B XJ Aware That i U P Allowing A Great Opportunity to pass every day that you do not visit our bank. ' Success and Friends follow a bank account We can prove this to you if you will give us a chance. / FIRST NATIONAL BANK \ of Loup City, Nebraska HI. f. Nason, prcst. H. 8. Outhouse, Vice-pres. ' L. fiansen, Cashier Commencement Gifts We Carry a Most Complete Stock of suitable commencement gifts such as Books, Bibles, Post Card Albums, Gold Pens, • Music Rolls, Fountain Pens, ( Stationery and Stationery Sets, Desk Sets, Manicure and Toilet Sets, Military Brushes, Wrist Bags, etc. , You should see our fine before making your > purchases. It is a pleasure to show you. > > > • * r Drug Store Lofholm > T. E. YOUNGQUEST (Sucessor to C. W Fletcher) Exclusive Shoe Store Carries the Best and Most Up-to-date Stock 6f . Ladies’, Gents and Children’s Wear Ever Erought to \ We cordially invite you to call and inspect our stock. We will guarantee satisfaction with every safe. * i or a Square Deal IN Real Estate And. Insurance Sec J. W Dougal Offce First Floor, 4 f doors south of State Bank Building Y. I. McDonall Prompt Dray Work Call lumber yards or Taylor’s elevator. Satisfaction guaran teed. Phone Brown 57 F. E. BREWER WHITES Insura n c e of all kinds in the old reliable St. Paul Fire and Marine insurance Co. of St. Paul Minn. THE NORTHWESTERN 1 Subscription to the North- 1 | western is $1.50 a year g | Single Copy 5 cents ) LOCAL NEWS. Dr Yallicr, Osteopath, Grand Island C. Bradley was a passenger for Wol bach last Saturday rooming. S. F. Reynolds pays the highest market price for hens. If you have a horse or a mule to sell, call phone 20. Myrl A. Warrick. W. G. Odendahl was a passenger to Grand Island Monday morning. Page Woven Wire Fencing and barb wire at bottom prices. L. X. Smith. J. J. Slominski and family visited relatives at Schaupps Monday. Go to Reynolds’ for your Hour. He has the best in the city. W. D. Zimmerman had business at Grand Island Monday. Good work horses for* sale. Phone 9203. A. E. Charlton. tf A. X. Cook left Monday morning for York, where he will canvas for a nursery. I We pay cash for eggs delivered at j the creamery. Kavenna Creamery Co. Fred Odendahl and wife were pas sengers for Grand Island Monday morning. Furniture,almost as good as new for sale at the Second Hand Store for 5oc on the dollar. Lard in fifty or twenty-five pound cans at Reynolds’ meat market and the price is right. J. W. Johnson will have two stal lions at McLaughlin’s barn Mondays and Tuesdays and Fridays and Sat urdays each week. 5-29 Dr. O. E. Longacre and A.F. Elsher left last Saturday morning on their ifip to the far South and East. They will probably be absery. six weeks. Ohlsen & Son left for Greeley Mon day morning, taking with them a bunch of fifteen to twenty good fel lows from here to work on the new court house. If you want a dray, phone A. L. En derlee. Black 63, or leave your order with either lumber yard or E. G. Taylor. Best of service guaranteed. Mrs. R. L. Arthur left Tuesday morning for Omaha as a delegate to the Grand Chapter O.E.S., which con vened in a three days' session Tues day morning. Good seed oats, two kinds, pure and clean, home grown, also Stock Food and Molasses Feed, for sale by Robert Dinsdale. tf Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sorenson of Arcadia visited here.Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hansen of the First National Bank. Mrs. .T. S. Pedler went to Omaha Tuesday morning to attend the Grand Chapter O.E.S., expecting to return Friday evening. We are paying 26 cents cash for cream delivered at the creamery. We test and pay cash for cream. Ravenna Creamery Co. Frank Lorcheck and Mat Ignowski went to Ashton to attend the wed ding of Mr. Paul Lawandowski and Miss Mary Waskowiak. The groom is a half brother of Mr. Lorcheck. Rev. P. Jueling went to Nebraska City Tuesday morning to attend an eight-day session of the Germanj Evangelical Synod, the conference of which he is a member. Mrs, Tessendorf and three children of Platte Center visited here from last Friday till Tuesday morning at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henning on Route 2. Merl McLaughlin left Tuesday morning for Beemer, this state, where he lias accepted a position with a furniture and undertaking establish ment. Merl is an energetic and enter prising young man and will make good. If you are in need of cement blocks see C. J. Tracy. He has a large quantity on hand fully seasoned and at prices which will make you buy as a matter of speculation alone, whether k’ou need them at the present or not. He will give you an eye-opener on the low price of the same. Mrs. C. E. Mellor went to Lincoln last Saturday morning to visit with Mrs. W. R. Mellor over Sunday, and from there was to go to Omaha to at tend the session of the grand chapter of Pythian Sisters, of which she was an officer. Thursday night last a