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    Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXXII
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. March 19. 1914
NUMBER 2
IF YOU HAVE
OUT LOUD,
SPECIAL ELECTION
CALLED BY BOARD
ELECTIM MT SET FN HAT 12
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naan- k> tmM t u--» Buun bouse
fcr filmBMi oouffiy. 1 whit
«f armaecn- u*Q Seen notified «f
tie- meeting and four were j»re~
«£. on* from < tasna. <«* from
Gnoid l«iaad sad tw-. fnra L::.
rttin. each >f whom presented
)>iant> to (be board for tie-ir ap
proval. The board then adjourned
till Wfldvsdtj morning when
tii'-.v met. dwenawd said finally |
s -x-ptrd tL«* plan*- of Br:nkerb< »f1
ft DtrH of L:it'-i)!n. architects of
the Howard sod Greeley county
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM ASHTON
—
Albert Atiderstrom snd wife
ri«..u*d over last Sunday in I>>uj>
City.
Johnnie Han- n of Minneapolis
was ritilof m Ashton, locking
always the same, that w happy.
Edward Lukm*ewski '*ame home
Saturday to visit his folks and
friend*, returning to Vork Mon
day. where he is attending col
lege.
Steve PoUki and Joe Hrub.v
were Loup City visitor- last Fri
day. in the interest of Home Tal
ent Co.. which will give a play
there this week Friday night.
TV AvLtc»L bate bail team had I
it* first practice' Sunday after |
noon. and the way it luok> it's a
lMU to 1 *»b«<t they **>nt finish j
V *here they did last year. A>k
Kd. Adamski about it.
The times anr nut so bard a>
kdr 5*s.>pie think they an*, if you
bear the fanner- talk about auto
m ihUrs and the trips they an* g\»
ityr to take, and so mu and we he
lie re the fanner- auto know.
Friday* ytm tbe lug day* in
Ashn« moot Lwl began. Even
Friday tbe u>wn » parked to it'
limit and U»e *») it k*r*kv Friday
ha* taken the pbe^e of Saturday in
tbe way <*f biaMSMKi m>wjv
As we ..nderstand it. the Homc
Taier.t company of Ashton wiiij
|iw a j4ay at the Loup City op j
era House <w Friday. March 90th.
Tbe mane of tie play is "What's
Xejrt.*' and if they do as well a~
they dtd at b<«me every »*ne w ill
enjoy it to its full limit.
V«iey IWr. B. d. M. agent, j
and Leon FW * took a trip last ■
Saturday to Bunrelh n-tummg in •
tbe evening. Mu* T«*id coming
w.th t‘ieai for a few days* visit j
with their folks. Johnny Rapp.
Jr., did the driving, saying the
mads wen- in good shape.
Last Thuraday evening tbe B.
B. B. dub. composed of some of
our young ladies, also of Loup
City * finest, were enjoying them
•elves auto riding, also singing
**Kah. rah. tab U* B. B. B..'* till!
the marshal told them to stop: j
that night* were for people to
sleep, not sing and make all kinds
Of DUUKsS.
The way it looks in Ashton. it
looks like a new court house for
Sherman county. Every one with
a flair of eyes can see that we
need a new court boose and need
it bad. and Ashton people surely
have a nair of eyes a piece, and
kwv what they are talking about
when we s«y we need a new court
h>H«B in Sherman county.
•,:n mw. t£ wiaeii much
lat tmm said al a pic'ti.rf- rf the
turner feionr-d <T: the first page
•'■ i: *•■ "N i itu i west-m a few wwis
a£ Then camf ci-cussum of tne
ciiii-t Mr t»u.::.ng ttie special elec
tion, winch was finally fixed lor
Tue-d*?. May li
Tii- first l>ic»od drawn in tbe
•urt h jse nfl rt K-curred Tu*'*—
aay evening when one of the
arctiitects. faai iing frc»mtbe would
be capital of Nebraska. and who
i.ud ii-arlv'tsilked the arm- off tbe
m-mi-r- f the board without any
appreciable favorable effect, and
feeling -omewhat -ore. called one
f th- meaner- unpretty names.
