Did It Ever
Occur to You?
“I paid that bill once.”
“You must be mistaken.”
“indeed, I am not mistaken.”
“Have you a receipt?”
“it seems to me I have, but i don’t remember
what i did with it.”
“We have no record of payment, and unless
you can produce our acknowledgment in the
way of receipt, we must insist that you pay
this account.”
But it might have been a different story had the bill been j
paid with a bank check. No chance for argument or dispute
when the canceled check is produced. Better pay your bills
once—with a check on
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
A Good Bank
A Time Tried and Quality Tested Bank
Check Books Free
A P CULLKY. President L. HANSEN, C-shier
IRAE. WILLIAMS. Vice President O E, ADAMS, Asst. Cabbie*
THE NORTHWESTERN
A Few Market ({flotations.
Corn, per bu.. .56 (2 .58
Wheat, perbu.1.10 @ 1.15
Oats, per bu.46 (a .48
Rye, per bu . .65
Butter, per lb. .20
Eggs, per doz. .14
Hens, per lb. .08
Spring chickens, per lb. .081.,
LOCAL NEWS.
For field seeds see T. M. Reed.
3 on 62, Ashley Conger, the dray,
man. Get him.
Loans on real estate, call on
z John W. Long.
Mrs. Earl Thompson is enjoying a
siege of the mumps.
Try a sack of Loup City flour, for
sale at your flour dealers.
We pay cash for eggs at the cream
ery. Ravenna Ckeamert Co.
Protect your buildings with Lead
& Zinc. Geo. Stork does the work.
Remember the Cloak and Suit Sale
April 28tli and 29th. at Conhiser's.
I will guarantee 24c for butter fat.
I test and pay cash.—A. E. Chase.
Flanker Williams is building a small
addition to his residence on the west.
Cioak and Suit Sale at Conhiser's
Wednesday and Thursday, April 28-29.
Flave your house look like new with
Lead & Zink. Stork will gi ve you
prices.
Postmaster Grow moved this week
into the property purciiased of E. A.
Brown.
Thoroughbred Plymouth Rock eggs,
per setting of 15. 50c. See Mrs. W. T.
Gibson.
Lee Bros, meat market is the place
to get ground green bones for your
chickens.
Henry Ohlsen has been laid up the
past few days with a severe attack of
lumbago.
^ See tlie new Himalaya novelties
just in from New York, at the Mer
cantile Co.
Ciias. Biehl moved into his new
residence in west Loup City the first
of the week.
Reed Bros, are selling land in the
North Platte Valley. Excursions
every Tuesday.
You make no mistake in calling on
the Stewart Conger drays when you
want Quick service.
^ee v^umnser auouij one laeai
Vacuum Cleaner. He has the agency
for them in Loup City.
Will French has been having quite
a serious time the past week with
blood poisoning in his right hand.
The Loup City Mercantile Co. have
this week installed a line new lightr
ing plant in their business house.
Mrs. Ro6t. Young is enjoying a
visit from her mother and "sister.
Mrs. Rentfrow and Mrs. Alta Edwards
of Omaha.
FOR SALE—In the city of Loup
City, houses w ith two lots and with
five acres. Prices from $550 to $1800.
by Reed Bros.
Ed Oltmann was in town last
Saturday and expressed himself well
pleased with his fine farm rented just
north of Schaupps. Ed is a hustler.
The B. Y. P. U. choir will give a
“Slave Sale” social at the Sunny Slope
school house. Monday evening' April
26th. Everyone invited. The ladies
will please bring baskets.
Breeders will take notice that the
noted stallion, Basco B.. will be in
Loup City the first three days of each
week during the present season, with
headquarters at McLaughlin’s barn.
Miss Pearle Needham left Wednes
day morning for Lincoln to visit a
few days with Miss Mary Minshull.
whom we understand will a short
time later go to Oklahoma for a
season.
Col. A. P. Culley left Tuesdav
morning on a business trip toLenora,
Dewey county, Oklahoma. He ex
pected to stop off a day or two to see
Messrs. Mason and Zimmerman at
Enid, Okl.
