CHOICE GOODS To Be Found at ARTHUR’S IN DRY GOODS— Celebrated Black Cat Stockings Gents' White Cat Union Suits Fine Line of Latest Dress Patterns Elegant Line of Calicos, Muslins, etc. IN GROGERY DEPARTMENT The Gelebrated ABC Canned Goods The Golden Sun Coffees and Teas The Very Best of All Staple Groceries Freshest Vegetables in Their Season Measures Taken for Tailor-made Suits Let us have your orders. We guaran tee satisfaction in every case. R. L. ARTHUR. _ WALTER A. GEORGE State Treasurer Aftks your support at the April Republican Primaries for .Nomination for Second Term. _ * —» Freatdent of the Security State Bank of Broken Bow, and also b-rwyn State Bank at Berwyn. Nebr. Served Custer Count/ three terms as Supervisor, and two *erms as County Treasurer. Have handled finances for *'*•*!> years, and hope my record as State Treasurer merits your confidence. WHAT IT COST TO RUN THE STATE ONE YEAR No. Wsrrants Amount _ Issued. of Issue. tenoral Fund . 23,371 $2,329.39605 University and Normal Irterest Funds. 6,985 643.236.33 Tswporary School Fund . 277 889,446.85 HBs and Normal L branes Funds. 311 10,187.61 Institution Cash Fund . 1,113 73,757.80 Foreot Reserve Fund . 4 2 461.45 F re Commits-on Fund . 190 11^373.23 32,251 $3,959,849.32 A verage nu^tf ct na'rarts per month. 2.688 ■ expenditure per month...$329,987.44 "spe number pe' day. 313 working days. 103 Average expend ture per d*y .$ 12,651.27 SOME OF THE 'HlNGS ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE PAST YEAR. P-oceros c* Sale of Bonds of other States Re-Invested in Nebraska •<**• .$1,016,216.00 P-emum received on sales . 8,418.98 Increase >r .rterest rate on re-investment. .93% Increase n annual interest income on re-investment. 9,450.00 Average interest rate on investments made during the last biennium 4.42% Average interest rate on ail investments made since beginning of present biennium . 4.88% Increase in irterest rate. .46% Total investments made .$1,899,684.85 Increase in annual interest income due to Increase In rate. 8,738.65 Total school fund Invested in bonds.$9,103,598.68 THK NORTHWE.STERN I av Loup C. r Po.ti IWr Yoor will be apprrrtaleC <7(0 W. WoLPB. H»>m IX !.* uin mn.u. for the ..au-e of riipw ■ aalalirr fruB Ui. '/Ill r.i.r.-.fOUIlW O.tfnrt uitj of I be .ieu.*«Tat:r pB«J>ir » ladrprud-: - loler- ..f M.mtuju r««»tj At lie run..or pr.tonr . . April .pib. I ■■ft »o-r .jppurt and tulr sod will. ia eveul of ay naniii.'t uH —keeqtieat ... ion to the terf *f ay ab...t> prove a wortby r<*<»re^enta uvraCnpuaiy and prop- 1{ L. akthim Far Countr Attorney To tar Voter. <4 Brmi.L < '■ uit. N~i.raaka f Save tied for toe rr-pub.te.iti tM.txiinatioc aa a irotirtile for th®«.trice .*f r.. ut> attorney m Hkeraaa Canty to In- v. te.i up. a at the I>X F««oary to be to ..I AprtJ lJlb i»u and aattid appro.late the .upp.rt of tbone wbo failA j. ay petuur font an < (fort to aahr pood u nominate and elected. ■tipactfully Your. j s ptHLEK I lMt»f announce a.rant a. a ruxlidate for tk» Uopublican notn nation to tbe ..(Tireof tattf attorney at the prianry election to be h**« ea April lhth IPli at.-: I n-npertfally re .**t*l yoar vote and ywtr art.ve nupuort If you approve a ay rand da. : Htnnut > NIoUtikoalc. The Northwest.-™ triples it dis tinctly understood it in not ret>|>oD.sible for Any of till* county Attorney con trover*) except in Lite publication of tbe same aa mid matter Several candidate-dor the legisla ture have sent in statement No 1 since tbe ballot lias been made up, bat in each instance the secretary oi state has informed tliern it was too late to get it on the primary ballot. Ord change! from wet. to dry this year by a majority of 52. Kaverina want wet by about half the usual majority. Kearney, about which city there was so much strife last year, going wet by a very few votes, went wet again this year by a larger vote. Arcadia went dry again. Sar gent went dry by a vote of 102 to 61. Hilly Sunday, the revivalist, closed a series of meetings at Wheeling, West Virginia, the last of March, which was a record breaker in his line. He was credited with 8,43" converts and was given a purse of 117.000. Besides the big purse, Sun day was given many valuable presents while his party also got generous purses and many presents. Draw your own conclusions. Ours would not suit some people, if put in print. Bv the way. Judge E. B. Perry of Cambridge, brother of our R. H. Perry of the Keystone Company, is a candidate for delegate at large to the Republican National convention. Say. you republicans who know our young friend of the Keystone, let us all give .1 udge Perry a vote at the primary, as a compliment to our own Perry, for he must necessarily be a good one. The Times has been very much ex cercised because the Northwestern has not heretofore seen fit to take a stand in favor of any one of the re publican candidates for president. We had no idea our brother’s lament was s* earnest or that it made much diff erence in the result, whether the Northwestern was for Taft, La Fol lette or Roosevelt, but as he feels the presidential vote depends on the stand this paper takes, we are will ing to admit that we are for Taft with