' Schedule of Votes on Sncscrlptlon Contest year $1.50.300 votes 2 years $3.00.700 votes 3 years $4.50.1200 votes 4 years $6.00.1800 votes 5 years $7.50.2500 votes 6 years $9.00.3300 votes "years $10.50.4200 votes 8 years $12.00.5200 votes I 9 years $13.50.6300 votes 10 years $15.00.7500 votes 2° PER CENT OFF for the next twenty days on all bed room suits. Come in and look over our bar gains. S. A. Pratt Billiard and Pool Parlors Finest Brands of Cigars, with such leaders as Denbys, Havana Sticks, B. B’s., and other choice smokes. Your patronage appreciated First Door, West of First National Bank Loup City, Nebraska, ^————i— the price on my harness. Bring your harness and collars for repairs and oiling now is the time to get ready for spring work, also put in your order for new harness and have them made to suit you, the price is right in spite of the big advance in price of leather. I have not raised Yours for business J- A B.AJRT’TTIsrBE J. G. PAGELER Auctioneer Loup City, - - Nebraska I will call sales'in any part of Sherman County. Phone or write, Jack Pageler Loup City, Nebrask s WINTER RATES AVAILABLE Homeseekers Excursions: These are announced for the first and third Tuesday of each month during the spring and summer, to the south, west and northwest, including Wyoming and the fast devel oping Big Horn Basin country. Colonists Rates, March 15th to April I5th: Early announcement Is made of the very low one-way settler,s rates,such as $30 from Omaha and Nebraska to far Northwest and California, and $25 to Utah, Central montanna and Idaho. Winter Tourist Rates: The attractive scheme of southern tourest rates together with the beautiful hotels and resorts is developing a heavy volume of winter patron age to that locality. Made in Nebraska Show, Omaha March 5, to 16. This will be a very interesting exhibition o; Nebraska’s manufactured products; Convention of Nebraska retailers; meeting of State Manufacturer Association. Annual Automobile Show Feb. 24, to Mar. I. A $500,000 exhibit of the latest patterns of automobile, auto trucks, etc, Personally conducted California Excursions: Your nearest agent can describe these and secure your berths. Ask hi m for California Excursions, Homeseekers Leaflet, to the Great Northwest, Pacific Coast Tours. _ J. A Danielson, Ticket Agent L. W. Wakeley, General Passenger Agt Omaha Neb THE NEW THEATRE | Nothing but Good, Clean shows will be per mitted to be put on here. Good High Claes Motion pictures On account of so many other attractions in our theatre during the next few months we will show pictures only three nights a week. Change of Program every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. LEE & DADDOW THE NORTHWESTERN Entered at the Loup City Postofflce for tran& mission through the mails as second class matter. Office Phone, - Red 21 Residence, - Black 21 .1. W. BURLEIGH, Editor and Pub Subscriptions may begin or end at any time. Notice to stop teis paper will be promptly obeyed. All sub scriptions are received with the ex press understanding that the sub scription may continue until the sub scriber notifies the publisher of his desire to terminate the subscription. There are several men in the present Nebraska legislature who are more bald-headed than the editor of this paper, and nearly as bare of caput covering as Jim Burnett. It is claimed that President-elect Wilson will have accumulated suf ficient nerve to name his cabinet be fore the end of the present week. Omaha seems to be getting the best of other parts of the state in appoint ments under Gov. Morehead, and so far have secured more of the pie than the rest of the state combined. And yet they are not happy, as the Ne braska metropolis has scores more of office hunting patriots to supply the appointments. The Nebraska senate last week went on record as favoring Sunday base ball. Now it is in order for the democratic house to kill the idea and look with horror upon the republican senate's attempt to fasten upon the present democratic administration anti-Sunday law. And now it is claimed for a cer tainty that William Jennings Bryan has been offered and accepted the port* folio of state in Wilson's cabinet. Mr. Bryan thus gets as close, or closer, to the presidential chair than ever in the past or may hope to in the future. All efforts at making peace between Turkey and the allies is now off and hostilities began again Monday even ing, with the bombardment of Adrianople as a starter. It