We understand A. E. Chase and
Jas. Lee are on a deal to open up in
the automobile line in this citv and
Mr. Lee, who is now in Chicago is
looking up the matter and will prob
ably have a car load shipped in here
at an early date.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira E. Williams left
Wednesday morning for Fremont,
where Mr. Williams will attend the
bankers' convention held in that city
this week. From there they will go
to Glenwood. Iowa, for overSundav.
to visit Mr. Williams' parents, return
ing home next Monday evening.
'f Horsemen Attention—Kenneth Kav
wishes to call attention of breeders to
the fact that his fine horses will
stand on Mondays and Tuesdays of
each week at the Johnson barn, in
the rear of the Criss blacksmith shop.
He recently purchased the noted
Perch ;ron stallion, “Tom”, of Jas.
W. Johnson, which he will stand at
the aforesaid place, together with his
well known Clyde, “Keota Prosper.”
The simple announcement will be
f sufficient toinsure him a goodlyshare
of the patronage of those wishing
returns in best horseflesh.
WANT COLUMN
Local Notices. Want Ads. Lost. Found of
Stolen items. For Sales, etc., under this heart
at one-half cent per word, no item less than Sc
Thoroughbred Plymouth Rock eggs of the
’ famous E II. Thompson strain Jl do per
setting. Phone. 8on 2H>. Mks E. C. Dyer
If vou want a good cream separator i
see T. M. Reed.
Finest dill pickles ever on the j
] market at Lee Bros.
See the new dress skirts at the
Loup City Mercantile Co.
Miss Hazel Burleigh is suffering]
from a bronchial affection.
Buy Aztec or Canon City coal at
j Taylor's elevator for summer use.
Remember the Cloak and Suit Sale.
April 27th and 29th. at Conhiser's.
If you waul to buy or sell Real
Estate, call on John AY. Long.
Remember the Cloak and Suit Sale, j
April 28th and 29th at Conhiser's.
Have your house painted with i
White Lead & Zinc. See Geo. Stork
If you want a dray in a hurry and ;
get quick work, see Stewart Conger. !
The Ravenna Creamery Co. will I
pay 24 cents for butter fat till further
notice.
Take your butter and eggs to Cor.-!
hiser's. where you can get anything!
you want.
Cement sidewalks are being put
down to the south of the Odendahl
residences.
See the Mercantile Co. for a new
suit. They certainly have got a fine
line this year.
Little Walter Jones has been quite
ill the past few days, but is much]
better at this writing.
Mr. John Ratlif of Ord is the new
jeweler at Chase's. A very pleasant
appearing gentleman.
See Conhiser about the Ideal
Vacuum Cleaner. He has the agency
for them in Loup City.
Delmar Draper is trying to ward
off an attack of la raumpus. but the
chances are will prove an utter failure.!
A baby girl arrived Thursday. April
115th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j
Will George, who occupy the poor |
farm.
We received a pleasant financial ]
1 call last Friday from our good friend
: and substantial farmer. Mr. Victor I
i Johnson.
G. L. Lester of Omaha, formerly
helper at the B. & M. depot, was
here visiting old chums a few days I
last week.
A baby boy came last Thursday to
gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hans Johnson, eight miles north of
Loup City.
Mr. John Warneke came up from
Aurora to take |charge of his fine
farm. He is a splendid addition to
our citizenship.
Max Payne, now of Aurora, where
he is employed in an express com
pany. visited his many friends here
over last Sunday.
We can save you a nice piece of i
money on a refrigerator by getting
in your order early.—Christensen*
Ferdinandt Furniture Co.
The county board was in session
last Thursday and Friday and took a ■
recess till this week Fridav, when it
will meet to consider much needed
bridge matters.
