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Loup Ctty Northwestern VOIA'MK XXX LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1912 NUMBER 16 Professional Cards ROBT.P.STAKB Attorney-at-law. LOUP CITY. SEBRMSKE. VISHTUttAU * SOI Aarayathmintlsi LOUP ttlTY. NEB II. H. MATHEW. Atiorney-at-Law, And Uundtd Abstractor. Loup City, Nebraska AARON WALL La.'wy er Practices in all Courts Loup Citv, Neb. ROBERT H. MATHEW >mcc>+vt ho U. I*. Starr) Bonded Abstracter LorM-r ClTT. .VtllAUA. Os.r »«-t of AiHlruI book* to county O. K. LONCiACKK PHYSICIAN aid SURGEON Office. Over New Bank TkIJCPHONK CALL. NO. 3# A. J. KKAKXS I ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON r%rnmm, m Olli.r m* lu.idrnre T* *■ !>«*■* <A Tc ^pi*u** ('ttinl Luup City - Nebraska A. & MAIN ~ PHYSICIAN aid SURGEON Loup City. Nebr. *Mber st , < onoertioa &. A. AU.i.N. nfi.vmr, IXM'r < ITT. X KB. Office up •*.sir» in itit new State Bank Uujiar. W L MAK( V. DEXTIsST, LOUP CITY, NEE On I- EatttMr hiblic Saiuir. Pbooe, 1® *n >• JAMES BONE Prompt Dray Work l*H« »VK. on 1« Or Lualn-t Y*r'l> in4 Tirlor's Kir tttur. •:»'-»« (uiniitred ' C. E. Thornton The Drayman ail order* promptly and curfuiif, ritiirr IhiiiiU-r yard Ot Tljkf » r>ul' r Let Us Book Your Sales HALE ft. PACELER Auctioneers Satisfaction Guaranteed Phono 2 on 20 Loup City Nob B D Hl.Nh ICKSOH AUCTIONEER Loup City. Nebr. Luc om* a 'rsa. (■ -imit«r «auv fartJun flutir * u» M. A. L. GILBERT H»i:b Grade ami Aitistic House Piiiiiim Tm gains in m PAPERING W. T, Draper The Old Krliablt' PLASTERER Best of Work always Hioar H «* < LuJf.dlf Xeb. Trt*e*! Trees! Trees! If you want (ro- plants and *bruns call «*o or writ** f,Z Srewer. Loop CHjr, Neb, for shade trees, wind break, er, gr»re tree* try the Norway popular, the Handsomest and fastest growing tree* for the Xorth ami wort, tan furnish /cutting* any star grown in ■ Loop City. THE OLD OLIVE TRAGEDY HISTORY AND LOCAL TRADITION NOT AGREED ON PACTS VARIOUS STORIES OF SAME Gruesome Srory of a Pioneer Crime as Remem ered in the Vicinity Where it was Enacted Callaway. Xebr.,-— In the death of James Kelley, better known as “Nig ger Jim." on Wednesday, February *. Custer county has lost one of its most noted characters. Even though some enterprising re- j porter has heralded to the world since ids death that lie was one of the men who took part in the hanging and burning of Mitchell and Ketchum in is", such is not the case. This tragedy occurred some live mile' southeast of Callaway, and the graves where the bodies reposed un til disinterred and removed to Kear riev are still in evidence. In justice to the departed negro, who. even though he had his faults, and was at one time considered a bad man. also liad his good points, a rep resentative of the Journal has se ared the following information from a gentleman w ho was at that time one of the cow boys of the community although connected with another ranch. Nigger Jim" was a Texan, and in the spring of l*7i> accompanied the i hives from Texas to the South Loup ranch with a herd of cattle and wasj the cook of the gang. At that time he was eighteen years of age. Cpon arriving at the Custer county ranch he was installed as cook, which p -itiou lie held for many years, or until tlie ranch business was given up by the < Hives. On the night of the tragedy he begged to be allowed to accompany the "gang," but was ordered by Olive ; to jv i.ain at the ranch house with a. visitor. Whether or not “Nigger) Jim4’knew that there was to be a 1 v itching that night is not known, but it is postively known that lie re mained at the ranch house with the v isitor. and upon the return of the gang after the hanging lie arcse from i.is bed and prepared supper for them tiie visitor also arising and partakiDg of the nnal Nigger Jim has often been accused of being one of the gang to help lynch the homesteaders hut there are old timers here who would swear he was not. and that he was at the ranch house w hen the same took place. The lynching and burning of Mit i iieli and ketehum has also many | times been enlarged upon, and your ; representative gives the following! facts as tliey liave been given him by tie wiio w as on the ground soon after tlie tragedy: Mitchell was a man of family about >isty-live yearsof age. Ketehum was a young