A. P. GULLET, President. W. P. MASON* Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL SANK
Of LOUP CITY
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.$2.50
Hogs, per 100 lbs.
Corn, per bu. 33
Wheat, per bu.70
Oats, per bu.30
Rye, per bu.50
Butter, per lb.16
Eggs, per doz.
Hens, per lb.„• •
Roosters, per lb.
$4.00
5.30
<§ .37
& .73
(rt .35
@ .50
@ .20
-.12
.07
.05
Iioaai Daws.
Where Mill you celebrate today?
A good quality of machine oil at
P. O. Reed’s.
3 on 62, Ashley Conger, the dray
man. Get him.
Loans on Real Estate, call on
John W. Long.
Lou Rein and Robt. Starr had busi
ness at Ashton Tuesday.
Phone A. T. Conger, 3 on 62, when
in need of a drayman.
Only $2 per month will secure you
a reliable Singer machine.
Sleeth guarantees 18 cents for
butter fat delivered at Chase’s,
E. G. Taylor returned from his
southwestern trip last Saturday.
If you want to buy or sell real
estate, call on John W. Long.
Dr. O. E Longacre made a business
trip to Omisha Monday morning.
Grand Island woven wire fencing
with barbed borders at P. O. Reed's.
Judge Wall and R. P. Starr had
business at Ashton last Thursday and
Friday.
Don’t you wan’t a first-class sewing
machine? If so, phone H. E. Price,
4 on 53.
New cement walk has been laid
from the Baptist parsonage corner to
the north end of the block.
Now is the time to get your screen
doors and windows before the rush,
at the Leininger Lumber Co.
Mrs. T. A. Taylor and daughter,
Miss Jeanette, left last Thursday for
Shelton, this state, on a visit
If your clock, watch or jewelry
needs repairing, take it to Jeffords’
at Cooper & Rawding’s store.
John W. Long is prepared to
make all Real Estate Loans on
short notice at lowest rates.
Mrs. Jas. Johansen 'and Miss Vera
Scliaupp visited at the Dinsdale
ranch near Palmer over last Sunday.
Best sewing machine needles for all
makes of machines at the “Singer
Store,” 20 cents per dozen. 2otf
C. F.. Kauffman has rented the
cottage to be vacated by Lee Everest,
the latter moving his family to Grand
Island, where he is at work.
Don’t forget the Saturday night
dances at the Park. Stewart Conger
has charge, which guarantees the
best of order, good music, good time,
etc.
Mrs. C. C. Cooper and daughter,
Marie, went to Omaha yesterday
morning on a shopping tour and to
visit Mrs. Cooper’s parents and brother
in that city.
Christensen & Ferdinandt Furni
ture Co. are agents here for the Yic
tor Graphophones and records. Go in
and Near the one they have on exhi
bition. It’s a hummer.
The children of Ashley and Jim
Conger are passing through a siege
of whooping congh. There are pros
pects that a number of others ex
posed may yet pass through the same
ordeal.
For use on sewing machines, type
writers, bicycles and all purposes re
quiring a fine lubricant, the best is
always the cheapest in the end.
Genuine Singer oil dan be obtained at
the “Singer Store.” tf
Judge Moon returned last Friday
from a two weeks’ trip over into
Iowa. Be attended, the G. A. R.
state encampment at Dubuque, his
own regimental reunion, the. 21st
Iowa, ft Sac City, and liad otherwise
Notice To The Public
by W. P. Reed, that he has real
estate to sell, and will sell and does
sell choice town pro])erty and farms
at reasonable prices.
The Diamond Edge, carpenter tools
are guaranteed. Sold at P. O. Reed’s
Jeffords for tine watch, clock or
jewelry'work, at Cooper & Rawding’s
store.
Mrs. O. E. Briggs and children re
turned to their home in Oklahoma
last Monday.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Stickney in Logan township
the 24th instant.
Miss Beatrice Nightingale goes to
Arcadia each week, where she has a
large musical class.