» hereuj«*n said -ujtervi-or handed
tie- vi-itor a reminder to be more
ir um-jiect in his language when
away from home.
Tbe Misses Winnie and Orpba
O tbouse came home from the
University lu-t Saturday evening
for a week’s vacation from school
duties.
HIGH CGIRT
DECIDES CASES
M PAY FH MS MTE
Ti» anas. win.' or to irws
15 i i*. g dgnc !*£?» us die 31 ins
rmn. duces ai :nza>x mbmw
■iwnagis fr.'ic me ;«!«• .-ok rf
m* saxeue nMHMti wa«si aa»
party damagei itsjusssi jl
or the crafttotortfe.
T:.;s > tr»e o$mMto<«ff xte sur
premf oanrt in lie ivikftgxto.ffl
nubdag cast or.>ught frige fiamir
u»t. county, wherein 3®yi8 WaT
nct, * Cmii: Island horse trader.
:>rmjght sen against .lohe Furies j
son of ex-Rej veseaSaOave W. 3. ,
Farley of Aurora, for damages
sustained from being bitten by a
bulldog owned by young Farley
and known in state university
circles as "the fighting Kappa
Sigma deg" and a coach dog be
longing to Warrick, which had
been the winner in many battles.
The court holds that "Where a
dog is allowed to run at large and
bites the owner of another dog
with which he is in a fight and
the owner is bitten while neglig
ently trying to separate the anr
: males there is no liability for
damages unless the evidence shows
that the owner of the dog which
I committed the injury knew that
his dog was accustomed to biting
people.’’
DEADLY SHAKE FOUND
IN BUNCH OF BANANAS
Ames. Ia.. March 11.—Special) j
.Several clerks in the grocery de
partment of a local department
st.'re were taking chances with
tn.-ir live' by cutting bananas in |
the >tore yesterday. One of the j
tier-.' had cut a dozen bananas
from a fresh >talk of the fruit that,
just had been hung up. Another
clerk went to cut off another doz
en. and just as he was knifing!
the la>t one a bewra, a snake two
f<s't h»«g. stuck tt' head out of the
%talk and waved it' fang' and
and swayed viciously in the air.
The bewra is the most deadly
poisonous snake known in the
the southern part of North Ameri
ca, it was said by a Mexican stud
ent in the state college, who was
called to identify the reptile,
which was put in a glass jar by
means of sticks. The student said
the snake is deathly poisonous by
touching any part of body. The
stoie will offer the specimen to
the zoological professors of the
state college.
SAVES FROM DEATH
BY BERWYH A6EHT
A 'tnuyrf thing happened at
Berw.vn one day last week when
m farmer drove into town and de~ i
P •' ie,l a woman with a little child
near the depot then turning his
team supposedly started for home
again. Soon after he had goi»e
the woman was discovered sitting
in the middle of the track with
the child in her arms, and that too
in the face of the approaching
train the station agent made the
discovery just in time to save her
and the child from an untimely
death. He ordered her off the
but she refused to go. It was
necessary to drag her from her
perilious position. She was taken
to the depot just before the arrival
of the incoming train and tha
agent was soon busy with his
orders. When the train pulled
out no trace of the woman and
child could be found, and have
cot been seen or heard of since.
She refused at the time of res
cus to give her name or place of
residence, and the person who
brought her to town cannot be
: identified as but little notice was
taken of his personal appearance
j or the rig be came and went in.
He had the appearance of a farm
er having simply come to town to
see his wife, or perhaps a visiting
friend off on the train.—Broken
| Bow Republican.
The editor's wife last week re' i
eened a box of choice flowers by ;
parcel |>ost from her friend, Mrs. ■
A. L. IhtslUe at Oakamsvs Ore., a
suburb of Portland. They were
beautiful, in full bloom aad very1
fragrant, aad came through from
that great distance for U*e most,
part as though utst plucked from'
the garden of the warm-hearted;
doner. Many thanks.
Chairman J. W. Long. Seere-S
tary \V#ite of the court house com
mittee and Messrs. Henry and >
Herman Ohlsen builders and con- j
tractors, autoed over to Broken
Bow Monday to feast their eyes t
on the new court house there.
