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LOCAL NEWS.
See J. L. Fort for windmill and
pump work. Phone White 59.
Dr. J. E. Bowman had business at
Grand Island Tuesday.
You had better till your bins with
your supply of soft coal for winter
use. Come and see our coal.
Taylor’s Elevator.
A number of our auto enthusiasts
will attend the big automobile show
in Omaha the latter part of this
month.
Leave orders for theC.L. McDonald
dray at either lumber yard,or E. G.
at Taylor’s.
Mrs. Herman Johansen and Mrs.
Albert Johnson went to Lincoln
Tuesday morning to visit Mrs. W. R.
Mellor.
I will pay the first price for hides.
S. F. Reynolds.
II. J. Johansen went to Grand Island
last week to a big Poland China hog
sale and invested in two pure-bred
registered Poland China sows.
We pay cash for eggs delivered at
the creamery.
Ravenna Creamery Co.
Evidently spring is springing one
on us, as {.he cheerful chirp of the
robbin is proclaiming such to be the
fact.
We are paying 32% cents cash for
cream delivered at the creamery. We
test and pay cash for cream.
Ravenna Creamery Co.
Attorney R. H. Mathew accompan
ied Contractor Henry Ohlsen to
Greeley, Monday morning, to attend
to legal matters concerning the con
tract of Henry Ohlsen and son, Her
man, with Greeley county on their
new court house.
Does your clock lose or gain time:
is your watch out of tune; or is there
any repair work along jeweler lines, go
to Lou Schwaner and he will make
them do their work properly.
MiotHazel Todd of the Northwests
ern office and Miss Iva Henry visited
over Sunday at the home of Miss Todd
at OoaaMWdy *Ms state, going Satur
day noawaadsa&ti rhing Mondsv noon.
The industrial Society meets with
Mrs. Lou Schwaner, Wednesday, Feb.
Kraut and pickles at Reynolds’
meat market.
Buy your flour of Reynolds. He has
two grades of Comstock flour and two
grades of Loup City flour.
Good 3-room house, 5 lots, cement
sidewalk. A snap at only $72o. Easy
payments. See R. H. Mathew, f 27
Mrs. 1). D. Grow and little daughter
left last week Wednesday for a visit
witn relatives and friends near Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Chinaware of all descriptions will be
sold at cost price at Tony Gzehoviak s
hardware store.
Good seed oats, two kinds, pure and
clean, home grown, also Stock Food
and Molasses Feed, for sale by
Robert Dinsdale. rtoo
Charley Larson solicits a portion of
your dray patronage and will do your
work prom ptly and efficiently. Phone
Brown 76, or leave orders at any of
the coal or lumber yards.
If you want good, prompt draying,
call on C. L. McDonald, successor to
Hagood.
Joe Rieman and Skip Thrasher re
turned last Saturday from their trip
down to San Juan, in the southeast
portion of Texas. They report hav
ing enjoyed their vacation and spoke
very highly of that country.
Furniture.almost as good as new
for sale at the Second Hand Store
for 5oc on the dollar.
The l’resbytenan people have been
highly favored the past two Sundays
at their morning services with solos
by Mr. G. C. Swanks, contest mana
ger of the Northwestern’s voting con
test. Mr. Swanks is a most excellent
singer and thorough musician, and it
Is a treat to he? r him.
Herman Ohlsen went to Omaha
last Saturday to bring home a new
car, Cadillac 40, which lie and his
father. Contractor Henry Ohlgen, had
just purchased to use in their travel
ing to and fro between home and St.
Paul and Greeley, where thev have
the furnishing of the material for the
St. Paul court house and contract for
the Greeley court house.
We understand an osteopath phy
sician, Dr. James F. Blanchard of
Sargent, has rented office rooms in
the new Waite block and will be here
by the 3rd of March, for the practice
of his profession. One of the features
he will introduce in his profession is
an electric light bath.
All Odd Fellows are especially in
vited to attend meeting Saturday
evening. As there will be first degree
work, you will miss something if you
don’t attend.
Chinaware of all descriptions will
be sold at cost price at Tony Gzehov
iak's hardware store.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. McCullough, Friday, Feb.
14, 1913. This is the second son com
ing to the home of our young friends,
and we congratulate the happy par
ents over the advent. (
Dr Valher,Osteopath, Grand Island
-Taylor and wife were up from
St. Paul over last Sunday at the home
of their son, E. G. Taylor, returning
home Monday. Father Taylor rather
grudgingly acknowledged that Loup
City was putting one over on their
hometown in the matter of its won
derful improvements. However, he
should claim a good part in its pros
perity, when he considers that his
own son is largely responsibile for the
great prosperity shown by our city.
