r Loup City Northwestern
VOLUME XXV. LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1907. NUMBER 4
Profession** Cards
A. P. CCLLEY,
Attorney & Connselor at-Lav
(Office: First National Bank)
Loup City, Nebr.
ROBT. P. STARR
Attorney-at-law.
LOUP CITY. NEBRMSKM
AARON WALL
ILiSt-wy er
Practices in all Courts
Loup City, Neb.
R. J. NIGHTINGALE
Attorney and £nlcr*t>Law
LOUP SITY, NEB
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R. H. MATHEW,
Anorney-at-Law,
And Bonded Abstractor,
Loup City, Nebraska
- i O. E. LONGA C RE
PHYSICIAN aid SURGEON
Office. Over New Bank
TELEPHONE CALL, NO. 39
. A. J. KEARNS
v PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
l'hone, 30. OSce at Residence
Lnup City - Nebraska
S. A. ALLEN.
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LOCI* ' ITY, - NKH.
Office ti|> stairs in the new Stai*
Hank building*.
W. L. MARCY.
DENTIST,
LOUP CITY, NEB
OFFICE: East Side Public Sou tie
Phone. 10 on
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Bonded Abstracter
Loup Citt, - Nebea~ka.
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F F- F- Dray
F. F. Foster, Prop.
f Office; Foster’s Barber Shop
L. A. BANGS
The Drayman
Phone 7 on 59
* Asks Your Patronage
FOR A
Pleasant Evenir g
Call on Pratt at South Side
Fixtures New and Up-to-Date
S A- PRATT - Proprietof
For Sale!
FROM THE
LOUP VALLEY HERD
OF
PolapdChipas
Spring and Fall Boars. Brood Sow
Sale January 16th, 1907.
H. J. JOHANSEN.
Koud Notice. |— 1
(Holmes Road)
The commissioner appointed to view and
locate a road commencing at the southwest
corner ol Section eight |8>. Township thirt en
(18). Range fourteen (14) and run itig thence
north on Section line two miles between
Section seven (7) and eight (8). five (5) and six
(•>. and terminating at northwest corner of
Section five <5i. township thirteen <I3> north
Range fourteen I14|. has reported in favor of
the establishment of the same, and all claims
for damages or objections the eto must be
filed in the office of the county clerk on or
before <be 6th day of January. A D. 1908. or
amid road will be established without reference
thereto.
Dated thin 8th day of November, A. D.. 1907.
C. F. mtrsHarsKs County Clerk.
l Hydraulic Wells.
\ 1 to inform the people of
, Loop City, fed joining towns and coun
ties that I am prepared to put down
hydraulic wells, also repair "wells and
jfive satisfaction. Pho^e 5 on 12.
£1 C. B. Haim—.
THE NORTHWESTERN
rKRMS:—•l.no PER TEAR. IT PAID IR ADTARC1
Km*red at the Loup Oily Postofflce for Iran *•
miRsioD through the malls as second
class matter.
Office ’Phone, - - - 6 on 108
Residence ’Phone. - 2 on 108
J. W. BURLEIGH. Ed. and Pnb.
The Thaw trial has been set for
January 6th, 1908.
The remnant of the national popu
list party will hold a convention in
I St. Louis. April 2, next.
Present indications are that the
time will soon come when no am
: bitious politician will dare to take his
J booze in public.—Fremont Tribune.
j There is only one sentiment among
Sherman county republicans today on
| the question of "Who for President?”
| and that is answered in the one word,
! "Roosevelt.”
James Whitcomb Riley is cited as
j authority for the statement that coin
! has become so scarce in Indiana that
' the babies are cutting their teeth on
certified checks.
Judge Kelliger has fixed March 13
as the date for the hanging of Shum
way, who murdered Mrs. Martin near
Beatrice. Shumway claims he is
innocent, of course.
Judge Bell, of the Blair (Pa.l
county court, rang true when he pro
nounced wedding serenades "a species
of riot” which should be suppressed.
—Fremont Tribune.
President Roosevelt in his message
to congress Tuesday promises no let
up on his square deal fight against
trusts and monopolies. Who ever
thought otherwise?
Mrs. Bradley, the woman on trial
in Washington for the killing of
United States Senator Brown, was
acquitted by the jury on Tuesday,
they taking only two ballots.
Fremont has just enacted a curfew
law. Omaha hae had one for some
time and it is pronounced by the
city authorities as a mighty good
j thing. Is Loup City too good to need
one?
