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v Your Protection. Twenty-five years of successful banking— (that is one of our greatest assets—and your guarantee of honest, straightforward business methods. I Strength and security should be your first! consideration in the selection of a bank. With a capital of $25,000, additional shareholders'liability of $25,000, surplus , $5,000, no loans made to any of its offi I cers or employes, and no business inter est of any stockholder to conflict with our customers’ interest, The First National Bank of Loup City offers unquestioned security ^ to its depositors. A. P. CDLLEY, President, L. HANSEN, Cashier, IRA E. WILLIAMS, Vice Pres., 0. E. ADAMS, Asst. Cashier _ THE NORTHWESTERN THRUSDAY, JULY/& lfx»» A Fpw Market Quotations. Corn, per bu ...'>*> & .58 Wheat, per bu. 1.05 Oats, per bu...40® .42 Rye, perbu. .10 Rutter, per lb. .18 Eggs, per doz. .15 liens, per lb. .08 Spring chickens, per lb. . 121., i FIRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!! * Patronize Nebraska institutions. The Columbia and the State of Omaha are strictly first-class. Ira E. Williams. Resident Agent, at First National Bank. logal/news. For Held seeds see T. M. Reed. Episcopal services in the Presby terian church Tuesday evening, July 20th. City property for sale by W. P. Reed. 3 on 02, Ashley Conger, the dray man. Get him. Mrs. Joe Thompson and baby went to Ravenna last Saturday for an over Sunday visit. Loans on real estate, rail on John W Long. Try a sack of Loup City flour, for sale at your flour dealers. Mrs. Ifid Taylor and baby returned to their home at Council BlulTs yes terday morning. Highest market price for hides at the Bennett meat market. Protect your buildings with Lead & Zinc. (leo. Stork does the work. Mrs. Norton Lambert is clerking for the Mercantile Co. during the special sale rush. I will guarantee 24c for butter fat I test and pav cash.—A. E. Chask. Gene Henry went to Kearney last Saturday morning on a business trip. Fresh celery on hand at Bennett’s meat market. If you want a dray in a hurry and get quick work, see Stewart Conger, j Miss Esther Musser returned last p Saturday evening from her visit to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Have your house look like new with Lead & Zink. Stork will give you prices. l)j. .1. K. Barr, father of Mrs. II. B. Musser, returned to his home at Lincoln Monday morning. Lee Bros, will pay the highett mar ket price in cash for your spring chickens. Max Wall of Arcadia was a guest over last Sunday at the home of his aunt. Mrs. Viola Odendahl. You make no mistake in calling on the Stewart Conger drays when you want quick service. Miss Nell Feeney of Grand Island arrived last Saturday evening for a visit with her numerous friends. A snap on a i section improved land near Loup City. Neb. W. I*. Kkku. If you want any spouting or tin ware work of any kind done, call on L. II. Spahr, General Repair Shop. Dr. Longaere’s father..!. .1. Long a re, who was visiting here a few diys last week, returned to his home at Lincoln Saturday. Windmills, Rumps and all kind of supplies. All kinds of work guarn teed. J. M. Czaplewski Rhone 3-23 Davenport & Baker. Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Browning, Miss Nora Wight and Mrs. Katie Burrowes were entertained at 5 o’clock dinner Sunday by Mrs. Newt. Vance. The Stewart Conger drays are on the rush from morning to night, but you will get the quickest kind of service on a hurrv call. Try them. Mrs. Henry French concluded her visit here and left for her home at Elm Creek Tuesday morning, accom panied by Mrs. (’has. French, who will visit there a week or more, yi Do you want to sell or exchange F your business? The Omaha Bee will run an advertisement for you at one cent a word per day. There will be many out of their 40,000 readers who will answer your advertisement. Write today. Farm Loans » At the First National Bank, Loup y' City. Cheap rates, quick action. Rienty of money the year round. Pure-Bred Poland China Sows. 1 have for sale a few pure-breil Po land China sows, due to farrow tins coming August. II. J. Johansen. If you want a good cream separator see T. M. Reed. The First National lias put in a cess pool in the furnace room, Skip Raker and Jim Bowman doing the work. Phone A. T. Conger, J on 62,*%hen in need of a drayman. 