All kinds of choice meats at Bey
nolds’.
George and Will Peterson left last
Saturday with their cars of house
hold goods, autos and stock for their
new homes near Brock, Minnesota,
where they had bought goodly quan
tities of land, and we hope will get
rich off their possessions. The better
parts of their households will remain
here till the boys have gotten the
homes in.readiness for them. Ed
Badciiffe will leave in a few days to
join the Petersen boys at Brock and
put up needed buildings for them.
Our good friend, Willis Waite,
writes us from just across the line in
Valiev, expressing his good will and
satisfaction with the Northwestern,
ois favorite home paper, and inci
entally proves his words by his
• orks substantially with a couple of
years’ subscription. Willis is a
mighty good fellow, even if he and
the editor can't hitch politically
better than Taft and Teddy, and
gives the following spicy swipe: "Well,
Taft's got the Mormons with him
anyway; that isn't so bad. now, isitV'i
Oh, you Willis.
The protracted meetings being
held at the M. E. church last week
and tins week are proving of quite a
little intrest. Rev. Hawley is an in
teresting speaker and deeply in earn
est in the work. Sunday morning
some forty young people expressed
! decision, while Sunday evening, with
| a crowded house, a number went
| forward to the alter. They will at
! least continue throughout the week.
Alfred Anderson’s big public sale
j last Thurseay received the biggest
! crowd of any sale held this season,
j there being a crowd estimated at 500
i present, and so many bidders that
Col. Rageler had an easy time in se
j curing about the highest prices for
everything, and Alfred was so pleased
; and satisfied that he wants us to
| thank the people as a whole and the
1 buyers in particular over the success
j of the sale. It was a dandy, sure.
We received the following lines from
’our old friend, J. B. Ford at Kano
rado. Kansas, a few days since, in re
I mitting for a couple of years of North
i western reading: “This is a beauti
ful Sabbath morning, and will write
a few lines to let you Know we are all
enjoying good health and enjoy our
new home in western Kansas very
much. The winter has been very fine
here, the country is^in good condition
and the farmers are locking forward
to another prosperous year.” He
writes very flatteringly of the North
western and his interest in it and
also sends his contest votes to Miss
Beulah Ford, because of old time
friendship.
Our young friend, W. E. Henry,
went to Riverdale last Saturday,
where he preached for the good people
on Sunday returning home on Mon
day. Our people, and especially the
friends of Mr. Henry, will be inter
ested to know that he contemp lates
entering the ministry of the M. E.
church, and that his visit to River
dale was with that end in view. He
was deligeted with his reception by
the good people tiiere and was equally
delighted with that little village.
For several years Mr. Henry has had
in contemplation as his life work the
ministery of the Gospel, and we are
violating no confidence in predicting
that should he finally decide to go
into that calling he will prove an
earnest and successful worker in the
Master’s vineyard.
This editorial family was joyfully
surprised last Friday evening oy the
home-coming of the editor's son, Rev.
Frank YV. Burleigh, who had arrived
the day previous at Lincoln, from
Columbus and Jasper, Ohio, on their
way to Valentine. Nebr., where our
boy had accepted the charge of the
Valentine Circuit of the Northwest
Nebraska Conference of the M. E.
church, of which he lias become a
minister. Upon reaching Lincoln, he
could not forgo coming to his old
; home at Loup City and see father,
and his many friends of the past.
He expects to leave us again Friday
or Saturday for Lincoln, where the
wife and baby are visiting, and thence
on to Valentine to take up his work.
While here, he is assisting in the pro
tracted meeting at the M. E. church
and proving by his zeal his earnest
ness in his life u'ork. Those who have
known him in the years gone by, will
appreciate the satisfaction and hap
piness of his old dad in his new life,
and will with us surely wish him and
his untold success.
Along R. R. No. 2
Tom MeFadden and family and
Ira Daddow and family spent Sunday
at Albert Snyder’s.
Clittie MeFadden spent Thursday
at Mrs. Homer Hughes’.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Daddow spent
Friday at H. W. Brodock's.
The Ladies’ Aid will meet at Mrs.
Mary McBeth’s Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Curry of Cherry
county are here visiting their son,
Wilber, and family.
Miss Nellie Daddow spent Saturday
with Miss Yergie McaFdden.
Mr. and Mrs. lossi visited at Loup
City Monday.
Mrs. Albert Snyder, Mrs. Wilkie
and Mrs. Burwel) visited Verduer
ette school Friday afternoon.
Rev. Blom of Loup City preached
at the Wiggle Creek church Sunday
afternoon.
T. S. Lovitt came up from Raven
na Thursday.