man. a blacksmith by trade, but lad grown tired of tlie business j | and came to Custer county to home-. »t*-ad and "grow up with tlie country.” Il<- was stopping at the Mitchell home, he and a daughter of Mitchell :* ;ng sweethearts and were engaged ; to be married. It was noticed by tlie Olives that s jiue of their cattle were being missed. Tlie theft of them was traced to tlie Mitchell home, and in tlie trouble which ensued. Bob Olive was shot in the side from tlie effects of which he Idled. At tlie same iime Ketehum I was >1.. l in the arm the ball breaking > tlie bone of tiie same and his arm ■-mg in a sling at liietimeof tragedy ; In justice to bis dead brother. I. P. ' < dive and some of his cow boys took 1 the law in their own lands. Mitchell and Ketclium were cap : t - red handcuffed togetberand placed upon a seat of a wagon. They were driven to the place of execution, the' wag. n lieing slopped under the limb •( a tree which extended out over a njuo. Olive then stepped up to Mitchell and attempted to get him to confess tiat be bad stolen tlie att e and that be was guilty of mur dering iiis brother, but neither Mit chell nor Ketclium would speak. «hive then pulled bis gun and siiot Mitchell in the side Uie same as his brother had been siiot. Mitchell tell over ba< sward on the bottom of tlie • agon box and a rope was immediate ;placed about bis ne.k. When the ; i pe was being placed around the neck of ketehum be threw liis chin -.p<>n bis breast and tiie rope had to be drawn across ids mouth to make him hold up Ids head. Tlie team was Uien driven from under tlie bodies a.id tliey were left hanging in tiie air. MiudieU was clothed in an over coat and the close proximity of the garment at the time he was siiot by Olive set lire to the overcoat. This was noticed by Olive before the gang dispersed and he ordered one of Ids men to put it out. The man took the butt of ills revolver and rubbed out tiie sparks and lie supposed lie liad put out tiie tire. However, the sparks smouldering underneath the garment were fanned to a blaze by the wind after the dispersion of the party, and all the clothing was burned from the bodies before they were taken down the next morning, and unbeknown to the party. The story to the effect that a fire was kindled under the bodies is a mistake, and there was no intention to burn them. The rope around the neck of Ketch urn was also burned in two, and the body was found in a knealing position udoii the ground the,3 next morning being supported only by the handcuff upon the wrist of Mitchell, RELATED HY WHITTEN HISTORY The story of the murder of Mitch ell and Ketchum. as told in a history of Nebraska published thirty years ago. a few years alter the crime and corroborated by court reports, differs in essential particulars from that given in the recollection of Callaway resident. Throughout the story where the Callaway version favors the Olives, the story in the history of the state inclines to favor Mitchell and Ketchum. The latter account indicates that neither of the two murdered men were guilty of cattle thefts although the reminis cence quoted above says that some of the thievery was traced to Mit chell. “Nigger Jim” is not mentioned According to the historical account Ketchum was implicated by a con fession of a cattle thief, but this confession is discounted in history. Accordingly Hob Oliver, then living under an assumed name because of crimes committed in Texas, was ap pointed a deputy sheriff to arrest him, despite the well known fact that there was an acute personal enmity between the two. Hob Oliver and three others roue up to'the "Mit chell and Ketchum home just as these two were leaving in a spring wagon, the posse tiring wildly as they dashed up. Ketchum had heard that Hob Olive was seeking to kill him and in self defense fired and mortally wounded the leader of the posse, he, not Mitchell firing ihe fa Ltlrl bilUL. Fearing violence, the two settlers went to Merrick county. After con sulting an attorney they decided to give themselves up and stand trial for the murder. They were arrested by Sheriff Letcher of Merrick county and Sheriff Crew of Howard county. After some dispute over the distrib ution of reward of money, the two men were delivered to Sheriff Gillian of Keitli county, a friend of the < (lives and reputed to be a desperate character. He put them on a west bound train, from which they were removed at Plum Creek, the home of I. I*. Olive and started cross country to Custer county. At Devil’s canyon the party stopped beneath an elm tree. The historic account then reads as follows: “Two ropes were thrown over a branch and Gartrell tied one around Ketchum's neck and Pedro Domini cus tied the other around Mitchell's neck. The ropes were not prepared with slip nooses, however, but were simply tied that tiieir agony might be prolonged. The prisoners were handcuffed together, Ketchum was first drawn up. • Olive caught up a rifle and shot Mitchell. Olive and Gartrell then caught hold of the rope and drew Mitchell up. Fisher and Brown pulled on Ketchum’s rope A fire was then kindled under them. Ac counts differ as to whether this was done purposely or not. The party had been indulging freely in whisky and some of them claim that tliia tire was started accidentally. However this may be. the bodies were frigli fully burned. The next day when the bodies were found about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Ketch um was stilkt hahging with his legs burned nearly j to a crumbling condition. Mitchel's! rope had either burned off or had broken and he was lying on the ground, one arm drawn up to Ket clium by the handcuffs and the other burned off up to the shoulder.” The account then tells of the or ganization of citizens and the final I capture and trial of 1. P. Olive and: Fred Fisher. They were sentenced! to life imprisonment but were re-! leased in a year by the supreme court which passed its descision on tech nicalities in regard to the jurisdiction of the court. J.stice Maxwell, dissent ing. The decision practically made it impossible for another trial to be held and all the murderers escaped without further punishment. MOUTH A SOURCE OF DISEASE Many Ailments Are Due to the Fact That It Is Not Kept Clean. It Is only within the past few years that we have begun to appreciate the necesity of a clean mouth. True, we brush our teeth, and make occasional visits to the dentist, but tbe absolute necessity of a clean mouth as a pre ventive of disease has not been im pressed upon us, until recent times. Now we know that dften it occurs that a person may take medicine for years for an internal disease, when the true source of the trouble lay at the front door. The mouth presents one of the most favorable fields for the Invasion of microbes into the body, and if unclean, and with cavities in the teeth where food may lodge and decay, he is fortunate indeed who es capes- serious trouble. The danger coming from an unclean mouth arises from two sources. The swallowing of pus, germs and decayed food along with the saliva, and the fact that, with diseased teeth, we are unable to chew our food properly. It is needless to enlarge upon the amount of danger which comes from the swallowing of poisonous sub stances along with our saliva. We know that these substances are not only harmful, but that the effort to counteract the effect of these poisons weakens the body. If this were all, it were enough, and yet the inability to properly chew our food under these conditions renders the problem more serious. If the teeth are decayed they became sensitive, and a person will unconsciously refrain from chew ing on a sore tooth. A3 the condition becomes aggravated, good chewing be comes impossible, and the habit of bolting the food is formed. Now, it is all right fer a chicken to bolt its food, because there is arranged for the chicken internal apparatus for afterwards grinding the food. Man, however, has no gizzard, and this habit of bolting our food not only causes excessive strain on our diges tive apparatus, but also impoverishes the blood, and thus weakens the sys tem so that it cannot ward off the dis ease. That this condition is serious there can be no doubt. Examinations made of the teeth of children in the schools of New York, and soijp of the cities in the western stateS^show the per centage of dental decay to be as high as 85 per cent. About 60 per cent, were found suffering from malnutri tion, directly <’ue to their inability to properly chew their food. (Copyright, Western N;■ ;papcr Union.) PROFESSIONAL MAN’S IDEALS Earnest Study