I «w of uoup cit-y. iOOD and Strong «-s» Beal Estate and all classes of loans made promptly at lowest rates, with optional payments. THE NORTHWESTERN k Few Market Quotations. Corn, per bu. 45 @ .50 Wheat, per bu.. .72 @ .75 Oats, per bu... .34 .36 Rye, perbu.55 @ .60 Butter, per lb.18 @ .20 Eggs, per doz. .20 Hens, per lb.. .07 Spring chickens, per lb. .07 I&oael Daws. For Stoves and Ranges see Draper Bros. Florence Depew is listed among the sick. For Hardware and Harness see Draper Bros. 3 on 62, Ashley Conger, the dray man. Get him. Just received a new stock of saddles at Draper Bros.’ Frank Taylor was up from St. Paul Tuesday evening. Loans on Real Estate, call on John W. Long. Phone A. T. Conger, 3 on 62, £ hen in need of a drayman. D. S'. Draper has been on the sick list the past few days. White Rose Gasoline 25 cents per gallon at Draper Bro6.’ Home grown Alfalfa Seed for sale. See Geo. Leatherman. 42tf Only 92 per month will secure you a reliable Singer machine. August Reiman is on the sick list and is reported quite ill. If you want to buy or sell real estate, call on John W. Long. Big cloak sale at Conhiser’s store, next week Saturday, Nov. 16th. If you want a load of well-rotted manure, see J. W. Conger’s dray. The good looking county dads con vened in regular session on Tuesday. Don’t you wan’t a first-class sewing machine? If so, phone H. E. Price, 4 on 53. Mrs. G. S. Leipinger will entertain the ladies of the Entre Nous club this afternoon. John W. Long is prepared to make ail Reed Estate Loans on short notice at lowest rates. John W. Long left Tuesday morn ing on his intended trip to Arkansas to look up some matters of business. Word has been received here bf the birth of a baby boy to Rev. and Mrs. W. I. Cowell in their Oregon home, at a late date. John Mathewson has moved to Lincoln to engage in the feed mill business. We wish him success in his new venture, *7/ The Industrials Society of the Pres byterian church iqeete next week Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with Mrs. W. P. Baird. At the Presbyterian church next Sunday the pastor will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.~m. The evening topic is, “The Man Who Dared.” Special music as usual and a hearty welcome to all. Mrs. Hilsabeck, who for some time has been visiting her sister, Mrs. C. C. Outhouse, was called to Kansas last week by the dangerous Illness of her husband’s father, who was very aged and his life despaired of. The Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society was organized by the ladies of the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. L. C. McEwen president, Mrs. C. H. Leln inger vice-president, and Mrs. J. W. Burleigh secretary and treasurer. They will hold regular meeting at the manse on the third Tuesday after noon of each month. Our readers will be interested in the result of the foot ball game last Saturday, between Bellevue and Doane colleges, which decided tie Championship among the smaller colleges of the state, in the fact that Bellevue won byt- a score of 28 too. Bellevue has won every game played >.< this season. Brown, half-back, was ' w the 4nan who more than any other Jjjfor Bellevue, with our I a okwe second. I I .. — .1. - — ■ . ■ ■ . . - I . ... — ■■■--.. - —I House for rent. See R. H. Mathew. Star Brand shoes are better. The Loup City Mercantile Co. handles them. Revival meetings are being held at the Valley Center school house in Clay township. Get your hard and soft coal now, before prices advance, at the Leinin ger Lumber Co. Dan Tinsman moved to town on Monday and. occupies the Jas. W. Conger cottage. J. W. Conger’s dray makes all morn ] ing trains. Call that dray for your ! trunks and valises. j A 19-year-old son of F. G. Casteel, a j few miles up the valley is a victim of i the prevailing fever. Don’t forget the big cloak sale at | Conhiser’s store to be held next i Saturday, Nov. 16th. Mrs. Harry Udy and children re | turned home Tnesday from their visit to Wichita, Kas. Henning Claussen lost two head of ; cattle from the corn stalk disease l within the past few days. ; Once tried a Star Brand shoe you • will use no other. The Loup City | Mercantile Co. handles them. Supervisor Neilson and wife of J Rockville attended the play at the ! opera house Tuesday evening. Trade your old machine for a Singer, the finest made. H. E. Price will give you a good trade. Miss Lela Chase was home from the university over last Sunday, return ing to school Tuesday morning. Rev. McEwen entertained his Sun day school class on Tuesday evening. A good attendance and a good time is reported. If you are thinking of getting any thing in the Furniture line for Xmas you can do well by taking it over with Christensen & Ferdinandt Fur i niture Co. The ladies of the Industrial Society of the Presbyterian church will give a supper in the parlors of the church, next Friday, November 22nd, com mencing at 5 o’clock. Everybody in vited. Taken up as an estray, Nov. 5th, at my farm 11 miles south of Loup City, and 7 miles north of Ravenna, one sorrel white-faced mare pony, brand j ed “31” on left hip. Owner csn have same by paying or keejf and adver I tising. W. H. Akers, Ravenna, Neb. A few lines from a