A. P. CULLEY, President. W. F. MASON, Cashier. THE FIRST NATIONAL BARR ©F uoup C|TT Conser vative and Strong Real Estate and all classes of loans made promptly at lowest rates, with optional payments. T!IE NORTHWESTERN A Few Market Quotations. Corn, per bu- ..... .65 (a .67 Wheat, per bu..78 @. Oats, per bu.4o Rye, per bu . Rutter, per lb. Eggs. per do/. . . liens, per lb . Spring chickens, per !b. .43 .60 15 .13 .07 .051 1.1 y F rrn iL RESTAURANT Aid snort Order Hoase COXGEll BROS. Props LOT P CITY, NEBRASKA tot Meals i . . fours Dray and lee Delivery ' dice. Leave . i tin cash g20rl 1 U > F } L- UUMt me tif r itl c . liempel Jones i> taking in the State Fair. For farm loans call on A. L. Zimmerman. Chris Oltjenbruns went to the State Fair Tuesday. Phone A. T. Conger. 3 on 62. when in need of a drayman. O. S. Fross was a passenger to the State Fair Tuesday morning. I will guarantee 17c for butter fat 1 test and pav cash.—A. E. Chase. Mrs. E. B. Cooning and son. Master Ross, are State Fair attendants. If you want to buy or sell lleai Estate, call ou John W. Long. Louis Rein and son. Clifford, left for the Siate Fair Monday morning. Frank Robbins over from Greeley last evening, returning home today. Lake your butter ana eggs to uon hiser's. where you can get anything jou want. Hans Johnson is one of the Sher i; an county farmers at the State Fair t;;is week. Star Brand shoes are better. Every pair guaranteed.—Loup City Mer cantile Co. Mrs. Daisy Cowper went to Lincoln Monday to attend the State Fair and visit friends. Farm loans made on short notice and at reasonable rates by A. L. Zimmerman. Mrs. B. T. Snydef left last week for Molina. Colo., to visit her daughter, Mrs. Mattie Hall. You can walk on stars if you buy a pair of Star Brand shoes at the Loup City Mercantile Co. F. R. Paist drove to his home at Elba Saturday afternoon last, return ing Sunday evening. 1.200 yards unbleached muslin, 7L cents per yard. Loup Cits- Mercantile Co. Clark Whitaker and sister. Miss May Whitaker, left for the State Fair Monday morning. Do not be encouraged to try some other flour but use Loup City flour and patronize a home industry. C. H. Kee and family took the Tuesday morning's train for a days' visit at Marquette and from there to the State Fair. •John W. Lmur is prepared to make all Real Estate Loans on short notice at lowest rates. Mi" Ella Foster returned from the h -pi'a! at Omaha Monday evening. aft‘*r her most successful operation MoKinnie Bros., have two high ;-i i M arling Shorthorn bulls for >a'e. ;’rice reasonable. Bargains for someone. Vg.-nt Danielson of the B. A M.,on M tnday sold some thirty tickets to the State Fair, and on Tuesday some twenty more. Beginning August 5th.we will pav ca>h for cream at tiie creamery. We aiso pay cash for egg-. Ravenna Creamery Co. 51 rs. W. T. Owens and daughter, Katherine, returned from their visit ti Wisconsin last Friday evening. Mrs. Owens is greatly improved in health because of the rest from her househald and postottice duties. A special rate of 50 cents for the Daily State Journal from now until after election is the best newspaper otfer made. Send 75 cents if you want the Sunday also. Xo matter what other papers you have been reading you should take advantage of the Lincoin Journal’s cut-price offer. W. T. and O. S. Mason returned from Omaha last Friday evening, where the former has purchased a fine Chalmers-Detroit touring car. He will go down to Omaha again in a few days arid bring his car home, there l>eing none in supply at the Omaha house when there, necessitating his second trip after ids car. Tiie Loup City Mill & Light Co. are better prepared than ever to ex change tiour for wheat. We stili have a large amount of old wheat flour which we exchange for new wheat. We also have all kinds of feed. We want your business. Loup City Mill & Light Co. Good fountain pens, 11.00 up at Jeffords'. Hans Truelsen went to the State Fair Tuesday. Loans on real estate, call on John' W. Lons. S. X. Sweetland was a State Fair pilgrim Tuesday. •'* on 02. Ashley Conger, the dray man. Get him. Edgar Foster wont down to the State Fair Tuesday. I> in’t forget Lee Bros, is the place to get clioic —t of meats. M rs. I >r. Main and Miss Kffie Moon re" rned h last evening. Mrs. f.VH'.van drove over from Grd u week for a few days' visit. - s in rich jewelry ar Tords’. See them. • »s. and To;:i l>addow were among *.! Stare lair pilgrims Tuesdav. lr». Skip To rasher and son. Eddie, lei: Monda\ : >r state Fair sightsee i nr. The Ravenna Creamery Co. will pa - IT cent- :or butter fat till further notice. Mr. and Mr.