and Conscientious Ef fort to Keep Abreast of the Times Bring Success. To deserve and earn the-respect and good will of his patrons, friends and fellow practitioners is the first aim and object to the professional man who strives for the best He endeav ors to improve himeelf, render more efficient his efforts, more useful his operations, more painless his proce dures more active his brain and more deft his fingers. He is constantly reaching forward, not satisfled with today, but hoping to do better tomor row. He eagerly seeks information, grasps quickly that which is beneficial, and useful, and adopts it. He keeps in touch with all that is new and nov el in the literature of bds profession. He anticipates with extreme pleasure the meetings of his local, state and Rational associations and faithfully at tends such as he is able to, carefully reading all published literature relat ing to those from which he is un avoidably absent. He pays fraternal visits to his professional brethren and notes with satisfaction that in almost every instance he receives and im parts desirable and useful infonna tion. He scans the advertising pages of the journals in quest of whatever is novel and frequently learns of some thing that will, if adopted and made, use of by himself, be of benefit to his practice. He peruses with much sat isfaction the printed discussions fol lowing the reading of papers and es says, and often finds them far more interesting and instructive than the papers which called forth the discus sion. He adopts every method that seems to promise better results. By such careful and conscientious attention to his profession he is bound to succeed, slowly perhaps at first, but none the less surely. His foundations are built upon rock and cannot be shaken loose, and as his ; superstructure gradually rises he notes with satisfaction its beauty as well as its utility. It moulds itself to his own character, and becomes a portion of himself. His veiy earnest ness will attract patrons to him, and of the very best obtainable class, who as long as he cherishes and nurtures his ideals, will remain steadfast to him. This is much more satisfactory to his inward self than wliere dollars and cents are the sole ooiKideration. He feels that he is useful to human ity and that he is, in his h amble way; assisting in forwarding t’le plan of world advancement. And thus he goes forwsvrd, he sees tetter things ahead, perhaps, at that 1 time, considered unattainable, but with earnest efforts he isaible to reach and pass beyond them to others still more difficult of access. Perfection is always still further in aiftrance. It should be his aim to make Ms profes sion a study and leave it better for his having entered it (Copyright, Western Newspaper T7nion.> In shedding your illusion! v you have to drop the ifundamw (alsl Commercial Club Fully Organized By some hocus p<)cus, the North western neglected to speak last week of the adjourned meetingof the Com mercial Club to perfect its organi zation the Friday evening preceding its publication Pure neglect in for getting to make note of it, is the aforesaid hocus pocus. At the meet ing the committee on constitution and by-laws made report and gave to the club a proposed copy of these, which was discussed, section by sec tion and adopted as read or amended and we will later when we have room, publish said constitution and by-laws as adopted. The matter of dues was discussed and decided put at $1.50 per quarter. The board of directors was decided on as composed of seven members, the president, vice president, secretary and treasur er. and three other members, S. E. Callaway. R. J. Nightingale and Gus Lorentz being elected to finish out the board in addition to the regular club officials. The fourth Friday evening of each month was decided upon as the regular meeting nights of the club. Much enthusiasm was manifest and it looked as though we were to have a commercial club that was here to stay and one in which Loup City was to be a unit in sup port. Last Friday night the Commercial Club again met to perfct such mat ters as were not finished at the pre vious meeting. Another good atten dance was in evidence. Discussions pro and con on many things of in terest was the order of the evening. The president made public his selec