A. P. OULLEY, President. W. F. MASON, rubier. THE * FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LOUp Gift i Conser vative and Strong Real Estate and all classes of loans made promptly at lowest rates, with optional payments. THE NORTHWESTERN A Few Market Quotations. 58 r. Allen’s mother was seriously ill last week but is much better at this writing. Lee Bios, are now ready to smoke meats for the farmers. Get in your orders. The new rural route south begins tomorrow, with C. R. Sweetland at the helm. The Ravenna Creamery Co. will I pay 25 cents for cream until further notice. Misses Lela Chase and Ella Taylor went to Grand Island Monday for a few days' visit. Take your butter and eggs to Con hiser's, where you can get anything you want. D. L. Adamson, one of the boss carpenters of this city, is a new reader of the Northwestern. POTATOES in 5 and 10 bushel lots, 50 cts per bushel at the Loup City Mercantile Co. A Mr. Wray, a carpenter from Ash ton, has rented the old Lan Benschot er cottage, and became a citizen of Loup City. Ask your flour dealer for a sack of Loup City flour, best grade $1.40. Every sack guaranteed. Mrs. Dr. Main has been quite ill the past few davs with a threatened attack of lung fever, but is reported much better. Asparagus, lettuce, radishes and strawberries to be received tomorrow ev ning at Odendahl’s. T. A. Taylor, the popular U. P. conductor on the passenger service of this branch, is a new reader of the Northwestern. • Why not go to the Loup City Mer cantile Co. and have your measure ) taken for a new suit*' They under stand the business. Grand Island is figuring on having a Frontier Carnival this fall, with all t he cow bov attractions usual in such. No date as yet. Prof. Nicoson last week closed his eight months’ term of school south of town, and will now be a gentleman of leisure for a short time. You want fresh radishes, juicy asparagus, choice lettuce and rich red strawberries for Sunday. Odondahl will receive a nice lot of the above on Friday evening. P. O. Reed is fixing up a room at the rear of his hardware store for a tinware and bicycle repair shop, and Louie Spehr will have charge of the same. The plastering and fixing up the room for the workshop is being :one by Peter Rowe and son. 'ommencing April 1st and continu ■ ig for 30 days we will give in ex change forty pounds (40) Pansy straight flour or thirty-five pounds 35) White Satin High Patent flour for a bushel of good wheat. Every sack of our flour is guaranteed and in order to introduce our flour over the county we make this offer. We also keep for sale at the mill shorts, bran, ground rye, com chop, corn and oats chop and a low grade flour mixture for hogs. Loop City Mill & Light Co. Office building for rent. Inquire of T. M. Reed. 3 on 62, Ashley Conger, the dray man. Get him. 1 will guarantee 25c for butter fat. 1 test and pav cash.—A. E. Ciiase. Senator Fries of Arcadia was a pleasant caller at this office last Friday. Big luscious olives in bulk on hand at Lee Bros.' meat emporium Try •em. Arthur Brown left Monday morn ing for his three weeks’ visit with relatives and friends in various parts of Illinois. 1500 New Spring Samples for tailor made suits at tiie Loup City Mer cantile Co. POTATOES in 5 and lo bushel lots. 50 cts per bushel at the Loup City Mercantile Co. I>on't fail to attend the attraction at the opera house next Wednesday evening—"A Woman of Mystery." Cottage now occupied by F. C. Ilersehlag for sale or rent after May 15th. Inquire of T. M. Reed. Don't fail to see Miss Courtenay Morgan next Wednesday evening, May ti, in “A Woman of Mystery" at the opera house. We understand the graduates of the Loup City high school will meet at the residence of W. F. Mason this evening for the purpose of organizing an alumni society. ||Parties wishing to purchase good Refrigerators can do well by leaving their order with Christensen & Fer dinandt. Victor Johnson from south of tow n, was doing business in the county seat Monday and guessed with us as to the harm done to fruit by the late bad spell of weather. John W. Long is prepared to make all Heal Estate Loans on short notice at lowest