would seem that the Turks would better save what little they could by the peace route than lose all they have by going on with the war. ———■— A movement has been started in congress to make presidential terms of so many years duration, and makes re-election impossible. However,our democratic pie-eating friends are disposed to buck over the idea, as it would eliminate Wilson for a second term, and also substantially knock the democrat out of a chance for a future democratic president. This would be a democratic calamity they can’t think of, with any degree of complaisance. The U. S. Senate by a majority of one lone vote has put through a bill limiting presidential terms to six years and barring re-election. It is a good law and will have a tendency to do away with such unfortunate cam paigns as we had to pass through last year. It also eliminates Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson from future running, but lengthens Wilson's term out two years longer, in event it passes the house and secures the signature of the president. Editor Reider of the Arcadia Champion was a visitor to this city Monday of this week. He has pur chased the paper at Comstock, its owner going back to the farm. Ed itor Mel Gordon of the Sargent News, started a few months since, as we un derstand, suspends the News and pur chases the Arcadia Champion. The changes occur sometime this month, according to Bro. Reider. We wish success for all. At Morrill, recently a new post master was chosen by popular vote, and it is said will be seated by the democratic administration, although he is a republican. Why not vote for the incoming Loup City postmaster. D. C. Grow, the present postmaster, has made one of the very best this city has ever been blessed with. His nominatisn, backed by the highest recommendations of our best citizens, has been held up by the senate democrats fillibustering to waste time till after March first, when they will have a majorit v and hope to select a democrat as his successor. If the Morrill idea were to prevail here, and the people in their entirety were al lowed to express themselves, Post master Grow would succeede himself by an overwhelming majority of votes. Even were the voting confined to democrats, and they were allowed to vote for a republican, D. C. Grow would easily be the winner. How ever, that would not suit any pie-eat ing democrat who wished the office, hence the fight to oust Grow is said to b^ now on and willjprobably go to suit the pie-eater who can get next to the leaders, have a stand-in, so to speak, and the democratic common voters will have to take their medicine without having any choice as to what kind is given them. A FLYING START Northwestern Subscription Con test Creating Great Inter est Over County LARGE LIST OF CANDIDATES Nominate Your Candidate Now and Help Her Get an Early Start The greatest opportunity on earth is now within the very grasp of many ladies in Sherman count#, who desire to win with little effort, prizes that -would be most acceptable to anyone; prizes to the value of $750.00 in one of the most unparalled popularity news paper subscription voting automobile and prize contests ever attempted under like conditions in this part of the state. This contest is open to any married or single lady residing in this and adjoining counties. The rulesof the contest and other valuable information will be found elsewhere in this issue. Read every word of it —it’s for YOU! The magnitude of this great undertaking may at first seem to some persons almost impos sible-others may entertain a doubt as to the feasibility of this venture— and still others may wish to be enlight ened as to our exact purpose in get ting so “all-fired” benevolent, and may be skeptical to a certain degree. You have a right to be, friends, neighbors, and fellow citzens. And you all—every one—have a right to know, WHY we “are spreading our selves,” and giving away so much money in prizes, to almost anyone who may come along, and take them away for practically the mere asking. And you shall know—everything—just by reading our entire announcement, and your doubts will fade away. You will understand, and perhaps become one of the prize winners yourself. The following is the list of nomi nations up to time of going to press: LOUP CITY May Lewis J 1000 Mayme Adamson 1000 Lillie Lofholm 1000 Ella Taylor 1000 Iva Henry 1000 Winnie Gasteyer 1000 LOUP CITY, Route 1 Lena Zwink 1000 Nellie Gifford 1000 Hilma Johnson 1000 Lena Blaschke 1000 Lillian Johnson ; 1000 LOUP CITY, Route 2 Maggie McFadden 1000 Mrs. Ida Burwellt • _v 1000 Alice McBeth ,'1' 1000 Bernice Casteel 1000 Adeline Daddow ».1000 Eva Goodrich t 1000 Fern Reed ’ 1000 Mrs. Emma Daddow 1000 LOUP CITY, Route 3 Jessie Bower 1000 Lila Ziegler 1000 Mary Augustine - 1000 Ella Petersen . 