Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXIV. LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1907. NUMBER 46
Professional Cards
A. P. CCLLET,
Attorney & Connselor-al-Law
(Office: First National Bank)
Loup City, Nebr.
ROBT. P. S TARR
. Attorney-at-law.
LOUP CITY. NEBRSSKB.
AARON WALL
La^vyer
Practices in all Courts
Loup City,, Neb. I
R. J. NIGHTINGALE
Atioj uiCmlcr^t'L&v'
LOUP CITY. NEB
R. H. MATHEW,
Anorney-at-Law,
And Bonded Abstractor,
Loup City, Nebraska
O. E. LONGACRE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office, Over New Bank.
TKLEPHONE CALL, NO. 39
A. J. KEARNS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone, 30. Office at Residence
Lnnp Diiij, - Nebraska
sTa. ALLEN.
OKJYTMST,
LOU 1' CITY, - - NEB.
Office up stairs in the new State
Bank buiMinp-.
W; L. MARCY.
DHNTXfST,
LOUP CITY, NEE
OFFICE: East Side Public Sanaie
Phone, 10 on 36
Jf. H. JftEJLD
Bonded Abstracter
Loup City, - Nebraska.
Only set of Abstract bookBin county
Try the
F. F- F- Dray
F. F. Foster, Prop.
Office; Foster’8 Barber Shop
l. a. bangs
The Drayman
Phone 7 on 60
Asks Your Patronage
: FOR A
Pleasant Evenir g
Call on Pratt at South Side
Pool ami Billiard Parlors
Fixtures New and Up-to-Date *
S A- PRATT. - Proprietor
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For Sale by T.H. Eisner
Give Us a Trial
Bound * ront' Barn,
J. H. MINER. Props.
Loup City, - Nebr.
Finest Livery Rigs, careful drivers.
Headquarters ior farmers’teamB <'om
mw ial men’s trade given especial at
ta tiun. Vour patro age anlirtteil
If jou want, a sewing machine, call
and me the Improved New Hone at
Draper Bros. j
THE NORTHWESTERN
TERMS:—41.00 MB TEAR. IT PAID I* ADTAROB
Entered u the Loup City Postoffloa (or (rant
mission through the metis ss second
class matter.
Office ’Phone, - - - 6 on 108
Residence 'Phone. - 2 on 108
J. W. BURLEIGH. Ed. and Pnb.
Sekutera History.
As there lias been so much in the
past few months over the Sekutera
matter, patrons of the Northwestern
have asked us to give a short and
succinct history of the case for the
benefit of those who have become
citizens of our goodly county since
the Seku tera ghost began to walk.
In 1900 a certain man named
Theodore Sekutera was found guilty
of stealing hogs and sent to the peni
tentiary. The costs of prosecution
amounted to S146.83, which was held
as a judgment against the said Seku
tera, or any land he might own. On
June 17th, 1902, the county board
ordered the clerk to issue an execution
to the sheriff to collect said judg
ment, providing said judgment was
not paid on or before October 1st,
1902. George H. Gibson, (the same
man who has been ranting about the
affair by word of mouth and pen for
the past two years), who was then
county clerk, refused to obey the
order of the board and did not issue
the execution till September 18, 1905,
and tiie sheriff’s return shows no
property found upon which to levy.
In the meantime, Sekutera had fallen
heir to some land, and of course this
judgment run against this land, pro
vided a judgment agkinst a minor is
Bwu, « iiu.ii occuw uu uc i»
According to the will by which he
received the land, said Sekutera was
a minor, while at the same time, ac
cording to an affidavit he made when
he secured a license for his marriage,
lis was 23 years of age. In January,
1905, Aaron Wall and II. M. Mathew
appeared before the board and asked
that the above judgment against said
land be canceled for the sum of $50,
which was accepted by the board and
the clerk ordered to satisfy the judg
ment. the board taking such action
rather than to get into litigation,
considering grave doubt if anything
could ever be collected should the
matter go into court Why did Gibson
wait three years before issuing the
execution .as ordered by the board,
making the matter more complicated?