Down in Georgia—where prohibi
tion oecomes effective January 1st—
some person posted the following
stanza upon a saloon: ‘‘Hush, little
saloon, don't cry: you'll be a drug
store by and by."
An effort will be made in the next
legislature to place the costs of crim
inal prosecutions arising from the
sale of liquor, on the taxpayers of the
towns and cities issuing license, in
stead of on the whole county as at
present.—Hemingford Journal.
The old soldiers of Iowa have
started a movement to have the >Ie
Cumber pension law amended so as to
give all old soldiers $2o per month
after they have reached the age of 65
years, instead of 75 years, as at pres
ent. Good: Too much cannot be
done for the old soldier in his declin
ing years.—Aurora Sun.
A law should be enforced or re
pealed. Loup City, as we under
stand, has ordinances in regard to
bicycles, the keeping of certain nuis
ances within the city limits, and
various other laws, which have proven
a dead letter as to enforcement. If
they are good, why not the marshal
enforce them: if bad, take them off
the books.
.1 udging by the actions of those who
attempted to form some kind of a
business men’s league, heads of news
papers are not considered business
men, hence are not in a position to
dispute the rumors tiying about in
regard to the proposed organization,
nor correct any false reports. It is,
herefore, useless to question the
lewsgatherers. They don’t know,
you know.
We understand Loup City has a
man in business who informs his cus
omers that lie can give them mer
chandise cheaper than some of his
competitors, as he don’t advertise
and can thus distribute among his
patrons the sum such advertising
would be. Bertillion measurements
will never catch such a man, but
rather an asylum for the F. M. would
be about his size.
Some difference between the pardon
record made by Gov. Mickey while in
office and that made by Gov. Sheldon
so far. Mickey’s record was 84 par
dons, commutations and reprieves,
while Sheldon has made only one, and
that of a short terra man, in the one
year he has held the office. But then,
Sheldon has plenty of time to catch
up yet, as he has three years yet to
serve, if he lasts as long in office as
Mickey, and the usual executive waits
till the last of his last term to get in
plenty of work along that line ol
questionable authority. The pardon
ing power should bn taken out of the
bands of a governor, anyway.
if.
-i..ir : did
For a Reading Room
An effort is being made to organize
a young men's reading room in this
city. Last Saturday a committee
composed of Mrs. Holcombe and Mrs.
Converse called at the Northwestern
for it’s contribution to the cause.
We believe the object is a worthy one
and should be encouraged. But the
Northwestern may be excused if it
expresses the opinion that such a
movement can only succeed and be
permanent when there is united
action upon the part of every business
man and citizen of Loup City who
has the best welfare of our young
men at heart, and a corresponding
generosity with their purse strings.
To make such an organization sue
cessful, means a liberal subscription,
ranging up into the hundreds of
dollars, a room or rooms fitted up
with good furniture, a good library
of the best standard books, magazines
and daily papers, bathrooms, depart
ment for athletics, writing desks,
in fact the appointments as good as
may be found in the homes and as
good or better than may be found at
other places young men are wont to
congregate and while away their
leisure hours. In addition to the
above, the reading rooms should be in
charge of some competent person
calculated to make the rooms attrac
tive, give young men a cheery wel
come and make their visits an oasis
in the hum drum of every day exist
ence. The officers of such an associa
tion should be taken from among the
brightest, brainiest and most active
of our young men, who will lend to
its success their best efforts. We
have seen many organizations of the
kind started in smaller towns in the
years past and have seen them slowly
crumble and go to pieces for lack of
proper encouragement in all ways.
Unless the present contemplated or
ganization can have the full en
couragement of our people, backed ljy
their pocketbooks. brains and energies,
in one united movement for its proper
existence, it were much better that
jit not start at ail.
German Verin Ball Fine.
The masquerade ball given by our
Germania Yerein friends at the opera
house last Thursday evening, Thanks
giving night, was a very successful
affair, both in point of attendance
and the enjoyment of the occasion.
It was estimated that there were
nearly one hundred masqueraders,
while quite a number were present as
spectators. The following prizes
were awarded: Miss Anna Schneider
eit, best lady’s costume, album by
Odendahl Bros.: Mr. Emil Dolling,
best gents' costume, stein by C. W.