rates. Robt. Mathew is growing pluocratic fast, the latest evidences to be found in the nice easy chairs he has pro vided for his clientage in ids comfort able office. * Every correct dresser ought to have a new tailor made suit for Spring. The Loup City Mercantile Co. is the place bo get it. Uncle Tom Chamberlain was over from the west side, yesterday, seeing how the town looked over the pros pect of a coming “dry” spell. It looked good to him. Pure-hred Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for sale. $1.00 for fifteen: $1.75 for thirty, or $5 per one hundred. Mrs. Herman Johansen. A pension of $8 per month was last week granted to Mrs. Naomi Criss, through the indefatigable efforts of J. S. Pedler, through whom the application was made. 25,000 yards of lace bought at manufacturer’s price, worth from 8 to 25 cents, all go at one price—5 cents. Loi p City mercantile io. A bad prairie tire last Tuesday northeast of town some ten miles, swept tlie country to the Valley and Greeley county lines, doing much damage in that territory. A nice line of asparagus, lettuce, radishes and luscious strawberries will be received tomorrow evening by jOdendahl. Give in your order early. Mrs. R J. Nightingale and son. Herbert Nightingale, returned home from Lincoln last Saturday evening, I the latter having finished his course at the agricultural school. Ice contracts must tie signed up by May 1st. at which time the wagon will start and I wish patrons to have their refrigerators ready for use. J.W. Conger. Miss Ernie Odendahl and Mrs. F. E. Odendahl returned home from their I visit at Columbus and Kearney Mon day evening, accompanied by Irene Comer, who will visit here for some time. Big. luscious strawberries from Arkansas and a fine lot of asparagus, lettuce and radishes will be received Friday evening by Odendhal. Hand in or phone your order early. Did you ever notice that when a Loup City young man begins to con centrate his affections on one certain girl, all the other girls quit smiling at his attempted witty sayings? Just notice if it is not so. GROCERY Three Cans Good Alaska Salmon .25 Two Cans Alaska lieu Salmon - .25 ! Sis Cans of Corn for..50 | • Five pounds Broken Ilicc - - - .25 j Six Cans Fancy Tomatoes for - .75 j Five pounds liried Peas - - - .25 | < hie pound package Corn Starch .05 Eight Bars Good Laundry Soap - .25 Egg-O-See. 3 for..25 I)r. Price's Food, 3 for - - - - .25 Maze All, best of ail, 3 for - - .25 Pure New York Buckwheat, <> lbs .25 Oyster Shells that make the hens lay 1 Loup Citv Mercantile Co. A superb attraction at the opera' house next Wednesday evening. "A Woman of Mystery.” Get your’ reserved seats early. Next Friday evening, May 1st. at \ k o'clock, there will be preacning at tlie Adventist church. The subject will be. "The Inspiration of the 'Scriptures." All are invited to at-' j tend. Besides our W. K. Mellor and wife, those of local interest who joined the Sheldon special to the Pacific Coast were Parle Pound' and wife. Banker Kinsey and W L. Cramer all of Arcadia. Our good German friend. Ilans Oberrriller. gave us a pleasant call Tuesday and expressed his pleasure Over the establishment of the rural route south, which passes right by his door. Whew! To add to the discomforts i of the late fearful spell of weather, it was accompanied on Sunday by several flurries of snow. Pretty late 1 for a visit from the beautiful, don't you think? Mrs. Smith of Alvord. Iowa, a 'sister of Mr-. Henrv Ohlsen. who was called here by the severe illne.ss of her father, Mr. Fred Stehr. returned home last week, leaving the father much improved. What a shame, just as the weather had given every prospect of remaining good and giving fruit prospects the most roseate hue, that the late fear fully had weather should knock the prospects into innocuous disuetude, so to speak. C. E. Gibbons, a nephew of Mrs. .1. P. Leininger. who came here from Celina. Ohio, several months since, and has l)een engaged in teaching school, returned to his home in the presidential state on Monday, expect ing to remain there. Latest news in :n the liome of the editor's mother in I >es Moines is of the