subscriber, in Rockville tells of the Royal Neigh bors of that village being invited to Dr. Dickinson’s home the 2nd instant bo enjoy a royal supper in honor of the advent of Miss May Bone into the Royal Neighbor camp. A fine time reported. There will be a lecture at the Pres byterian church next Sunday after noon at 3 o’clock by Rev. D. W. Rein hart, of Richmond, Va., under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon League and W. C. T. U. The subject will be. “As It Is in the South.” Good music and all cordially welcomed. Miss Bess Crews, one of our charm ing lady teachers, returned last. Thursday evening from her home at Culbertson, and resumed her duties In out city schools. Miss Crews was the populist candidate for county superintendent of Hitchcock county aid only lacked some five votes of winning out in that republican c« un ty, which speaks volumes for her popularity. We are glad she didn’ win ont, even if we are sorry she didn’t win out. See? ' , “My Boy, Jack” company which played at the opera house Tuesday night was the most capable company tiiat has appeared here for a long time, if not the best ever here. Mr. Eugene Moores, the star attraction, was ably supported, the company being so good that you might be correct in saying all were stars in their profession. The “dope fiend” character was especially well sus tained by Mr. Benj. B. Rife, while the work of Miss Grace Hale as “Marguerite Otto” was as nearly fault.less as one could ask. Joseph Wilson as. Adrian Karje,"the lover, j and A. B. Israel as the . villainous ’Hunting, divided honors with the teal, in fact, there were no “sticks’* on title stage. Sugar, 18 lbs., for $1,00 Salt, by barrel, 1.68 Corn Starch,per pkg. .05 Broken Rice, 5 lbs. .25 Best Jap. Rice, 3 lbs .25 Salmon, - - - .10 8 bars Laundry Soap .25 Coal Oil, per gallon, .15 Gasoline, per gallon, .25 Ego-O-See, 3 pkgs. .25 Dr.Price’sFood3for .25 We pay 20c for Butter and 18c for Eggs. We want your chickens Loup City Mercantile Co. Landlord Lundy is improving nicely. Harry Miner is reported on the sick list. Slush ice has caused the Loup City Flour Mills to shut down for a few days. Theo. Ojendyk and Will Dunker were up from Ashton on business yesterday. Mrs. C. M. Snyder left this morn ing for a month’s visit with friends and relatives at Topeka, Kas. Mrs. Win. Kelly of Pierce, this state, arrived Monday on a visit to her sister, Mrs. C. E. Lundy, of the St. Elmo. «. Inspector Dutton is here looking over the new proposed rural routes north and south of town and to in spect the route west of the city. A baby boy was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Schweitzer of ; Shelton, this state. Mrs. Schweitzer was formerly Miss Rosa Rowe, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rowe. Mrs. Rowe is atSheltonwith her daughter. J. L. Downs and family left Mon day morning for their new home at Broken Bow. In order to keep a knowledge of Loup City affairs, they ordered the Northwestern to follow them. Again we wish them much success. Mr. and Mrs. Ward VerValin left this morning for Omaha, where Mrs. VerValin will take treatment at the St. Joseph hospital. Mr. VerValin expects to return in a day or two, but Mrs. VerValin will remain for some time. Mr. W. N. Henry of Cedar county, Iowa, made a fiying visit to Loup Ciiy last Saturday, to visit his broth er. F. M. Henry, for a few hours. The brothers had not met before in eleven years. Mr. Henry’s visit was shortened from the fact that he went to North Loup by mistake, instead of Loup City, and had to drive over from there. L. W. Callen was down from Wash ington township last Saturday and from the exhuberance of his expres sion we knew something of great moment had occurred to him. and found that on Sunday, Oct. 3rd, a handsome little bnndle of feminine sweetness had reached his home. From his expansive smile, we accused him of the fact, which brought out the knowledge as above. The Presbyterian church last Sun day evening had another one of their antiphonal song services, which caused so much favorable comment that it is very likely to be one of the frequent features of the church services here after. The sermons both morning and evening by the pastor ^ere of especial interest and many were the congratulations Rev. McEwen re ceived from his hearers on those occasions. Married, Tuesday evening, Nov. 12, 1907, at the residence of the bride’s father, Richard Baker, in this city, Judge J. A. Angler officiating, Mr. Orson W. Walker and Miss Maude E. Baker. M r. Walker is a son of H. M. Walker of this city.. They left yester day morning for a short honeymoon trip, and we understand will return and settle in Sherman county. The Northwestern wishes for them a world of happiness and success Rev. D. W. Reinhart of Richmond, Ya., preached at the Baptist church last Sunday to a highly pleased con gregation. He will preach again for our Baptist friends next Sunday. It is expected he will receive a call to this congregation, although as yet the church has not officially done so. Pastor Reinhart comes west more particularly for the benefit of Mrs. Reinhart, who is not in the best of health. They are stopping lor the present at the home of J. A. Angler. The