfiguring his countenance and rendering him unconscious. From the nature of his injury, it was thought his recovery improbable, though we have heard nothing later. O. Benschoter will soon leave Loup City. Mrs. Benschoter and her oldest daughter, Miss Laura, will visit for a time at Strawberry Point, in Iowa, among her relatives, and afterward the family will, it is the intention, settle down to housekeeping at Wood River, this state, in the section of the country over which Lan will run a medicine wagon. They have rented their town property here for one year. Rev. L. C. McEwen left yesterday morning for Omaha, where he expects to undergo a painful surgical operation We trust he will return to us much improved in health. He will, if pos sible, secure a brother minister from a distance bo supply his pulpit next Sunday morning and evening. Later —A telegram from Rev. McEwen at Omaha to the Northwestern this morning says: “Rev. W. j. Shellcroff of the Omaha Seminary will occupy the Presbyterian pulpit in Loup City next Sunday, morning and evening, in the absence of the pastor.” Come and see the elephant dance at Pilger’s opera house at Loup City, Wednesday, May 8th. Music by the famous Ashton orchestra of seven pieces. The pastor of the M. E. church will speak from the following themes next Sunday: Morning, “The Soul’s Wrestling,” evening, “The Matchless Speaker.” A cordial invitation is„ex tended to all. You will be made welcome. Sheriff Williams returned last Sat urday evening from Norfolk, where he had taken Miss Carrie Smalljohn an insane patient from Bristol town ship. The young woman is about 27 years of age and was brought to this city last week Tuesday, adjudged of unsound mind by the board of in sanity and taken to the asylum last Thursday morning. The board has concluded to retain Prof. Dale as superintendent of the city schools for the coming year at an advanced salary, the proffessor not being willing to accept the position at the old pay, taking into consider ation the increased duties by the adding of another grade. We con gratulate the board, the professor, the patrons and the pupils of the schools over the satisfactory solution' of the problem. . O. J. Vandyke of Shelton, Neb., Grand Master Workman of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Nebraska, died last week Tuesday in Omaha of acute gastritis. Mr. Vandyke was a brother of Mrs. T. A. Taylor of this city. The funeral occurred at the home in Shelton, Mr. and Mrs. Taylorattending the funeral. The many friends of Mrs. Taylor will deeply sympathize with her in the loss of a loved brother. A number of citizens of Loup City have asked the Northwestern to agitate the question of an ’’Anti Spitting” ordinance. The filthy habit of expectorating on the sidewalks should need no agitation, should need no law to put a stop to it. The side walks, especially Monday morning, present such a nasty aspect from this nauseating cause that whoever en gages in it should of themselves stop it, from decent and sanitarv motives alone. At the regular meeting of school | board last Saturday the board decided ' to increase the salary of R. E. Dale ! to $90, increase Miss Crews’ to $55 and hire Miss Abi Beynon of Peru as principal. The teachers for the en suing term will be R. E. Dale, super intendent; Miss Beynon, principal; Miss Fries, assistant principal: Miss Crews, grammar room; Miss Blanche Bennett, 6th and 7th grades: Miss Naumann, intermediate: Miss Young, second primary, and Miss Conger primary. G. H. Lindall and his good wife will leave for their new home at Kearney in a few days to make that their home. Mr. Lindall informs us that he will dispose of all his land holdings as soon as possible and will tlien return to Sweden to live the rest of his days. «Mr. Lindall came to this country some thirty years ago, a young man, and has ac cumulated a comfortable fortune that will enable him to live in ease and affluence in the mother country dur ing his remaining years. The Annual Freshmen Sophomore Oratorical Contest this year promises to be of more interest than ever before and both classes are alike very enthusiastic. Each class has four representatives. The Freshmen con testants are Florence Currie of Friend, Margarite Quigley of‘Valentine, Ray mond Kearns of Loup City and Fred Jones of Plattsmouth. The Sopho mores are Alberta O’Kane of Ithaca, Rex Cary of Bancroft, Leigh Ohman of Pilger, Kip Hamblin of Tekamah. Both sides are hard at work and class spirit will no doubt run very high as the contest draws near. Purple and gold.