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Loup City Northwestern
_^_ I OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA.
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ
VOLUME XXXII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. April 2, 1914. NUMBER 17
POLISH SOCIETY
ORGANIZED HERE
Petek Citizen ef Sherman County Organize Society of White Eagles in
This City.
OVER FIFTY MEmIeRS EH ROLLED
< »ur Polish friend' organized on
ti«e Mil of Fet.ruary' 1**1 * society
known as tl»e "Poli-li *sx iety of
WhA- Eagle." At tiie present
tune jt- memiier'iup lias grown to
funr fifty in numter and new
members l**ing added at each
meeting. » ' <»-'•
tab Hall in tin* city on the la*t
Sunday of each month. Tlie see
riety i- independent of affiliation
with or o annul by any jiarent or
ga /alioti and is master of its own
<i:«4uur» entirely. Tlie ami* and
intent' of tft— society are given
in the follow : g preamble of it'
«s»!i-tittituai and by-laws:
"For tbe jwj rjs **>- of more in
tiiuu** ass-* .at <n; promoting and
teaunsung our friend-lap: preserv
ing our native ;*tresiMii: perpetu
ating i ,e Polish language: aiding
an i a—i-ting on** another in time
of stn-". commending and eu-*
* rou raging tie .pint of charity,
ktnine— and «►-;*•*.>Jen«ie; e-tale
ii-iiing ani encouraging |**a< e an-1
harmony ani lie- sentiment <*f
br*4netii>ael. and for our general,
sp.ntuai and «*ivk* welfare.*’
Tlie officers of tin* society are a
foliows: Pre-e tent. John Stauzyk:
vine pre-i !• nt. Matt Ignowski:]
secretary. T. A. Gmhovimk: trea-;
-urer. Mm. I>-wandowski: mar
shal. Frank I bungle.
Am >ng the good thing- sp<*ken
of » the articles of nirwils iwhip i«1
tIs-aiding of any tirk nrrnler. or!
family of any deceased member to
a given amount, providing it does
ie*t exceed So js-r cent of tiie
mooe*' 'Mi liand over and alaive
necessary exjienses.
Any peraua of g<««i m<>raJ cl tar
ITEMS OF NEWS
FROM ASHTON
Sheriff William* vmdown from
Jjtmp City. Monday w ith an exe
cute <o laaoed by stiomuii P. Far
irat. a wholesale merchant of
ttmaha. directed against John
Farrah. Ed Farrah and Abdelia
Ayuuh. and their wives for tire sum
of $M17 and cost*. He levied on
the au<rk of general merchandise
of Anisa Ayaub and closed the
store. This store has Ijeen under
the management of John Farrah.
Ed Farrai. and At>delia Avoub as
•gent* of Anisa Ayauh. since July
1W2. when an unsuccessful at
tempt was made to burn it. after
the fire. Sheriff William' sold tlie
■dock at puliiic auction to satisfy
a lodgement of tire Nebraska
Mercantile Co.
Through the cadency of the
management the store has built
«|t a Lice trade since tiien and h
as a shock to their many patrons
to find them closed now. It is
bow ever, rumored that this is only
• friendly suit and will lie re-open
ed m a few days under a different
name but the same management.
There i» a big contest going on
in Ashton between a young lady
and a > oung man the contest is to
are who --an spend the most money
for special -tatnpv as it looks now,
the young man is a little ahead.
V. name- mentioned.
The B. B. B. which w as put on
«Kir sidewalks alxnit two weeks
ago is still bolding its Color. Keen
the the good old spring rains don't
mem to faze it.
Our Cornet Concert Band i
|tn-[ari!it for a big blow out and
dairy which they will give in tl»e
near future, as soon as Lent is
over.
Who -ays A-htun is a dry town?
Thus. Jamrtig has put in a wind
* null that with one stroke pumps a
gallon of water, more or less.
