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Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXXI LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1913. NUMBER 45
ROCKVILLE WOMAN
SERIOUSLY HURT
Mrs. Bert Finder thrown from vehicle, breaks left arm, head, neck and
face frightfully injured.
NOT EXPECTED TO BE FATAL
On Monday afternoon of this
week, as Mr. and Mrs. Bert Finder
living some four miles southeast
of Rockville were starting in their
team from the home to another
part of their farm, and just as
they got seated in the buggy their
team became suddenly frightened
and Ijefore they could be stopped
threw Mrs. Finder from the ve
hide, breaking her left arm and
frightfully injuring her about the
head, neck and face, it being at
first thought she was killed. Dr.
Dickinson of Rockville was
hurriedly summoned and attended
the injured woman; finding as
above, and while the nature of
her injuries are very serious it is
not thought they will prove fatal.
G.G.Martin Hits Nepotism
Body Blow
Nepotism in state institutions
Las received a body blow, if the
interpretation of the law by At
torney General Martin is made
the basis on which the heads of
state institutions shall govern
PERSECUTION OR
PROSECUTION?
Justice Court Case from West Side
Falls Flat.
Quite an interesting case came
before County Judge Smith last
Friday from Litchfield. J. T.
Campbell, the head of the Law and
Older League of that portion of
the county, swore out a warrant
against George Betts of Litchfield
on complaint of intoxication.
Several auto loads of witnesses
and interested persons were over
from Litchfield and the west side
to be present at the trial. A jury
was sworn in, composed of Wm.
Schumann, O. F. Peterson, J. W.
Dougal, John Warrjck. John
Maiefski and Fritz Bichel, who
after all the testimony was in, de
cided in short order for defendant.
According to the story of many
of those interested in the case and
having knowledge of the facts and
circumstances, it seems that some
one reported to some one, and he
told it to others, who informed
still others that they heard some
one else say that George Betts
was intoxicated, but when it came
down to some responsibility for
the story, it developed that Mr.
oetts naa been sunering with
some internal disagreement in his
diaphragm, which some one as
cribed to a quanity of bug-juice,
which is supposed to cause an un
natural exhillaraUon to the par
taker. Anyway, the evidence did
not uphold the contention of the
prosecution in the eyes of the
jury’ and court attendants, some
of whom queried as to whether
the fine paid some time since by
the chief complainant for run
ning his auto without lights at
night said complaint being made
at the instance of the defendant,
had any time on the case?
DANGER OF FIRES
The dry weather has proved a source
of uneasiness to the railroads, as well
as to others, because of the greater
tire risk it has brought. General
Superintendent L. B. Allen of the
Burlington said yesterday that while
the Burlington has had a very few
serious tires the number of fires has
largely increased. Safety orders have
minimized the risk so far as possible
but it has not been eliminated bj
any means. Orders to clear grades
of inflammable stuff and to keef
grass and rubbish away from bridges
have been followed, but the wind
moves Russian thistles and tumble
weeds against the right of way fences
and piles them high around bridges
sometimes accomplishing this result
in a very few hours. A spark from
an engine is then sufficient to start i
good sized tire and one that might
easily be disastrous, were it not foi
the watchful care of the employes
—Ravenna News.
themselves when it comes to mak
ing appointments.
The board of control has asked
the attorney to rule on the new
law and yesterday he handed down
an opinion that will tend to keep
all sisters, cousins and aunts from
hanging on to an institution pay
roll because the “old” man hap
pens to be the superintendent.
The attorney general says that
the head of an institution can
keep just one relative and only
one. The rest will have to shift
for themselves or starve, unless
they can get a hand-out from
some back door.
The A. E. Chase stork of goods was
turned over to the Loup City Mill and
Light Co. on Tuesday of this week,
Mr. Taylor having purchased all the
claims against said stock. We do not
know what Mr. Taylor’s intentions
are, but understand Mr. Joe Vaughn
will remain in charge and the stock
closed out or sold in bulk to some new
purcliaser.
A baby girl was born Tuesday
morning, Sept. 16, to Mr. and Mrs.
Jake Synak.
LOSES
THUMB
Ear of Corn Catching in Gear of
Binder Causes Accident.
ED. AINGER VICTIM
Last Friday, as Ed Angier,
living a few miles west of Loup
City, was riding on his binder
cutting corn, an ear got caught
in the chain over the cog wheel.
In reaching over to detach the ear,
and the seat being somewhat loose,
it tilted and his left thumb was
caught between the cog wheel and
chain,badly mangling the member.
He came to town, where Dr. Main.
! assisted by Dr. Kearns, amputated
' the thumb between the first and
| second joints. At present he is
: getting along as well as the nature
of the accident will allow.