1000 Mamie Anderson , 1000 ASHTON Helen Kwiatkowskl 1000 Mathelia Chilewski 1000 Nellie Jamrog . 1000 Vernie Maschka 1000 Celia Maciejewski 1000 Josie Hruby 1000 Barbara Wieseiski . 1000 Tressa Wroblewski, R. 1 1000 Mary Gaydeski, R. 2 1000 Maggie Peterson, R 3 1000 LITCHFIELD Millie Mizner 1000 Mary Meier s 1000 Mrs. Ethel Htapy 1000 Mrs. Geo. Slot* 1000 Gertie Ladegard 1000 Mary Gibson 1000 Mrs. Ida Betts 1000 M,s. Ella Duncan 1000 Lida Minshull 1000 ROCKVILLE Martha Heizner 1000 Lizzie Reisland 1000 Ruanna Branscomb 1000 Hansina Peterson 1000 Olga Cords 1000 Ehda Lund l 1000 Edith Strom 1000 Minnie Hanisch 1000 Elva Thompson 1000 Nellie Gray 1000 Nora Owens ' 1000 Mollie Hedlin 1000 ARCADIA Mrs. R. T. McCleary - 1000 Edith Long 1000 Mrs. Thomas Smith 1000 Mrs. Chris. Barron 1000 Mrs. Elizabeth Huber 1000 Mrs. Charles Jewell 1000 Mrs. Wilbert Anderson looo Cora Lebanon 1000 Beulah Ford 1000 Ethel Hagemeier 1000 Hattie Denison 1000 AUSTIN Jennie Hendrickson 1000 Mrs. Lena Fletcher 1000 Jessie Ogle 1000 Barbara Hell 1000 Lena Larson 1000 Mrs. Milt Rentfrow 1000 Mrs. Felix Kowaleski 1000 Jessie Gilmore 1000 Mrs. Dan McDonald 1000 RAVENNA Bessie Treon 1000 Minnie Hansen - 1000 Sophia Kramer • « • 1000 Mrs. Bernard Finder 1000 Mrs. Harry Stine .■' 1000 Gertrude Roth * 1000 Christine Stein 1000 Ida Buss - 1000 Anna Hatch it 1000 Ella Holfelt * 1000 hazard Jennie Larson * 1000 Mrs. Bertha Robertitason 1000 iBOELUS Hilda Zeller 1000 Ella Sieber . , 1000 NORTH LOUP ' May Johnson 1000 I Readers of the Iowa Homestead published at Des Moines will be in terested to know that the plant of I that great farm paper was practically j destroyed by fire on Monday morning j of this week. The loss is said to be $175,000. Gallagher, the man who shot Mayor Gaynor of New York City some months ago and was sent to the asylum for the insane, died Monday of paresis. He was never prosecuted for the crime at the request of Gay nor himself. Governor Morehead has appointed some fifty-three bloodless colonels on his staff, all of which are expected to support him in majestic style with gold tinsel covered uniforms at the presidential inauguration at Wash ington March 4th. The railroads do not propose to have their trains wrecked, thrown over the transom, so to speak, by autos. A bill has been introduced in our legislature to make all autos stop at railroad crossings till the trains whiz by or to give time for them to do so. A confounded waste of gasoline and unruffled tempers of chauffeurs. The poor, innocent legislator is to be protected from the awful lobbyist, if Hoagland of Lincoln couniy can effect it. He proposes to fine the above “hold-up” artists not to exceed $10,000 if they dare try to lasso any terrified member of those precious bodies by soliciting them to get next to certain interests they have. Poor fellows. Save them by all means. The governor of Nevada puts special emphasis on two recommen dations—woman suffrage and prize fights. He evidently has in mind the suffrage war in London and divorce business at Reno. He remembers the old saw ‘’War is hell,” and at tributes it to either condition. Elsewhere in this paper will be found a good take-off on the present •tate legislature by the State Journal over the numberless fool bills in troduced by the merabeas of both houses, scores of which, if passed, will burden the statute books as useless appendages and cause the present session to pass into history as composed of a goodly quantity of freaks who would better be at home helping their wives get out the family washing or work at earning a livelihood by hard knocks, instead of drawing $600 and mileage from the pockets of taxpayers. Adbitional Local Mr. Schweitzer, field secretary of the Nebraska Y. M. C. A., will be here this coming Sunday, Feb. 9, and speak at the M. E. cliuch next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 to the men, and in the evening at the first Presbyterian church to the general public. A cordial invitation to all men in the afternoon and to everybody ih the evening. Mrs. L. Domgard came over from Ord the first of the week, to get acquainted wiih her new granddaugh ter, Miss Lee, who lately arrived from Storkland to make her home with Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Lee. M. C. Mulick just returned yester day from a flying trip to Washington D. C. Broke the Monotony. "Yesterday.” complained the Sunday school superintendent, "you boys sat through a twelve-inning game and you showed no signs of uneasiness. Yet hers you cannot listen to me for thirty minutes without becoming restless. I can't understand why the ball game receives more serious attention." “Because," came in a stage whisper from a seat of husky boys, “they change pitchers occasionally."