Al EVE-SORE 10
NEW COMERS
The following letter received by
Jacob Albers from E. J. Delaney
of Los Angeles, one of the heavy
non-resident taxpayers of Sher
man county, speaks right from the
shoulder:
Los Angeles. Calif., March 13,
1914.—Friend Jacob Albers: At
this time, when the question of
the new court house is open for
debate, to be decided by the vot
ers of Sherman county, Xebr., I
am for and in favor of the best
court bouse possible. I landed in
Loup City in May, 1880. The
court house then was an eye-sore
to newcomers, and has been a
dampner on the prosperity of the
community at all times since the
railroad company swapped it for
taxes. 1 do hope the voters ap
prove the issue of bonds.
Very sincerely,
. Edward J. Delaney.
I
BOIND OVER TO
MSTRICT COURT
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sweat Ftwi IL;ra.-tarpf </l tins.
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yaaminn rr 13k as* Seng * yvnaf
4®5 iiameu. Aim*, lyfwafefci. ager
a-lvuc >' y«fls. R.Tr-rrirpr uc
vbdautiy «t* i* tuk- Sutra
«ff Bus V-,: g '■ aofleiiats ik *«> Try
ing le mafc !• I :> "fu-x«ay_ mtac
t&e noon fieuptrt east Tma wa> beJh
ia AaftflKffi 3.11 Shenf WiftnaBs
conic gef xiK'rr, tire fdiedff driving
down and i (ringing the maossed
mar. back about ?> o'dadtaiw® be
was placed in the hand* of the
sheriff to appear for hearing be
fore the county judge at 9 odoek
Wednesday morning. At that
hour, the court room i»eing in use
by the county board, adjourn
ment was taken to the office of R.
P. Starr, when the hearing was
held, taking up the balance of the
momin? hours, resulting in bind
ing defendant over to the district
court in the sum of shoo. The
girl in the ea-e occupied the stand
most the time with her story very
salacious in detail, for the most
part unfit for publication. In it
she alleged her ruin occurred
in October, 1912, and she had
through fear and coercion been
under defendant's power ever
since. Last Saturday Sheriff Hig
ley of Howard county, found the
girl at the Kornrumpf home and
took her to St. Paul, where to
keep herself from going to the
reformatory she agreed to become
complainant against her alleged
betrayer. The defendant is the
head of a family of wife and seven
children, ranging from 14 years
down to 13 months. It is a nasty
case at best, and has a history run
back two or three years.
Johann Frederick Wilhelm
Jaeschke of Rockville visited over
last Sunday with his friend, Jur'
gen Plambeck on route - over
last Sunday, returning home Mon
day morning. Mr, Jaeschke!
leaves next week Tuesday for his1
new home in Texas, where he re- <
eently purchased two sections of
land, Jurgen says Mr, Jaeschke
is highly pleased with that coun
try, and that he vJ urgent is gvuug
down there some time later to i
take a look at the country him«elf.
SIFFEIS BROKEN
COLLAR BINE
Last Sunday morning as the i
children of IVrt Morns. the mol- j
orman. were romping on their bed I
and having a good time, little j
Francis, aged some S or 9 years |
accidently tumbled to the floor |
breaking his collar bone. It was,
not, however, till in the afternoon ■
when the little fellow complain
ing about his arm and the Prs. I
Bowman were called, that the full!
extent of the injury was found out j
and the broken bone attended to. '
Did you see the partial eclipse I
of the moon last Wednesday even
ing! It was advertised to be total
and several Loup City young
couples in anticipation of that and
who could not spoon satisfactorily
under bright moonlit skies got
busy with dates for the evening,
only to find Luna had one on 'em.
as she solemnly winked and kept
an eye open a fraction to enjoy
the discomfeiture of the swains.
Luna began to hide her face about
8:30, and pulled a veil'steadily
over it until only a fraction was
visible. Then the curtain of the
eclipse began to be drawn until by
11 o’clock the staff was.ail off.
PROTESTS COBRT
HORSE ELECTION
l~ac Sttrrrisy -ne«? was usd a
Has- awetea^ s£ L^arstswi «€ 321?