—College Paper, Bellevue (Neb.) Something should be done at the coming session of the village trustees to put a stop to allowing waste paper on our streets. Not only is it a nuisance, but a menace to the lives of owners of horses and to the animals themselves, and if a stop is not put to the habit of throwing waste paper on the streets, the village may find itself defendant in a damage suit later. There have been several run aways of teams lately from thiscause, and although fortunately without serious damage, yet no one can tell 1 how soon some one is seriously hurt, or perhaps killed by frightened teams on our streets. The largest land deal ever made in Nance county was closed last Satur day. The George Dinsdale ranch in Cottonwood and Loup Ferry township consisting of 1120 acres was purchased by John Held of Benton, Nebraska, for $45,000. Mr. Held sold his farm in Platte county for $102 an acre—one 80 acre tract selling for $120 an acre. Mr. Held will take possession of the Dins dale ranch next March and will con tinue it along the same lines that Mr. Dinsdale has pursued. We only hope that Mr. Dinsdale and his excellent family will not move from Nance county. They still have 5,000 acres of land in Sherman and Howard coun ties and some 500 acres in Merrick county. The sale was consumated through tlie Prowett & Bloiield and George Bowman real estate offices.— Fullerton, (Neb.) News-Journal. Are You One of the Sons of Daniel Boone? The Sons of Daniel Boone,” is the name of a big, outdoor boys’ society, founded and conducted, by Dan Beard, who is an authority on good times for healthy boys. There already are local clubs of this order, or “Forts,” as they are called, all over the country. Any boy can organize a Fort. The officers of each Fort are: Daniel Boone (President), Davy Crockett (Secretary) Kit Carson (Treasurer), Audubon (Li brarian), Simon Kenton (Keeper of the Tally Gun) and Johnny Appleseed (Forester). Each individual member is called a Scout. Get together all the boys whom you know are fond of open-air sports and would like to learn the secrets of woodcraft and the vigorous games of the old pioneers and Indian lighters. Elect yourofflcers send the name and address of each officer and Scout to the Woman’s Home Companion, to be enrolled in the Great Boone Book, and you will receive a constitution and official charter with the seal of the Mystic Camp Fire, and every Scout will re ceive an S. D. B. button. There will be all sorts of novel sports provided for the Sons of Daniel Boone, and the Founder, Dan Beard, will always be ready to give the members of the order his personal advice and counsel. FARM IMPLEMENT ...SALE... We now have our samples on the floor, showing our Spring Line of Implements, consisting of. Good Enough Sulky and Gang Plows Nebraska Clipper Walking Plows Economy Double Lever Disc Harrows Gretchem Corn Planters (with shoe and disc runners) Riding and Walking Cultivators The Goods are right, tne Prices are right, and you can not make a mistake when you buy any of thes^ Tools. ALL KINDS OF GRASS, FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS AT OUR STORE Notice To The Public by W. P. Reed, that he has real estate to sell, and will sell and does sell choice town property and farms at reasonable prices. Alfalfa. “ Those wanting alfalfa seed for' spring sowing see T. M. Reed. 3 on 62, Ashley Conger, the dra y man. Get him. Come and see the Milk Maids Con-! vention given for the G. A. R. lodge I at the opera house Tuesday, April 30. See samples of home grown alfalfa seed and seed potatoes at G row’s store for sale by Geo. Leatherman. Farms for Sale in Nebraska and Virginia. Fo full information see or write A. O. Zim merman, Hallboro, Virginia., or A. L. j Zimmerman, Loup City, Neb. Send name and address for illustra ted catalogue of bee keepers’ supplies to O. G. COLLIER, Fairbury, Nebr. Ask about our liberal premium offer. WE HANDLE Carpets, Lineolium, Portiers, Window Shades, Iron Beds, Bed Room Suites Couchus, Tables, Chiffonieres And in fact the Most Complete Line of FUR1TITT7RE Ever shown in Loup City. Come in and Get Our Prices Before You Buy. Christensen & Ferdinand! Furniture Company. Christensen & Ferdinandt, Undertakers and Embahners BUGGIES Do Not You Want One? I have a good stock to select from. Call and see. Also a good stock of Disc Harrows, Cultivators, Planters, etc. Also, do a gen eral Well and Wind-Mill work. Call ar d see what I have that you may want. M. REED.