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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 NEWSIYOU MAY2CONTRIBUTE : VOLUME XXXII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. February 5 1914. NUMBBR 13 DIGGING GRAVES WITH THEIR TEETH Laa# City fs—nrrial Oak Entertains Members, Their Wives and lavited Guests at dabs Second Anneal BanqaeL 250 PEOPLE PRESENT. It may I* that banquets, great sappers. srveral-course dinners, and multiplicity of eats at unsea «MOsi it- • . r* an- in effect “Dig ging 4irav«~ With Your Teeth, as is be.ng proclaimed by health authorities and writers on correct liviii;' I so we know of no more agreeable means of inad vertantly playing into the hands of tie- Gnm Reaper. And last Friday evening was no exception. (hi that evening oc r .rmi the second annual l»anquet of the Loop City Commercial Club. accompanied by fine music and a flow of oratory, in which the Club wa* host to its memU-r sh:p. their wives and invited guest* r iHi’erinjy perhaps 2T**> of our beat citizenship. At ti* appointed hour of 1 or shortly thereafter, the opera h -jse presented a most animated appearance. I hi the stage was the Loup City Cornet Bund dis cours.ng sweet music as tiie great tables rapidly tilled with tlie ban queters. proving a most inspiring scene. At about 8 o'clock, all truest* bi-.ng seated 4! tlie banquet tables, tie- lade-* of tbe M. E. church, to whom had been given the prep aration of said lianquet. began the sen : g. as-.sled by a bevy of 20 of tbe ni-*st charming of the myr iad* of ace*-mplisbed young Loup City girls. who. ranjred in line, with the precision of soldiers, and waited upon tbe tables with out accident to mar the the ban quet hour. And in this connec tion allow us to give great credit to the ladies of the Metbodust church for the splendid four course supper served on this occa sion. m no res|**et of which could have been more pleasing and sat isfactory. At tbe close of the banquet, came the following musical and in tellectual program of toasts, with that prince of orators as toast master. Judge Aaron Wall, pre siding" Invocation- Rev. J. C. Tour telkx. M-isic. Wood Bros. Quartet of Aurora, com|NMBd of Messrs. Cliarles. Haney and Kills Wood aid Mr. Sami. Bvirt. with Mrs. Haney- Wood accompanist. "Commercial Club history, "ex President K. C*. Taylor. mnerence tv-tween irermany ai*.I America.” Rev. P. Jueling. **ibe Church and Business."' Rev. J. C. Tourtelk.t. Song hy quartet. **0i6ce of Commercial Club in Municipal Building." R. P Starr. "Commercial Clubs: Their Ben efits. ” Secretary Howell of the Ha't;ngs Bureau of Commerce, one of the truly treat Commercial Ciubs of the state, from every fand point. **Our Debt to < iur Parent Coun try." R. J. Nightingale. Solo. M. Vioriuck. Vaudeville sketch. A. T. Con* ger. "Church Unity.** Rev. Suther ImkL *‘Whal a Commercial Club Means to the U pbuiid of City and Country.*’ Secrecary A. M. Con nors of the Grand Island Cham ber of Commerce, second to none ocher in cities of that class. ■*Tbe Lawyer in Civil and So cial Life." R- H. Mathew. 'The Place of the Polish Peo ple in Sherman County.” Father Groddnski. Music, quartet. “The Militant Sulfraget and Drb Reform. ” J. S. Pedler. "W ork of the Church in Com munity Building.” Rev. L. V. Slocumb. Patriotic selection by the Silver Cornet Band. Time and space forbids extend ed comment on the various re si»on-es to the toasts, every one of which contained good, intellectual food, and many of them well wor thy of reproduction through our column-. The music of the band was most inspiring, the numbers by the Wood Bros. Quartet espe cially entertaining, and the solo of Mr. Worlock good as always. In all ways the members of our great commercial club may be congratulated. Being only two years old, it starts out at the be ginning of its third year with an enrollment of 75 of the very best <>f the boosting element of Loup City and in many ways has justly earned the reputation of being ranked among the leading com mercial organization of cities of its class in the state. Within the club there is no friction and each individual member is working shoulder to shoulder with his fel low in boosting for our city and it- betterment. Why not every one join the club and boost. There are numbers of our very best and mo-t active and enterprising busi ness men who are not as yet mem bers. Why not? Get in, boys, and let's make it unanimous. BIG WRESTLING MATCH STAGED Lee Scott of Andey, ud Warren Miller of Loop, Moot Potatory 11. PBRSE OF S1M.M IP Wrestling fans are jubilant over the final matching of our local giant, Warren Miller, and Lee Scott of Ansley, who is among the top-notchers in the wrestling game in the state. There are many of our local sportsmen who have so much confidence in Warren that they are willing to back up their faith in no inconsiderable amount, and we understand not a little of the rhino will change hands on the result. Lee Scott, we understand is not only a big fellow on the mat, but also a big fellow physically, tipping the beam at way above 200 pounds, while Warren, strip ped, stands at 190 pounds and is no infant, also. He is getting heavier all the time and will soon be among the 200-pounders himself. Our local man has all to gain and nothing to lose in the coming match. If