1 have some good bargains in real estate. W. P. Ukei>. Born. Saturday afternoon, July 10, 1909, to Mr. and Mrs. John Augustyn of Logan township, a son. Con gratulations. Buy A/.tec or Canon City coal at Taylor's elevator for summer use. If you want to buy or sell Real Estate, rail on John W. Long. Mrs. Newton Vance and baby,'Mrs. Ida Lambert and Norton Lambert went to Palmer Monday morning for a short visit. Have your house painted with White Lead & Zinc. See Geo. Stork. Don’t forget that L. II. Spahr cleans and repairs all kinds of sewing machines. Take your butter and eggs to Con hiser's, where you can get anything you want. Billy Wharton is now permanently employed at the Leininger lumber yard. That beats a measly section job, doesn't it, Will? Take your spring chickens to Lee Bros, and get highest market price in cash for them. Mrs. I>. L. Adamson left yesterday morning for a two or three weeks’ visit with relatives and friends at Grand Junction, Colo. The Bennett meat market is pay ing the highest market price for spring chickens. Miss Nora Wight of Wolbach is here visiting her sister. Mrs V. C. Browning. She will return home the latter part of the week. A good flying shuttle carpet and rug loom for sale cheap and on easy terms.—Mrs. Wm. Stockwell. A son was born Saturday morning. July 10th, 1909, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thode of Logan township. May he live to be as good a man as his father. The juciest of steaks from young corn fed beeves may be found on the block at the Bennett meat market. A Mr. Ralph Davison, recently re moved here from Broken Bow, and living in the first house east of the Sweetland block, is quite ill and under the physician’s care. We are paying 24 cents cash for cream delivered at the creamery. Havenna Creamery Co. John VV. Lons' is prepared to make all Real Estate Loans on short notice at lowest rates. We have a few stallion service record books which can be had for 5oc each. Only a few left. Call early. Miss Hose Sinclair visited her parents here over last Sunday. She is employed at the Lincoln hotel in the capital city and returned to her duties Monday morning. The David Cole Creamery Co. of Omaha lias its local headquarters with o. F. Petersen, paying _Nc cash for butter fat and testing same while jrou wait. John W. Long left Monday morn ing for Danville, Kentucky, where Mrs. Long and children have been visiting for some weeks with the lady’s mother and brother, and they mae all return the latter part of the week. John Fisher was called to Greeley. Neli., Friday morning by a phone message that ids daughter, Mrs. Inez Bly, was dangerously ill. Another message was received later in the day that she was better. Saturday morn ing Mrs. Fisher left for her daugh ter’s bedside, accompanied by her two youngest children. Jess Marvel arrived in this city from Craig. Neb., last Saturday for an over-Sunday visit and was warmly greeted by his host of friends. He was here and in the vicinity of Ashton for several days this week looking after his and his father's real estate interests. Jess looks like he jolly boy of old but pleads that the sultry weather lias not agreed with him any more than with the rest of us common morta's. I 2 cans Columbia River Salmon for. 25c 1 lb. good Coffee. 15c German-American Coffee .,.20c and 25c 3 boxes Corn Flake. 25c 3 boxes Egg 0-See. 25c 2 cans of 25c Peaches.... 35c 2 cans of 35c Apricots... 35c 2 cans Tomatoes. 25c 3 cans good Corn. 25c We pay the highest market price for Rutter and Eggs. Bring your Chickens to us we pay 9c. Remember the Place, the For a Good Grade of Kinder Twine see T. M. Reed. Mrs. B. P. Pageler left Monday morning for a week.s. visit with her parents at Morris Klulfs, in Saunders county. Dr. O. E. Longacre received an urgent business call to Denver, Mon day, barely in time to catch the noon train on the Fnion Pacific. Miss Ethel Ilaggart of St. Paul, our popular high school teacher, is visiting in Chicago and Wisconsin, where she will remain till school commences. Harold liedlund went to St. Paul this morning where he is to play a violin solo at the commencement ex ercises of the St. Paul Normal and Business College this evening. John Warneke, who now resides in Loup City, near where he is quite extensively interested in land is in Aurora this week calling on old friends- Aurora Republican. Miss May Bitters, formerly of Loup City, but now residing at Marquette, this state, gave us a pleasant call last Thursday, while here visiting her many friends. She returned home Wednesday morning. Miss Louise Taylor left last Friday for Denver and other points in Colo rado for a month's vacation from her duties in the State Bank. She was joined by her sister. Mrs. B. K. Schaeffer, at Curtis, this state. The Swedish services last Sunday afternoon in the German church, by Rev. Johnson of Hamilton county, were quite well attended by our Scandinauian friends and were most interesting. They will continue regular services in this city. Rev. L. C. McEwen came up from Kearney Monday evening to look after his business Interests and renew old friendships, returning home yes terday morning. Rev. McEwen and family expect to leave next week to visit his mother at St. Peters Bay, Prince Edward Island. Mrs. II. E. Adams and Miss Elsie Adams of