tion of the various committees and the memberships thereon, which we will give below. Society Hall was de cided upon as the place of meeting of the club for the present, and dis cussion was earnestly made by var I ious members favorable to the selec tion of a hall in full control of the club that would be open at all times for the use of the members, the gen eral opinion being expressed that simply having a hall for meeting nights once a month was insufficient to the needs and accomodation of the club interests. This was left to ac tion by the board of directors. There being no other special matters of in terest adjournment was taken to the regular session on the last Friday evening of the month. The following compose the membership of the various committees as given out by the president: Finance: S. A. Allen, O. E. Long acre, W. S. Waite. Publicity: S.E.Gallaway, Edgar Dra per, W. F. Mason Roads: T. H. Eisner, A. C. Ogle, A. B. Outhouse. Connty affairs: F. M. Henry, J. I. Depew, E. F. Jones. Municipal: Vic Swanson, W. T. Chase, E. G. Taylor. Township: Gus Lorentz, S. N. Sweetland. J. W. Burleigh. Foreign Solicitors: J. W. Long, R. H. Mathew. Wm. Larsen. Miscellaneous: R. J. Nightingale^ J. P. Leininger. J. S. Pedler. For Cash Rent On or before Feb. 15, my farm one mile north of Loup City. Mrs. Iona Sharp. ROAD NOTICE (Christienson) The commissioner appointed to va cate the following: That part of road No. 45 known as the old Delaney road which crosses the northeast quarter of section six (6), township fifteen (15), range fourteen (14) Sherman County, Nebr., has reported in favor of the vacation of said road and all objections thereto or claims for damage must be filed in the County Clerk’s office on or before noon of the 5th day of April, 1912, or such road will be vacated without reference thereto. Dated this 5th day of February 1912. W. C. Dieterichs. County Clerk ROAD NOTICE (Fletcher) To All Whom It May Concern: The Commissioner appointed to lo cate v road commencing at the South west corner of section ten (10) in township fourteen (14), range four teen (14), and running thence on sec i tion line east to the sontheast corner : of said section and terminating there, has reported in favor of the location thereof and all objections thereto or claims for damages must be filed in office of the County Clerk on or be fore noon of the 10th day of April 1912. Dated this 3rd day of Febru ary 1912. W. C. Dieterichs 5-tM-7 County Clerk BRIDGE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that bids will be received at the office of the county clerk of Sherman County. Nebraska, on or before noon of the 12th day of March, 1912, for the letting of a yearlv contract for the building of wood and steel bridges, as per plans and specifications adopted by the County Board of Supervisors of Sherman County Nebraska, on the 9th day of March 19o9, as the same are on file in the office of the County Clerk. All bids must be accompanied by a cer tified check of $1000.00. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Witness my hand and- seal of said countv hereunto affixed this 19th day of January 1912. W. C. Dueterichs County Clerk Last pub. Feb 29. NEW SPRING fr. , GUARANTEE!* mrschbaum Qolives. *j4 w°OL hand nmomp SUITS. I am now prepared to show you something really worth while. For That New Spring Suit you are sure to need REMEMBER There is a distinction between Clothing that is worth consider ing any hand tailored suits are as suits as can be made. ALL WOOL KIRSCHBAUM Guaranteed Suits at c&rrwoirrto. *•»« •» wmtmmm * ce. Lorentz, The Exclusive Clothier LEE BROTHERS Special Sale on AT I4c PEP POUPD WHY DO YOU RENT A FARM when you can homestead Gorermenb Irrigated farms in the Big Horn Basin Wyoming, and Yellowstone Valley, Montana, on the ten payment plan, with out interest? Why not decide right now to become the owner of a good farm? Sit down and write me what kind of a farm you want. I will write you full partle* ulars about what the Big Horn Basin has to offer in that line. It may be worth thousands of dollars to you and it will only cost you ?ery little. Drop your posal in the box today. D. CLEM DEAVER, Immigration Agent 1004 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Bn-1 qior. Routt 7 For a G-oocL Range or Heater T. M. Reed