Mia J. I>>ng of Harvard is in
town again taking charge of the
■Biilmery department at Lorenz
Bros-' store.
C- A. Kettle left Monday morn
ing for Grand Island to attend a
Clara Bugasz entertained the B.
B. B. dub at her home Tuesday
/•veiling of last week.
Frank Goc sold his home last
week to Mr. Alexowitcb who wil
move to Ashton in the near future.
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a<-ter of the age of 18 to 50 years,
of Poli*h birth, who sjjeaks and
understands the Polisli language,
wlto i' a meml»er of the Catholic
•diurch and a citizen of the United
States and a resident of Sherman
county. Nebraska, is eligible for|
membership in this society.
Among the many obligations
given by members we find it to be
liieir duty to pcrjietuate the Poiish
language in the home and see that
their children are taught to speak
and understand the Polish lan
g age. Another duty is loyalty
to the l nited States of America.
. resjx-i-t its laws. ji< courts and
oifi. eis,. and do all things that
make them good Catholics and
good citizens.
Its membership so far comprises
among the liest of our Polish
itizeriship. and as will lie seen by |
a »>ve ~-t~ gotw 1 examples for not.
"i > the organization but good
thing* for all good people to fol
• ow. May success attend them in
all good works.
The 3-reel special, “Thor. Lord
of the .Jungle," at the Dreamland
Monday night was a hum-dinger
and one of the liest “Thrillers’*
ever given at that amusement
place.
FATAL SNOOTING
AT BINGHAM
George Rowding is Issturtiy Aided
in Gnn duel
RALPH DAILY IS WOINBEI
As the result of a shooting af
fray at Bingham, a small station
on the Burlington in the southeast
corner of Sheridan county last;
week Wednesday night, George
Rowding was instantly killed and
Ralph Daily was wounded. Daily
was hurried to the hospital at Al
liance. Sheriff New of Rnshville
was called and acted .as coroner,
and the following facts were as
certained: Daily, "who was at
tending a country dance with his
three sisters, objected to the danc
ing of the “bear’' by Rowding.
This resulted in heated words in
Daily called Rowding a name, then
a quarrel followed, which was in
terrupted by bystanders. The
men met at Bingham, and after
Rowding had passed Dally in
silence several times he met him
alone, where Daily was harness
ing his team preparing to go home.
Rowding told him he was going
to make him eat his words. Daily,
the smaller of the two, reached in
to the wagon and got his rifle and
told Rowding that if he didn't
move on he would use it on him.
Rowding then secured his gun
from the harness shop and began
firing from a distance, hitting
Daily in the arm. The ballet
passed through his shoulder.
Daily again got his rifle and shot
Rowding as he was retreating,
shooting him sideways through
the body and heart, killing him in
stantly. It was customary for
both men to carry guns, as it af
forded sport to shoot at coyotes on
their way to and from their homes
in the country. It is now assured
that Daily wjli recover. Rowd -
ing was Buried in the local cere
tery immediately upon tire arrival
of his mother from Mema.
PRESBYTERIANS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
The Presbyterian congregation
Del*] their annual meeting last
Thursday evening. Rev. Davies of
-*t. Paul l»eing the moderator aje
p unted by the Presbytery to act
in the alisenoe of any regular pas
tor. Quite a numljer were pre
sent. Rev. Davies gave a short
s-rrnon. and the business of the
l>H't year was gone over of the
church and its various societies.
The pulpit was officially declared
vacant, although the pastor had
resigned and taken his depart
ure some fifteen or more days pre
vious. Other business before the
meeting was the election of elders
and trustees, whose terms had ex
pired. The new paster of the
church is expected to be here by
the middle of this coming May,
but writes it will be impossible to
be on hand prior to that time.
Chis. Govrych and family* lef
la«t week for their future home.
Floyd Janulewicz is moving in
('has. Govrych house.
Jos. Pokorski. the marshal, is
moving in the St Dymek house.