Lincoln and Miss Leta Adams of Speartish, S. D., arrived last week Wednesday’ evening on a visit to their son and brother, O. E. Adams of the First National Bank of this city. They left this morning for a visit at Genoa, this state, and later will visit various points in Min nesota. Mrs. I. F. Pierson of the St. Elmo hotel returned Monday evening from a lew days’ visit with a sister at Kearney. Last week Mrs. Pierson was most pleasantly surprised by a visit from her father, Mr. Woodard, who lives in Montana, and whom she had not seen for eighteen years, and went with him to visit the Kearney daughter. Ilev. Joseph James returned last Saturday noon from Golden, Colo., w here he had been Tor a fortnight or more looking after the welfare of his son, who had not seemingly been benefited by t hat mountain climate. However, Father James says Ids son is much better at present and if he continues to improve steadily may be able to return home in a month or six weeks. Married, at the office of and by County Judge Pedler Sunday even ing, July lltli, 1909, Mr. Elias H. Butler and Miss Nettie Stockwell. The groom is one of the young farmers of Webster township on the farm of S. S. Reynolds, while the bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. W. M. Stockwell of the same township. The Northwestern tenders congratulations to the happy couple. A delgegation of some thirty or more, headed by those close friends, Cholly Beushausen and Georgie Gib son, went to Ashton Tuesday morn ing to attend the dedication exercises of tl»c Catholic school at that place. Among the others of the delegation were noted Mr. and Mrs. JolinOhlsen, Jas. Bartunek and daughter, R. P. Starr and son, Mrs. M. C. Mulick and A. Boone. The only Polish bishop in the United States was present and gave the principal address. K. G. Taylor went to Columbus this morning on a matter of business. Misses Grace and Ruth Taylor went to Farwell yesterday morning for a short visit. Miss Ruth Montgomery is prepared to teach music on the piano. Phone the Presbyterian manse. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McCrosky and children of Rannebrog were guests over last Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. 11. G. Hosier. The ladies are sisters. Monday evening was the annual school hoard meeting of District Xo. 1 The same officers were re-elected and the bond of the treasurer increased to $7,<XK). Mrs. H. M. Mathew left Monday morning for St. Joe to purchase a new stock of goods. Miss Ella Taylor will have charge of the store during her absence. Rev. Clark Whittaker will preach at the M. E. church next Sunday morning at 10:30. Epworth League at 7 p. m. Preaching in the evening at 8 o’clock by Rev. Earl Pray. Simpson and Mellor have returned to Loup City with a mixer and are prepared to build cement sidewalks and all other cement work cheap. You will do well to ligure with them. Services at the Baptist church next Sunday as follows: Preaching ser vice, 10:30: Sunday school. 11:30: Junior Cnion, 3 p. m., B. Y. P. U.,, 7 p. in., evening service, 8 p. m. All are cordially invited. A card from Rev. .1. < >. Hawk, dated Seattle, J uly 10th, is as follows: ‘■Am located at2232 Oth ave. Having a great time. Over 3,000 have regis tered at the convention and hundreds have not. Great time.” John George, about two miles southeast of this city, has been quite ill the past few days with acute indigestion, but is now reported better. John is a splendid fellow and not entitled to such ills of the flesh. Mrs. X. A. Lorentz of Aurora, ri* turned home Monday morning after a few days' visit with her sister, Mrs. Elmer Youngquest. She came up to see the new baby. Mrs. Lorentz is a sister-in-law of Gus Lorentz of this city. Word from Xewt. Vance gives the news that his run is from Pacific Junction, this state, to Creston, Iowa, and that he will make the latter city his future home and will move his family there about the lirst of September. Mrs. Jas. Johansen went to Palmer last Saturday morning to visit while Mr. Johansen was absent with a ship ment of some 21 cars of hogs for Dinsdale from Palmer, in addition to the 15 cars shipped from here a few days previous. Frank Sclinase, former clerk at Gasteyer's. and who has been working at Fairfax, S. D., arrived here last Saturday evening for a visit. Since Frank left here, he has joined the great army of benedicts, and brought his wife with him. Miss Dessie Danielson went to Omaha yesterday morning for a few days’ visit. Her sister, Miss Melvia Danielson, who is teaching in the schools of that city, will return home with her the latter part of the week to spend the balance of the vacation with her parents. Mrs. ,1. I. Depew and daughter. Miss Mabel Depew, left this morning over the B. & M. for Rathdrum, Idaho, to visit Mrs. Depew’s sister, Mrs John