drizzling rain started in this section, keeping up the action Friday night and Saturday all day and not a drop wasted. That’s the kind of stuff that will make the grain jump out of the ground in fine shape. The city council, at its session last Thursday evening, passed an ordin ance calling for a special election on the Sunday base ball question, to be submitted on the 2(3th of this month, as will be seen from the ordinance printed in another column in this issue. The Arcadia club came down from that village last Thursday and trimmed the Loup City boys up to the tune of 5 to 2. it was quite in teresting entertainment and any body’s game up to t je seventh inning, after which Arcadia did all sorts of things to the home fellows. However, all through the game were errors galore on the part of both clubs, which always detracts from the interest of 1 _ About 500 bushels Early Ohio seed potatoes for safe at 50c per bushel. tf , A. J. Johnson. Peter Rowe and Ed RadclilTe are at Austin this week working on a new residence. Try F. E. Brewer for bail insurance. Satisfaction guaranteed. Complete line of goods that go to make up an up-to-date jewelry store at Schwaner’s. About 00 bushels of calico, yellow and white seed corn for sale. Call, or phone 9230. Mike Euricli. For Sale—Sharpless Cream Separa tor. W. J. McLaughlin. If you want to be treated right, in sure in the St. Paul Fire and Marine of St. Paul, Minn. Editor Mell Gordon was down from Arcadia last Thursday rooting lor his bunch of ball players. About 5oo bushels Early Ohio seed potatoes for sale at 50c per bushel. tf A. J. Johnson. Go to Reynolds’ for nice fresh but ter. Mrs. Katie Hendrickson made it and we know she makes good butter. Select a nice parsoi and have de tachable handle monogramed, at Schwaijpr's. Oscar Almquest, the contractor from Central City, who built the new Odendahl hotel in this city, has the contract for a *10,000 residence at Ar cadia for M. L. Fries. Leave orders for theC.L. McDonald dray at either lumber yard,or E. G. at Taylor’s. Mrs. C. C. Outhouse and Miss Hat tie Hay hurst left for Omaha Monday morning as delegates to the grand chapter of Pythian Sisters, which convened there on Tuesday. The Sturtevant Vacuum Cleaner, the clean way to clean. See C. R. Sweet-land or phone, lie has them for sale or rent. Ex-Grand Chancellor John W. Long left Monday morning for Omaha to attend the annual session of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias. Anyone wishing carpets wove at 15 and IK cts. per yard. Call on Rachel Piatt, Arcadia, Xeb.. II. 3, Box 19, or Phone 9109. I 5-22-13 W. T. Gibson went to Hastings, Monday morning, as delegate to the Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. in session there the first of the week. Quality considered, my prices are as low as found anywhere. Schwaner, the Jeweler. Mrs. John Fi-lier is enjoying a visit from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ware of Lincoln, who arrived Monday evening. About 500 bushels Early Ohio Seed potatoes for sale at 50c per bushel. tf A. J.Johnson. Will French and Skip Thrasher re turned home from Greeley last Thurs day evening, having finished their contract for moving the old buildings from the new court house site. Discs sharpened by either the cold rolling or cutting process at Garner's. Prices right and staisfactiou guar anteed. Iu digging ditches for the lay ing of new mains last week, at the depth of four feet the workmen found the earth still wet from the recent rains. That looks pietty good for the coming crops, eh? Will Ohlsen returned last Friday evening from an extended stay in Southern California. Mr. Ohlsen suf fered a serious and prolonged sick spell while living in Los Angeles, but returns in the pink of health. A. T. Conger is having his residence repainted, cement walks and porches put in by J. A. Rieman and much other work done about the home. Ashley is doing his own painting, which is strenuous work. On the hrst page of the Northwest ern this week will be found tiie large advertisement of the First Trust Co., it will pay you to read carefully, as it contains matters of interest which may in the future prove of benetit to you. The business of the Trust Co. is along lines of the needs of every community. Judge Aaron Wall left Monday morning on the U. P. motor, intend ing to transact some business and at tend the grand lodge of Khights of Pythias at Omaha, as a delegate from Marmion Lodge of this city, but upon arriving at Grand Island lie was so ill that he was forced to return home the same evening and has since been under the physician's care. It is to be hoped he will speedily recover. Mrs. Susan B. Miller, mother of Gene Miller, and sister-in-law of Sheriff L. A. Williama, arrived last Friday from Yam Hill, Oregon, for an extended visit here. The dear old lady made the trip from the Far West all alone. She has passed the 77th milestone in life's journey