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In honor of the arrival of a
I bouncing baby boy at tbe home of
bi> daughter. Mrs. Costello at,
Grand Gland, Grandpa Mulick
gave a 5-course 7 o'clock banquet
1 to a few of his close friends at his j
home the other evening, with high (
wines and fragrant Havanas on
the side. Mike never does any-!
thing slow. _
Hon. Henry Gerdes. one of the
mem tiers of the State Board of
I Control who was here last week
! looking over the proposed location
for the new State Reformatory, is
a cousin of Mayor A. B. Outhouse's
1 good mother, and naturally was a ;
guest at the Outhouse home *hile
here.
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P. L. Curry and daughter drove ■
, over from the west side Saturday
morning to send a friend away on I
the B. &. M. passenger. P. L. j
found tbe train service better here
on this oocasi in than on the main
line at Litchfield.
Bert Travis has been enjoying a
visit the past number of dt.ys from
his jmrents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Travis of Aurora. Bert is pretty
cute in securing them for a visit
just about the time he moved into
his new home, as father and moth
er are very handv then.
LBanks Hale was here Monday
i trying to make a sale of some pro
perty interests, leaving Tuesday
morning for his Wyoming home.
Miss Belina Johnson of St. Paul
returned home Monday morning
after an over-Sunday' visit with
< Miss Hallene Mellor.
We want every baseball "Bug*’
in and around Loup City to get
the benefit of the sporting news
furnished by us every week- Es
pecially is this week's issue of in
terest to League games. It also
has a splendid likeness and a short
sketch of Eddie Cicotte, a one
time member of the Western
League who has more than made
good in the larger leagues. He is
now a valued member of the
Wliite Sox. Get the habit of
reading this department every
week. You will enjoy it.
Governor Morehead. Peter Jen
san of Beatrice and Secretary W.
R. Mellor of the state board of
agriculture have been selected as
a committee to insjiect the site of
the Pacific-Panama exposition at
San Francisco. Plans were made
to leave for the coast Wednesday
and two days are to be spent in
looking over the site for the ex
position. An attempt will be
made to erect a Nebraska build
ing. the funds to be secured by
popular subscription.
The Omaha Nebraskan attri
butes the resolution of the Ne
braska Press Association's com
mittee against any free advertis
ing for the Nebraska State fair
to the Twentieth Century farmer
published by the Bee at Omaha.
By their authorities it is claimed
to be outgrowth of the state legis
lature to appropriate $25,000 for
advertising purposes. But what
ever the facts, the state fair re
mains an institution deserving of
continued promotion; and most of
the newspapers of the state will
next August be found lending a
loyal, helping hand.—Grand Is
land Independent.
Dr. Carrie Bowman and Miss
Elizabeth Dinsdale were Omaha
visitors last week, returning Sat
urday.
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SHERIFF HAS
PRETTY CHASE
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Joins Hevarivy Muted for Mortgag
ing Mythical Cattle Habhed Hare.
MAKES ARiTMEI RET AWAY.
Because ho is charged with
mortgaging seven head of cattle
which he did not possess and re
ceiving one hundred and fifty
five dollars for the same from E.
J. Crawford of the Farmers' bank
at Comstock, 3 alius Xeverivy was
arrested by Slieriff Wilson,brought
to Broken Boa and placed in jail.
In capturing Xeverivy, the
Sheriff had quite a run for his
money and it was not until be had
played hide and seek for a good
many hours that Joe finally suc
ceeded in landing his quarry. It
appears that some of the bank of
ficials last week, suspecting that
all was not well with Julius, made
a call on him at the farm about
fifteen miles southeast of Corn
stock. Julius, thinking the of
ficers were after him, took to the
canyons and hid. Later on. disre
garding a promise he had made to
show up at tiic bank and adjust
matters, he disappeared entirely
and was next heard of at Arcadia.
Sheriff Wilson went to Comstock
on Friday night and, Saturday
morning, accompanied by Cashier
Crawford, autoed to Arcadia.