-. Wes Pedler took the M. r. la- . torning’s train for the State Fair. « * ikdaie and Aztec coals are both go-1 burners. For sale by E. G. Ta. lor. Mrs. II. B. Musser and Miss Estlier Musser are State Fair visitors this week. Old Settlars' Picnic at Jenner's Bark. Sept. !» and hi. Keep the date in mind. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Goodell went to Lincoln Tuesday to attend the State Fair. Flies are coming. Get your screen doors and windows of the Leininger Lumber Co. W. T. Gihson is among the great and good who went to the State Fair Monday morning. Have you tried that fine bologna at Lee Bros", meat market? It is mighty good eating. The hour of the evening service in the Presbyterian church is changed from 3 o’clock to 7:30. beginning next Sunday. See Jeffords for Diamonds. You will be surprised at the low prices he can make you on fine goods. For fine watches see Jeffords'. He sells just a little cheaper than any body. Everything warranted just as i" p rtroc 11 . Ben Swanson returned home from Bellevue last Thursday where he will visit till the beginning- of the fall term. Sept. 15th. I now have in stock a complete line of guns and shells for fall shooting. , which begins Sept. loth. P. O. PvKKIJ. E. G. Taylor is to have his residence and mill building re-painted. George Stork and Ed. Jones being the artists of the paint brush. Mrs. Wm. Criss and Mrs. W. H. Rettenirayer and son Carl went to Lincoln Monday to visit relatives and take in the State Fair. Will French left for the State Fair last Thursday morning, where he will have a position during the week. M rs. French joined him there Monday. Oscar Swanson left for Omaha Monday morning, w here he will enter the Creighton School of Pharmacy to perfect himself in his chosen profes-1 sion. Grandma Gilbert came home from Arcadia Monday morning, where she had been for a week visiting Mr. and j Mrs. Albert Stone, the latter being quite ill. Breaching both morning and even ing at the Baptist church. The time of the service is changed from 8 o'clock to 7:30 p. m. Young people’s meeting at 6:3n p. in. All are welcome. Miss Ivy Hiddleson. from Perry. Iowa, arrived last Friday evening on a visit to her uncle. R. M. Hiddleson. her cousin. Miss Pearle Needham, and other relatives. Mrs. Carl Larson, accompanied by her little daughter, arrived last Sat da-. from Kansas City, on a visit to her father. T. E. Gilbert, and her sister. Miss Maude Gilbert. Mr. Blaine Harrod, the soldier boy from the Philippines, who had l»een here a few days visiting his sister and ■ other relatives, left Tuesday morning for Ohio to see his brother. Mr. | IP rrod has no intention of re-enlist- ■ Ing in the service. Prof. Jas. O'Connell arrived last; Saturday from Fairbury. preparatory to taking charge of the Loup City public schools. Prof. O'Connell has the reputation of being one of the leading educators of the state and our educational interests will there fore l>e in the best of hands. Rally Day exercises at the Pres byterian church next Sunday, with ail day services. A sermonette to the , members of the Sunday school will precede the morning service and the school is urged to be present at 10:30. Souvenir buttons will be distributed to all who attend. Evening service at 3:30. Special music consisting of an anthem by the choir, a duet bv Mr. andMrs. G. S. Leininger and a solo by Miss Lizzie Leininger. Wm. Larsen of the Mercantile Co. returned last Friday evening from Ids goods-buving trip to St. Louis. While in that city, Mr. Larsen with some 300 other buyers from various points were treated by the wholesale