At the same time he was ordered to
issue executions in State vs. Dold, lot
$42.18: StatfiLYg. Zelinskiy for $23.8o,
and a number of others, but in these
cases Gibson never issued execution,
the cases became dormant, and the
county lost the money. Why did
Gibson issue only in the one case and
not in the others? Was it because
Sektura was a poor Polander, without
influence, unlettered and without
friends? Is Gibson not responsible
on his official bond for refusing to
carry out the mandates of the coun
ty board Tor the above amounts: the
amount of railroad tax he charged to
individual taxpayers: the court costs
he failed to turn over to the county;
the 70 per cent raise on real estate in
1906; the $1,600 worth of warrants he
wrongfully dated: the amount he
owes the county which it will cost to
have complete records that he refused
or neglected to make, or the warrant
book he refused or neglectad to keep,
making it a difficult, if possible, task
to check up the manner he drew the
county .warrants? In referring again
to the Sekutera case, the conclusion
must be evident that he finally issued
the judgment, as above surmised,
because Sekutera was an ignorant Po
lander of no standing and could do
no harm. In like manner he seems
to have treated Andrew Bogus, St.
Komiski, Albert Grella and a number
of other Polanders, who signed the
petition in 1905 to have their land
lowered In value, which ,was duly
ordered by the board, yet was refused
or neglected to be done by Gibson,
who in other cases, and without
authority from the board, lowered
the land values of certain taxpayers,
the record of which will be made
public, if desired, showing that the
the Tights and wishes of the county
board counted for but little, if any
thing, to Gibson when county clerk."
Along R. R. No. 1.
Chas. Larson is building a house in
the west part of Loup City.
W. H. Creery is helping H. S. Con
ger with his dance hall this week.
R. I. Barrick will move on his own
farm near Litchfield in the spring.
Charley Hatcn and W. T. Clark
were in Loup City Tuesday.
Mr. Enderlee’s little children have
the whooping cough.
John Douglas’ baby is gettirg along
fine with the whooping cough.
Anna and Fritz Leschinskv came
home from St. Libory Friday.
When W. G. Curry came hocje from
Minnesota he took a steamer iunning
from St. Paul to St. Louis, a distance
of about 400 miles. He said it was
wonderful to see them handle the
boats day and night. The boat was
300 feet long and 100 feet wide.
Gene Miller, A. Bergstrom and
Thos. Parsley gave the carrier some
tine tomatoes and potatoes last week.
Chas. Guilford went out to Colo
rado the 17th inst.. looking after’land.
John and W. F. Kratzer anj doing
some tine work on the road this week
east or Thos. Parsley’s.
W. O. Brown has put up a scale on
his farm this week.
A. Bergstrom is building tits house
(ir Chas. Larson.
Rubart Kowalewskl and Fred Shii
ley bought new bnggies last w-sek.
AJlie Hayes is busy hauling lumber
these days.
Joe kowaleurski spent Sunday with
Joe K rouse.
»r. H
were visiting Roy Eaton and had a
tine time hunting the first of last
week.
Mrs. Frank Miller was visiting Joe
Kowalewski's last week.
W. H. Creery’s baby does not im
prove very fast.
Joe McMullen went to St. Paul last
Friday for a few days visit.
Velva Fross rides horseback to
school every morning while the
weather is fine.
W. O. Brown went over to Clear
Creek Saturday to inspect the bridges
just completed by W. T. Gibson, and
sold the old lumber to Elm township
The Parsley school district has
hired a teacher from Lincoln, Neb.
Andy Coppersmith, Ira Coppersmith
and L. Hayden were fixing the ap
proaches to the new bridges this week.
Arthur Pickerel was making hay at
C. Guilford’s this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Arnett received
word from their son-in-law, Charles
Cogal at Phillips, that his little child
nad swallowed., some carbolic acid.