The David Cole Creamery Co. of
Omaha has its local headquarters
with O. F. Petersen, paying 24c cash
for butter fat and testing same
while you wait.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the;
Baptist church will hold a Kensing
ton at the home of Mrs. A. E. Chase
Friday afternoon. April 23. All the)
ladies are cordiallv invited.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
M. E. church will meet with Mrs. L.
Hansen next Wednesday afternoon,
and a cordial welcome is’ extended to
all the ladies to be present.
Will Simpson leaves about the first
of May on a trip to the southeast part
of Oklahoma, w here he may locate.
He disposed of his interest in the ci
gar factory a fortnight since.
We understand A. O. Hendrickson !
and Lum Fletcher have purchased1
the vacant lots just south of the j
Baptist church, and that Mr. Fletcher
is contemplating building thereon.
L. IT. Spahr has opened his general
repair shop in the Little Boston store,
where he clean* and repairs sewing
I machines, gasoline stoves, guns, bi
I cycles, etc., also spouting, tin roofs,
isolderitur of all kinds. Call and see
.him. All work guaranteed.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood will
hold their annual banquet in the
church parlors Thursday evening
April 29th. the culinary department
j ro be in charge of the ladies of the
Industrial Society of the church and
the handsomest young ladies of the
'•hurch to have charge of the tables.
Tickets on sale at both banks.
We understand a movement on foot
the past week by our Odd Fellow
brethern to purchase the brick build
!ng now occupied by the postoffice,
Mascnic hall and Makowski store of
A. P. Culley has about reached a suc
cessful termination, the Odd Fellows
and Mr. Culley coming to a common
basis and the transfer will probably
take place upon the return of Mr.
C dley from his trip to Oklahoma,
* unless the plans now laid out miscarry, i
Miss Ella Taylor Went to Grand
Island this morning for a visit with
friends.
Grandma Haney continues very
poorly, with but little hopes or
ultimate recovery.
P. O. Reed left Wednesday morning
for a few day’s business trip to the
southeastern part of the state.
C. E. Mellor left Tuesday morning
for southeast Oklahoma, as we under
stand for the purpose of looking up a
good business location.
Dr. Longacre returned Monday
evening from his ten days' visit to
Chicago, Omaha and other points.
End while absent purchased a neat
buggy-top. high-wheeled auto, which
arrived last evening, and will prove a
valuable adjunct to his large medical
business, besides Ireing a source of
much enjoyment and pleasure.
The Northwestern regrets to note
this week tire death at Kearney last
Sunday of Mrs. John Lambert, for
merly of this city from heart failure.
We have no particulars. Mrs. Lambert
will be remembered by many here as
running a restaurant some few years
since in the building now occupied by
the Christensen & Ferdinandt Co.
The Northwestern received ten new
subscribers last week, who added
their names without solicitation.
This does not mean that we are
••nearing the 1.000 mark.” as such
kind of talk is invariably hot air. so
to speak, but means that the North
western is gaining a handsome list of
new readers, and feels well satisfied
with the showing.
Loup City has acquired two more
of Hamilton county's best families
this week. Mr. Moses Phillips and
family arrived Monday and moved
into the property in the block just
west of the Catholic church, where
he will reside and look after his real
estate interests in this county. On
Tuesday, Mr. Arthur Best was here
and purchased the residence property
of S. A. Pratt in south Loup City,
and will return with his family
shortly to occupy the same. He lias
real estate in this county, also, but
will make his home in this*city.
Mr. John A^oungquest came up from
Aurora Saturday and closed a dea.
for the C. S. Hile 80-acre farm ir
Logan township for his son-in-law
Mr. Frank Kennedy, who owns an
eighty adjoining the nile land, thus
giving Mr. Kennedy a nice little farcr
of 160 acres in one piece. Thus Mr
Youngquest. senior, has two sons-in
law. D. L. Jacoby and Mr. Kennedy
and two sons. Marsel and Clarenc*
Youngquest. located on farms adjoin
ing in Logan township, making i
quartet of one family recently frorr
the good town of Aurora the peer ol
any in good old Sherman.