Conhiser: Mrs. Yiola Odendahl. comic
lady’s costume, rocker from Chris
tensen and Ferdinandt: Master Myrle
Hiddleson, most comic gent's costume,
whip from Draper Bros.: Messrs. Art
Conger and Lawrence Lofliolm, best
group, two quarts of wine from Cords
& Graefe: Mr. Gus Oltmann and Miss
Johada Oltmann, bestcouple waltzers,
jewel case and scarf pin from J. F.
Jeffords.
School Notes.
Prof. Dale is suffering with a very
bad cold.
Miss Beth Zimmerman visited the
High School Tuesday morning.
Cecil Draper has re-entered Miss
Young’s room after his seige of small
pox.
Mr. Young’s room gave a very in
teresting program last Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Arlie Corning served as sub
stitute for Miss Naumann last Mon
day morning.
Herman Ohlsen is again in school.
He is one who wasn’t absent “on
account of sickness.”
Esther Musser, a Senior, has again
taken her place at school after her
tussle with tonsilitis.
There were twenty-four of Miss
Conger's pupils who were neither
absent or tardy last month.
The High School choir re not even
a passing grade of singers. Bad colds
have spoiled all their vocal c(h)ords.
“On account of sickness” is a much
used phrase this week. It is the
excuse for the absence of Mabie
Depew and Clarence Peterson from
Mr. Young’s room, Emma Rowe from
High School Monday morning, Clay
ton Mead and Addie Leininger from
High School, and Miss Naumann
from her work Monday morning.
A lady who understands advertising
says: No lady wishes to be looked
upon as a shopping fiend;she does
not care to go into stores and have a
merchant show all his stock in order
to find out whether he keeps what
she wishes to purchase and whether
the article is sold at a price she can
afford. It is easier and pleasanter to
look through the advertisements of a
paper than to bore the clerks and
waste her time. Next to the local
news items, the advertisements in
the paper stating things for sale with
prices are most interesting to ladies
and will keep much of the money
that goes to the huge cities at home.
Bellevue Boys Champs.
For the second time, Peru flunked,
when it came to playing Jess Marvel’s
Bellevue football team Thanksgiving
Day. Some few weeks since. Peru
was to have had a game with Belle
vue, but when it came to the test,
Peru weakened and refused to play
giving some flippant excuse. Then
Thanksgiving Day was fixed upon to
play the game between those two
schools, but the Peru team disbanded
just prior to the date, 'as the only
Uiing they could do to get out of it.
This leaves Bellevue the undisputed
champion of the inter-state college
teams. The record made by Belle
vue this season has been 13t> points to
their opponents’ nothing, having won
every game played, giving the defeat
ed teams nothing but a big round of
goose eggs. To give our readers some
idea of the splendid work done by
Marvel, who as quarterback of the
Bellevue team was the general in
charge in all the contests, we take
the following from the Bee in regard
to the Hastings game of a fortnight
since: “The first reports from Has
tings failed to give Marvel credit for
the game he played. At quarter his
generalship was unespelled. He
handled his team in a way that won
plaudits from Hastings supporters.
Several times he pulled off spectacular
runs for from twenty to sixty-yard
gains. Those who have watched his
career as a foot ball man say that on
Saturday he played the Itest game of
his life.
Eat More Candy
“Give children plenty of pure sugar,
taffy and butterscotch and they’ll
have little need of cod-liver oil,” says
Dr. Woods Hutchinson in the Christ
mas Woman's Home Companion.
“In short, sugar is, after meat, bread
and butter, easily our next most im
portant and necessary food. You can
put the matter to a test very easily.
Just leave off the pie, pudding or
other desserts at your lunch or mid
day dinner. You’ll be astonished to
find how quickly you'll feel “empty”
again, and how “unfinished” the meal
will seem. You can't get any work
iug man to accept a dinner pail with
out pie in it. And he's absolutely
right. The only thing that can take
the place of sugar here is beer or
wine. It is a significant fact that
the free-lunch counters run in con
nection with bars furnish every
imaginable thing except sweets. Even
the restaurants and lunch grills at
tached to saloons or bars often refuse
to serve desserts of any sort. They
know their business! The more sugar
and sweets a man takes at a meal,
the less alcohol he wants. Converse
ly, nearly every drinking man will
tell you that he has lost his taste for
sweets. The more candy a nation
consumes, the less alcohol.