Scott bests him, it would not be so very surprising, ! considering the Ansley man's re putation, size and experience in the game, which has been of sev eral years duration, while Miller has had only a few wrestles to his credit and not over a couple of years in the game, and if he suc ceeds in pinning Scott's shoulders to the mat, or prevents Scott from doing the act to him, then our local man at once gets in among the clouds in the sporting arena. Any way, the contest is going to be a battle royal from start to fin ish, and we believe Scott will find he has run up against one of the hardest propositions he has ever tackled, with chances that Warren will take his measure in two falls out of three, if, indeed, not the first two straight falls. Says Loup City Ought to Bo Proud The gentleman composing the Wood Musical Quartet from Au lora. who gave such splendid male quartet music at the late Commer cial Club banquet evidently re turned home with a most pleasing impression of Loup City and her people, as witness the following excerpts from a letter to our townsman, Wm. Larsen, of the Mercantile Co., from the leader, Mr. C. W. Wood: “We haven’t got over talking about your ‘Big Icings' on last Friday night. It is something you all ought to be proud of, for, it was the best plan ned and executed ‘Doings’ that I have ever attended in my life, and the Wood Brothers Quartet will always remember Loup City as one of the pleasant places among the many where they have sung during the past quarter of a cen tury.” And here comes right back at the quartet with the solid fact that to them personally and as members of the splendid male quartet was due in a great meas ure for the pleasure of the even ing. HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY PROGRAM Propram of Home Missionary So ciety to be Riven in the M. E parson ape Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Piano Solo. Vocal Solo, Piano Duet, Ueadinp. Vocal Duet, Piano Solo. Mrs. Starr Mrs. Schwaner Mesdames Starr and Root Miss Francis Sweetl&nd Schwaner and Zimmer man Mrs. Root Mr>. J. K. Ward spent Satur day in Loup City. Mrs. Ward is now Assistant Principal of the Ar cadia schools having accepted the position left vacant by Miss Emily Rough, who resigned to accept a jtosition in the Department of El ocusion in the Wesleyan Univer sity. Miss Rough spent Thanks giving in Loup City, the guest of Miss Addie Leininger, and is known by a number of our people. There was a surprise party given last Friday evening on Mr. and Mrs. A- R. Jack, it being the 30th anniversary of their wedding. We understand some 20 friends were present and enjoyed the occasion. WOODMAN OCCIPY NEW HEADQIABTEBS The Modern Woodman of Amer ica have changed their meeting place from the Gzehoviak hall to Society hall and their next meet ing night will be the 10th instant The Royal Neighbors have also changed to Society hall. Master Howard Starr last Sun day evening at the M. E. church rendered on his violin “Cordelia and King Lear" in such a manner as to bring forth rounds of ap plause from the audience. Master Starr's teacher is Mrs. Minnie Donnell Gould of Arcadia, at one time a student with Carl Steckel burg of Lincoln. Mrs. Gould has a large class of pupils in this city. The bans of our popular county clerk, L. B. Polski and Miss Helma Froehlich were called at St Jose phat church last Sunday. Mrs. A. E. Charlton left last Friday morning for a trip to Iowa to visit her aged mother and her daughter, Miss Ruby. STRAY DOGS KILL VALDABLE STOCK Tine Our City Barfs Were Makiaf Provisions to Dispose of Sons of Oar Worthless Cars. A STITCH IH TIME SAVES HIRE Loup City has always been cursed with an over-plus of worth less dogs, and as the years ad vance the pests seem to be getting worse and more numerous. Last week Wednesday afternoon, a number of dogs got into the hog pen at the home of John W. Long and killed and mangled two 100 pound shoats l>elonging to little Johnny Long. Not content with that, the pests went to the pasture wherein are cows belonging to J. P. Leininger, and chased the bo vines to their hearts’ content, leav ing those domestic animals in bad shape. Interviewing Mr. Long later, we asked if he knew who were the owners of the dogs, he refused to say, but acknowledged that he had a pretty good idea. It would seem that some action should be taken along the line of getting rid of the hundred and one worthless curs which infest our city, many of them ownerless and public nuisances. It is among the impossiblities, almost, to place any article of food on the rear porches of the homes for even a few moments, and be sure some stray cur does not take advantage of the fact and make way with the same • There are many valuable dogs owned in the city, but so far as we know, none of these are among the ones who do damage, as their owners keep them up, but it is the stray dogs, a good many of them ownerless, and the others belonging to people who allow them to become public nuisances, that cause the trouble such as given above. Cannot the city coun cil draft some drastic law that will at least lessen the nuisances by a few hundred of these fourfooted pests? Some of these days, some innocent child may be bitten and mangled by some stray dog, pos sibly a hydrophobic cur, as we ( read about