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bauds 5#tr Tml-zjng; re* rwarrs
if a-*.. A rvu^iH *g attao tciaas
T" or IL iojt Cur. croup osea. <eS
i. ‘.j. erase l*m^c and Se-rmssarv
X^a.te (« rtif- oesntt noose tvaxsma
i«- >> porosar W-eftyand Brown.
Jhv. S-ncoab laid a reporter for
the X < irrhwestem. went over to
attend toe meet.iig. understanding
ix was a general invitation for both
sides v be present and discuss the
propostion pro and can. However,
such proved not to be the case, as
besides a motion made and carried
that the meeting was composed of
those who opposed the special
election, and another motion car
ried to appoint a committee of
three to serve an injunction on the
board restraining the calling of a
special election, nothing was done
of moment. Supervisor Land was
chairman and Geo. Slote was sec
retary. while P. Brundage, T. C.
Chamberlain and Frank Easta
brook were the committee selectr
ed to mandamus the board, but as
MEEKER’S MOTHER
NEAR DEATH
Esvy Start Thai hr fat Farit h ijcta Mi Warntg Na* las Emm m
Fatara an* Mess Im M» A Cfct
Kim uuso tv sum
Waa sue i&.ast^' *C Sowaci L.
4jr*pa*a»n»
jt & rcianfci tnc »«*•£
?«r law- fciiwai fry <fi tt* «*e»-.
about? rib* young mur. wnoj
Lcnwgi wnrflx .-usspaasawd f raj
Grand Island several ago'
lias iwj; raised to tsilXx Cfc»“
Arbogast of Grand Isiand m *
letter to Obe.f Malone urged trial
! every effort be put forth to find
the young man.
Every effort so far put forth to
locate the missing man has ended
in failure and the officers have
hardly a clue to work upon.
Meeker was last seen in Grand Is
land. His grip was found at that
the committee failed to appear be
fore the board here Tuesday, we
suppose they found out such act
ion could not be taken and so did
not take the trouble to come over
to the Tuesday meeting. There
were no speeches made, nor any
chance given to discuss the ques
at said meeting.
YOUTH DIES AFTER
ARM IS AMPUTATED
Byron Forbes, 17 years old, son
of J. A. Forbes, a rancher living
near Palmer died at his home
early Saturday morning from loss
of blood following the amputation
of his right arm. Young Forbes
accompanied by Frank Peck was
hunting on the Loup river last
Friday night when he accidental
ly discharged a shotgun, the charge
striking him in the right shoulder.
His companion carried him to his
home where a surgeon was called
and the arm amputated. The
boy's mother who was visiting an
other son in Omaha was notified
of the accident, but did not arrive
in Palmer until four hours after
her son’s death.
NEWSY ITEMS FROM
m CITY SCHOOLS
The school has received a rev is- \
ed edition of the statutes of Nebr
aska, presented by the Secretary
of State,
Miss Lena Smith is laid up
with to&ailitis this week, her posi
tion heing hilled by her sister,
M ss lWv«>,
The Senior class having finished *
bookkeep mg. hate taken up I
"Scow 's Ivanhoe" using: the in
duotive questions, Gen. Lew
Wallace said that Ivanhoe was
one of the six important novels j
that most influenced his life.
One morning- last week during
the chapel hour a special program i
was rendered. It consisted of
Scotch songs, a reading by Miss |
Sweetland and a Scotch solo by j
Fay Gallaway.
The Supreme court decided that'
Sunday school may be conducted
in a public school house under cer-,
tain conditions. The Supreme!
court has affirmed this judgement;
of the district court of Saline!
county in the suit of the State ex
rel. John M. Gilbert and John
Simmons against the directors of
school district No. 13. The sylla
bus of the courts opinion is as fol
lows, Holding Sunday school or
regilious meetings in a country
school house so infrequently as not
to exceed four times a year and
while do not interfere with the
school work does not constitute
the school house place of worship
within the meaning of Section 4,
article 1, of the constitution.
County Treasurer Henry has
been suffering from an aggravated
case of la grippe for the past num
ber of days.