Xeverivy git wind that the
sheriff was after him and, jump
ing a freight, headed for Loop
City. Joe also 1 leaded his car in
that direction and made the run
between Arcadir and Loup City,
a distance of fourteen miles, in
twenty-one minutes. The freight
had arrived but a short time pre
vious and the officers had no trou
ble in locating his man.
When the warrant was flashed on
him. Julius started to walk away.
"Where are you going?" asked
Joe.
“I’m not going with you: that's:
a cinch.” replied Julius, and con
tinued to walk.
Then it was that Joe brought
his persuasive powers into action
and in a few minutes the young
man was compelled to admit, some
what against his will, that he had
perhaps been a little hasty in mak
ing his orginal assertion.
On Sunday Julius conceived the
happy idea of starving himself to
death and refused to eat. The
prisoner continued his hunger
strike until early afternoon and
then capitulated. When Mr. Orr
asked him how he felt about dinner,
the young man at first was peevish,
then, received a twist of remons
trance from his empty stomach,
changed his mind and said he
guessed he would eat something.
Neverivy was taken before
County Judge Holcomb Monday
of this week and asked that his
hearing might be continued.
Judge Holcomb granted him thir
ty days continuance and fixed his
bonds at five hundred dollars.
During the balance of the day
and all of Tuesday Julius put in
the time in telephoning to relatives
and friends to come to his assist
ance, but no one seemed to care
about risking five hundred dollars
on his good behavior and the
young man is still in the sheriff"s
custody.
\\ ednesday afternoon Julius!
took a little excursion on his own
hook and was not located until ten
o'clock* Joe allowed him to go in
to a restaurant, ostensibly to send
another appeal to his friends over
the telephone. Feeling rather
sorry for him. the sheriff did not
exercise an over-strict eye and
and when he started to look up
his prisoner, it was found that the
alleged owner of the mythological
cattle had made a fairly decent
getaway.
Joe worked the wires all after
noon and it was not until late
in the evening that he finally lo
cated his man at the Rose place,
miles northeast of town. Joe went
out in his car, routed Julius from
bed and, after informing the young
man that there would be no more
good tunes, put the bracelets on
him and brought him back to town.
Neverivy will be taken to Grand
Island the latter part of the week.
It is understood that should Never
ivy be released on bond, another
charge similar to the present one
will be preferred against him by a
bank at Ord.—Custer County
Chief.
ROCKVILLE GUN
TOURNAMENT
I
Rockville Gw CM Hold Very See
cessful ToanuawL
THOMPSON GETS HIGH SCORE.
The Rockville Gun Club held a
very successful tournament there j
[Sunday. W. Thompson of Loup
City was high gun. The follow
ing scores were made:
Targets Broke
F. Sundstrom 175 143
EL T. Strom 175 142
R. Sundstrom 175 140
.T. Kech 175 126 j
W. Thompson 160 140!
T. R. Lay 16<» 1^7 i
G. \V. Woten 145 113
A. J. Werner 130 112
W. Schuman 130 103
J. Qstrey 13C* 101
L. EL Dickinsen 130 100!
W. Kremhke 100 85
L. C. Weaver 95 64
P. Petersen 85 75
O. Brodock 60 45
From the Ravenna News last
week we learn that our good
friend. George New burg of Sweet
water has been quite ill with pneu
monia. Mr. Newburg's many
friends throughout this county
will l»e glad to learn that he is
convalescing.
Friday night. April 10, at the
Daddow opera house, the Alpha!
Girls' Glee Club will give a pro
gram, consisting of readings and
popular songs. Reserved seats at I
Swanson & Lofholm’s drug store
at 25c and 35c. Special price to
high school pupils 25c, including
reserved seats.
Ed. Obermiller was a pleasant
caller at these headquarters Mon
day. Ed very seldom gets into j
the newspaper sanctum, but when *
he does he makes the editorial
pocketbook swell.