editor and family are enjoying a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Dodds of Northern California, the Mt. Shasta country. They arrived from the east Monday evening on their way home and will visit us as long as we can persuade them to stay. This is Mr. Dodds’ first visit east of the Rocky Mountains, having been born in New Zealand and going to California when quite young and the refort being a thorough Cali fornian bred to the bone, so to speak. Mr. Dodds is an enthusiast on the Golden Gate state and thinks be coaid not be induced to remain in the east. Mrs. Dodds and the editor’s wife art sister*. • " First snow of the season here last Sunday morning—just a few flakes. Mrs. H. B. Musser entertained the ladies of the P. E. O. society at the apartments of her daughter in this city Tuesday afternoon. The Northwestern now has the New York Clipper ,on file. Lovers of the dramatic art may see the same each week at this office. We understand Miss Belle Kalka of this city and Mr. Tom Skibinski of Farweil will be married at the Catholic church next Monday. A number of young people from' Loup City attended a dance in the new barn of Youngquist Bros., seven miles north, last Thursday evening. •A little angel of the petticoat per suasion was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Zink, south of town, Monday night, just at the hour of midnight. Elmer Babcock was up from Clay township last Saturday. Elmer came near losing his baby a fortnight since from a serious illness, but the little one is all right again. It is announced that Tom Skibinski is to be married next Sunday to a young lady known as “the queen of ; Loup City.”—Farweil Department, Paul Phonograph Press. Our Germania Vereln friends will give a grand masquerade ball at the opera house on Thanksgiving night. If you miss it, you miss it, and it will prove one of the biggest events of the season. Henry Reed in south Loup City township has been erecting some ex tensive chicken houses. You can’t treat the feathered production too well nowadays with the price of eggs soaring upwards. Last week, Albert Johnson sold his property in northeast Loup City to G. C. Bowman. This necessitated the removal of Newt. Vance there from and he is now at home in one of the O’Bryan cottages. ———- - Rome, Nov. 13.—Signor Alfani, di 1 rector of the Florence observalory, | .states that the sun spots, which he calaulated are 12 times the size of the ! earth, and which will reach the solar • meridian about the middle of Novem ' '>er, are likely to lead to violent mag i netic disturbances resulting in storms, floods, volcanic eruptions and earth quakes. The warning has attracted attention from the fact that former predictions by Signor Alfani have been realized. Rockville Items. H. F. Tangerman made a flying trip to Grand Island last Saturday. There will be a basket social at the Rockville school house in the near fu ture. A baby boy arrived at the home of John Szafrajda, north of town, on Nov. 9th. Mrs. Dugan of Shelton is visiting with her brother-in-law, Thos. Dugan, and family. Our old friend, Jens Bisgaard, Sun dayed in Rockville. He is at present building a house near Hazard. A basket social was given at the Souleville schoolhouse on the evening of Nov. 8th. Everybody reports a good time. A championship game of whist was played the other night by L. Hansen and S. Olsen against T. R. Lay and E. Dwehus. Mrs. E. Dwehus and daughters, Myrtle and Alice, visited a few days with her parents at Nysted, in How ard county, last week. J. A. Woten, traveling agent for. the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co., is visiting for a few days with his brother, Geo. W. Woten. A pleasant surprise party was given at the home of L. Hansen last Satur day night, the occasion being the an niversary of Mrs. Hansen’s birthday. Supervisors Wyman and Bacon were in town last Monday and in company with our supervisor, Mr. C. Neilson, went across the river to inspect some road work. [Too late for last week.] To the late defeated candidates, cheer up. L. Hansen was playing sick last Thursday. A baby girl arrived at the home of J. A. Walberg, Nov. 1st. Somebody stole Tom La., ’s potatoes last week, while he was away cam paigning. A Watch This Space . ‘ '<' ' '' ' ’ri ' • » /•• *• • • ' ' , ’ - r' ^' ' 'V' ■ ' • Hayhurst • Galloway r „ . :‘J?. v-JyvV.- A Hardware Go. * 1 J 0 When You Want to Buy a Large Rug Don’t Forget We Have a Nice Carpet Room In the rear of Jefford’s Jewelry Store and we are selling Rugs at Prices That Are Right We carry a good stock of Linoleum to se lect from. Call and see us before you make your purchase. See, those nobby Baskets just arrived. Christensan & Ferdinandt Furniture Company. Christensen & Ferdinandt, Undertakers and Embalmers Loup City, Nebraska, LUMBER Posts, Shingles, Lime and Cement Hard and Soft Coal Always on Hand. \gents for Sherwin-Williams Prepared Pain's High Grade Organ Manufactured by the At Factory Prices Delivered in yonr town. You pay $5 Cash apd $1 Pef Week 50 Per Cent Off on Retail Prices Ask for Catalogue and Prices of tbe Factory Distributors, ill .~~ Tbe Big Piano and Organ House. Subscribe for the The Northwestern , Less thap 2 cts. a Week