Loup City Northwestern VOLUME XXX_ LOUP CIT^ NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 30. 1912 NUMBER 29 Professional Cards KOBT.P. STARR Attorney-at-Law. LOUP CITY. SBBR£SK£. NIGHTINGALE & SON tomq vibmB'tiUi LOUP CITY. NEB K. H. MATHEW, | Attorney-at-Law, Aad Bonded Abstractor. Loop City, Nebraska AARON WALL Lawyer Practice* in all Courts Loop Citv, Neb. ROBERT H. MATHEW Bonded Abstracter hocr Crrr. Nebraska. Only ee* of Abetrect books ia county O. E. LONGAC RE PHYSICIAN M SURGEON Office. Over New Bank Tr.LKPBOXK CALL, XO. 3* A. J. KEARNS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON riiinei. B* USn »t RmMmc* T». Ham 1us «? Tdefkar uunl Loop City - Ifjehraska A.S. MAIN PHYSICIAN ail SURGEON Loup Gity. Nebr. oaks at frsideac* Ttepitunt Connection S. A. ALLEN. OEJTTMST, U)Cr CITY. - . NEB. | Ottnt afttuniB lh* new State, liaak bwllur. • - - ... - - wTil MARCY, DENTIST, LOUP CITY. NEB OFFICE: Eut Side Pubhe Snowe. Phone. Mon M C. E. Thornton The Drayman Attend* all order* promptly and carefully. Phone either lumber raid or Taylor * ei* valor. V. I. McDonall Prompt Dray Work Call lutuber yards or Taylor’s elevator Satisfaction guaran teed Phone *>>oo 57 A nne»« * m.ir to O Am* \mtmr T*u a. "l. gilbert i High Grade and Artistic HOUSE PAINTING XS3 2XUTX1C m PAPERING W. T. Draper The Old Reliable PLASTERER Best of work aiwavs f'bonr M(«« Loup.Ctt) * Net». ' C- E. Stroud Former! j of Fainting, Capering and Decorating Special attention paid t » Autos and Carriage*. Ail tops re*, newed and repaired All work guaranteed. Phone 0 .r I, i Enele & Cook (MtnrUn and Bidden LOIIJCJTY NEB. Call and sfc Ul’and allow us to fgure with -you on abore work. ’ Allen J. Furgeson LOUP CfTY. NBB Tresta all dMeaaee of ail dometic animals. 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Stein, of Lincoln, De livered an Able Discourse on Educational Themes The following is the class of 1912: | Esther May Kettle. Lily Maybelle Leeper. Blanche Irene Draper. Flor ence Amelia Depew, Marie Florentine OhUen, Francis Ernestine Corning. Wlnnifred Voltairine Gasteyer and Waiter Ear. Callaham. Friday evening last, at the M. E. church occurred the Commencement! exercises of the Loup City High School. The weather was ideal for the occasion and the attendance was flatteringly large. The church was beaoUfulljr decorated with flowers,; banners, of the Loop Citv high school. Die class colors of Dark Blue and White, and everything was in keeping* with tlm joyous occasion. The class of 19L2, the teachers of the high school, members of the Board of Ed ucation. officiating ministers and the speaker of the occasion. Dr. Stein of Lincoln, occupied the rostrum. Tim exercises opened with a volun tary by Mrs. R. P. Starr, followed by invocation by Rev. J. Tourtelott This was followed by a piano solo by Mrs. Starr, which was well received. Dr Stein was then introduced with a few well ciiosen and felicitous re marks from Superintendent Miss Abi j Bey non. and was enthusiastically re-, ceived. Ex-State Superintendent J. L. Mc Brien of Lincoln had been selected byr the faculty to deliver the address be fore Urn class, but at a late hour he sent regret* for inability to keep the engagement, and provided an able representative in the person of Dr. i Stein, who, as an orator on such an occasion proved par excellence, so to speak Dr. Stein opened his address by re-j fernng in warm terms to some of the i citizens of Loup City, whom he had1 met elsewhere, who reflected credit upon our town, notably mentioning lion. W. R. Mellor, and stated Ills ac quaintance with him and others had made him determine that the first occasion be liad to visit Loup City be mould accept, and when the present occasion presented itself he hestimated not the least to embrace it. Space and inability to do justice to the most excellent address of Dr. Stein prevents a resume of the scholarly and masterly effort of the speaker. | With a voice strong and surprisingly; clear, with a familiarity with his subject born of fifty years and over in educational affairs, with a person ality which held his audience close listeners from the opening to the ekne, end frequently punctured with applause as bis points went! hoae with felling tone, the address was one of the beet ever delivered be-1 ♦ 1 fore a graduating class in this city, and we have had with us such noted men as Dr. Roacli. and ex-Governor Shallenberger on like occasions in the past. Dr. Stein physically is of very short stature, rotund form, quite ad vanced in years, hair as white as the driven snow, but in no word, motion nor action showing his age. but with the energy and vim of one-half his years, and a physique kept strong and well by a life of correct living, showed a wonderful vitality, making his