Albert Snyder and Clark Alleman
were at Vern Alleman’s Monday and
helped him butcher,
RalDh Knight and Charlie Johnson
took two loads of goods to Comstock
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Gordon Snyder. Carrie
Bogseth and Ralph Knight visited at
Mr. Wilkies Sunday.
Hulda Dietz, Rosie Beliren and
Detlef Dietz are new pupils in Dist.
36.
Mrs. Roush and Eva Goodwin vis
ited the Wiggle Creek school Friday
afternoon. Visitors are always wel
come, and we would like to have
more of the patrons visit the school
at any time.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard and Lulu
Brodock spent Sunday at Ernest
Daddow's.
Henry Kuhl was hauling hogs to
town Monday.
Miss Lula McFadden visited at
home over Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holmes and
Miss Elanor Holmes attended the
party at Gordon Snyder's Friday even
ing.
Misses Lula and Maggie McFadden
were among those taking teachers’
examination Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Draper took
dinner at the home of O. G. Hunt
last Wednesday.
There is no school in the Bickel
district this week, on account of the
illness of the teacher's mother, Mrs.
Henderson.
About twenty-five friends of the
Misses Freida and Anna Adams gave
them a surprise party last Friday
evening. A good time was enjoyed
by all.
Richard Youngland was absent
from school Monday on account of
sickness.
Miss Josie Blaschke is working at
the W. n. Henderson home.
Gus Youngland sold two cows to
Ray McFadden Monday.
Emil Peterson of Stromsburg, Neb.,
visited his friend Gus Youngland the
past few weeks, and before returning
home purchased a fine team of horses
of W. O. Brown and also one of Mr.
Hartzel. The team bought of W. O.
Brown cost him $375.00. They were
three and four years old and only one
broke. Who said horses were cheap?
W. O Brown is noted for raising
some of the finest horses in the coun
try, and his horses always find a ready
sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Daddow, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Daddow and Mr.
and Mrs. Don Holmes were pleasantly
entertained at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Jorgenson last Thursday.
Lohnie Daddow and family, Mr.
Page and family and Mrs. Talbot
spent last Sunday at Frank Dad
dow’s.
Nick Daddow and son have been
moving their machinery and hay over
to their new home which Mr. Daddow
purchased from Mr. Gilmore.
The Aid Society accompanied by
the men folks, took their dinner and
called at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Reed last Wednesday. This was a
farewell gathering as Mr. Reed and
family intend to move to Iowa in the
near future. A dozen plates, cups
and saucers were given to them as a
momento. Although this family will
be sadly missed by all, we extend our
best wishes for their success in their
new home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Obermiller did
some shopping in Grand Island last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Reed and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy took dinner as the Neisner
home last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jorgenson took
supper with G. B. Wilkie’s Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jorgenson spent Fri
day at Robert Holmes’.
On Monday, Feb. 17, Miss Bertha
Smalley and Mr. Jewitt of Giltner
were jnarried at Loup City. In the
evening about thirty of their friends
and neighbors chi ravaried them. They
were invited in and after they re
ceived a nice treat, they spent the
evening visiting and departed, wish
ing the bride and groom heartiest
congratulations. They will depart at
once for their home on a rarm near
Giltner.
W. O. Brown, Dan McDonald and
W. H. Welty were appraising school
land and laying out a road in the
northwest part of the county Monday.
Miss Marie Nelson from Dannebrog,
Neb., sister of Mrs. Iver Lyhne, visit
ed here tuis week. Miss Annie Nel
son is also visiting at the Lyhne
home this week.
Mrs. Fred Johnson is well again.
Lars P. Nellson has commenced
his yearly marketing of eggs, which
amounts to hundreds of dozensduring
the spring months.
Ed Angler, Arthur Rowe, Free
Cowling and Homer Ward were work
ing on the telephone line at W. O.
Brown’s Monday.
Mr. Thornton and son, Clifton, un
loaded a car of lumberthls week.
F. A. Pinckney went in with two
others and got a car of corn this week.
Vern Alleman gave Carrier some
fresh meat Tuesday.
Edgar Foster visited on No. 2 Sun
day.
C.O. Wagner has made a big change
in the looks of his place by trimming
up the trees along ihe road in front cl
the house, the past ten days.
Robert Dinsdale shipped severa
cars of cattle last week, and expect:
to ship more soon.
Fred .Johnson bought a Uiorougi
bred hog from Torn Carrier this week
Luther Goodwin is visiting in low:
this week.
Mrs. W. F. Howard visited M
Will Paulman at Loup City over Moi -
day.
Ed Flynn and family will farm tin
old L. P. Squires place this year.
Fritz Holm will work for Georgt
McFadden this season.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Conger visited
their son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Conger. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart McFadden
and family will soon leave Route 2.
