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■” ' ' ■ . , ■ :4 ■ J * LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. LIST OPEN TO PATRONS AT ALL TIMES. Loup City Northwestern THANKS YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL ITEMS OF NEWS YOU MAY.'CONTRIBUTE VOLUME XXXII ' LOUR CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. January 8 1914. NUMBER 9 SURPRISED ON WED DING ANNIVERSARY Rev. C. 6. F. Johnson and Wife Surprised On New Years Day By About Sixty of Their Swedish Friends < mt FESTIVITIES EHD WITH Blfi FEED On New Year’s Day the Swedish friends of the Rev. C. G. F. John son and wife to the number of so ne sixty descended upon them in a body, and supposing it was thj 25th, or silver, annivarsity of the worthy couple, took along more than enough bright dollars to nicely decorate each year of their married life. And notwith standing they made a mistake of MAIN BURSTS IN ELECTRIC PLANT Bad Accident in Ravenna Electric Light Plant Wednesday Morning A NARROW ESCAPE. — Th ■ interior of the Ravenna E'ectric Light Co’s engine room was badly wrecked Wednesday morning, about half past seven o' clock. by the exphision or the parting of a coupling in a big six inch steam main which connect the boilers with the big engine, and the city is apt to be in dark ness for a week or more until the necessary repairs can be made. Engineer Westlake had noticed a leak at the point of breakage, and had mounted a ladder and with a wrench was attempting to tight en the joint when the break oc curred. Suddenly the big pipe parted and volumes of steam under a boiler pressure of 120 pounds to the square inch roared through the open pipe just above his head, throwing him from the ladder to the fl;>or below. Fortunately he retailed consciousness and pre sence of mind, and groped his way through the blinding smoke to the outside. He was quite paiufully burned about the face and hands, but not seriously so, strange as it tqa.v seem. The force of the explosion was such that it to^e nearly a third of the st el ceiling off the room, and c»‘ver d the machinery with scald* ing steam and hot water, and set awry the system of steam pipes leading to the engines, making a scene of wreckage and disorder that appears worse than it really is. No damage was done to the machinery other than dislocating the system of steam pipes, which will probably have to be rebuilt. This may require a weeks’time, and possibly aiore, depending up on the amount of new material re quired to rep dr the damage, and m the length of time required to get it hear from the east. After the dismantling ofthe old pumping plant, of the city water works, the 10-horse power galo line engine was moved to the new pumping station, and placed in position for use in just such emer gencies, and it is ready for use, so to.it the public water service will will lie maintained without inter ruption. The street lights will be out of commission until the repairs are made and business houses and re sidences having electric connection will have to temporialy resort to the use of kerosene lamps. The Pastime theatre will be out of I business until Dr. Gehrke can have his private electric plant, which he formerly used, returned from Cario, where it has been in use for several months past. He t hopes to have it installed and ready for business by Thursday night of this week. dotne of the «tfd and discarded a- '- . .^ ^ a year in their calculations, the worthy people only being able to ce'ebrate their 24th anniversity, the assembled friends remained and celebrated just the same, and leaving the silver tokens just as if they had not been mistaken. Of course the guests brought along baskets loaded with good things to eat and all present had a feast not only of eats but of every form of good cheer, and departing wished the reverend many yearly revolutions of their wedding day. private gasoline plants will be put back in service, temporarily, in stores and business places. Jas. K. Rese, Deputy Fire Warden, and Chief of the local fire com pany suggests that it will be well to look carefully to the conditions of these plants, in order that the fire risk may not be greater than is necessary. It is a matter of congratulation all round that no one was killed or even seriously injured in the ex plosion, and with this in mind the people will cheerfully put up with temporary inconvenience until the necessary repairs can be made. V Mr and Mrs. Jno. Silva of Tarnov, Mho have been here spending the holiday season at the home of Mrs. Silva’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Augustyn, returned home Tuesday morning. Of course they will be fu ture readers of the Northwestern. STATE SENATOR BODINSON DEAD Succombs After Operation in Omaha Hospital. OLD SETTLER IN KEARNEY. C. F. Bodinson, an old-time re sident and business man in Kear ney, at one time treasurer of Buffalo county, which position he j held two terms, and later for twjo terms state senator from this dis-1 trict in the Nebraska legislature, is dead, and was buried in Kear-. ney, Sunday. He died in an Om aha hospital after an operation for ulcers of the stomach. Mr. Bod inson came to Buffalo county in 1878, nearly thirty-six years ago, and has since been almost continu ously identified with the business interest of Kearney. He was a native of Sweden, and was sixty eight years of age at the time of his death. THE COX-WARRICK FAMILY HEUHIOH The Northwestern regrets that its society reporter was not onto his