points of more telling effect. Following the address, came the presentation of diplomas to the class by Hon. J. S. Pedler, president of the school board, who has a number of times in the years past graced a like occasion, and as usual with Uncle Joe, who is a great friend of the young pecple and of our student scholars in particular, did well and j gave to the graduating class some good and wholesome advice, which, if lived up to, will have a good bear ing upon their future prosperity and happiness. A splendid duet by A. J. Johnson and L. S. Smith followed by the ben ediction by Rev. Dr. Leeper, and the Commencement of 1912 was closed. Dandelions Easily Killed. The Lincoln capital stops talking politics long enough to make the fol lowing sage observations: “It is easy to kill out the dandelions and keep them out, when your neigh bors do their part It is a mistake to say that the plants come from the same root every time they are cut off. They soon get discouraged and quit. It is constant seeding from other years that makes vigilance necessary. “The writer is not theorizing when ! he says that dandelions can be kept down. He can show the results of j genuine experiment, without falling! back on the various liquid nostrums ; of fake ‘dandelion bugs.’ An old butcher knife does the business, and is death to the yellow flowers, even wlien the balance of the precinct is seeded with them.” The Quiz man is glad to have some one add to the testimony he has been bearing as to the vulnerability of the dandelion ever since they showed their yellow faces in Ord. We have said over and over again that a dan delion cut off a little below the top of the root will never come up again, and we have proved it bv the condition of the largest lawn in the city. But practically overy one says, ‘I don’t be lieve it.” It is our opinion that a cause of this doubt Is the dislike of getting after the little pests. All we do to keep them down Is, every time we see a yellow bloom on the premises, to pull out our trusty jack-knife and sever the top not, and the job is done. Do you doubting Thomases and Tabbies see any dandelions on oar lawn?—Ord Quiz. Rebekahs at Rockville The fourth annual district meeting of Rebekahs opened at Rockville last Thursday, with State President Mrs. Holcomb of Broken Bow in charge. A very pleasant and profitable even ing was spent, after which the ladies served punch and the meeting was ad journed until the next afternoon. At 3 o’clock, Friday, the session opened again with small delegations present from Sargent, Loup City and Boelus. and with Mrs. Thos/Lay and Mrs. Dr. Dickinson in the chairs, and Miss Nettie Conger a» secretary-treasurer. In the hands of these capable women the work moved right through. A splendid address of welcome was given by Mrs. Dickinson, and was responded to by Mrs. J. W. Conger of Loup City. The district officers were then elected for the year as follows: President. Mrs. R. D. Hendrickson of Loup City : vice-president, Mrs. Thos. Lay of Rockville: secretary. Miss Nettie Congerof Loup City: treasurer. Miss Elva Thompson of Rockville: warden, Lillie Coltrain of Sargent: chaplain. Mrs. J. W. Conger of Loup City. A very interesting paper was read by Mrs. Clark of Boelus, and also one by ! Mrs. Conger. The state president! gave an hour of much needed instruc-1 tion, questions being freely asked and ! answered. Mrs. Holcomb makes a: very able presiding officer and was | helpful to all. The meeting was then closed till 8:30 and the sisters! were nicely entertained in Rockville ' homes. At 7 o’clock a banquet was! served, the like of which would be i hard to equal, the hall was beauti fully decorated with the lodge colors | and potted plants and about 75 per-1 sons could be seated at one time, j From the abundance of £.ood tiling constantly put before us. one would j think they were in league with their doctor. After viewing the neat little ! town, we returned to their large hall j and at 8:30 the meeting was called to order and the Rockville lodge initi-! a ted four new members in the mys teries of the order. By request, the papers read in the afternoon were re peated. The committee on resolu- j tions read their report, after which the new officers were installed and fancy drilling was done by the Rock-! ville team. On behalf of Sargent, j Miss McGregor invited the next dis- ] trict meeting to be held at Sargent. I which invitation was accepted. Too j much praise can not be given the! ladies of Peerless lodge of Rockville ■ for their cordial treatment of the i visitors and for their labor in pre-! paring the banquet. The team de serves special credit for the splendid ! way they puton the work. The fancy drills were beautiful and the music! throughout was fine. At 12:30 the meeting