Quilting bees seem to be in vogm
once more in Loup City. A few days
ago quite a number of the ladies
gathered at the home of Mrs. G. W
Hunter and enjoyed the old time
pleasure helping that ladv to finish a
quilt she had started. Last Mondav
several friends of Mis. Burns met a'"
the beautiful home of Mrs. G. S.
Leininger and finished a quilt for hei
also one Mrs. Leininger pieced when
she was a very small girl. As we
listened we heard the ladies recount
the log rollings, quilting bees and
husking bees, and all declared they
were not the lucky one to find the
red ear of corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Xelk of Lead.
S. I>., arrived here Monday evening
on a visit to the hosts of old time
friends of Mr. Xelk. Will, as all call
him, lived here a number of years,
and was the popular clerk of T. L.
Pilger. when that gentleman was in
the mercantile business in this city.
A tout ten years ago he left here and
later located at Lead, six years since
uniting his fortunes with the charm
ing wife who accompanied him here
to visit the old scenes of her husband.
Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Xelk were
given a reception at the elegant home
of Mrs. Viola Odendahl, where they
met quite a company of the older
residents of Loup City and a most
enjoyable evening resulted. They
expect to return home Friday morn
ing. We acknow ledge a pleasant call
from Mr. Xelk and are not surprised
at the universal weicome lie receives
from our people.
We received a pleasant call yester
day from our good friend,' Peter
Janssen of Cairo, who came up on a
matter of business. He has just sold
his old homestead a few- miles north
t>f Rockville to his son-in-law, Hans
Broderson. and was here attending
to the final details. Mr. Janssen
:ame to Sherman county 29 years ago
from Holstein. Germany, and took up
the homestead he recently sold and
lived on the same till about four years
igo when he moved down near Cairo
ind bought land interests. He now
takes the money received for his old
Homestead and purchases a nice tract
idjoining his farm near Cairo, mak
ing him a fine home place. He is a
royal ^gentleman and for many years
has been one of the old stand-bys of
the Northwestern, and will belong to
this newspaper family so long as his
>ld friends and neighbors continue to
live here and make interesting history
for him to read through his favorite
family newspaper.
HIRAM’S STROKE OF BUSINESS.
“Oil Fever” a Windfall for Lazy and
Unscrupulous Texan.
During the “oil fever” in Texas some
pears ago the surprise of Hardtlmes, a
little town in the southwestern part
3f the state, was the discovery of oil
3n Hiram Strong's place. If ever
there was a man misnamed It was
Hiram, for he was the weakest,
scrawniest, most pusillanimous mortal
in the whole country. In addition, he
had the reputation of being the lazi
est man for a radius of ten miles In
ill directions.
However, the oil on his place was
af a good grade and after some dick
ering Hiram was enabled to sell his
and outright for a good figure. Then
le “salted” his pile somewhere, some
tow. and proceeded to enjoy life.
The purchasers of the land, to their
lismay, however, found that the well
was exhausted after a few gallons of
jil had been pumped out. They pro
needed at once to hunt up Hiram.
To him they told the startling fact
und acused him of fraud.
"How many gallons did you get
;>ut?” he asked.
They told him at least six; no
more, though.
"That’s square,” he answered, “for
I know I poured in at least ten 'fore
I sold that land to yer!” And that
was all the satisfaction they ever got
:>ut of Hiram.—Exchange.
Dangerous to Author.
Perfidy often recoils upon its au
i-hor.—La Fontaine.
NEWcentury!
A
PI-EASE CAI-L AND SEE THEM
T. M. Reed
The Jmpiepnept jVlap
WE WANT BOY
—The Live, Active Kind
to try and wear out a
suit of indestructible
Clothes
They will find it the hard
est work they ever did.
We have made a study of the
“Boy Problem”—his needs, and
how poorly they are met by the
ordinary boys’ clothes.
“WEARBETTER” clothes are
made to forestall the boys’efforts
to burst seams, rip off buttons
and tear holes.
Come in, to-morrow or any time,
and let us show you these clothes.