—Judge. Expensive. “How often is your motor over hauled, Binks?” asked Dusenberry. "Four times last month,” said Binks. “Four times In one month? Geeru salem! What for?” demanded Dusen berry. “Speeding,” said Binks. “Twice by the bicycle cops, once by a deputy sheriff, and once by a plain, common garden, village constable.”—Judge. Does He Mean Bathing Suits? Hub (looking up from newspaper)— My dear, have you seen any of those invisible suits yet? Wife—Invisible suits? What are you talking about? Hub—Why, here’s a New York la dies’ tailor advertising: "Suits made to order with or without material.” NATURALLY. <5/»-r Joskins—His record is the worst ir town. Hoskins—What is his business? JOsklns—Weather clerk. Here’s Your Chance To Win an Auto The Northwestern’s auto contest is now on. Mr. G. C. Swanks, the coutest manager, arrived Tuesday noon, from Fairbury. Neb., where he closed a most successful contest for the Fairbury News, doffed his coat, and got busy on the preliminaries. The capital prize, a Ford runabout, has been purchased of A. C. Ogle, and may be seen at his garage and will later be exhibited to show the tine gift the Northwestern will give to some woman or girt free at the close of the contest. Just think, the woman or girl who hustles the most subscribers to the Northwestern dur ing February and March is going to get a $565 Ford auto. Is it not worth working for? Already, there is much comment over the contest, and quite a numl>er have already signified their intention of competing for it. Re member, no woman or girl is barred from trying to win the auto, and one of them is going to win it. Who will be the lucky one? Do you know, one week from Fri day is St. Valentine's Day? Buy your Valentines at The Rexall Drugstore. Vaughn & Hinman. Junior-Freshmen Party On the evening of January 30, the Jolly Juniors of L. C. H. S. enter tained the Freshmen Class and teachers, at the home of Carl Deiter iclis. The earlier part of the evening was spent in playing games. Re freshments of velvet sherbet, wafers and chocolate creams were served, during which time the young folks were delightfully entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Deiterichs who rendered a number of selections upon the flute and piano, which were thoroughly en joyed by all. The Best Piece To Buy Your Clothing And Furnishings at The only Exclusive Store of that kind in Loup City \ —_ The Loup City Mill and Light Co Want to Make The Flour you need to keep you alive And furnish light so you can see We are always ready J,S. Pedler, President C. C. Carlsen, Cashier John W. Long, Vice President, w. J, Root, Assistant Cashie «]~oup City State Bank Capital and Surplus $50,000.00 --. We have the largest capital and surplus of any bank in Sherman County, and in addition to this our depositors are protected by The Depositors Guar antee Fund of the State of Nebraska. We pay 4 per cent interest on time deposits. If you are looking for an absolutely safe place to deposit your funds don’t overlook the is® LOUP CITY STATE BANK iife 66 YEARS* EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether a.*i invention is probably paromablft Communica tions strictly confldenHul. HANDBOOK onPatems Bent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Mnnn A Co. recelTe special noJics, without charge. In tb» Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Larrest cir culation of any acientlBe journal. Terms. 53 a year: four months. $1. Bold by all newsdealers DON’T WAITl > O'Z* ■"« hapreaw F; 7 BE DECEIVED I tec. doctors who «ms I Thers Is no UdtBsy ■ rj* lor Piles or fniibrs r . •ew day euro lor Chronic or I Private dlicauv U n . n 1n MAST EH SPECIALIST, Chronic I and Private Diseases. Pile* and Rupturo c nod I without an operation. 606 lor Blood Polaoa. TEN YEARS IN GRAND ISLAND I