They took the train at Litchfield
Sunday evening for Phillips, and re
port that the child had a very narrow
escape from death.
Hazard Happenings.
Mrs. Hans Petersen has been quite
sick the past few days, but at present
is reported as improving.
Mrs. John Philpot of Omaha is
visiting frienes in this vicinity.
Grandpa Anderson is very sick at
this writing.
A. L. Trester has built a new ad
dition to his blacksmith shop.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovelace, father and
mother of Mrs. John Hand, returned
to Missouri. Thursday after a two
weeks' visit at this place.
A bouncing baby boy was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Hockreiter Thursday.
Mother and babe doing nicely.
Myers Peterson uses a pair of
crutches to travel on these days.
T. A. Donalioe has purchased the
large building on the west side of
Main street from Fuller & Fuller.
We understand he will re-model the
building and use it for a general store.
Fuller & Fuller are erecting a new
building for their machinery on the
east side of Main street. We are glad
to see these improvements going on.
THEATRE TALK NO. 2
MRS. E. D. E. N. S0UTHV70RTH, THE
AMERICAN NOVELIST WHO WROTE
THAT FAMOUS STORY, “THE HIDDEN
HAND,” was bora in Washington, D. C.,
December 26, 1819. She graduated Iron
Henshaw Seminary in 1849, and tanght
I «"7." 'T.„„ 1? school from 1844
j Smiles is What to 1849. she
1 Your Face Needs b?san jriti ? g
short stones for
the Baltimore Saturday Visitor, and in
1849 published her first novel, “Retribu
tion. ” She became very popular, her
writing appealing largely to women. In
1856 her world renowned “The Hidden
Hand,’ appeared as a serial story in a
famous story paper of that day called
“THE NEW YORK LEDGER,” owned by
Robert Bonner, the owner of the world
known famous horses, Dexter and Maud
S., the fastest trotters of their time. It
was then published in book form, and
other than the Bible has had wider circu
lation than any other known book, over
fifteen million various copies of the story
having been placed in circulation since its
first appearance, this including the French,
German, Spanish and other translations.
The story has been dramatized a number
of times, but never in the concise and
happy manner which has rewarded
EUGENE MOORE'S efforts, the version
which will be presented in this city in the
near future.
iMAmPBttTODOftMlll
“THE HIDDEN HAND” IS A PLAY
WHICH APPEALS TO THE MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE ON ACCOUNT OF ITS
HEART INTEREST-in fact a combina
tion of both pathos and comedy that makes
it delightful. Like “The Old Homestead,”
“Human Hearts,”' “Arizona” -and “Ala
bama” a play must be intense to hold the
interest of the audience and at the same
time have suIScient pathos to touch the
strings of the human heart. “THE
HIDDEN HAND” is a plain, sweet comedy
story of the sun-kissed hills and valleys of
old Virginia where the latch string is
always hanging outside the doer and
every man and woman honest until proven
otherwise.
Hundreds of the test people of this
great and glorious
land have visited 1 QaaI Treat
‘THE HIDDEN 1 (lOdl 11641
HAND” during 1
the past two yean. There must be a
reason for this-if they did not like it they
certainly would not spend time and money.
The performance is aa dean as a hound’s
tooth, made up of wholesome incidents
sad comedy.
These an s few «(the factors of its
“REMEMBER WE EITHER PLEASE
YOU OS WE GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY
BACK,” USUAL PRICES WILL PRE
VAIL. .
' i'iticer Opera Hearn* Oct. 15.
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TO THE EDITOR
Dear Sir: I sent you a poem last
week and asked you to publish it in
your paper. You declined, and returned
it to me with the crushing reply that
1 was no poet, and that you “could turn
out better poetry out of a sausage
machine." Now I won’t be crushed,
and I propose to show up your attempt
to throttle budding genius. Publish
this card and the following poem in
your colums and charge me at your
advertising rates. Yours,
JAMES METCALF RILEY.