Trade your old machine for a
Singer, the finest made. H. E. Price
will give you a good trade.
U. B. quarterly meeting at Cleora
this coming Saturday and Sunday.
All given a cordial welcome.
Loup City Mercantile Co. handle
the best line of corset you ever saw.
They are called the Kabo.
Our good friend, L. L. Smith, or
ders the Northwestern sent to his
son, L. E. Smith, at Arborville, this
state.
Hail! Hail! S‘/'h.1h££
Insurance at lowest
for best Hail
rates.
We received a pleasant call Monday
from Mr. John G reenhalgh of Scott
township, who was doing business in
the city, ,
On Saturday afternoon of each
week farmers can secure any quantity
of ice from Conger’s wagon on Main
street.
Miss Henry Young, accompanied by
her mother, left Tuesday morning
for an extended visit with relatives
at Nashville. Tenn.
You will have to use red-painted
cans for your gasoline after this ac
cording to the law laid down by the
last legislature. Don't forget.
There is an.ordinance prohibiting
bicycle riding on the sidewalks of
Loup City, and we call upon the
marshal to see the lav/ is enforced.
Be a model husband and present
your wife with a fine Singer sewing
machine. You can do so with only
an outlay of $2 per month, and you
would never miss it.
Safety, Deposit Boxes.
We have just added another steel
case of safety deposit boxes, for pro
tection of your valuable papers. Call
and see them. First National
Bank, Loup City, Neb.
Din Mulick last Saturday bought
Frank Lorchek’s span of sorrels, har
ness and buggy at auction on the
street, paying the neat little sum of
$275.
Mrs. Clint Outhouse returned last
Saturday from her visit to Pueblo,
Colo., accompanied by her little niece,
Dolly Ililsabeck, daughter of her
sister.
Mrs. Bert Foss of Aurora returned
home Tuesday morning, after an over
Sunday visit at the home of her
brother-in-law, S. Foss in Webster
township.
The witnesses in the Hulburt case
returned last Friday. They say by
HulburCs own admissions on the
witness stand he* had no case against
the railroad company, and of course
the jury so decided.
Having decided to locate per
manently in Loup City, I am now
prepared to do any kind of Watch,
Clock or Jewelry retiring, also fine
engraving. Come, and see me at
Cooper & Rawding’s store. .
J. F. Jkffohds.
The heavy storm of Monday after
noon, whlc^ looked so threatening
here for a time passed over Loup City
but gave the east pait of the county
not only a soaker, but accompanied
by hail did much damage along Oak
Creek. The hail destroyed all the
crops on Lee Dolnon’s farm, known
as the old P lam beck place, while
his bam was burned to the ground
from lightning. At Schaupps there
the water
Sugar, 171bs for.$1.00
3 cans good corn for.. .25
3 boxes Dr Prices food .25
Good California prunes
per pound.05
Bacon, per pound.18
Ham, per pound.18
Coal oil, per gallon.15
8 bars laundry soap .25
Coffee .15 to .40
Canned apples .10
WE HANDLE
SGHUYisEF^ floOUR,
EVERY SACK GUARANTEED.
ISTTry one and you will use no other
We pay the highest mark
et price for produce.
Loup City
Mercantile Go.
Carpenter I. N. Syas moved Monday
into the Will Simpson cottage. He
commences housekeeping right by
ordering the Northwestern to visit
him regularly.
A ball game was played on the
Loup City diamond last Saturday
between Wiggle Creek and Austin,
resulting in favor of the former by a
score of 10 to 3.
Mrs. Dar D. Grow and children left
Monday morning for a visit with Mrs.
Grow's father, W. H. Hickman, who
is rapidly failing in health, also to
visit other relatives in Oklahoma.
George Dinsdale, the big stockman,
has rented the farmers’ elevator at
this place for one year from the 15ht
of this month. The elevator has
been closed for the past three months.
Elmer Babcock was up from Clay
township last Saturday on business.