every few days in our exchanges, and then it will be a little late to take action. Why not cut out the danger in advance? INTERESTING INITY The Woman's Unity Club held a very interesting session at the home of Mrs. J. P. Leininger last Thursday afternoon. A spirited discussion of the school situation led to the following action by the club: A committee was appoint ed to confer with the school board about inviting in an expert to talk to the public about modem school improvements along the lines of lighting, heating, etc. This was done, and Mr. A. A. Reed, high school inspector, has been asked to come here and give an address. ; Furthtr notice of this meeting will | be given later. YOUNG COIPLE GIVEN MMYPIESERTS On Monday afternoon of this week, the friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. John Curtis met at their home to celebrate the 20th birthday anniversary of Mrs. Curtis. It was a most pleasing surprise to the couple. A 3-course 5 o'clock dinner was served. Among the many choice presents was a 100-piece set of china dishes. Mrs. Curtis has made many friends during her residence in this city and air wish her a long, happy and prosperous life. Master Willard Lay has been visited by the chicken pox, con tracting the same while visiting at Arcadia a few weeks ago. COURT HOUSE BAOLY NEEDED lufaqute Accomodations Force Of ficers to Find Other Quarters. VALUABLE RECOIBS SHOVE! OUT. We should at once take the nec essary steps to secure a substan tial new court house: Because of the unsafe condition of the county records. Because of convenience and nec essary office room for the efficient conduct of the business of the county. Because of the fact that now the county officers or many of them have offices elsewhere than at the court house and the county pays rent for same. Because now three officers of the county have their offices in one little room not large enough or suitable for the proper conduct of one of said offices. Because now it is necessary to keep a part of the valuable records of the county in bank vaults and elsewhere, making them more li able to be lost or misplaced in re moving them from one place to another. Because our present court house is in no sense in harmony with the progress of the county in the last twenty years and in no sense supplies our needs. Because the public welfare and civic pride demand a good sub stantial fire proof court house. Because the building of the court house would have a tendency to increase values all over the county. Because the small increase in county taxes necessary to pay the bonds to build same will never be noticed. Because the great increase in taxes for the past ten years is due largely to increased state, school district and township taxes, and not to county taxes. Many other reasons could be as signed but more will follow next week. The time is ripe, the ne cessity is here and we must have a new court house. IN REGARD TO A NEW HIGH SCHOOL An Interesting Article in Regard to the Present Much Talked of School Question, Written hy Miss Meroe Outhouse GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMBER. I Mr. J. W. Burleigh, Editor of Loup City Northwestern: I sub mit to you the following figures relative to the voting of bonds for a new school building. I do this; because I believe that many peo ple, anxious to secure “the great est good to the greatest number, think that a new, modern build ing cannot be erected because of present taxes. These people,there fore. favor the addition of wings to the present building, which means that either (a) modern ideas of sanitation, ventilation and lighting must be sacrificed to architectural conformity with the present structure, or (b )these ideas must be preserved and incorporat ed at the expense of sightliness and appearance. If we can afford to vote bonds of sufficient amount to erect a modem, up-to-date, sci entifically constructed (with refer ence to school problems) building, would it not be better to do so than to erect an addition \frhich would be either an eyesore to the outside public or a source of dis comfort and inconvenience to pu pils and teachers? The schoo^bonded indebtedness at present is in the form of three bonds of $500 each, payable at any time. There is a general levy of 27 mills for general school pur poses and a special 4-mill levy for the purpose of paying off the Pioneer Settler Passes Away Henry R. Neisner was born in Ramersteat, Austria, March 7, 1873, died Feburary 1, 1914, aged 40 years, 11 months, and 7 days. He moved to this country with his parents in 1884 at the age of lL years, grew to manhood in Butler county. He was married to Cora Loveless, of Bulter county, in 1898, to this union were born four children, three boys and one girl. Besides his wife and child ren he leaves to mourn his untime ly demise an aged and loving moth er and four sisters. He was high ly esteemed by all who knew him, being a loving husband, a kind father and a good neighbor. Funeral services were held Tues day, February 3rd, at 11 a. m., from the Wiggle creek church, Rev. J. C. Tourtellot officiating. ASHTON IN NNIEF LOCAL ITEMS Miss Ina Todd left Monday for Burwell. Wm. Schumann of Loup was in town Monday. Dr. Wanek was a passenger for Omaha Tuesday morning. Tom Zoucha and wife left for South Omaha