closed and all present were taken back to the banquet hall and served with ice cream and cake, after which each went her way, glad that she had been fortunate enough to at tend this district meeting. It- is to be regretted that more did not avail j themselves of the privilege. It is affairs of this kind which draw peo ple closer together and opens the wav | to each others' hearts. Three cheers for Rockville and the Rebekabs. ___ . *** | St Elmo Hotel to Be Rejuvinated Saturday of this weak, will be June 1st, at which time the St. Elmo is to j change hands and name. E. F. Mil-; burn, the new owner is to take charge and change the name to “The Mil- j burn.” Mr. Milburn arrived Mon dav morning to take charge of the work of rejuvinating the hotel build-1 ing and make it up-to-date. He in forms us he is to have the building repapered and repainted over the en-! tire interior, new floors where needed, j electric light system installed, new! furniture throughout and new dishes, crockery and cooking utensils, and in fact, everything new in their entirety. This fall he expects to install a heat ing plant for the entire building, and starting this week Saturday will keep ou doing things and adding this and that necessary to make the Milburn all that it should be to make it a favorite hotel for the transient trade, to which he will for the most part cater. The house will be closed Saturday and remain closed for a few days, until the new papering, paint ing and flooring can be rushed to completion, and hopes to be able to open again to the public if possible by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. His new furniture, carpets, kitchen stuff and all necessary to furnish the house in good shape has been ordered and is now here aw aiting installment. A Moving Picture Theater man ager Speaks Following isa communication from a moving picture exhibitor, published in the June Womans Home Companion It gives an idea of the troubles of the moving picture man and shows how he looks at his business. The letter is written by an owner and pro i pretor of a little moving picture the ater in Tjnall, South Dakota: f wish to speak a word rortnpmsrh abused exhibitor. Most of os are doing the best possible with the material we have to work with. As for the sub ject. the manufacturer is the one to praise or blame for the good, bad or indifferent subjects, nie exchange that supplies us sends us what we ask for. and I am sure most exhibitors get all of the best subjects they can secure: but to a certain extent we must run what is sent. The exchange must send out what they buy. and it stands to reason they can buy only what is released. The manufacturer is free to make what he want6to.and the threadbare excuse cannot be given much longer, as the ‘dear public' do not demand what they call the *low-brow' subject. It is true, we endure it and laugh at it, but we put up with much that we dislike for the good that is to come. “Great credit is due the manufact urers who are useing the best talent that money can secure. They are not afraid that we cannot understand or appreciate firstclass drama or com edy. Take the educational picture: every audience wants that. Then when they run out of other material, they can give us athletic subjects. The general public has not had even a taste of this. It need not be world renowned prize-fighters: give us good gymnasium and fieldwork. “The motion-picture show in the smaller towns, when managed with intelligence, has been a real boon to the people. Many come in from the country, five and ten miles, as auto mobiles have made distance no object and the exhibitor is anxious to have a program that will repay a patron for the gasoline it costs to run in to the show each evening. Ashton 9, Kockville, 8. The start of the game looked like it would be a slugging match by the score. Rockville getting two runs in the first inning and Ashton 5. In the 9th inning with Rockville 1 ahead of Ashton it looked very bad, but two singles, a couple stolen bases and a two base hit by Kwiachowski gave Ashton 2 scores Score by running, r h e Ashton 9 11 13 Rockville S 7 11 Bases stolen: Ashton 6, Rockville Struck out by Jezewski 14, by Chlund 9, 2 base bits L. Polski, Jezewski, Geo. Polski. Kwiathowski, Werner. 3 base hits S. Polski, Base on balls of Jez ewski 3, off Chland 1, hit by pitcher by Jezewski 1, time of game 2:20, Um pires Jamrog an Kozel. Church Has Nursery. In order that mothers with babies might be able to attend church, and not be troubled with the infants, a nursery has been established by the First Methodist church at Vancouver, Wash. ▲ room in the basement is used, and it equipped with toys for the amusement at the children. Gastever’s ! 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