best, she bein'* able to be about and her general health improving nicely. When one considers her ad vanced of >4 years and over, her re covery is little less than miraculous. Quite a tiumber of the readers of the Northwestern, renewed and new subscribers the past few days, will accept our best acknowledgements: among whom are: Win. Pocli, L. L. [Smith. T. A. Taylor. J. F. Nicoson.l Mrs. L. M. Hartman, by Bert German. ! Victor Johnson. Ilans Obermiller. I>. L. Adamson. The condition of Fred Thode is said to continue for the worse and there is little prospect that he will ever be better. Since he had his last paralytic stroke, he lias been confined to his bed and is unable to sit up even for a few minutes and lies for I the greater part of the time in a I comatose state. Geo. Hosier, who recently liougbt j i the Long cottage southeast of this ltound Front barn, lias sold the old building to Ed Radcliffe, who moved j the same on to his lots in the north west part of town and will fix it up for rent. Ed also lias the contract to build a tine new residence for Mr. Hosier on the lots uacated. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nightingale entertained at t> o’clock dinner last Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. R J. Nightingale and Herbert Night ingale of Loup City, Neb. Thursday afternoon Mrs. Frank Nightingale entertained the ladies of the Soutli Side circle at her home in University ! Place.—Monday’s State Journal. I Mrs. A. !’. Gulley received the sad news Tuesday of the sudden death from apoplexy of her brother, Emmet i Love, at hi- home in Coatsfield, this j state, and Wednesday morning took the train for the stricken fireside. Mrs. McPherson, a sister of Mrs.; Gulley, who had arrived Tuesday | evening from York for a visit, went j with her. The sisters and other rela- j tives have the sympathy of this com- J munitv in their bereavement. Prof. Hale and his party met with quite an accident to their rig, last Friday night, while at Ord to the | debate. They had left the carriage in the care of a liveryman there and lie put it outside the barn, where a rickety old windmill was blown over on it, smashing the vehicle badl.^ making it necessary to leave the rig there and return home by train. We understand that while the liveryman refused to make good the- damage. Ord people did so, so the. professor and party did not fare so badly. The carriage was from McLaughlin's ! stable and Mac bad jo send up to Ord i for the team and wreck later. To preserve your house — your property — your dollars, you might say—you must use paint. To do so economically the paint you use MUST have lasting qualities. Remember, poor paint costs more than good paint, for the work baa to be done oftener. Start right by getting Horse Shoe Paint and you can make up your mind it’s on to stay. The reason for this is plain. Horse Shoe Paint is wholly composed of the strongest and best materials known in the science of paint making — it contains no cheapening or adulterating materials what ever. It s made of strictly Pure Zinc and White Lead for p.gmcnts. Add to this Pure Linseed Oil—crushed by the manufacturers themselves to insure its purity — then the necessary drier and coloring matter and you’ve got the best paint that money, brai:.s and material can produce. Horse Shoe Paint has stood the test for 20 long years—it's a proven paint— and is sold in almost every town and city in the United States. Should not that fact alone convince you that Horse Shoe Paint gives satisfaction beyond question ? Hors* Shoe Paint does ell we claim—we guarantee it to be pure and to wear. Hors* Shoe Paint is absolutely pure; you buy it subject to chemical analysis and its paint that lasts. Pair*4 your house with H~»rse Shoe Paint this season by all means. t OOENDAHL BROS. DRUG STORE ••A Woman of Mystery" at the opera house next Wednesday night. Don't miss it. Mrs. E. <1. Taylor returned home last evening from a visit to David City, her father accompanying her. Mrs. Win. Rowe and son went to Shelton Wednesday to visit their daughter and sister. Mrs. Schweitzer. L. L. Smith was in town a few days | since and commiserated with us over the measly weather of the then present. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Taylor of St. : Paul visited over last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Pi. <1. Taylor and family of this city. A number of our local Odd Fellows went to Litchfield last Saturday i veiling where the queer boys held an aii-night session of the order with a consequent good time. Mrs. R. T. Taylor, a former resi ! nt of this city and who still owns j property her . died last Sunday at : her home in Denver, where she was buried. A disastrous fire at Litchfield yes terday afternoon destroyed theTaeffe hotel and saloon building, livery sta ble and blacksmith shop adjoining. Roys and matches in the haled hay in tlie barn said to be the cause. No | further particulars. County Assessor Bechthold proposes ; to assess all mortgages that are not released, and if they are not given in to the deputy assessors, he will hunt up the same and affix a .">0 per cent , penalty in addition to their assess ment. It will pay holders of such; securities to take cognizance of the aliove. Lou M. Williams received notice on Tuesday from the Postortice depart ment at Washington of his appoint ment as carrier on the new rural route north from Loup City, known a- it. K. No. 3. We cougratuJate Lou on his good luck. Lou has sold his | express business to Jay Cole. The new route w ill begin operations June 1st. Born, last Sunday night, or rather Sunday morning, just at the peep 'o day. a darling little angel of the feminine persuasion, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foster. Talk about your smile : that won't come off. Frank has a most pronounced case of it. May little Miss Foster live to te the belle j of Loup City and the pride of her parents' hearts. C. F. Kauffman, the auctioneer, sold off his household goods last Sat urday. and on Monday of this week lie and his wife left for Delta. Colo., where E. Holcomb is getting rich at the carpenter trade and where it is reported work is so plenty and wages so high that one may roll in luxury and wealth with but little effort. It is to be hoped all Loup Cityites who go there may become the richest of plutocrats. Louis Strankman and family ar- [ rived from Grand Junction, Colo., j last Thursday evening for a visit with ] their hosts of friends hereabouts. : They will visit here a few weeks and go on to Iowa and other points to c.iutinue their pleasure. Louis says they are on on a three months' visit and will make the most of it. They j are prospering fine in their Colorado home, having recently sold eight acres ! of their fruit farm for $10,000, a fact we are glad to note. Peter Rowe has in his possesion a minature copy oi the Ilinggold Coun ty Record, published at Mt. Ayr, Iowa, in 1881. twenty-sevtn years ago, which is a veritable curiosity, and which has been in possession of his wife all these years, since she was a girl in her old Iowa home. What makes it of peculiar interest at this time is the fact that the writer here of was editor of the Record at that time, and it brings a rush of memories of the time when he was just sprouting into editorial work. A copy of tiie paper spoken of may be seen at the Northwestern office, but unless one has the best of eyes lie will have difficulty in deciphering the exceedingly small print, which needs microscopic aid in doing so, if the eye has lost its pristine glory. Strive For Better Things Whatever view we take of life, whatever the circumstances with which fate has surrounded us. what ever our creed or nationality, each of us w ithin himself believe that he was born for letter things, that more of the comforts of life should be his than lie is now enjoying-. This feel ing of unsatisfaction with one's lot in life is a righteous one. for it is ambition, that wonderful incentive for action which is responsible for the remarkable progress the world has made and is making in every field of research and endeavor. Each of us desire success and advancement in his undertakings and while our views of what constitutes success may vary. I we all court the attainment of our goal with the same