STATE BOARD OF
CONTROL HERE
Oit On Hunt For Locatioa For New State Refonaatory Inspects Various
Tracts of Land.
SEEM PLEASED WITH PROSPECTS
Last week F riday the State
Board of Control, or rather two of
the three members— Henry Gerdes.
and Judge Howard Kennedy, ex
Gov. Holcomb, the third mem!>er
being in too feeble health to b?
out in the present search—were in
Loup City, as one of the some
twenty odd places asking for the
location of the new state reforma
tory created by the last legislature.
They were taken out to veiw var
ious tracts, under guidance of J.
W. Long, president of our com
mercial club, and A. B. Outhouse,
Mayor of the city, and inspected
the same carefully, land just north
and west of this city, on the road
to the cemetery and reaching to
the river, being that which seemed
to impress them as the most de
sirable. As their time was limit
ed. they confined their visit to
Loup City from noon on Friday
to Saturday morning, when they
dejiarted to their homes at Lin
coln, for an over-Sunday rest be
fore continuing their inspection of
of sites in the other places not yet
visited. While the members of
board expressed much gratifica
tion and surprise over finding such
» splendid location, which gives
everything needed, from the finest
soil for farming to the best of clay
and sand for purposes wished by
27TH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
Tuesday of this week, just as
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Corning we're
ready to sit down to their noon
tide meal, they were surprised by
| the advent of a number of friends
1 who remembered it was the 27th
anniversary of the marriage of
: the worthy couple and came to ex
tend greetings. They brought
several choice presents in honor of
the occasion, and to show their
love and friendship. The North
western, with the entire communi
ty will extend to them best wishes
and they may live to enjoy twice
the number of years of wedded
life already passed.
W. D. Zimmerman and Aug
' ust .Taeschke returned Tuesday
evening from a two weeks' ab
sence in southwest Texas, with
side trips over into Mexico. They
had a fine time, going over quite
a portion of Texas, and Oklahoma,
besides in their visits to Mexico
going over the battle ground at
Mata, mo res and seeing the town
under martial law by the insur
rectos. who captured it Ameri
i cans there were unmolested, each
j home having a U. S. flag flying
| over it W. D. brought the edi
tor and a number of friends, in
cluding W. F. Mason and M. C.
Mciicb each a beautifully carved
cane made from musquite wood,
the carving being done by Mexi
cans.
To clearly place before Sher
man county voters tbe cost and ne
cessity for a new court house, the
general committee on the proposed
building have undertaken a series
of township booster meetings.
Last Thursday night at the Wiggle
■Creek school bouse, which was
crowded, Clay township held an
enthusiastic meeting, which was in
tbe hands of committeemen James
McBeth. C. Burt and Ira Daddow,
who had called the meeting to re
ceive the boosting delegation from
Loup City, composed of John W.
Long. Rev. Skicumb, Jos. Dad
dow, John Leininger, S. X. Sweet
land. Forest Larsen, Mason Philips
and the courthouse quartet. It
any were present who did not
favor the courthouse project, they
gave tbe same attention, to the
speaker John W. Long, as those
who did. Mr. Long presents the
plan as a simple business proposi
tion, and has so far gone into tbe
matter that be can answer most
any question about tbe proposed
improvement.
Frank Kennedy went to Aurora
Tuesday morning on business, to
be gone a couple of days.
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Elmer Chaffee and Miss Eugenia
Hansel went to Grand Island
Wednesday morning, where they
were to be married in that city up
on arrival, going to Omaha and
other points for a week's honey
moon trip, and return to make
Loup City their future home. To
mislead their friends. Miss Eugen
ia, accompanied by her mother.
Mrs. A. H. Hansel, went by way
of the U. P. motor, while Elmer
took the Burlington to St. Paul,
there to join his prospective bride
and mother. Mrs. Hansel return
home that evening. The North
western. with the hosts of friends
of the young people, will wish
them joy and happiness.