' We carry all sizes, patterns and
weights.
We sell the famous “wear
BETTER” COMBINATION SUITS
—one coat and two pair pants; one
plain and one knickerbocker. Your
boy will get double the service out of
one of these suits.
Ce|7TitbMd. IBwj, tend ML Ftetoa* * U.
LOUP CITY
MERCANTILE
COMPANY
The Northwestern was particularly
well pleased the first of the week to
receive a subscription to it from his
old home in Ringgold county. Iowa
from P. C. Hedy, whom the editoi
has known for the past thirty odd
years, and who is one of the oldest
veterans of the great war of the Re
bellion. and one of those old school
republicans fast passings away, who
counts his votes as having leen record
ed for every republican from John C
Fremont to the present National
executive, Wm. H. Taft. Mr. Hedy,
known all through Iowa as Pat Hedy,
is one of the genuine old boys of tin
Emerald Isle, who from boyhood loved
the briny deep and was a sailor by
instinct and occupation, and served
in Uncle Sam's navy during the war,
making a splendid record, and is now
passing down the stage of action with
the full appreciation of a life well
lived and a patriotism undimmed by
time and deed. Pat wants the North
western as he says to keep tab on the
old Ringgold printer boy of years
gone by and more especially to watch
over his old Irish chum. Jim Moonev.
here, and see by the paper that he is
walking in the correct way prescribed
by Pat in the former days in the old
haunts of one of the best counties in
Iowa. Here's to Veteran Pat Hedy,
and may he live to kiss the blarney
stone at twice his present ripe old age.
Why go out of town to buy your
clothes, when you can buy just as
good ones at the LoupCit* Mercantile
Co. an<J keep your money at home?
Along R. R. No. I.
•las. Bone and family, J. A. Arnett
and family, Ed Kilpatrick and family,
Joe Blaschke ami S. Foss' took dinner
at Henderson’s Sunday.
A Mr. Peterson from Stromsburg is
visiting this week with Johnson's
and Younglund's.
The Henderson boys are batching
out on the Lewis farm.
One of Fred Davenport's little
twins is quite sick.
A. M. Bennett was out to Foss’
Monday and butchered a calf for tlie
market.
Will Hawk. W. O. Brown and Geo.
McFadden shipped cattle and hogs
this week.
Carl Squires has purchased a tine
Percheron mare.
Mrs. Henry Bell is quite poorlv
this week.
Everett Sickles and wife and Ethel
Sickles spent Sunday at Gray's.
Mrs. Bertha Shipley is quite sick.
A card from Will Engle states his
stomach was better, although the
pains in his head continue. He ex
pected to arrive home last evening,
and we understand he will soon go
to Kearney for another operation.
Austin Happenin’s.
Mrs. Dan McDonald left Tuesdav
for a few weeks’ visit with her par
ents at Enid. Oklahoma.
Mr. Steen, the well man from St.
Paul, who is drilling a well for Mr.
Casslin. had a runaway last Saturdav
on his way back from Loup City, the
buggy upsetting, about a half' mile
ea>t of Talbot's, the team being found
two miles further east. Mr. Steen
received a few bruises and one arm
w as dislocated. He was able to walk
back to Talbot's where he was attend
ed by Mr. Talbot and brother. On
Sunday he was taken home to St. Paul
in the auto.
S. L. Talbot’s brother and nephew
and Mr. Martin came down in their
auto from Broken Bow Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Jack. Mr. and Mrs.
P. Larsen, Miss Neva Voiles. Wesley
Carpenter. John Trumpke and August
Gosinski attended the Woodman
supper at Rockville Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. HansSmith from near
Ravenna visited at P. Larsen's Satur
day and Sunday.
P- Larsen and two boys drove to
Loup City Tuesday for posts and w ire
to enclose his alfalfa field for hogs.
A. R. Jack and son were doing
business at Loup City Monday.
Tony Trumpke and his mother and
sister was doing business in Rockville
Saturday.