or her job last week and re ported the great Warrick-Cox so cial reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Myrle Warrick in this city on Christmas day. It is said that some <38 of the Warrick ard Cox families from this and Ham ilton counties and other states sat down to one banquet table in the big J.,T. Hale mansion occupied by Myrle and that there never was a more enjoyable reunion held in the city. Cornering Myrle Tues day, in the lobby of the First Na tional, he begged off for not put ting our society reporter wise to the big time, and after crossing his heart that he would hereafter not be so negligent was allowed to go and sin likewise no more. Telegram Announces Death of W. B. Owen Last Sunday evening a telegram vas received here announcing the death of W. B. Owen at North Yakima, Wash., of uremic poison ing. Deceased was husband of our former Loup City girl, Miss Beth Zimmerman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Zimmerman, and who is left with an infant daughter to mourn the death of loving husband and devoted father. A letter had been received just prior to the receipt of the < tele gram, telling of the serious illness of Mr. Owen, that everything was being done possible, but giving little hopes of his ultimate recov ery. His death occurred at 9 o’ clock on the morning of Dec. 31st, and the funeral was to be held on Monday of this week. No parti culars have been received of the illness and death of Mr. Owen, save that given above. MARRIED MAR SUES ACTRESS BECAUSE SHE KISSED HIM Denver, Jan. 1. —Listen, mar ried nen! At what price do you value your kisses? If a pretty young woman climbs down from liehind the footlights and singles you out in the audience as the man on whom she bestows her kisses, even if by ill fortune your wife should be present, would you briug suit for damages? Of course, if your wife were asking the ques tion, your answer is perfectly ob-1 vious. But ’way down in your hearts, now would you? Yet that is exactly what a Den ver man did when Myrtle Howard a vaudeville actress tripped down from the stage and Hssed. To be sure it required several months for J. S. Blakeley to make up his mind to bring suit But after due consideration he has filed suit against the actress asking $5,000 damages because she kissed him last May. Blakeley declares that he was seated in the Tabor Grand theatre and conducting himself in a per fectly ‘‘orderly fashion” when he was the object of Miss Howard's “osculatory attack/’ The man agement of the theatre states in Miss Howard’s sketch, “New Year’s Eve in San Francisco,’’ she comes down from the stage and mingles with the audience, kissing some man who has consented to the salutation. In this case, how ever, it is said that the actress mist >ok Blakeley for the chosen man, who was seated near by, and tenderly saluted him. — TELEPHONE COMPANY CHANGES MANAGERS With the beginning of the new .year, or nearly so, a change is made in the office of general man ager of the Sherman County Tel ephone Company, Glenn A. Steven tendering his resignation, and the company selecting Mr. J. A. Chandler from Ravenna to fill the vacancy, and who will take active charge of the office the 15th of the present month. As to the future intentions of Mr. Steven we are not. apprised, butithe large circle of friends of himself and Mrs. Steven will follow them with best wishes. Mr. Chandler is a pleas ant appearing, prepossessing gen tleman and comes highly recom mended to the company. For the past four years hfi has been with the telephone system at Ravenna. Our people will extend a cordial welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Chand ler, as m'ost desirable additions tp our business sod social circles. WHO FARMS THE FARMERS A Few of The Time Honored Pro cesses of Extracting the Coin From The Farmer Who Farms The Farm. CORTLAND SON TELLS HOW It is not only hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but it is just as hard to teach him that his old tricks have long since been found out to be no tricks at all. The personally conducted “farm ers’congress” of the Omaha Bee and Regent Ooupland of the uni versity, that has just concluded its labors in Omaha, adopted the us ual number of resolutions upon topics of interest to its conductors. Among them was one petitioning educators of other states to “butt into” the university removal ques tion, and another demanded a re organization of the state board of agriculture. In the congress an assault was made by a representative of the Omaha Bee's agriculture supple ment upon Secretary W. R. Mel lor of the state fair board, and up on C. H. Rudge of this city and Peter Youngers of Geneva, mem bers of that board. It was charg ed that these three constitute a po litical machine in the management of the board’s affairs for perpetu ation of their own official tenure, that they give free state fair tickets to a large number of their political supporters and that they run the affairs of the board without re gard to the wishes of its other members. This is no new outcry from the section whence it comes. It has been heard perennially for twenty five years. Once it effected a re moval of the fair, with disastrous results to that instition and to the state board of agriculture. And nothing that could be said could be more unjust and untruthful. So far as Mr. Rudge is concern ed, he has several times sought to retire from the state fair board, but has yielded to the importun ities of the other members to