“The United States government
buys pure candy by the ton and ships
it to the Phiilipines to be sold at cost
to the soldiers in the canteens. All
men crave it in the tropics, and the
more they get of it, the less ‘vino’
and whiskey they want.
“In fine, the prejudice against sugar
is born of puritanism and stinginess,
equal parts. Whatever children cry
for must be bad for them, according
to the pure doctrine of original sin:
besides, it costs money. I know
families in the rural districts yet
where the head of the family groans
over every dollar’s worth of sugar
that comes into the house as a sinful
and “unwholesome” luxury.”
The postoffice department has es
tablished a new rule with regard to
post cards and postal cards mailed
under cover of sealed envelopes (trans
parent or otherwise) are chargeable
with postage at the first class rate
two cents an ounce or fraction there
of. If enclosed in unsealed envelopes
they are subject to postage according
to the character of the message—at
the first class rate if wholly or partly
in writing, or the third class rate
(one cent for each two ounces or
fraction thereof) if entirely in print,
and the postage should be affixed to
the envelope covering the same.
Postage stamps affixed to such cards
inclosed in envelopes having an open
ing exposing the stamps cannot be
recognized in payment of postage
thereon.
Since the sweeping triumph of the
republican ticket in Kentucky the
silence in democratic circles lias
taken on the intensity of a graveyard.
The young and elders of both sexes
are affected. An incident showing
the depth of the grief occurred in
court recently. A young woman
suing a brash young man for damages
for kissing her without permission
was asked to explain to the jury why
she did not make an outcry and at
tract the attention of a passing
crowd. She answered, “You’ll never
catch me hollering during a republi
can celebration.”
The annual report of the secretary
of agriculture shows that the value
of all farm products is over seven
bitlions of dollars, 10 per cent more
than the crop of last year, which was
the most valuable on record.
Likes Broken Bow.
Jas. W. Burleigh. Loup City. Neb.
—Dear Eiitor and Friend: 1 am
well settled now and enjoying a good
business. 1 enjoy having the North
western the last of each week, which
is certainly the best weekly pub
lished. So far we iike our place and
business and are well pleased with
the town and the people. Mrs.
Downs and the babies continue in
good health. The babies, are, how
ever. very lonesome for their little
friends. They enclose their best
regards to Mrs. Burleigh and Miss
Hazel, also to all our friends. We
shall always remember Loup City
kindly and shall be pleased to hear
from or see any one from there.
Wishing you much suscess and good
health, I remain yours sincerely,
•T. L. Downs.
Biff Bargain Week.
During the week of-December 21 to
28 inclusive, The Nebraska State
Journal will accept $3 from mail sub
scribers for the whole year of 1908,
without Sunday, or #4 with Sunday.
The regular price is 84 and 85. This
cut price is only good during Bargain
Week, and all you have to do is to
mail your remittance to the State
Journal, Lincoln. Neb., during that
week and you will receive the paper
the whole year of 1908 up to Jan. 1.
1909. This same cut in price was
made during the same week a year
ago, and thousands of new names
were added to the list. Such a cut
price is possible on account of savings
made by taking solicitors off the road.
Instead of paying salaries, hotel bills
and railroad fare, these savings are
given direct to you. There is too
much ‘'middleman” in all kinds of
business. Here he is cut out and the
saving goes direct to you. The com
ing year will be a most important
one. "Presidential year" always is,
but now-a-days the individual voter
is the fellow. Things are being done
without bosses and they are being
done in the interest of the common
people. Are you keeping track of
state affairs and taking the real part
that you should? Remember this is
your business, not someone’s else.
Read a paper with no self interest.
One that is not conducted by office
holders or office seekers. The new
deal and the square deal is in full
swing in Nebraska now and when
you can keep in touch with all these
things and have all the world’s news
- and pages of splendid reading for
i your family, all for 83 for the whole
, of 1908, shouldn't you get in the band
wagon while it is waiting? Remember
it is only for the week of December
‘ 21 to 28 that you get such prices. The
rate goes right back to 84 and $5 after
these days. Why not come in with
us?
John IF. Long is prepared t"
make all Ileal Estate Jjoans on
short notice at lowest rates.
ROAD NOTICK.
(Thomson Roari.)