FINGERS
CRUSHED
Nels Jensen Gets Three Fingers Badly
Crushed.
AMPUTATION AVOIDED.
While operating his binder, cut
ting his timothy, last Saturday
morning, and in passing over a
piece of rough ground, Mr. Nels
Jensen, living just northeast of
this city, lost his equilibrium on
the binder seat and in endeavoring
to save himself from falling made
a grab for the whip socket, getting
his right hand caught between the
cog wheel and chain, cutting off
the indev finger at the first joint,
seriously injuring the middle fin
ger and crushing the bones in the
third finger. He came in to Dr.
J. E. Bowman, who dressed the
injured members and may be able
so save amputation of the index
finger by sewing it back on N'els
is surely playihg in harcHuck.
Methodists Try New Plan
Unite Conferences
Starting yesterday (Sept. 17) in
the Grace church in Lincoln will
be held one of the largest confer
ences in Methodism. It is the
new Nebraska conference formed
by the c insolidation of the old
Nebraska conference, the west
Nebraska conference'and the north
Nebraska conference. On Tues*
day, the day preceding the big
conference, the three old confer
ences, which have merged into the
| new one, will hold their last meet
| ings to clear the slate of all de
tails and old business. The con
ference will extend to September
22 and it is on that day ’that the
appointments of pastors will be
made.
The new conference looms up
as a mountain to Methodists as
compared to the smaller confer
Find Fifty-Four Skeletons
Probably Indians
There is much excitement down
at Plattsmouth this state over the
finding of fifty four human skele
tons by laborers who were exca
vating for a cellar. It is presumed
all are Indians and that they were
buried in a pit after some battle
with another tribe. Many of the
bones were not more than six
inches from the sill of a dwelling
which has been built for the last
sixty years, and this adds weight
to the theory that they are the re
mains of red men.
Inquiries among the oldest resi
dents do not yield any informa
tion or explanation of the find,
Mrs. E. F. Jones and little son,
Walter, left Tuesday morning for a
two or three weeks' visit with Mrs.
Jones’sister at Atlantic, Iowa, Mrs.
Henry Eisner and little baby, who
have been visiting at Atlantic for
sometime, will undoubtedly return
| with her.
nor is a similar discovery remem
bered by anyone. The State His
torical society has been notified
and a representative is now exam
ining the pit with a view of estab
lishing more about the skeletons.
Practically all of them are the
bones of malef.
ences which liave been held pre
vious to this year. Originally
four conferences covered the state
of Nebraska, while now there are
only two. The northwest confer
ence did not consolidate. The new
conference extends over 400 miles
across Nebraska and is 200 miles
wide. It contains approximately
50,000 square miles.
In this new aggregation of
forces there will be approximate*
ly 430 appointments. There will
be in its membership over 325 act
ive pastors,'beghies'“supplies,5‘re
tired members, supernumeraries
and men in detached service. Be
fore the consolidation, the three
conferences had eleven district su
perintendents, but it is now the
plan to reduce this number to
eight in the new* conference. Three
big Methodist institutions are lo
cated wirhin the new conference,
the Nebraska Wesleyan Universi
ty at University Place, the Meth
odist hospital at Omaha and Home
for the aged Methodists at Blair.
In addition, the Woman's Home
Missionary Society maintains a
home for children at York.
Eighteen delegates will be sent
to the general conference from
this conference. Only one other
conference is entitled to send more
delegates and that is the North
east Ohio, which gets twenty. Il
linois is entitled to send as many.
Pioneer Settler Here on a
Visit to This City
Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Bailie arrived
| Monday noon from their home at
Clackamas, Oregon, a suburb of Port
land, and expect to remain till the
middle of next month. We received a
pleasantcall from Alex, soon after ar
riving, and while waiting for his son
Allie to come in from the farm after
them. He is highly pleased with his
new home, which is within a 25 min
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West Side News Items of j
General Interest
A number of our people took
i in the fait at Broken Bow.
j There was no session of school
held here Friday. The teachers
and pupils giving the school house
and grounds a thorough cleaning
j up.
The big Grand Island'‘boosterr
train made a stop here Thursday,
of last week, enroute to Broker
Bow.
Waterbury & Achenback are
digging a basement under theii
store building for the purpose oi
putting in a furnace for heating
the building.
Gus Lorentz and an assist
ant were over in this part o:
the county billing the big Sher
man County fair one day last week.
Mrs. Alva Lang and little
daughter arrived here from Lead,
S. D., Friday morning, and we
understand that she will not re
turn.