Mrs. Martin Plaoek, living a
few miles northeast of Loup City,
was taken to Columbus, Neb., last
Saturday morning, where she was
to undergo an operation for a
tumor in the abdomen. She is 52
years old and was in so serious
and enfeebled a condition that she
had to be taken on a cot. It will
he remembered that her husband,
Martm Plaoek. was killed about a
year or a little over ago. as be was
taking home a load of 1 urn tier,
falling front the load and break
ing his neck. How true is the old
saying that misfortunes never
come singly.
Petitions have been filed for the
re-election of Mayor Outhouse
and Council men French and Ohl
sen, with no opposition candidates.
The people are well satisfied with
the present city administration, so
far as we can learn.
A CORTIRIEB STOAT
LAST CHAPTER SOON
It will be remembered that a
lost handbag was advertised last
week in the Northwestern. That
was the first chapter. Now comes
the second. In the said handbag
was a check. Chapter two. The
check was presented to a bank.
Chapter three. The check was
not paid, as the bank had been
notified of its loss. Chapter four.
The person who presented the
check is known. Chapter five.
The lost handbag has not been re
tained. Chapter six. Will the
person who found the handbag
please return same to owner and
thus dose the interesting story?
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■wja a-car stcs.n ss>i w*? **.<£ *
m* aac *"ow»2 iixcniwi ..•)*.>.
a. ifl> j««R«Wk Ih was rtnnj "fi:
iaua itf ij*i 5»® sfe .r. 33k* oom
pwmj- of » y/.nnfr ivaue *3 Gt*t*3
] stand. Later Tfiivtn< v < -: to the
efiecs that be hue been d-egged
axii 'taken v> Kansas 0:1.. \ two
«icr>rji. His disappearsikx !
rema.i» as much a Bayst,er> a- v.
DEATH OF MRS.
PAIL JOHANSEH
Word was received here last
Saturday of the death of Mrs.
Paul ,1 ohansen that morning at
her home near Grand Junction,
Colo. She was a sister of Jos.
Cording of Litchfield, and her
husband is a brother of Herman,
James and Chris Johansen * f this
city. Later, the following account
of her life and death from a Grand
Junction paper was received. The
many relatives and friends of de
ceased and husband here will re
ceive the deep sympathy of our
entire community:
Mrs. Paul Johansen of Fruit
vale died Friday morning at 3
o'clock at St. Mary's hospital, bil
lowing an attack of peritonitis.
She had been at the hospital one
week, having been removed from
her home, when it was seen the
attack was serious. She was a
most lovable woman and her
death is sincerely mourned by a
large circle of friends.
The deceased was born 39 years
ago in Holland and came to this
country when a little girl. Going
to Loup City, Nebr., in 1894: she
came to this valley in 1905, She
is survived by her husband and
daughter Adriana, aged 13 years.
J'he funeral was held Sunday
afternoon at two o’clock at the
German Lutheran church with the
Rev. Baltzer in charge.
RATHER EARLY FOR
SHARE STORY
Marshal James Burnett thi>
»'wk furnishes the first snake story
of the season, and Jim does not
generally "see things'' of that
s>*rt. He found a little swn
soaks' on the streets of our city
last Sunday morning, and to
prove the fact to the uni* wing
had the delirium tremens .* flair
bottled and it can l>e seen at
Young's barber shop.
Frank Robbins came over from
Greeley county last week Friday,
and Saturday morning- left for
Omaha, accompanied by his fath
er, A. M. Robbins. Frank went
down to consult a specialist re
galing stomach trouble from
which he has been suffering for
several years with no relief. Be
lieving the trouble is caused by
cancer of the stomach, from which
his grandfather died, and from
which his father is ailing at the
present time, Frank expeets to
undergo an operation while in
Omaha. We sincerely trust he
will escape the dreaded ordeal, or
if not that he may come safely
through.
Charley Snyder was up from
Ravenna last week looking after
his farms. He has recently pur
chased residence property in Kear
ney and will move there from Ra
venna in a short time. Friend
Snyder is very much interested in
the success of the court house pro
position, is enthusiastically for it,
is a large tax-payer, and is sorry
he can not be here and vote ip
favor of it.
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