It was the first time we had seen
Elmer since his visit to Fairfield,
which he says was the time of his
life.
Expressman Lou Williams’ team
took another of their exciting spins
last Saturday. If there is anything
Lou’s horses delight in it is to give
their owner a footrace. No serious
damage.
Miss Belle Mulick on Monday took
a vacation from her duties as clerk
for the Loup City Mercantile Co. for
a couple of months. However, she
will assist in the store Saturdays dur
ing the rush of business.
The new residences of C. C. Cooper
C. W. Conliiser and L. Hansen are
splendid models of as neat and com
modious residences as ever graced any
town of this size. They will all be
ready for occupancy in three or four
weeks.
Mrs. C. F. Kauffman, who is visit
ing in Iowa, has been passing through
a siege of mumps. Unfortunately,
when she arrived at her old home she
found an epidemic of that trouble
there and of course had to be in
fashion.
John M. Czaplewski, who last week
bought the Jacob Albers cottage, on
Monday of this week received a deed
from E. J. Delaney of Los Angeles
for the two vacant lots just south of
the cottage, the consideration being
$100 per lot. „
E. P. Starr has a double dose, of
oratory to give forth today. At 11
o’clock he will deliver the Fourth of
July oration at Ashton, and at 3
o’clock will do the act for the Rock
villeites. And Robert will do both
in the most approved manner.
Dinsdale shipped ^ four cars of fat
cattle to the markets Monday, and
lasu Saturday received three cars of
feeders from Chicago. He was to
ship some twelve cars of fat steers to
Chicago on Monday, but the inspector
failed to arrive and the shipment
was postponed.
Will Muliek and wife arrived here
last Thursday evening and expect to
remain till about the first of Septem
ber, before returning to Mr. Mulick’s
railroad duties in Utah. Will has
been passing through a severe siege
of rheumatic troubles, but is getting
to be his normal self again.
Word was received here last Sat
urday afternoon that the death of
Mrs. A. Sutton had occurred at Lin
coln that morning, and Sunday morn
ing the families of Messrs. Waite and
A. E. Chase left for Ord to attend
obsequies of their loving mother.
Mrs. Will Rettenmayer accompanied
them.
Mrs. John Romsdal, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Reta, who have
been visiting their son and brother,
Will Engle, and family for a week,
returned home to York last Saturday
morning. Some twenty lady friends
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Engle the day previous to, spend
in afternoon in honor of Mrs.
Romsdal.
The dog nuisance—but, why say
anything further- Everybody knows
rod sanctions what we would say,
sven the dog owners themselves, but
the nuisance grows in proportions
with each coming year. Some of these
lays some child or even grown person i
will be badly bitten by a vicious dog
a case of rabies may develop, and
i our citizens will-wish the r“WT
m
Card of Thanks.
We desire to tender our thanks to
those who so .kindly gave a helping
hand during our recent bereavement.
Mb. and Mbs. A. E. Chase,
Mb. and Mbs. W. S. Waite,
Miss Jennie Sutton.
Wiggle Creekers will have an old
fashioned picnic today.
F. C. Herschlag is also a new reader
of the Northwestern. Thanks.
County Clerk and Mrs. Beushausen
visited at Ord over last Sunday.
Fred. Odendahl and wife visited
friends at Ord over last Sunday.
Rev. Guernsey will be home this
week and will preach next Sunday.
Misses Rose and Belle Mulick went
to Grand Island yesterday to spend
the Fourth of July.
RichSrd Baker, B. J. Swanson and
August Jaeschke returned from Colo
rado Monday night.
Grandma Burns went to Ansley
last Friday to spend the 4th and visit
her many friends there.
Mrs. Sam Daddow and her two
smaller children are visiting Mrs.
Baliman in Howard county.
Roy and Rob Keith and Will Baker
left for Grand Island Tuesday morn
ing to work on the brickyard.
Hans Beck arrived here Monday
evening from Grand Junction, Colo.,
for a visit with his many freinds.