dry goods house of Fergu6on-McKinnie to an elegant banquet and excursion. A picture was also taken of the bunch, a copy of which has been shown us by Mr. Larsen, and ire is rightfully proud of the same and of r he treatment accorded the big lot of buyers by the progressive firm. Grocery Department We have the business, because we sell for small profits. Good Dried Prunes, count 80 to 100 per pound, - - - 5c 50 to 60fine prunes 3 pounds for - -25c N. Y. Ring Dried Ap ples, 2 lbs. for - - 25c Best Calif. Dried Ap ricots per pound, 15c Fine Calif. Dried Peaches, per lb.g 25c Dr. Price’s Foods, 3 boxes for - - - 25c Egg-O-See. 3 for - 25c Maz-AII, 3 for - — 25c Rice, Texas broken, new 1907, good color, per pound, 5c Extra fancy Texas head Rice, per lb. 10c. or 3 for - - 25c Oiled Sardines, six cans for - - - - 25c Good Mustard Sar dines, 3 cans for 25c 8 bars good Laun dry soap for - - 25c We handle the German American Coffee. Buy direct from the growers. Cut out the middle man’s profits. Best cof fee for the money. OUR Leader— —20c and 25c— —Try Them $1.75 Barrel Salt, - Oyster Shells, per 100 .90 We pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR BUTTER AND EGGS. Jeffords tits eye-glasses. Pat Braden left for Lincoln and the State Fair Monday. Dr. Chase chased himself to the State Fair Tuesday. Thos. Bagsiey left Tuesday morn ing for the State Fair. George Stork adds his name to the Northwestern list this week. George reports the painting business picking up finely. Herman Johansen went to the State Fair Monday morning, but would not say lie should purchase any fine blooded stock. Sam White will plant eighty acres of wheat this fall with his new’ Moni tor drill purchased from Thos. Jamrog & Son of Ashton. The Presbyterian Sunday school picnic at Jenner's Park last Friday] afternoon was weli attended and ail reported a most enjoyable time. On Tuesday evening a light colored purse containing #1.50 and papers, iie ionging to Elizabeth Burns was left in postoffice. Return to Geo. Leininger /gent Danielson of the B. & M. sold ■§110 worth of tickets last Satur day morning for various points, not withstanding the big excursion over the IJ. P. to Grand Island. The Revs. James of the Baptist church and the Misses Minnie Gilbert: and Emma Rowe left Tuesday morn ing for Polk, near Central City, to attend a Sunday schop! convention. Tiie Northwestern regrets to an nounce the death last Sunday morn ing of Suoervisor Andrew Garstka of Ashton, w ho has lieen ill for the past [ three months with typhoid fever at! the home of Geo. Wasnicki in this city. The remains were taken to Ashton Sunday noon and on Monday the funeral took place at St. Francis Catholic church in that village, a number of Loup City friends attend ing, and we are told the funeral was j the most largely attended of any held in this county for years, attesting the esteem in which lie was held. Andrew Garstka was born in Posen. Poland, March 19, 18«1. He came to this country some twenty years ago settled in Nebraska. He leaves four brothers in Poland, and two brothers and a sister in Wisconsin, besides a wife and nine children near Ashton, 4 boys and 5 girls, the oldest a son of 19 and the youngest a baby girl of 18 months. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen and Highlanders and of the Catholic Alliance of Ash ton. under the auspices of which he was buried. At the time of his death he was a member of the countv board of supervisors and has held numerous: positions of trust in the county. He! will be sincerely mourned bv a large circle of friends, besides a heartbroken wife and large family of children. The Slaughter Clothing Sale Is still on at VIENER & KRELSTEIN ’S. It seems that Loup City was pretty hungry for 1 I GOOD CLOTHING and SUCH GOOD PRICES as we offer. We have been busy every day. It is no wonder, as we are selling. SELLING SUITS AT YOUR OWN PRICES Small profits and quick sales is what we want. Don’t make any delay, fur the quicker you se lect, the better you will get. We have a big line of Pants, the best in America >Jac!k; Pants l are well known and wear better than any other kind. Prices to suit your pocketbook. You can’t help but buy a pair when you sec them. Watch for the Green Tags, that will give you the price. Come in Satuaday and get you a pair at •Viepef 8c fCpelsteip’s. In the T. S. Nightingale Sldg, Main Street. ■uam_— y, iwatirw rat" H. M. Walker i> view ing the sights this week at the State Fair. Invitations are out to the wedding, on the 10th of September, of Miss Edna Grace Daddow. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam'l Daddow. to Mr. Charles Norton Lambert, both of thi city. Mas Jeffords left for Hastings on Tuesday of this week, where will take the position of pianotuner in a music house.as we understand. F. K. Paist of the First National Bank will have charge of the athletic room, vice Mr. Jeffords resigned. Mrs. W. T. Gibson. Mrs. C. W. Fletcher and Miss Vandegrift left Tuesday morning to attend the an nual Adventist State Campmeeting at Hastings. Mr. John Vandegrift is also attending the same, going a few days' previous. Sixty-six tickets were sold Saturday morning over the C. P. for Grand Island, the occasion of Buffalo Bill's show at the latter place, but accord ing to Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pratt, who were among them, the show was a frost of the severest nature. Sherman County's first Old Settler’s Reunion held at Jen* ner’s Park on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 9th and 10th. This event should be enjoyed by all, both old and new. The most enterprising and pros pering institution of Sherman county is the Loup City Park, which is con ceded to be the finest of its size in the state for beauty and original amusements. The owner and buiider. Henry Jenner. lias spent a sina!'. fortune on its construction and ha> spared no pains in bringing it to the high state of perfection it is now. For celebrations like the coming event of the 9th and 10th instant it cannot be beaten. Those who have i.nce visited this beautiful park will be certain to come again: those who have not been cannot afford to miss it on Sept. 9 and 10. On Sunday, August 30. 1908. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Chase in this city. Mr. Carl II. Johnson and Miss Fannie H. Sutton were happily united in wedlock by Rev. D. IV. James. Mr. Johnson is a prosperous druggist of Ord. Nebr. Mrs. J > .n-s,c. is the youngest daughter of Mi. A. sutton, formerly a resident of L. >u;> City, but now living at Ord. There were present only the immediate family of the bride and a brother of thegroom. namely. Mr AlonzoSutton. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Chase. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Waite. Mr. and Mrs. Rowan Sutton. Grandma Waite. Miss Jennie Sutton Mr. Frank Johnson and the little nephews and nieces of the bride. The house was prettily dec orated in golden rod. which the many friends of the young couple hope is a prophecy of the wealth of tiappiness they will enjoy. Following the cere mony a sumptuous wedding dinner was served, which was greatly ap preciated. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will spend a week in Omaha and then re turn to Ord where they will make a home for the bride's father. The happy pair have the best wishes of a host of friends. Along R. R. No. I. Mistaking their mother for a mat rauder in their mellon patch on Tues day evening, the sons of Gene Milier fired the contents of shotgun ir. that direction, some of the shot hitting her in the face, neck and chest, hut doing slight damage beyond fright ening all parties. Miss Cora and Yelva Fross visited at the home of A. B. Outhouse last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Arnett and" Mr. a nd Mrs. Grant Rogers took dinner at Lite home of W. T. Clark Sunday. Messrs. Arnett. Budlerand Blaschke art putting up hay together this fall. Tom Parsley and Walter Shettler report frost on their creek Monday night. The little year and a half old son of las. MeBetih fell from the porch Tuesday and broke its arm. One of the largest sales of the reason will be held on the old Whit man homestead Sept. 9th. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blaschke. Jr., went up to the sandhills to gee one of •he Kinkaid homesteads. Miss Alice McBeth is home again ifter several weeks' visit with her grandparents. Porter Curry gave the carrier two pounds of honey Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heapy, Sr., visit id at H. L. Bell’s Sunday. O. S. Fross is attending the State Fair this week. Frank Arnett is visiting at W. T. Clark's. A. L. X. Carstensen is visiting at J. A. Johnson's thus week. A. Bergstrom took a load of hogs jo Loup City Tuesday. Sehool commences Monday in Dist. LI. or the Lone Elm schoolh'ouse. Mr., and Mrs. John Stewart and family visited at H. L. Bell’s Sunday. Chas. Sickles bought a new piano iast week. Geo. Hager’s new barn will be all shingled this week. D. C. Leach expects to go to O'Neill. N'eb., about Oct. 1st and try his luck it drawing a piece of land. Miss Marie Mcllravy will attend school at Loup City this winter. Miss Yelva Fross will attend school it Loup City again this winter. It was like Sunday on the mail 1 route Saturday as most of the farmers went to Grand Island to see the show. Frank Kusek stayed all night in i town Saturday and woke up the next j morning and found that Loup City j was a wet town. | /wink Bros, will lay idle about two j weeks with their threshing machine ! before starting stack threshing. We hope the will have better weather than with shock threshing. Gene Miller carried the mail on ' R. F. D. No. 3 Saturday. E. B. Coming was out to Arnett's surveying the line between Arnett's j and Youngluni's last week. Tom l>riskell sold some steers in | Litchfield Saturday. Another rain covered tire route last Sunday night and was the heaviest from town west to Domgard's. Lou Williams, carrier on R. F. I>. No. 3. went to Grand Island Saturday with the crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parsley and daughter Winnie went to Grand Island Saturday to see Buffalo Bill. ! Pegler's threshed last Friday. I Johnson and Weedin had some bad i luck w ith their stacker last week, but : it is running as smooth as an old ; clock now. Anton Budler has taken a home : stead in the sandhills and will move j up there next spring. John Warrick fixed the road along 1 his line last week. Miss Winnie Parsley is in the Daily News contest. Anyone renewingtheir subscription she would like to have | : you vote for her. Vera Creery is visiting at Wilber.! Neb., this week. Everet Picker! lost a horse last | week. A. L. Enderlee is painting the1 j school house in his district this week J. A. Summers bought a new hay | sweep Wednesday. Frank Jackson was helping John Warrick in the hay Held last week. Miss Laura Weedin, Fred Weedin Mrs. Carstensen and Mable Carsten- j 'sen left for their homes at Aurora! i last week Wednesday after a tw weeks' visit with the Johnson an Ling families. L Hayden was helping on G. V. i Hager's new barn last week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kowelawski an^ famiiv took* dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Grella in Loup City. C Johnson sp-nt Sunday evening a: Win. George's. Felix and Arthur Kowalevski were visiting their brother Hubert on R. j F. I> No. 3 last Sunday. W. B. Revnoids went to the State Fair Saturday morning. L. Hayden and Andy Coppersmith went to Loup City after two loads of j lumber Saturday. H. Burger lost two ealves last week A veterinary from Mason City was out to see them and he said they died from some kind of poison they had got in the pasture. Frank Weedin went to Omaha Mon day with some cattle. John Jackson is working for Christ /wink this week. Clarence Johnson and brother re ceived the sad news Sunday that their fattier had died from a paralytic stroke. They left for his home’ in Hamilton county at once. Corn lias commenced to ripen and some of it is out of the way of the frost. A few farmers are through haying: pastures are good and stock look tine. A large acreage of winter wheat will be put in this fail. Most of the farmers will get four crops of alfalfa this year. What other crop will beat alfalfa'/ A very had accident occurred at the home of J. A. Johnson Monday morn ing about 8 o'clock, when their 7-year old son. Lloyd, was run down by a Shepard dog and his leg broken above the knee. The boy and dog were running as hard as they could and came together with such force that the boy's leg was broken. The carrier will miss the little fellow as he was almost always at the mail box to get the mail. NOTICE—If ForSale list your lands with us. Have some Cottage homes to i exchange for lands.