a big “T.” Now that we have admitted our preference, will Bro. Beushausen pi ease state its preferen tial candidate for president and then an anxious people will have had knowledge of w here these two great presidential makers line-up. Is the Times in favor of Harmon, Wilson Clark or the great and untamable William Jennings. An anxious pub lic awaits with breathless interest for the answer, to know just how to cast its vote. After Bro. Beushausen has told us who was the proper man to have! in the presidential chair, will it also state who it wants for gover nor? Is it for Moorhead or Metcalfe? The Northwestern is willing to ad mit it is for Gov. Aldrich, without stutter or stammer. And while we are on the political subject, will the Times editor tell the interested pub lie its choice forU. S. senator? Is it for Little Giant Thompson, Willis Reed Ex-Govrnor Shallenburger or Robert Smith. The Northwestern prefers Norris. And as both our candidates have the same prefix and affix, we make it plain that we prefer the Norris prefix to the Norris affix, or in other words favor Norris Brown to Geo. W. Norris. Now. if Bro. Beus hausen will be as frank as the writer in making public the right men for the above places of trust, the voters will feel easy and the result in no further doubt—as to where we stand. Bryan is a believer in Statement No. 1, if the voters of Nebraska say Wilson or Champ Clark are winners at the state primaries as expressed by the few who get out to vote in that rotten affair, but if they choose Harmon, then he is not in favor of said statement by his actions, and will refuse to go as a delegate, but will go as a private citizen and fight the nomination of the Ohio man. Oh, consistency, thou art a jewel: but evidently the thrice defeated candidate for the presidency doesn't wear it. A delegation of Republicans called at the Northwestern office Tuesday of this week and asked us to urge the republican voters of Elm, Webster and Clay townships, comprising Su pervisor District No. 3, to write in the name of W. O. Brown as their candidate for supervisor. He did not tile this year, but if the republicans as a whole or majority wish him to get into the race we are sure he wil respect their wishes. But if only a few write in his name he will take it for granted they do not want him and he would be justified in refuse ing to run, which would mean a dem ocratic supervisor from that district. The Northwestern trusts every re publican voter in those three town ships will write in the name of W. O. Brown. The special attention of voters is called to the f)lank lines following names of candidate for the various offices. These are for the purpose of allowing voters to write in any name they see fit, if they prefer, rather than vote for some printed name. Last year the judges and clerks of election in Bristol and Hazard town ships refused to count the name of Sheriff Williams written in on the democratic and populist ballots at the primary, under the mistaken idea that it was against the law. Had they done so, as should have been done, and was done in other town ships, he would have received those nominations as well as the republi can nomination. That's what the blank lines are placed on the ballots for. Don't make that mistake this year. A recount would change their ruling. W. J. Bryan, we believe, claims to be father to the First Statement idea in politics nowadays, which takes away from the party candidates their political preferences and ralagates that to the voters at the polls, so that whatever political preference the elected senator or representative may have, he goes to the legislature as a machine to vote for the man for any office whom the voters say is the fellow who should get the prize. But what is the matter with “Father?” He will not take his own medicine. Bryan wants to go to the democratic national convention, but is not will ing to vote for Harmon, even if the voters say he is tne man. Statement No. 1, means to Mr. Bryan that if things go my way I will stand for it but if the voters say otherwise then they are wrong and I wont stand for it. Will the Times please enlighten us as to whether it feels the same way. Our brother editor is a great advo cate of the idea. But also being a follower of and strict believer in Bryanistic utterances, how will lie reconcile the Bryan idea of riding, two horses going in oppsite directions? One of the candidates for county attorney at the hands of the republi can voters at the coming primaries in this county is Herbert S. Nightingale, son of K. J. Nightingale a lawyer who has practiced law in this county for the past thirty years. Herbert was born and grown up to manhood in this county, and is there fore a genuine Sherman county pro duct. He got his education in our t public schools for the first ten years of his young life and then went to Kearney, and from there to the State University, where he spent five years, three of which were devoted exclu sively to the study of law. He made a record at the University as a student of law, of which our people may Justly be proud, and passed his examination with honors. Afterward he was admitted