Papendick. From there they will take in the Seattle exposi tion and other Pacific Coast points. They expect to be absent a month. Will Simpson and Charley Mellor returned last Thursday evening from Mitchell, in the west part of the state, and we understand will remain here. The boys claim the contracts in that country were a little too big for them to handle on limited capital, and not being millionaire contractors let ’em flicker. Mr. R. G. Savage now of Omaha, but formerly an old resident of Sher man county, was here shaking hands and exchanging stories with the old timers the first of the week. This was his first visit back here in twelve to fifteen years and lie expresses astonishment over the changes and remarkable improvement of the town and county in that time. Miss Hattie Froehlich left Monday I morning ior Sedalia, Mo., where she \ will visit a few days with a lady friend, when the two will go to Kansas City and enter a wholesale millinery house for a season. Miss Froehlich is looking up a new loca tion for a millinery department, and ' while she has several in view lias not 1 yet decided definitely. Mrs. T. L. Pilger and Miss Marie j Pilger left last Friday morning for1 Rutte. Montana, to visit their son and brother, Newton Pilger, on receipt of the intelligence that his wife was seriously ill. They may be joined later by Mr. Pilger and all take in the Seattle exposition and return home by way of Portland, Frisco, Salt Lake City and Denver. Monday afternoon, July 12, ten girl friends of Miss Minnie Oltjenbruns, south of town, gathered at her home and gave her a surprise party in honor of her fifteenth birthday anni versary. Games were played and a lunch was served. At about six o’clock all departed for their homes declaring they had had a fine time and wishing her many happy returns of the day. One Who Was Theke. Cement Building Blocks any size, any style. A. O. ZIMMERMAN. Phone 13 on 278. F. M. Henry is at Ravenna today. Geo. Bowman is reported very ill. I). A. Johnson was up from Aurora last evening. Jas. Bartunek and wife went to St. Raul this morning. Miss Cecil Angler returned from tier Iowa visit yesterday noon. Jacob Albers was at Litchfield Tuesday and is at Ashton today. Miss Bessie Green of Ralmer is tin guest of Mrs. Jas. Johansen for a few days. Will Dolling n*»d »’»* brM« >vMi oc cupy tie1 BnovrP !-(■•> re-'dence * a ear ed hr the r.rtno". Wm, IT. W'snrnnd "nrv 1' R-m sev of Arcadia were m-irrie * PyCi< county jud,re vc*tordti’\ We hear Will Crfss 1 a- I niigl-t !»»} adjoining Zimmerman'* o'Ve c and i to erect a garage thereon. Miss Ida Draper wilt attend th commencement exercises of the St Raul business college this evening. The condition of J. W. Conger's lit tie boy. who was injured at the park is such that Dr. Grothan has been summoned from Kearney and will make a surgical examination Friday. Miss Martha Lyman who lias been visiting her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor, left this morning for a visit with friends at Ashton, thence to Brooklyn. N. Y., where she will reside permanently with an aunt. Along K. K. NO. 2. Tlie farmers are busy cutting grain tins week. LBanks Hale's new house is almost completed. Wm lluncker returned liome to harvest liis wheat. Joe Iladdow got storm staid at Loup City Friday niglit. L. 1*. Squirts had a calf killed by lightning the past week. One of Ernie Milburn's hoys is working for Wilber Curry. Ernie Bell and family visited his sister at Litchfield Sunday. Mrs. T. M. Reed and Mrs. Belts drove to Litchfield Monday. Mr. McQueen and brother from Illinois are visiting Mr. Roush. Fritz Biehel's new home is in the hands of the painters this week. W. II. Hughes is helping his sons take care of their big wheat crop. Why not elect township officers who are interested in road work? Wm. Engle and family spent Satur day night and Sunday at J. Bone's. Bussell Curry helped his trother Wilber cut his wheat crop bills week. Mrs. Clyde Stickney of Oak Creek is visiting at the home of John (>lson: llewy rains averaging from 1'4 to 2 inches covered the route Saturday night. A child of Sam Fletcher scratched its foot with a rusty nail or wire and blood poison is feared. The hired man on the farm ought not to kick on working overtime when the weather settles. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Gee spent Sun day at tlie home of Romeo Conger on the east side of the river. Loren Gee sold Fritz Bichel a load of gravel out of the gravel pit on his place, which is a good one, too. Tine Zimmerman, wife and baby spent Tuesday with tiieir aunts, Mrs. A. L. Bone and Mrs. F A. Whitmore. J. T. Hale and son LBanks were busy all last week hauling lumberout to their farm southwest of Loup City. It would just do vour heart good to take a trip out on Wiggle Creek and see bhe fine fields of corn and small grain. Richard Brodock, W. I). Garner, Stewart McFadden. Henry Kuhi and Fred Johnson cut tlie weeds along tiieir line. C. J. McCall, Oliver Brodock and Milo Gilbert and Ed Flynn attended lodge at Loup City Saturday night, where the latter were storm-staid. Miss Ethel Gilford was married at Cortez. Colo., some time last week to a Mr. Longenbaugh. a well-to-do young man of that place. Patrons of Route No. 1 will remember the Gil ford family who lived on tlie Dick Baker place on Clear Creek. Lightning struck four fence posts at N. P. Nelson's last week and tore them all to pieces. The posts were not far from the liouse and several of the family were slightly shocked. This is tlie second time lightning has struck near tiieir liouse tlie other time striking a straw stack. 1 he ram of b rntay night was the heaviest at .loe Daddow's and west to Litchfield. 'The entire route was covered, also the rain Saturday morn ing seemed to be very heavy over ail the route, ('has. Snyder said there was between ii and 7 inches of rain in the two storms. The water was up to the buggy bed in all the big (iraws and in places a little more. Mr. and Mrs. M. Bell of St. Edwards are here this week visiting at the homes of P. 11. and E. F. Bell. They have been to Illinois and report the crops there looking good, but in Iowa along the railroad the crops look poor, but from () naha this way the crops are fine. There are worse places to live than in Nebraska. Winter wheat will all lie cut this week and is a better crop than it was thought to be. Early oats is about all cut, late oats ripening. Second crop of alfalfa being cut. Many fields of corn laid by and some fields have commenced to tassel and silk. With the ground soaked as it is now very little rain will be needed to finish 1 the corn. E. G. Taylor will have his mill at this place shut Thursday and will commence to put in machinery to double the capacity, which will mean 1 500 bushels of wheat ground every day. lie will have the race cleared out all the way up and also make a new race head, then he will not have , any trouble with water this winter, lie will also put a spill-over running - into .1. W. Conger's lake, which will < give him all the water he wants for making ice. ! Carrier on Route No. 1 had a nar- j row escape last Saturday while cross ing Wiggle Creek after the heavy rain, south of W. H. Gunn's the water was flowing about 3 feet wide across the ] point north of the culvert and where , the creek runs right close one of his * horses got frightened at the roaring water and jumped sideways, almost throwing the other horse* into the creek while the wagon dropped down into a hole about two feet deep. This place needs a bridge. Tapering Waists! R. & G. Corsets We suggest that you come and inspet the new Spring R. 8c G. models we are showing, before you order your new spring gowns. If you secure one of these models to have your gowns fitted over, you can rest assured they will possess the fashionable “Directoire” lines. Our stock includes sizes for all figures. Here is shown one of the latest models for medium figures-medium bust, flat hip, extra long back. Price in Coutil (B28) $1.50; same in Batiste (B29) $1.50. Every pair guaranteed. These Corsets in nrices from 50c to $5.00 CONHISER’s The old saying is, the farther east you go the cheaper you can buy your goods. Well, we are in the last building on Main street, so we must be the cheapest place in town. Call in and be convinced that we can sell you. Furniture, Rugs, Lace Curtains and in fact everything that is kept in a First-Class Furniture Store, and save you money. Christensen & Ferdinandt Furniture Company. Christensen & Ferdinandt, Undertakers and Embalmers A E. G. Taylor, J. S. Pedler, C. C. Carlson. President. Vice President. Cashier -DIR ECTORS W: R. Mellor, J. W. Long, S N. Sweet land LOUP LIT! STATE BANK LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, Capital Stock, - - $25,000.00 Individual Liability, $250,000.00 »—————1——1—————————i^———■> EXCURSION RATES EVERY?; IE It is impossible to present a <le . I u Lie attractive excursion rates no* in effect. YOU CAN GO EAST on dn• 1 y low i.-Vs t Atlantic cities and resorts; every day rates to Wiscor1 Michigan and Canadian resorts, and for the celebrated tom .»i t he akee. YOU CAN GO WEST: There are very attractive rates every day to Col Tado, Yelk>w>i....i Part, ..^aitle, California, Black Hills, Hot Springs; homescekors rate* every first and third Tuesdays everywhere wist. J; ■ * u about the per sonally conducted camping tours trom y into the Yellow stone Park. SEE YOUR OWN COUNTRY: Between America’s prosperity anu low railroad rates there i- -very reason why y »u siouldjoin th. great summer travel thr > :g. J. A. DANIELSON, Ticket Agent.Loup ( itv". Nebr., L. W. WAKELEY, G. T. A., Ouiaua,