F. C. Herschlag returned from
Norfolk last Friday, where he had
been to attend the funeral of a
nephew.
Mrs. Rev. Wise and the children
spend the Fourth at Arcadia, while
the reverend pulled the eagle's tail
feathers at Wiggle Creek.
Married, by County Judge Angier
at his office on June 29tli/1907, Mr.
Frank M. Jones of Missouri to Miss
Pearl Gier of Custer county.
J. T. Hale and wife, E. A. Smith,
Leua Smith and Lela Chase went up
to the Hale ranch in the sandhills,
Sunday, for a camping out time.
Among the farmers who suffered
severely from Monday’s hail storm
Theo. Wilson on Oak Creek seemed
to get a little the worst, corn fields
being cut up badly.
Harry Hinman and wife went to
St. Edwards last Saturday for a visit
with Mr. Hinman's parents. This is
the first visit home for Harry since
he became a Benedict.
Notwitlistanding the price of mar
riage licenses has advanced one-half,
the crop will not diminish and the
gratis price of notice in the North
western remains the same.
A reception will ne hem at the Pres
byterian church next Tuesday even
ing from 8:30 to 10:30 in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. B. P. McKinnie. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to
attend.
The county board met Monday and
made settlement with the county
treasurer. See treasurer’s statement
on first page of the Northwestern.
The board meets again next Tuesday
for general business.
The theme for cjiscossi00 at the
M. E. church next Sunday morning
is, “A Message for Today.” The
evening subject will be “The Source
of Peace.” A hearty invitation is
extended to all to worship with us on
that day.
You should see the bundle of ripe
wheat brought home by W. D. Zim
merman from the Montezuma valley
in Colorado, where the Loup City
financiers purchased their holdings.
Call at his office and see it. It speaks
for itself.
Remember you, dear reader, are in
vited to attend the reception in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. McKinnie next Tues
day evening at the Presbyterion
church. Let every friend of Bert Mc
Kinnie and well wisher of the worthy
couple attend and give them a royal
welcome.
G. W. Holmes was up from Bristol
township Tuesday on school matters.
He says he has been on the school
board for the past twenty-five years,
but passes that job up after this.
He also says crop conditions of Bristol
are as goiod as the nature of the
season will allow.
Services as usual at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday by the pastor.
The morning subject is “The Gospel
of Good Cheer.” The one announced
for the evening is, “The Ups and
Downs of Life.” Mrs. B. P. McKinnie
will sing at the morning _service. Plan
to attend both serviQes. "
We were the recipient of a pleas
ant call last Saturday from Miss Rae
Harris, accompanied by her uncle,
G. W. Marvel. Miss Harris looks
surprisingly well, and says her pro
tracted visit on the Pacific Coast has
brought to her a return of most ex
cellent health, which fact is most
pleasant to her host of friends in this
section. Miss Harris will visit at her
uncle’s home at least till fall.
Whooping cough has invaded the
home of Rev. McEwen, his infant
child being the victim. This makes
it impossible for the family to make
their contemplated trip east, although
latest news from the bedside of Mr.
McEwen, senior, is to the effect that
he is slowly getting weaker and fears
are expressed for his recovery. Rev.
McEwen has the strongest sympathy
of his many friends over his double
sorrow and trouble.
We were favored with a pleasant
call Wednesday morning from Mr. and
Mrs. B. P. McKinnie. Mrs. McKin
nie expresses hefiself delighted with
the country and well pleased with
our people whom she has met, and in
return she is voted a cnarming woman
and Bert a lucky fellow. Don't fail
to hear her sing this coming Sunday
morning at the Presbyterian church,
nor fall to attend the reception in her
honor Tuesday evening following in
the same church. v
Last week we had an item to the
rect that Mr. Floyd C. Mason would
adoubtedly become cashier of the
trst National bank upon the ele
ction of W. F. Mason to the pres
lency of the same, but as it will
pobably not take effect for some 21
tars yet, until the young man has
haloed his majority when Grandpa
alley ‘has advanced beyond a busi
es and Papa Mason has waxed
’ f, the Joke, is on the
-jy*
It is heavy, hard work to handle hay the old
way, besides help is hard to get and wages are
very high.