Thursday last. Lila McNulty and Anna Kwiar kowski drove to Schaupps Thurs day last. ' Elmer Brammer of Rockville was visiting friends here Sunday last. The 23rd anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Kolkowski was celebrat ed Saturday evening. A small crowd celebrated the 23rd anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Rapp Tuesday evening. C.A. Kettle took horses to Aus tin Saturday and shipped them to Grand Island for market He left for the Island Monday. Jos. Hruby, S. S. Polski, Peter Zeyewski, Albert Anderstrom and W. T. Fletcher took a matched bowling with Dannebrog at St Paul Tuesday, Music will be furnished by the Rapp-Smith Orchestra at Danne virke hall Saturday, February 21, 1914. Jos. Hruby, S. S. Polski, Peter Jczewski. Albert AnderSkiom, Ed Adamski and W. Fletcher took a bowling with Dannebrog Tuesday at St Banl. TRIE LOVE NEVER III RIN SMOOTH Last Saturday evening, a young couple, named George R. Duryea and Miss Rosa Olive Anderson came down from Arcadia, with in tent to be married and return that evening to our suburban villiage on the north. However, fates worked different. Going to the county judge’s office, they found that worthy absent and not to be found. They later began a hunt for the official, and were directed to the picture show, where he was said to be watching the movies. Going to that amusement resort, they found the judge had just left. Going to the telephone, they cal led up Lawrence Smith, only to find they had got into communica tion with the wrong member of the Smith family. To then get hold of his honor they made a systematic search, and of course found him, but it being rather late in the evening, his honor refused to put the seal of his approval up on the worthy young people, vis ions of various kinds coming be fore his eyes, among them elope ments, runaways, etc. Finding the judge inexorible, the young people were perforce obilged to register at one of our hostelries till morning, when with the peep o’mom, his honor appeared in his ministerial garb and most appro piate tieing mode and made them one for life. It is an ever true saying that true love never runs smooth, and we suppose this was in observance of the truth of the old saw. bonds. The report made at the regular election last June indi cated that these bonds would be paid in June of this year, at which time the special 4-mill levy would cease. Voters in this school district are also paying the following taxes—a state levy of one and 80-lO0ths mills; a county levy of 12 mills, 3 1-2 being bond and interest; a township levy of 10 mills (6 1-2 road, 2 bridge, 1 1-2 general) and in addition a 5-mill levy on the ditch bonds which will be paid off annually in November of this year, and the citizens of the village of Loup City in addition pay a levy of 10 mills. This makes a total for the resident of this city of 76 mills, which, less the 4 mills on school bonds to cease in June, means 72 mills. For those out side our city it is 62 mills. After November, when the whole amount of the ditch bonds will be paid off, there will be no levy for bonds, except the county levy of 3 12 mills, why not then levy the 4 mills plus 5 mills at present be ing paid on the school bonded in debtedness and the irrigation ditch bonded indebtedness^ for & mw, modern and up-to-date school building? It surely will be no burden to pay a few mills on bonds for a new school building which will be a credit to the com munity and an advantage to the school children, than it has been to pay bonds for an irrigation ditch, which after a years of ben efit ceased to be of any value whatever to those interested in it. Our public schools ought to be quite as vital a concern as our ma terial prosperity, for our material prosperity in turn depends very largely on the citizen whom our public schools educate. The gen eral idea in regard to building a new court house seems to be to wait until the county bonds and interest on that are wiped out, which will be in two years, and then to commence work in regard to a court house, why not, then, since the bond levy for school bonds and irrigation ditch bonds (and irrigation bonds concern only Logan and Loup City townships) will be removed this November, why not vote a new bond levy for a new court house? Respectfully submitted. Meroe J. Outhouse. Don’t forget the next lecture course entertainment— Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 13—the Wood Orchestral Trio, composed of ladies. They are said to tie most excellent. CAN HEAR FROM L01P CITY ANYWHERE A short but interesting letter re ceived a few days ago from our good friends, Mr. and Mrs, T. L. I*ilger, at Butte, Montana; under date of Jan. 20, reports all well. They write: “The winter has been mild and pleasant here. The ground is covered with about three inches of snow, but that seems to make no difference to the auto trucks and teams, as they go tear ing up and down the hills. We wonder there are no more acci dents, but none have been report ed so far!’ Mr. Pilger at the city library run across a copy of the Bee containing the account of the accident at the laundry last week, which was wired in from here for the next morning's paper, so it shows that one can hear from Loup C ty wherever he goes, when any thing of note occurs._ _