zeal, sacrifice and fortitude. The jewelry business, as a business, can hardly be said to be j dealing in necessities, and to the ex tent we feel that our business is quite largely one of adornmentation. and therefore it is our duty to study this i business from this standpoint. It is our aim to place before the public' the highest grade of tine Watches, tine Diamonds, rich Jewelry, elegant designs in Cut Class, the most elaborate styles in sterling silver that is manufactured today, and while we do ail this it is also onr aim to prio these goods to compete with anyone on the same quality and with honest i business methods, trying to please you and with the full assurance that it is no trouble to show you. We solicit your patronage. .1. F. Jeffords. Piano-Violin Recital. The recital given at the Presbyte rian church on Tuesday evening of! this week by tbe classes of Miss Beth Zimmerman and Mr. Max Jeffords, as per program given below, gave evi-1 deuce of superior musical talent by the young people engaged and re flected much end it upon their teach-! ers. The seating capacity of the edi fice was taxed nearly to the limit. PROGRAM: Exercise ( Piano) - - - Wohlfahrt Harry Conger A Merry Swiss Boy (Piano) Arranged Sylvia Peterson Garland of Hoses (Piano) - Streabog Irene Truelsen Flower Song ( Violin) Gustav Lange Cecil Draper Absent (Voice).Metcalf Cecil Angier Mother Hubbard (Piano) - Engleman Edith Brown Fairy Song Piano) - - - - Behr) Blanche Fisher Menuet (Violin) - - - - Mozart Delmar Draper Shadows Voice).Bond Pearle Needham The Voice of a Ileart( Piano)VanGael t Lillie Brown I The Pearly Dewdrop (Piano) Birbeck Mabel Daddow O, Dry Those Tears i voice) - - - .Teresa Del Eeigo Miss Zimmerman Bavarian Blue (Piano) - Friedmann Retta Gastever Nymphs at Play (Piano) - Frysinger Amy Draper Cantilene (Violin) - - F. Borowski Max Jeffords Winter Lullaby (Voice) - DeKoven Jennie Anderson Fanfare Militaire (Piano) - - Kern’ Fay Gallaway A Gypsy Maiden (Voice) - Parker) Iva Henry Romance (Violin) - - R. Schmitt, F. Leschinsky Courier of Moscow! Voice) - Rodney R. H. Mathew Ave Verutn (Violin Duet) - Mozart1 Delmar Draper and Max Jeffords A May Morning (Voice) - - Denza Elva Zimmerman Caprice Hongroise Piano) - Ketterer Jennie Anderson TELEGRAPHV—Learn at Boyles College. Omaha. Neb. Official Train ing School U. P. R. R. Dispatcher's wire: Station Blanks: Positions ab solutely guaranteed. May work for board. Booklet “D” free. Notice. Saturday, May 2nd, I will be pre pared to accomodate the public by doing all kinds of tin repairing, sew ing machines, bicycles, putting up eave troughs and tin decks on houses. Your patronage solicited. Resp. yours, P. O. Reed. Farms for Sale in Nebraska and Virginia. For full information see or write A. O. Zim merman, Hallboro, Virginia, or A. L. Zimmerman, Loup City, Neb. CL9SIHG OUT My Entire Line of |Vlep’ Wopiep’s & Ghildfep’s S-H-O-E-S! Men’s Hats, MEN’S DRESS SHIRTS, Men’s Work Shirts Ladies’ Two-Piece Suits And numerous other lines. These goods are go ing to be sold, and 25 to 50 Per Cent For Cash, or in Exchange for Produce. Do not ask us to extend your credit on the above lines. We can not do so. C. C. Cooper We invite you to call at any of our yards and see our latest styles in Screen Doors and Screen Windows. If your doors or windows are odd in size, we can fit them just the same. A Car of Exceptionally Good Red Cedar Posts Just Received. KEYSTONE LUjVIBEp CO. Loup City, Ashton, Rockville, Schaupps, and Arcadia, Neb# Sold a a Reduction of E. G. Taylor, J. S. Pedler, President. Vice President. C. C. Carlson. Cashier •DIRECTORS' W: R. Mellor, J. W. Long, S. N. Sweetland LOUP CITY STATE BANK LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, Capital Stock, - - $26,000.00 Individual Liability, $260,000.00 -0-3J. I. DEPEWfe* Blacksmith v Wagon Maker My shod U tbe largest end beet equipped north of tbe Platte Elver I have afonr borne engine end e complete line of tbe leteet improved me cbluery. also e force of experienced men who know how to operate It and turn out a Job with neatneaa and dlnpatcb. MY PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS usxn;