to practice in the supreme court, and last June came home to join his father in the prac tice of law, having previously familiar ized himself with the practice dur ing his vacation. He is a bright young man, full of energy and am bition, and if nominated and elected will devote his chief attention to Rules and Regulations of the Sherman-Howard Base Ball League This League shall be conducted according to Major League rules with the following exceptions. OFFICERS Its otlicers shall be a president whose duty it shall be to settle all dis putes arising between the opposing teams. A secretary whose duty it shall be to conduct the correspondence, keep the books etc. A Treasurer whose duty it shall be to keep all moneys belonging to the league, paying out same only on the order of the secretary, when counter signed by himself. QUALIH CATIONS Eacli team shall be composed of amateur players, no professional league players being allowed on any team without the concent of two thirds of all teams in the league. Each team shall name all of its players ten days be fore the opening game of the season, a list of the same being filed with the secretary, who will furnish a copy to each team manager. At any time a team should desire to add a new' player to its lineup, the consent of two thirds of all teams must be obtained. Each team shall have one umpire, agreeable to the opposing team, officiating at eacli game played. The umpire shall have authority to put any player, guilty of disorderly conduct, off the field Each team shall have an official score keeper and reporter whose duty it shall be to send in the score and write up to the county papers. In inter countv games the home reporter shall send in a write up to the home papers, and the visiting reporter shall send in a write up to his home paper. In games between teams in the same county the home reporter shall send in a write up to the home county paper, and the visiting reporter shall send in the write up to the foreign county papers. No player shall play with more than one team during the same season, unless such player shall have removed permanently to the vacinity of the town to which he wishes to transfer. No player shall receive a salary or otherwise be paid for participating in any of the seasons games. No more than sixteen players shall be signed before the opening game of the season. In the event of any team failing to appear on a schedule date without a good and sufficient reason, same to be determined by two thirds of the man agers. such team shall forfeit to the opposing team five ($5) dollars in cash and the game. A forfeit of twenty-five dollars shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer ten days before the opening game of the season, same to be returned minus secretary's salary and any forfeits. Schedule The schedule shall consist of 20 games, 10 of which shall be played on home grounds. In the event of any game being called for any reason when ! the score is tied, the game-shall be played over on the same ground at some ! future date. In event of two teams being tied for first place when the schedule shall have been completed, a series of not less than two nor more than three games shall be played to determine who is to be entitled to the championship. The fact of any team being a member of this league does not prohibit' them from playing outside teams, schedule games being given preference. vs Loup City vs Rockvile vs Rot Loup City i Otllcers May 19 Au g. 18 Rockville April 28 June 23 Roelus May 26 Aug 4 J une 9 Julv 28 Dannebrog June 2 J ulv 28 May 12 July 21 Jum Sept 1 J. W. Webster Ma Jul T.-V Mas June Sepl Earwell June 9 Aug 11 July ~ Sept. 15 Ma; Jul' Ashton June 16 Aug. 25 Jnne 30 Sept. 8 Jun A uj the duties of otlice. In all difficult matters connected with the office, he will get the benefit of and take counsel j with his father and of that larger! experience. He owns a half interest in his father's library, and so has a great number of authorities at com mand. All wur people unite in giving Herbert the credit of a masterly mind and excellent ability, coupled wite a splendid education along the lines of his profession. Editor Northwestern: I started in business as a blacksmith in Loup City 32 years ago and have resided here all the time since, and people should know me: those who don’t may inquire of my friends and neigh bors who do. My life has been an open book and full of mistakes, but I have never made the mistake of slan dering my neighbor under the ficti-! tious name of “Voter” or “Interest ed Reader.” There is some little truth in part of the “misnomer, in that I served in the otlices referred to part of the time alleged and plead guilty to having b en poor and acknowledge a partial recovery, but was unaware that it constituted a rich man or was a criminal offense. I was not an in truder in the judge's office, as shown by the Supervisor's Record 5, pages 611 and 617. I was not county attor ney at the time of the Elm township chicken thief episode. Sheriff Wil liams was my opponent twenty-tive years ago, and we have been friends e»er since, and while l appreciate your offer of space in your valuable