The commissioner appointed to view and
locate a road commencing at the northeast
corner of the northwest quarter of Sec
tion four (4i, Township fourteen (14). Range
fourteen ,14), and running thence north
i on the hair-section line of section thirty
three (33). Township fifteen (15). Range four
teen (14), and terminating at center of Section
thirty-three 133,. which connects to th-< main
traveled road running to Loup City. Neb., in
Township fifteen (15) Range fourteen (14). has
reported in favor of the establishment thereof
and all claims for damages or objections there
to must be tiled in the office of the county
clerk on or before noon of the iOth day of
February, lsws. or said road will be established
without reference thereto.
Dated this 30th day of November. 1907.
C. F. Beushacsen. County Clerk.
Last pub Jan. 9)
>otice to Bidders.
I. C. F. Beushausen. Clerk of Sherman coun
ty, Nebraska, estimate that the following
books, blanks and stationery will be required
for the use of the county officers for the en
suing year:
LOT ONE—Three gross lead pencils, best
grade: one gross pen holders: twelve quarta
Arnold’s writing fluid: twelve gross steel pens;
twenty-four gross assorted rubber bands: two
reams Columbia legal cap: one pros* indelible
election pencils; three dozen election Ink
cones: eight eight-quire record books (two
printed head, two printed forms, and four
plain), patent flexible back, flap opening, best
linen pa]ier: four loose leaf records. 700 pages
to book (tw*» plain and two printed forma) best
linen paper: 3.000 triplicate tax receipts
blocked: 4 00U tax receipts in triplicate, bound
and perforated, 300 in book, fur county treas
urer to fold for u$e with carbon paper; thir
teen sets of poll books, envelopes and ballot
sacks: seven ehattel mortgage flies, 300 In file.
LOT TWO-1.000 1-8 sheet blanks; 5.000 1-4
sheet blanks; 3.000 1-2 sheet blanks; 1,000 full
sheet blanks, all blanks to be of good quality
paper; 3.000 note heads; 8,000 letter heads,
note heads and letter heads to be of good
quality paper: 4,000 6)4 inch xxx envelopes:
2.UU0 10-inch xxx envelopes.
LOT THREE—Court dockets, one case to
page, indexed, with list of jurors, court officers
and resident attorneys, on rap paper. In lo s
of forty ; 6.000 election ballots.
Sealed bids f»r each or any of the above tbree
lots of supplies must be Sled with the county
clerk at his office in Loup city. Nebraska, on
or before oooncf the first day of January. 1908
Sealed bids will also be received and must
be filed in the county clerk’s office on or
before noon of the first day of January, 1906.
for publishing delinquent tax list. County
Treasurer's financial statement, road and
bridge notices, sad other notices required by
the county.
The county board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Dated at Loop City. Nebraska, this End day
of December. 190T.
C. F. BiDBumn, Coanty Clerk,
Bargains
Offered
THIS WEEK
Loup City Flour, per sack, - - $1.30 and $1.40
Old Times Steel-Cut Coffee, per pound, - .30
Old Times Buckwheat Flour, 10-lb. sack, - .50
Advo Pancake Flour, 6 lbs., ..... .25
Advo Maple Syrup, per quart, ..... .40
Two Cans of Pears for--." .25
Two Quarts of Cranberries for .... .25
J. M. Hominy, per can, ------- .10
J. M. Pumpkin, per can, ------- .10
Canned Peaches per can, - - 18c, 2 for .35
Husking Mittens, per dozen, - - - — .40
Good Comforts, each, - - - - 75c to 1.00
Men’s Overshoes, per pair, - - - 1.25
C. C. Cooper
*&J. I. DEPEW©*
Blacksmith 9 Wagon Maker,
My shoo is tbe largest and best equipped north of the Platte Elver
I have a fonr bore*- engine and a complete line of the latest Improved, me
ebiuery, also a force of experienced men who know how to operate It and
tarn oat a Job with neatness and dispatch.
MY PRICKS ARE RHASONABLE AND PROMPT
ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS
KEYSTONE LUJVIBEP CO.
Have a complete line of the following coals:
Cannon City Lump and Nut, Rock
Springs Lump and Ni t, Hanna Lump and
Egg, Mor.arch Lump and Eastern and West
ern Anthracite. We also offer 20 tons of
screened coal at $2 per ton, where the pur
chaser takes a ton at one time.
High Gfade Organ
Manufactured by the
s
At Factory Prices
Delivered in yonr town.
You pay $5 Gash
apd $1 Per Week
50 Per Cent Off on Retail Prices
Ask for Catalogue and Prices of tbe Factory Distributors,
in ■
Oma
The Big Piano and O