and is quite sprightly for one of her age. She will make her home for the pres ent with her nephew, L M. Williams. This week Saturday afternoon, as will be noticed by a call in another column, there will be a meeting for the purpose of organizing' a county fair association, at Society Ball, in this city. While the call is made by the Commercial Club, it is in the in terest of our farming and producing class, who are desirous of re-organiz ing. or organizing, rather, a county fair association, and the club is only taking the advance step at their solic itation and in aid of the movement. Let all interested in such movement be present. Wa understand $400 is appropriated by state or county to pay for premiums onexhibitionalope. We will give particulars regarding the movement after the meeting Satur day. I Special Drive For The El 1 A Car of Sugar Just Arrived. For a Short Time at $5.20 per 100 lbs. One lb None Such Coffee for . 25c One lb African Java, large bean for...$2c One lb Barrington Hall coffee for. 4Qc One can Pumpkin, while they last... 05C Two cans good Tomatoes. 25c Three cans corn. 25c Four K Herring, Norwegian, per pail. $1.00 100 lbs Oyster shell for. 9Qc 100 lb Rock Salt. 75g Candy at half price Saturday afternoon for one hour, 10c per pound between 4 and 5 o’clock. Our Summer Goods Department Is complete. Call and see them. Men’s $1.15 Overalls for $1.00 Men’s Odd Pants 25c to $1.00 off on each pair for Saturday See Our Men’s New Dress HATS, They are Dandies Loup City Mercantile Co. Paine A: Fishburn Granite Co. Grand Island, Neb., Monuments Visit tour large Factory or write or catalogue. If you want good, prompt draying, call on G. L. McDonald, successor to Hagood. Mrs. Coral Zimmerman entertained the ladies of the P. E. O. Club Tues day evening. Get my prices and see my stock of watches before making your purchase Schwaner, the Jeweler. Miss Maud Reynolds closed he term of school near Hyannis and re turned home last Saturday for the summer vacation. Special low prices on Plow and List er Lays at Garner’s 3hop. Miss Fannie White of North Loup returned home Tnesday after a visit here with her brother, Otis White, and other friends. Jeweler Schwaner, Tuesday moved into his new quarter in the old Draper studio, just west of the Gasteyer store, which has been fixed up in fine shape for him. John Wall and W. F. Greenlee of the Arcadia Commercial State bank, had business in Loup City Monday afternoon. E. F. Jones painter and paper hanger. Phone Black 74. John Vandergrill received by ex press Monday night from Texas a pound (5,000) of bees. They were hummers. * Buy your wall paper at the Loup City paint store. Dr. Leeper will deliver the Memo rial Day address at the Presbyterian church Sunday, May 25th, being a union meeting of all churches. We will publish the Decoration Day pro gram next week. Lee Burnett has secured enough names at so much per, among the business men of the city, to pay him for sorinkling the streets the coming season, and will begin the work very i shortly. Jenner’s Park Opening Day this year has been set for Tuesday, June 10th, and season tickets are now on sale. Next week we will speak more at length of the opening season at the Park. Mr. Percy Milburn, brother of E. A. Milburn of this city, died at Arcadia last week Thursday, his funeral oc curring Friday. His death was oc casioned from a third stroke of paraly sis. He was well known to a number of our people. He was a bachelor, and for years had made his home in the mountains, but of late has been living at the home of his mother at Arcadia. Loup City Infirmary of Osteopathy Dr. James F. Blanchard. Physician in charge Office will be in Infirmary after May 1st. All acute and chronic diseases treated successfully without drugs Patients desiring rooms at the Infirmary may make such ar rangements by writing or phoning a day or so in ad vance of comm'g. Rates on request. Market Week Sale Friday, May 9, to Satuday, May 17 16 lbs. of Best Sugar for One Gent If You pur chase the following list of Groceries. 16 lbs of granulated sugar.01 1 can of Health Club Baking Powder. 25 2 can Red Salmon.40 1 Package Celluloid Starch.10 1 Package Gloss Starch. 05 1 lb. Coffee.30 1-2 lb. Japan Tea.‘.25 1 Bar Cocoanut Oil Soap.05 1 Package Yeast.05 2 boxes Jello.20 3 boxes Corn Flakes.25 1 lb. Cheese..25 1-2 gallon Corn Syrup.25 1 package Salt.10 2 boxes washing powder.10 2 cans corn.25 3 packages rice. 25 1 box Tooth picks.05 1 box oat meal.25 1 can of peas.13 1 lamp chimney.10 1 good broom.50 1-2 pound chocolate. .20 1 pound soda. 10 1 pound peanut butter. .20 2 packages seeded raisins.. 20 1 bottle catsup. .15 Total cost.........$3159 Above is a list of groceries * hich a housewife uses every day and in order to |et 16 lbs. granulated sugar for One cent, every article must be taken as listed. No items changed. All groceries are listed at their regular sellingjmces. A. E. CHASE