While cutting com with a com
binder last week Carl Pope had
the misfortune to get the little
finger on his left hand almost cut
off. Dr. Rydberg was called and
i dressed the finger.
The Special Dairy Train to be
: run on the Burlington, will be* in
; Litchfield on Thursday, September
25th, between the hours of 10:00
• a. m. and 11:30 a. m. Every
! farmer who can should visit this
' train and hear the lectures.
ute car ride of Portland, proclaims
it the finest country on earth and will
very likely remain there indefinitely.
He says no one here at home can re
alize j ust what the regular visits of
the Northwestern mean to those at
a distance, who have it as their prin
cipal means of keeping in touch with
Loup City and Sherman County affairs,
and compliments us highly on getting
so excellent and newsy a paper.
W. C. Stillinger, wife and baby of
Litchfield visited here over Sunday
night at the home of Mrs. Stlllinger’s
brother, Ernie Bell, leaving Monday
morniDg for a visit at Stu Edwards.
Ernie went over to Litchfield Sunday
after them with his auto.
Four autos containing twenty base
ball fans went from here over to
Scotia Sunday and witnessed Gilbner
defeat Scotia to the tune of 10 to 3,
followed by a game between Scotia
and Ansley, in which the former re
ceived their reputation somewhat
by defeating the latter by a score 3
to 1. Both were hotly contested
games.
Miss Myrtle Keeler of Los Angeles,
Calif., arrived here las); week to visit
her mother and sister and has accept
ed a position with Mrs. Mathew j Miss
Keeler has been in business in Seattle
and Los Angeles for the past fifteen
years and is throughly competent in
the art of altering coats, dresses and
suits. She is also an up-to-date milli
ner.
WILL
IRRIGATE
Corporation Formed by Farmers of
Sherman County.
BIG ENTERPRISE.
On Saturday afternoon, a cor
poration was organized consisting
of William Fletcher, Nicholas
Daddow, Edd Isaacson, R. Fletch
er, Herman Hartweil, John Hile,
Robert Gilmore, and Frank Hin
richson, for the purpose of build
ing an irrigation canal of some
four or five miles in length to irri
gate the land of these parties and
all other land owners under the
ditch. The corporation is to be
incorporated for $10,000.00, £5,000
of which is already subscribed.
Articles of Incorporation are be
ing prepared and will be complet
ed during the week. It is expect
ed that the work will be commenc
on this ditch in a very short time,
and that the same will be complet
ed and in operation this fall. Sur
veys have already been made and
the-cost estimated, and the corpor
ation will have ample and suffi
cient means to complete the enter
prise without incurring one dollar
of debt The corporation is to be
known as “The Austin Irrigation
Ditch Company of Sherman Coun
ty, Nebraska"1, and the names of
the parties interested are sufficient
to guarantee its absolute success.
It needs little comment upon the
benefits to be derived from irriga
tion, fior they are too well known.
This will mean much to Sherman
county, and this enterprise should
be aided and encouraged by every
resident in Sherman cbcfnty; It
will mean a large increase in the
value of all lands accessable to said
ditch for irrigation purposes.
We understand that the natural
lay of the land and the Loup River
make an ideal condition for this
irrigation ditch, and this mine of
resource and benefit which has so
long been neglected and wasted,
is*now to be utilized. We con
gratulate the orginizers of this cor
poration upon their enterprise, and
their success is fully assured.
LIMB BROKEN
IN RUNAWAY
Tongue Falls When Tug Unfastens, Frightening Team Which Runs Away
With Serious Results.
ACCIDENT HAPPENSNEAB COMSTOCK.
Last Thursday afternoon, about
4:30 in the afternoon, as Will
Simpson of this city, with Lou
Winkleman as driver, was driving
with a team some seven miles out
from Comstock, a tug become un
hitched allowing the tongue of the
vehicle to come down. This
frightened the team, which im
mediately ran away. Mr. Simp
son, jumped as the team started,
breaking his right leg about three
inches below the knee. Winkle
| man remained with the rig and
succeeded in stopping the horses a
short, distance further without
barm to either himself or the team.
A physician was ^summoned from
Comstock who attended the in
jured man and setting the leg.
A phone message that evening to
Loup City apprised his people
of the accident and he came the
next (Friday) morning, being' •
met at the train by an auto
and taken to his home, where he
was attended by Dr. Longacre,
and is getting along nicely.
John Surley Discharged
Prosecution Falls.
(Ord Journal)
John Surey was dismissed by
the county court Tuesday morn
ing when his case came up for
preliminary hearing. He had been
held in county jail in default of
bail for a week on complaint of
! his step-daughter, Mary Mihalik,
j charged with being the father of
her two-months’-old babe. When
the case was called for trial Tues
day morning and many of the
witnesses and interested neighbors
had come in from a great distance
it was embarrassing for the offi
cers of the court to learn that the
complaining witness had disap
peared and was not to be found.