See Conliiser about the Ideal
\ acuum Cleaner. Fie has the agency
for them in Loup City.
Wiggle Creek Notes.
We are well pleased with our new
mail carrier.
Fred Johnson says he bought $2
worth of strawberry plants and then
had to buy *10 worth of fence to keep
the chickens out.
Fred _Reed has been trving to have
the mumps, but failed.
Don Holmes had a very sick horse
the night of the Brodock-Daddow
wedding, which caused him to lose
his wedding supper. We felt sorrv
i for Don.
The Wiggle Creek schoolhouse rioor
was oiled the other day to keep down
J the dust.
Say. some of you Wiggle Creek "blue
j jackets" axe some gir! to jine you in
padlock, so we can get another good
I supper.
A problem for the Nebraska far
mers. and they are a very industrious
class of people, and work'on the8-hour
system (8 hours in the forenoon and
8 in the afternoon). A few years ago
when these people were raising corn
and selling it for 15c and 20c per
bushel, the eastern farmers said, we
can’t afford to raise corn on our high
priced land w hen we can buy it so
cheap, so they seeded thousands of
acres to grass. Now things have
changed and Nebraska corn is 54c,
so the eastern farmers say, we’ll plow
up some of our meadow and raise our
own corn. If each farmer plants • 10
acres of meadow- to corn, what w ill
the price be here next year?
See Conhiser about the Ideal
Vacuum Cleaner. He has the agencv
for them in Loup City.
School Notes.
The high school girls are again plac
ing basket ball.
Mr. Starr gave a very instructive
| discourse on “Contract’’ at chapel
i last Monday morning and presented
the high school with an outline of the
| same, which will prove very helpful.
Misses Beynon and Haggart pres
! ented each of the seniors with a
beautiful class pin.
The freshmen class have completed
their work in civics and now take up
the study of geometry.
Winnie Gastever is having her turn
at the mumps this week.
A ball game will be played between
the 7th and 8th grades Saturday
afternoon at 2:30.
The seniors and those assisting are
working hard and faithfully at their
play.
Don’t forget the ball game between
Wiggle creek and Loup City on Arbor
Day, April 22. We are hoping for a
holiday.
——*M»riii --;
( MARE
SALE ON
GST IN ON THAT
100-PIECE D1I11 SET
CONHISER’s
LOOK OUT FOR
RED TAC SALE
COMMENCING
Sat., April 17th
Every article in our store has a Red Tag on it
and will be sold at..
A Big Discount
AND TAKES IN EVERY PIECE OF GOODS
On All of Our Furniture
TO SAVE REMOVAL
Christensen & Ferdinandt
Furniture Company.
Christensen & Ferdinandt,
Undertakers and Embalmers
—---■ ■ 1
E. G. Taylor, J. S. Pedler, C. C. Carlson.
President. Vice President. Cashier
-directors
W: R. Mellor, J. W. Long, S N. Sweetland
LOUP CITHTATE BANK
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. .
Capital Stock, - - $25,000.00
Individual Liability, $250,000.00
GO SOMEWHERE
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will make it possible for you to make the most interesting
railroad journey in the world at an extremely reasonable cost;
only slightly higher through California. PLAN NOW.
Rocky Mouctain Resorts. After June 1st very
low round trip rates will be made to the delightful resorts of
Scenic Colorado, to the Big Horn. Mountains, including Eaton
Bros, famous ranch resort at Wolf, Wyo., near Sheridan; the
Yellowstone Park, either via Cocly, Gardiner or Yellowstone
gateway: Hot Springs of South Dakota, Big Horn Basin points
Thermopolis, Basin and Worland. PLAN NOW.
To the East. An extensive scheme of excursion
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Information in response to inquiries will be furnished at
the earliest date. Do not hesitate to write us for information
and publications. State definitely what you want to know. It
will be a pleasure to assist you tc include all available attrac
tions in your tour east or west
J. A. DANIELSON, Ticket Apen*. Loup City, Nebr.,
L. W. WAKEL5V. . . '., Omaha.