They have rented Mrs. Ida Ogle's
place for five years. This place is lo
cated just south of John Vandergrif's
place on the east side of the river.
Mr. and Mrs. McFadden are old
patrons on Route 2 and we regret
their leaving but wisli them prosper
ity in their new home.
Pete Ogle was out on Route 2
i Monday.
Clarence Burt marketed a load of
grain at Loup City Saturday.
Floyd Howard was breakingayoung
hors-; Monday.
P. G. I'eterson and daughter. Lizzie,
were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John
Olson on Wiggle Creek, Monday.
Joe Blaschke is slowly improving
after a very sick spell that has con
fined him to his bed for the past two
weeks.
Mrs. GusSamuelson and daughter.
Minnie, from Litchfield visited at the
home of P. G. Peterson over Sunday.
Mrs. R. A. Henderson is on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. Henry Obermiller has been
sick the past week.
Geo. Stork and Art Gilbert have
been painting on John Ohlsen’s new
bungalow in west Loup City.
Lee Adamson lias been putting the
finishing touches on John Ohlsen’s
new house the past week.
The Misses Adams were surprised
on Friday night by their schoolmates.
We are sorry to say the Adams family
soon leave to take up their residence
in Loup City.
For once in his life O. G. Hunt ac
knowledged he was surprised when
his neighbors swooped down on them
last Wednesday, Feb. 12th, to remind
them that it was their seventeenth
wedding anniversary. The table was
soon spread with the contents of the
numerous pails, baskets and pans.
After the crowd was seated, Mis.
Douglas, in behalf of their 'friends,
presented the bride and groom of
seventeen years, with a set of silver
knives and forks. If Mr. and Mrs.
Hunt enjoyed the affair as much as
the crowd did they sure had a good
time.
Mvrl Warrick was out on Route 2
buying horses last Friday.
All the schools on Route 2 had a
Valentine box on Valentine day.
Dr. Evans and Johnson were auto
ing on Route 2 last Saturday.
Ed Flynn helped Fritz Bichel mar
et four loads of hogs at Loup City
Saturday.
A surprise party was given on Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Snyder on Wiggle
Creek last Thursday night, before
their departure for their future home
west of Comstock. A large crowd
was present and made things merry
for several hours. All returned to
their homes wishing them good luck
in their new home.
Some one stole the mail carrier's
horse blanket last Wednesday night
at his feed box west of the Wiggle
Creek church. Did anyone see any
body stop there?
W. H. Gunn was up looking after
his interests here last Tuesday. He
returned to his home at Kearney on
Friday. He is feeling pretty well
now.
Frank Golus moved on Route 1 last
Thursday.
P. G. Peterson hauled a hayrack
load of brush from Route 2 to his
home on Route 1 last week.
Casteels have been busy the past
week hauling corn fodder.
Russel Curry has been quarantined
for scarlet fever for about ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Curry attended
Wilber’s father’s sale on Clear Creek
last week.
John Peterson’and sons have been
baling hay southeast of Will Miller's
the past week.
Fritz Bichel butchered last week.
Carrier took dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Roushe last
Thursday.
Patrons, when you order a parcel
post package, please call up the car
rier and see if it has arrived or meet
him at the mail box for several days.
If you don’t and when the package is
too large he is to drop you a notice
that he will bring said package to
you the next day. This makes your
package one day late. Mail all your
parcel posts packages with the car
rier. If you want to know how much
it will cost to send a package he will
also help you.
Specials at Loup City
Mercantile Co.’s
100 lbs. Granulated Sugar.$5.65
100 lbs, Chicken Grit or Shells.90
Dried Fruits
25 lb Box Santa Clara Prunes 50 to 60 to the pound,. .$2.25
25 lb bov Yellow halves Peaches... .Fancy. 2.26
25 lb Box, 3 Crown Kaisins.2.25
25 lb Box Fancy Apricots.. 3.25
Apples per bushel .60c
Loup City Mercantile Co.
, More than half the trouble in accidents, breakdowns and
expensive delays and repair bills in the operations of motor
Cars Result from the use of gear transmission
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There are only one third as many parts to a friction drive as
there is to a gear drive. You get 20 per cent mor power out
of your engine from a friction drive than out of a gear drive.
They run smoother, you have no jump and jar when you
start up, no z-z z-z-ip, but just a smooth start, your tire ex
pense is cut half in two.
Get all this in mind when you buy a car this year. Let Lee
Bros, show you the works in a friction drive.
Lee Bros., Agents
Cet Good Service
HI YOUR MIR
Worth
Satisfaction Guaranteed
R. L. ARTHUR
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 |jjgg;
We are always ready