Her testimony was essential to
the prosecution of the accused and
without it trial was useless. An
investigation led the officers to be
lieve that the girl had been spirit
ed away to Chicago and when it
was learned that the mother of
the child-mother was in sympathy
with her husband rather than the
daughter and that she had come
to town a few days ago and taken
the girl away, it was deemed use
Nebraska in Good Condi
tion. Far From Failure
m
According to the estimates of
the government and the grain men
the Nebraska com crop is a long
ways from being a flat failure.
While the government's report
places the condition of the crop
on September 1st as being 7 j>er
cent perfect, the estimate of the
total com yield for the state is
104.000. 000 bushels, as against
182.000. 000 bushels last year.
The loss of 78,000,000 bushels in
the total is quite serious enough
to be noteworthy, but the fact
that 104,000,000 bushels remain to
be marketed is proof that the crop
was far from being a total loss. In
point of fact, what is left of the
com crop is much better showing
than was experienced in 1902,
when a bumper crop of com was
caught by frost and proved “soft”
and unmarketable.
With 85,000,000 bushels of
wheat harvested, with oats on
September 1 ranked as 70, and
Nebraska fifth in the United Unit
ed States in point o4 total produc
tion; with the forage crops gener
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BADLY CUT WITH
BARD KNIFE
Homer Ogle Slashes Hand While
ti-i_;_
i nresning.
While Homer Ogle was engaged
in thaashing at Stobbe’s a few
miles east of this city last Friday,
he in some manner got his hand in
touch with the band knife, slicing
the flesh along the hand below one
thumb, causing.Dr- Bowmsn to
take four or more stitches in same.
ally in good condition, the out
look for the fanner in Nebraska is
far from being the desperate situ
ation some have imagined.
The present rains have done a
great deal towards putting ground
in good shape for fall plowing and
seeding, and the farmers will be
found busy in ther fields, getting
for another crop season.
Nebraska is far from being in
bad shape and the calamity howl
er had better look up another field
for his operations.
less to push the complaint further
and it was dismissed by Judge
Gudmundsen on consene of Attor
ney Staple. The sheriff was or
dered to release the prisoner and
the latter lost no time in getting
away from the crowd of irate
neighbors who had come in to at
tend the trial, hoping the accused
would get all that was coming to
him. Some of them tell long and
bad stories about the treatment he
has been giving the little girl and
other members of his family for
years past. They are forced to
admit that the wrong he has done
to the little daughter can not be
righted by his own punishment,
and they think that he may possi
bly alter his course toward his
family through the fright that he
has lately had.
INJURED IN FACE
Lever on Scraper Lays Van Wescott’s
Face up for Repairs.
While Van Wescott was hand*
ling a scraper down on Route 2 last
week Wednesday, he was struck
in the face by the lev^r. breaking
the bones in the face under the
left eye and laying his face up for
repairs. Dr. Bowman attended
the injuries and he is coming along
all right.
Mrs. Stull, who has been here
some time attending her sister Mrs.
; Abbie Gilbert, during the latter's
| illness and subsequent death, re
turned to her home at Waterloo,
i Iowa, yesterday morning. Her
brother, Judge Moon, went with
her as far as Grand Ialand.
Miss Snyder, who has been vis
iting at the home of Mrs. Clemrna
Conger for some time, returned to
her home in Phildelphia, Pa., yest
erday morning.
Check - Raisers Work on
Burlington Road
(Ravenna News)
Burlington station agents have
been notified by company officials
that it is suspected there is an or
ganized gang engaged in raising
the company’s pay checks that
have baen issued for small
j amounts.
The method seems to be for
some one to be in towns along the
line when checks are delivered to
employes and to cash checks call
ing for small amounts and then to
take the checks to a larger town
on some other division, raise the
check and then cash them.
Agent have teen instructed to
notify banks, merchants and chiefs
of police to that effect, asking
merchants and banks to examine
veyy carefully all checks before
honoring same, and to refuse pay
ment in case any erasures or al
terations be discovered.
In case an agent observes stran
gers cashing checks for small
amounts on pay days, he should
wire headquarters the facts, and,
in addition, in case a special agent
is known to be in town, give him
the information quickly. Agents
should be on the lookout at all
times, but on pay days special at
tention should be given.
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Misses Winnie and Orpha Out'
house left yesterday morning for
the State University. This will lie
Miss Winnie’s Iasi year, and the
first year atj the University for
Miss Orpha.