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the school board Monday,
Prof. J. F. Nickolson, the Misses
| Smith and the Misses Ohlsen were
1 re-elected as teachers for their dif
ferent departments for the coming
year. Supt. Burwell had been re
elected a month previous, and the
other department teachers had not
up to that time made application,
save Prof. Mackey, but whose ap
plication had strings to in demand
for such increased salary that the
b°ard could not see its way clear
to concede, hence he was not re-*
| elected. _
! Evidently spring time is at
hand, as the lawns have begun
their spring dressing in green, the
birds are numerous with their
sweet songs and neighbors' chick
ens have begun their early season's
depredations._
We understand our Baptist
friends expect soon to have a new
pastor and are making arrange
ments to that effect.
The county assessors were in
session last week Friday fixing up
the dope they would hand to pro
perty owners this spring.
Banter Carlsen had business it
St. Paul, Monday.
the board in location of the re
formatory, and with the lay of
the land fine for drainage, with
abundance of pure water at easy
depth, they were, of course, en
tirely non-committal to any ex
tent. save to show they appreciat
ed the proposed site, and it will
of course not be known or can
be surmised as to which location
of the many shown and to l»e *
shown them in their travels will
appeal to them most when it comes
to making their location for the
new state building and grounds
till they have finished their loca
tion work and have carefully gone
over all the matters involved. The
board is composed of good men
and we are assured that the town,
location of land and advantages of
each will be carefully weighed and
the selection be in accord there
with. Of course, Loup City wants
the new state institution and be
lieves she lias the best on the
map. and hope the board will so
find but with some two dozen
other towns feeling the same, can
only hope lightning will strike
this way.
CELEBRATE 25TH
WEBBING DAY
Tracy-Brewer.—On Wednesday J
morning at 7 o’clock a. m., March
27th, C. J. Tracy to Miss Katie
Brewer, at the residence of the
bride's sister, Mrs. Dr. Jones, i y
the Rev. Mr. Dry. Contracting
parties both of Loup City.
The wedding was quiet, there
being only the relatives and a few
intimate friends present. They
are both well and favorably known
to the whole community. M r.
Tracy is one of the prominent
young men oi our county and
township supervisor of Logan
township. He has been indu
trious and now possesses consider
able property. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. E. Brewer of this
city. She is well educated ami has
been a very successful teacher i n
our primary school here for the
past two years. They took the
train shortly after the ceremony
to be gone a few days on a we I
ding tour in the east.
The Northwestern joins a host
of friends in wishing them happi
ness and prosperity as they travel
together down the matrimonial
pathway of life, and a safe return
to our city.—Loup City Northwes
tern, twenty-five years ago.
Last Friday, just 25 years afte r
the above interesting event, Mr.
ind Mrs. Tracy invited some
forty of their old time friends ard
a few near neighbors to their home
that evening, ostensibly for a
supper and good time, carefully
refraining from speaking of the
said event being in commemora
tion of their 25th anniversary, but
it leaked out and upon the arrival
of the guests it was found that
each had remembered the day and
brought souvenirs of their appre
ciation of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy in
shape of handsome and costly me
mentos of their love and appre
ciation. After supper, R. P.
Starr, on behalf of those present,
made an interesting talk and pre
sentation speech. The groom of
25 years ago responded on behalf
of Mrs. Tracy and himself, mai
ling the most interesting event i n
his life, among the incidents relar
ing that the uniting of their lives
occurred in the building just north
of the public square, which was
burned some few years ago. In
that building also lived a little girl,
who was invited to be present and
witness the ceremony. The little
girl of then is Mrs. J. W. Conger
of now, and who was the only one
outside of the relatives who was
present at both wedding and an
niversary 25 years afterward. May
the worthy couple live to celebrate
their golden anniversary is the
wish of all their friends and the
community in which they have
made their home all these years of
of wedded happiness.