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THE POEM.
I stood upon the ocean s sandy beach,
And with a reed I wrote upon the sand ■
these words, 'M
“Agnes, I love thee!" |
Bub- the winds cam9 and the waves j
rolled mountain high,
And blotted out the fair impress cn.
Cruel waves, treacherous sand, fragile
reed;
No longer will I trust to thee.
But from the highest mountain peak
I'll pluck the tallest pine.
And, dipped in the crater of Vesuvius,
with it I will write
Upon the'high and burnished heavens
these words:
“The Hidden Hand” is drawing the larg
est audiences ever known.
And giving an entertainment that will
take your breath away.” .
And I would like to Bee any dog-gone
wave vasJti that out. L
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Piiger s Opera House, October 15th, 1907.
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YOU OULHT TO
CO SOMEWHERE
THIS AUTUMN
("heap One-Way
Colonist Rates:
Daily during September and Oc
tober to Pacific Coast and far west j
points at about half rates.
To the East: j
The low rate Jamestown Exposi
tion tickets can be used for you r
autumn trip to New York, Boston,
and other Eastern cities. These
are the last cheap rates of the
season.
Late Autv.mn s
Trips West:
Low rate excursion tickets to Colo
rado, the Rockies, and Big Horn
Mountains will remain on sale
during aeptember; the low rate
round trip tickets to Pacific Coast
will not be on sale after Septem
ber loth.
Homeseekers’
Excursions:
See the West with its 190“ crops.
Western farm lands, ir.eluding
irrigated lands, are constantly ad
vancing in value; better locate now
Big Horn Basin
and Billings DisfrV:1
We ran personally conducted,
cheap rate homeseekers excur
sions to help you locate on irrigated
lands at the lowest prices; they
will double in value in five years.!
Join me on these excursions. No!
chaige for services. Write D.
Ciern Deaver, Agent Burlington
Landseekers* Bureau, Omaha.
' R. L. ARTHtJR,
i Ticket Agent, Loup City, Neb.
L. W. kiut, G. P. A.
Homeseekers’
Opportunity.
Thousands of Acres of valu
able Lands are now open to
settlement under tbe "‘Carey
Act" in
THE EDEN VALLEY
near Rock Springs
This country offers an un
equalled opportunity for settlor
to secure irrigated farms at a
low price in a rich and fertile ~
country. To enable Homeseek
ers to investigate this terri
tory, the Union Pacific has
placed In effect a VERY LnW
ROUNIX-TRIP RATE—in
many cases LESSTHAN ONE
FARE FOR ROUND TRIP.
Tickets on sale FIRST and THIRD
TUESDAYS of each month
during 1907
VIA
Union
Pacific
For full Information Inquired'
t
letup City Carnival,
Sept. 25-27, ’07
Don’t 'Forget Date!
We have moved into our new store on the
west side of the Public Square and we are
going to make this place
A Hot-Bed for Bargains
Don’t Forget
the Place
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We are going to make some special in
ducements for you to trade with us.
Our removal and clearance sale was very
satisfactory to us, and we are assured that
the trade found in our extra special sale bar
gains never before offered in Loup City.
We did just as we said we wouk, and we
are going to do just as we say we will in this
adv., make this store a perfect
Hot-Bed of Bargains
Our stock is large and must be reduced.
C. C. Cooper
-*®J. I. DEPEW®9*
Blacksmith $ Wagon Maker
My shoo Is the largest and best equipped • north of the Platte Kiver
I have a roar horse engine and a complete line of the latest Improved, ma
chiuery, also a force of experienced men who know how to operate it and
tarn oat a Job with neatness and dispatch.
MY PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND PROMPT
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS
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Get More Epsrs.
Paint the inside of your nen house with
OARBOLINETJM. It is a sure lice and
mite exterminator. For sale by
Keystone Lmbr. Co.
Loup City, Ashton, Rockville and Schaupps