paper to engage in a newspaper con troversy, 1 must decline, as I have neither time, money nor a disposition to slanderously advertise my oppo nent. and 1 have long since learned the futility and empty delusion of such political tactics, and prefer to admit that my opponent is a bright j young University graduate, while I I am lacking in training and classical culture, and can only give a practical common sense business administra tion by way of saving litigation and expense to the taxpayers, and do not want to wound a mother's heart by such abuse. I am willing that you give your spal*e to Mr. “Voter” and “Interested Reader,’’(Mr. R. J Night ingale). who has the price and wants to indulge. I am convinced that the interests of the county will be best subserved by humbly submitting to the answer the people may make to Mr. “Voter” (R. J. Nightingale) and Mr.“Interested Reader” (R. J. Night ingale) at the primaries on the 19th. Respectfully yours, J. S. Pbdler. Clear Creek Items A surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and Mts. Warren Edson last Friday night. All enjoyed a pleasant time. Frank Kuhn and family spent Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke. Mr. and Mrs. Burger spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Edson. Ed Fielding is hauling com to Mr. J. M. Lowry’s this week. Claude Stapleton commenced work at Mr. Edson Monday. VS vs vs lus Dannebrog Farwell Ashton 30 July 7 Sept 15 May 5 | May 12 July 14 | J uly 21 V5 y H June 26 | June 2 | Mav 26 Aug. II j Aug. 25 j Aug 4 F | May 18 | June 16 April 28 Aug. 25 i Aug. 18 July 7 in 23 Sec. G. L. Apr. 28 . 8 Poiski J une sO June 9 Aug. 18 12 | Mav 26 21 i Aug. 4 June 23 ! Sept. 1 e 2 I Mav 5 . 11; July 14 Mav 19 July 29 Editor Northwesters: In justice to the Board of Supervisors; in jus tice to Judge Smith. Judge Pedler and myself, and in order that the peo ple who may have had official busi ness with Judge Pedler during Judge Smith's absence may know that Judge Pedler was not an intruder in the of fice, and of my authority to make the appointment of Judge Pedler, will you be so kind as to publish the ac tion of the board in the matter, and oblige yours for gentlemanly politics? J. H. Welty, Chairman of Board. [Book 5, Page 611, Supervisors’ Pro: ceedings: “Motion made and carried that in case the County Judge is dis qualified from acting in any cause be fore him, or is temporarily absent from the county, the chairman of the county board is hereby authorized to appoint and approve bond of a judge to act during his absence or disquali fications.”] To all the voters of this county, and especially to republican voters: I feel it my duty to warn my fellow citizens not to cast their vote for J. S. Pedler as county attorney at the coming primary election, and if you have the least thought of doing so, I wish you would first bear from my lips the true story how Pedler, by de ception and fraud, got every dollar of my property away from me, when I was not in my right mind, and drove die to the asylum for the insane, and afterwards succeeded in separating me from my wife and dear little children, and from my home, and turned me out in my old age, a poor cripple, without the ability to earn my living, to die of a broken heart, in loneliness and poverty. This man, Pedler, has grown rich and powerful, and has become the president of a bank, through years of wrong doing, but the day of hisdownfall will surely come, if there is a righteous God in heaven, as I believe there is. William Sharp. The Labor of Baking is many times reduced if you use the right kind of Flqur, and if the ques tion, “What is the best Flour?” was put to vote among the bakers and housekeepers in this part of the country, the unanimous reply would be White Satin Tou would vote for it if you were used to it. Isn’t it worth giving a trial? Loup City Mills Copyrighted T^ti A. B. KIRSCHBAUM & CO. Kirochbaum “Yungfelo” Reggj The choice of the seasons’ showings are the famous Kirschbaum “Yungfelo” clothes. Renowned for fit, fabric, finish and design. The best expres sion of a gentleman’s idea of perfect dress. And positively unsurpassable value! styles range from $18 to $40. Every garment is hand-tailored, the style authoritative, the color dye-fast; and the fabric guar anteed to be abso lutely All Wool. We can get no better clothes to offer you —Every thing in style and color the well dressed young man can possibly want is awaiting your se lection. The Kirschbaum label in suit or overcoat is your guarantee mark of absolute satisfac tion. The Kirschbaum $22 Reggy is being worn by the young fellows who lead the procession. Cut on lines totally distinct from any other suit. Extreme, but in abso lutely good taste. GTO 1L0HISNTZ I The Exc'sive Clothier I A Handsome f ARM f A pretty Bracelet adds to the grace of a womans arm. If yau would en hance the beauty of youre, adorn it wit n a Bracelet From our stock, we will help you by priceing it low enough. FENCE POSTS AT 120 AND 25C EACH Let us Figure your bill of XiiamlDer and all IsiiiKis of 73-u.ilc3.irLg f MATERIAL AT THE f LEININGER LUMBER. 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