con tinue. He is at the head of one of Lincoln’s largest business enter prises and has interests enough of his own to keep him busy. He has had nothing to gain personally from his efforts to aid the state fair. The thought of his partici pating in the maintenance of a machine to perpetuate his official position is ridiculously unfair. As to Secretary Mellor, the suc cess of the fairs that have been held under his guidance is the best evidence of his capacity. No mat ter how unfavorab e conditions have been, and in spite of persist ent and continuous knocking, he has always been able to pull off a state fair of surprising merit and profit. Mr. Youngers lives in Geneva. It may be that he has a specially effective machine in operation down there of which the knockc rs have obtained an inkling, but no one up this way knows anything of its plans and specifications. However, this personally con ducted farmers’ congress saw fit to demand an investigation. Un doubtedly the three gentlemen as sailed will welcome it. The chief objection that can be raised must relate to the unfair spirit in which it was demanded, and the fact that it is an old complaint that never did have any foundation in fact. There might be another objec tion. It is this marshaling in mask as farmers of some of the men who took the most prominent part in this “farmers’ congress” men whose business it has long been 'to farm the farmers who farm the farms.—Lincoln Star. Colonel Cutright of the Star is absolutely correct in this. How ever, he might pursue the subject into its devious bypaths and ana lyze the item of cost The humorous part of the whole thing could then be placed before the farmers who farm the farms 'and they would doubtless squeal OFFERS HUSBAND FOR $1000.00 Wants Money to Open Boarding House Don’t Heed Husband. RATHER HAVE HER CAT. Boston, Dec. 30,—“I am will ing to sell my husband for $1,000 cash,” wrote Mrs. Agnes Bedell, of Quincy, to Miss Mary E. Chandler, in a letter which Miss Chandler made public tonight William Bedell, the husband, is alleged to have expressed his will ingness to be “sold.” The letter, after explaining that Mrs. Bedell had seen Miss Chand ler’s name in the newspapers, con tinued: “I see where you need a hus band to take care of your pro perty and be a father to your baby My husband is a wording man, tired of supporting a family on small pay. I want money to open a boarding house. He will be content to sit with you and tend the baby. As for me, I’d rather have my cat. ” LEAVE FOR THEIR HEW HOME IH THE EAST R. A. Henderson and family leave this week Friday for their home at Oxford, in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, his son following with his car of goods. Mr. Henderson saiys he does not propose purchasing there at present, not will probably rent for a season or two, while he looks the country over to see where he likes and can do best, He promises to write the Northwestern his impression of country and matters pertaining to his new home after he gets there. May success attend him and his fam ily. POST OFFICE THIEF | CONFESSES GUILT Walter F. Sammons is Locked Up in County Jail as Result of Confession of Postoffice Clerk Delbert Smith. SAYS HE GAVE HIM THE KEYS. Lincoln, Jan 5.—A. W. Lane, deputy federal district attorney, today filed formal complaints against Walter F. Sammons, for ! mer sheriff of Buffalo county, and Delbert Smith, postoffice clerk at Kearney, charging them with breaking into the postoffice on Christinas eve and stealing regis tered mail to the amount of $5,000 or more. Prosecutor Lane left tonight for Grand Island to prosecute the case before a United States commis sioner. The accused men were taken to Grand Island this after noon and turned over to Deputy United States Marshal Logan Sam mons, brother of one of the al leged robbers. Mr. Sammons is a colonel in the Nebraska National ' guard and claim agent for the Union Pacific railroad, with headquarters at this place. It is the opinion of the detectives that the theft was com mitted by Sammons with outside help, having first received the key and combinbination from a clerk. It is stated that Smith made a confession during the night to the inspectors and that a clean breast of the affair was made by him. Smith and Sammons have been close friends for over a year. Af ter the supposed confession Sam mons was placed under arrest at his home. He disclaims any con nection with the affair and says J. L. Owen Dies Very Suddenly On Wednesday, Dec. 31st, 1913, at 5 o’clock in the afternoon at Ar cadia, occurred the sudden death of Mr. J. L. Owen, from neural gia of the heart. The circum stances, as we learn were as fol fows: It appears that Mr. Owen had been in ill-health for some time, but not thought to be ser ious. Just previous to his death, he had looked at his watch and noted that it had stopped, and as he uttered the words an awful ex pression came to his face and he fell across the counter in his store, and wps dead in a few moments afterward, as a friend who had been with him and had gone for assistance*returned with others. The funeral occurred the follow ing Saturday from the home. He left a wife, son and two daughters, all grown. with mirth at the cleverness of the farmers who farm the farmers who farm the farms. Take for instance Hon. George Coupland, who presided at the farmers’ congress at Omaha. He is supposed to be an unpaid offi cial who, as regent of the state university, attends to the details connected with the management of the people’s schools. But what are the facts? Mr. Coupland spends most of his tin.e junketing and “uplifting” the farmers—at their expense. He has just returned from a long jun ket to Washington D. C., in the interest of “conservation.’’ Now glance at pafee 92 of the Twenty first Biennial Report of the Board of Regents. Notice this obscure statement: “Coupland, George, expenses paid as regent, $524.21.” This merely relates to the cash expended in paying the hotel bills, the tips, the meal and ad infiini turn of the Hon. George Coupland, “professional farmers’ uplifter,” for the last biennium. Pretty soon there will be another biennial bill and it looks as if it would be a corker. What were those expenses? Suppose the taxpayers get. a glimpse of the items! ' Then there is the matter of mileage. In the above item there is no mention of mileage. It-is not included. The state university buys its mileage in bulk to the tune of about $12,000 a biennium. Mr. Coupland is always fixed. It is impossible to obtain a detailed statement of his mileage but a re liable estimate is to the effect that his mileage strips, used each bi ennium, if placed end to end would reach from Omaha to Benkleman. Mr. Coupland’s “uplifting” is so expensive that the Nebraska farm ers had better seek some other method of elevation. Take Secretary W. S. Delano as another example. He farms a fifty foot lot in the city of Lincoln. The congress raised a purse of $700 and gave the lobby committee full authority to go to Washington to keep Wil son and Bryan and others in the proper orbit. Delano will go. The farmers will pay the bill in one form or another. Then there are a number of the cheap farm papers which put fake stuff over on the farmers. These use cheap premiums and wiggle methods of getting the cash out of the tillers of the soil. These are the specific men who are engaged in the time honored process of extractingthe coin from the farmer who farms the farm.— Cortland Bun. _ the robbery was committed by Smith, and he is trying to blame it on him. The money has not as yet been recovered. Smith says he did not receive any of it, and that the keys were returned early next morning. PAGELERADAMSON WEDDING CHIMES On Tuesday morning of this week Mr. J. G. Pageler and Miss Grace Adamson, two of Loup City’s most popular young peo people, left on the early train for Blair, this state, where that after noon they were united in mar riage b,y the Rev. Lambreck of that city, brother-in-law of the groom. After the ceremony, the happy couple went to Cedar Bluffs, for a short visit with relatives and friends, thence were to go to Omaha and other points for a few days and then return to this city, where they will make their future home. Mr. Pageler is our peo ple’s pride as a young and rapid ly advancing auctioneer and one of our brightest and most energet ic young men while his bride is I one of our prettiest and most pop ular* young ladies, second daugh I ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Adam | son, and has grown from child hood to womanhood in our midst. The Northwestern,' with the host of other friends of the new home; make re, .will wish them bon voy age through life. . » ' M.E. SERVICES ENDS IN WEDDING Sunday morning service at the 3 - E. church was unusually interesting because of the many surprises it con tained. W. R. Metlor furnished the special music of the morning, by singing “The strength of the Hills.” At the close of the pastor’s excellent discourse eight young boys, Masters Charles William, John Long, John Leininger, George Henyon. Mark Johansen, Earl Daddow, Russell - Grow and Livingston Sharp were bap tized and taken into full membership of the church. At the close of this oeautiful service the pastor stepped to the easfi door of the church, and to the soft strains of the Lohengrr Wedding March, a bridal party c posed of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dim dale, followed by Robert Fross and Minnie Oltjenbruns entered the church. During the short service “I Love You Truly” was played, and at the close the strains of Mendellsohn’s Wedding March filled the church while the people offered their con gratulations to the worthy young couple. The Christmas decorations of the church were still in place, and they together with the white bridal flowers made a pretty setting for the redding. The bride was beautifully attired in white satin, her wedding veil being held in place by orange blossoms, the groom wore the conven tional black. *,* EUGENIC UW MAKES RUSN FOR LICENSES Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 1_A rush to evade the new eugenics marriage law, effective today, made yesterday the busiest day on record for the Milwaukee county marriage license clerks. At the regular closing time eighty-four licenses had been issued and the office was so crowded with appli cants it was decided to issue li censes until midnight. The new law requires a thorough medical examination of both appli cants for a license to wed. It also stipulates that only $3 shall be charged by physicians for making the examination. Many doctors have declared they will not make the necessary tests for this fee. Fear that county officials will refuse to issue licenses unless the medical certificate states that com prehensive blood tests have been made caused the record demand for wedding permits in the closing of the year. Repor s from other counties in the state agree that an unprecedented number of permits hcon