—Windham In vestment Co. Plattsrnouth, Nebr. Notice. All who are owing me accounts will please remit by cash or note. I need all money due me in my business. An early settlement will be appreciat ed. Thanking you in advance, I re main, Eesp. yours, P. O. Reed. Jenner's Park Open seven days a week. Visitors to park have the use of croquet lawn, quoit ground, gymnasium, giant stride, swings, etc. Admission, 10 and 5 cents. For Sale H. J. Johansen is offering for sale 14 iall-bred boars and his crop of spring boars, from his Loup Valley herd. Purchasers will make no mis take in securing line heads for their herds from among Mr. Johansen's pure-bred Poland Chinas. Call early and secure your choice. For Sale One Piano. Must be sold regardless of cost; to avoid re-shipment to factory. Address, Manufac turer, care of Northwestern. Ml ■ Cloak Sale! The “Square Deal Sale People” will hold another Big Cloak Sale with us on September 15 and 16. Don't forget the dates and come and look over the line. Everything sold right here in the store, and you see j what you buy. Prices will run from C5.00 to §25.00 in ladies’ cloaks and from S 1.50 to SI2.00 in misses and childrens. Also a Full Line oi Skirts and Petticoats. Everything will be in the new fitted back. Every lady likes to see the new styles, so come and see them any way. You are w elcome to look. CONHISER’s CALL AND SEE OUR Floor Covering J~U-st Arrived Our 10-wire Seamless Tapestry Rugs. 9x12. $ls.50 Jap Matting Rugs. :;0x68, just the tiling i'or Hall or Katli room. . $ 1.00 Crex Rugs. 32x'4. never wear out, all Fringed . i 1.50 9x12 All Wool Art Squares,.. $ 7.50 9x12 Granite Art Squares,. $ 5.00 Jap Matting, '36 inches wide.lg We carry a larger stock of Rugs and Floor Cover ings than ever. Closing out our entire stock of Carpet Samples. Cali and get one while they last. Christensen & Ferdinandt Furniture Company. Christensen & Ferdinandt, Undertakers and Embalmers WILL Protect Your Stock Because it’s the ideal roofing for all kinds farm buildings and out-houses, etc., as it keeps them warm in winter, cool in summer, dry in wet weather, and 'will not pollute any water with which it may come in contact, leaving it avail able for ail domestic uses. You can lay it yourself, and at a cost surpris ingly low. Send for our book, and free sample^ ~ — tt~ J. P. LEININGER LUMBER COMPANY. * *jLgaassiHa®Bi *®J. I. DEPEWS* Blacksmith § Wagon Maker! o My shoo ia the largest and best equipped north of the Platte Hiver ® I I hare a four hors* engine and a complete line of the latest improved, ml § chtnery, also a force ot experienced men who know how to operate It and S torn oat a Job with neatness and dispatch. MY PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND PROMPTS 1 ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL CUSTOMERS B2SS 111111? 3 3 I 111 r93 33arjUOB2i2£2BSBEmS2W££K&BEr We are selling many gallons of and those who use it are report the CHICKENS AND HENS FREE FROM VERMIN Better try it. It is also a great wood preserver. It greatlv preserves tlie life of the post, if applied to the post just at or beiow the ground. Sold in bulk, #1.00 per gallon. We have just unloaded a car of good WHITE CEDAR l*OSTS. which we are offering at lie each in lots of 100 or more KEYSTONE LUJVIBEp CO. Loup City, Ashton, Rockville, Schaupps, and Arcadia, Neb. E. G. Taylor, President. J. S. Pedler, C. C. Carlson. Vice President Cashier -1)1 RECTO RS W: R. Mellor, J. W. Long, S. N.[Sweetland LOUP OH STATMMK LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, Capital Stock, - - $26,000.00 Individual Liability, $250,000.00