Buy the Improved Stacker and Sweep which
lightens the work and saves* you money; at the
Hardware and Implement
A
Store of
ewe
HAYHURST-GALLAWAY HARDWARE CO.
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA.
Agents for Deering Binders, Mowers, Rakes and Binding Twine.
Gov. Sheldon has appointed Clias.
F. Schwartz adjutant general.
For a Drayman
Send a messenger for
J. W. Conger
He will pay the fee
For Sale!
FROM THE
LOUP VALLEY HERD
OF
Polapd Chipas
FALL and SPRING BOARS, sired
by O. K. CHIEF 41973: PAWNEE’S
PRIDE, 43393; YOUNG TEC., 42406,
and REX TEC., 43756.
I have four spring boars by Young
Tec. out of Graceful May, my $122 sow
that are hard lieat.
Queen Louise has a litter of seven
by Rex Tec., though young, are nice
growthy fellows.
The youngsters from my standbys
are coming right along and are good,
heavy-boned pigs.
JUNE
SPECIALS
Good Chances
Eastward
Many low round trip rates to east
ern resorts during July. James
town Exposition tickets include
New York and sea shore resorts
with variable routes; excursions to
Saratoga, Philadelpliio, northern
Michigan, Canada and St. Law
rence River resorts, Niagra Falls
and Boston. Consult Agent as to
making use of these excursion
rates for your eastern trip.
Low Rates
Westward
During July, low round trip rates
to Pacific Coast, San Francisco,
Portland, Seattle,etc. Yellowstone
v Park, Salt Lake, Oolorado resorts
Big Horn Basin, Black Hills, Sher
idan and Spokane. Consult Agent.
Big Horn Basin and
Billings District
We personally conduct horneseek
ers’ excursions on the first and
third Tuesdays of each month to
these localities to assist you to se
cure fine irrigated lands at low
cost. Write D. Clem Deaver, Gen
eral Agent Land Seekers’ Informa
tion Bureau. Half rates with max
imum of *20.00 from Nebraska;
homeseekers’ excursions west,
northwest and southwest.
Call or write for details^
IJ. L. ABTHUR,
- Ticket Agent, Loup City, Neb,
L. W. Waklbt.-G.'P. A.
Omaha, Nebraska.
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Is a thing of the past, but we
still handle the best line of.....
FTJK.liTI'X'TJ^E
Carpets, Lineolium, Portiers,
Window Shades, Iron Beds,
Victor Graphophones and Records
Come and look at our Picture Sale this week
Christensen & Ferdinandt
Furniture Company.
Christensen & Ferdinandt,
Undertakers and Embalmers
Loup Gity, Nebraska,
L U M BE R
Posts, Shingles, Lime and Cement
Hard and Soft Coal Always on Hand.
Agents for Sherwin-Williams Prepared Paints
•*SJ. I. DEPEW®*
Blacksmith 9 Wagon Maker
My shop is the largest and best equipped north of the Platte River
I have a four horse engine and a complete line of the latest improved, in a
cblueryt also a force of experienced men who know how to operate it and
turn out a job with neatness and dispatch.
MY PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND PROMPT
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS
Get More Eggs.
Paint the inside of your lien house with
CARBOLINEUM. It is a sure lice and
mite exterminator. For sale bv
Keystone Lmbr. Co.
Loup City, Ashton, Rockville and Schaupps
ail, -vm m m
BOUGHT AT THE
B. & JVI. ELEVATGPS
MCALPINE, LOUP CITY, 8CHAUPP SIDING,
ASHTQN AND FARWELL.
Goal for Sale a! Loop City and Asia. Will Bap
HOGS AT SCHAUPP SIDING AND FARWELL
Cull and see onr coal and get prices on grain.
E. G- TAYLOR