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ion MOM. « KHOCKEI Itft TWO-LEGQEIHWUL VIM i COWMOtEl Ml Loup City Northwestern OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA. " " > • LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ vounuzzzm loup city, Nebraska. Thursday. June 4,1914. numbers WRESTLING MATCH GOES TO A DRAW Warrea lUtar aad Fanaar iorenahrecfc Wrestle One Hour and Thirty Mnates to a Draw BOBINSON—MILLER PRELIMINARY FINE Over two hundred wrestling fab* w«-re present at tlie opera buo*e last Friday evening, alien Warren Mdler of tin* city and "Farmer*' kemfrtbrark of Liti-. • •4a wrestled tier hour and thirty tnin •te- to a draw, and giving *»ne «f tlie prettiest exhibitions of pre mier wrestling ever given in this city. The pf*-..ininary between Hon f K i * •* weiurrweigUt champion of i <r state, and Clarence Miller, younger •ntier of our local heavyweight, wa* the most excit ing and interesting preliminary ever given be re. it taking itobin* son 3* 1-f minute* to put young M tiler down, which was acwm piishcd with a •» tutor* and 1 vainer lurk, which injured Miller so se verely that lie was uttal4e to con tinue aHi Kobinsuo gave a fine ex hih.tem of bead work of the mat. -bowing the woiub-rfal strength of li«e accomplished mat artist. K in*on i- otie of the very best little men :n the wrestling game to le found anywhere. Owing to the condition of War eii Miller, who hae been suffering for its past fortnight or more w ith a succession of Iwili over hi* boiy, tie- finish match between lie aiii ‘ Farmer** Ker-u-nbrock wa* changed by • unseat of tlie princi ple* to a ‘-••ntest limited to one hour and thirty mtnuies. provid ing one or the other did not se cure a fall during that time. Tlie u> •cneiit the big fellows <iune to the center of the mat and were introduced, business i**gan and for the ninty minute* consumed tie-re wa* not 3M second* of lime thoi they were out working to tb 1 limit. Kersmbroek from tlie start put iiimself on tlie defensive, and there was not a minute at any time when the "Farmer" was not uiidenteath. with Miller Iwhind trying to pm the (iennan's shoul der* to the mat. This proved im pussitde. and there wa* *»-arrely a tune w hen either of the men was in ehi*e danger of defeat. They were quite evenly mat-tied. Miller Wing prrcipuhly tlie stronger, while Kersmbroek wa* the quick est. taring able to break any bold and bound out of danger with tlie agility of a crL It wa* a 'settle roy al and brighter was able to get any perceptible advantage over the other. At the due of the contest. Mil ler issued a « naiienge to Kersen iirurk to meet him here in two weeks tune, for a finish contest for the entire gat** receipt* and tT"‘ on the side, which tlie latter qiK-kiy accepted, giving Miller credit fur being a mighty good man. but expressing bt» belief of winning. "‘Farmer** Kersmbroek is one of the hoes* -peciman* of physi lit Skipawat far Iraziat Parpatet Ten thousand two hundred and seventy-two cattle were shipped inn* Nebraska, for feeding and' granny purpose* fmtn January 1. 1*14 to April I, 1*14. according to a report to be filed with the governor b> state Veterinarian Kigm-Thr report will show that !«<• dairy <attir wen* imported from New York and liitoot* and |m*> f peril tested for disease before be ing received. Tuis-trokiais in eattle and cholera in hogs were cal manhood we ever saw. being <Lilly f»*el in height, weigh' 2<‘4 pounds with his clothe.' on and a 'easonej veteran of the mat. He wrestled I>r. Holler for 90 min tes and many other notchers. and yesterday was to wrestle Hu'sane. Farmer Borns protegee, at Kansas City in a finish contett, the res lit of w hich we will try to g.\e onr w restling fail'next week. Hi' game is to play the defense till his opponent begins to weaken and then go after him in a whirl wind finish. This did not obtain w ith Miller, whose game is to get1 U-hind and work every minute: :s not th»- kind that weakens and1 i- good for hours of the hardest grilling he can give the other fel low, and proves a genuine sur pri'-‘ to mat artist' who expects to find easy game in him. It was t<«> bad that Miller was not in the best form, but we shall expect that by tlie time he meets Kersen-! ■rock he will l»e entirely rid of) his .lob's comforters and will not have to be handicapped as he was last Friday by them. DECORATION DAY FITLY ODSERVED Large Parade Farm ea Mail Street aad Marches te Opera Mease. SPLENDID PROORAM PREPARED Decoration Day last Saturday was well observed in Loup. City, the business houses being closed during the hours in the afternoon in which the exercises were held. Preceding the services at the o[R‘ra house a procession was formed on Nebraska avenue at the southwest corner of the public square, composed of veterans of the Civil War, Ladies of the G. A. K., Sons of Veterans and little j children, and marched to the opera house, where seats were re served for them. The program was fully carried out. The ad dress of the day was given by Rev. L. V. Slocumb, the univer sal expression being made that it was one of the best ever given here. At the close of the ever cises. a prta;ession was formed and proceeded to the cemetery, where graves were decorated and final ceremonies were held. It is sad to notice that at each succeeding Decoration Day the ranks of the old soldiers are more and more de pleted and soon it will be when the few left will be too feeble to march and will necessitate being taken to and from the services in carriages or other methods of conveyance. Allow Others the Same Privelages You Desire of our friends at Litch field are ovcjfiy exercised regard ing this coming second election for the new court house, if we understand rightly the tone of tbeir remarks. S>me have be come so throughly antagonistic that they give it out solidly that tiiey would vote for a yellow dog before they would vote for a Loup City man for office and diligently inquire into the |Misition of vari ous candidates on the court house question. Oh. boys, boys, this is something awful; Are our friends, the enemies of the court house proposition so wrapped up in their prejudices against a new court house that they are unwill ing to allow others the same pri vileges they grant to them selves? This smacks rather loudly of the days of the inquisition; or down to the days of the Puritans, when witches were burned at the stake. A voter has a perfect right to be for or against the pro position, but he lias hardly the right to sit in judgement on the other fellow. Be just, boys, and allow others the same privileges you grant yourselves. W. J. Bryan’s Chickens Come Home to Roost F.»r 'ixtecn long years Wiliam Jenn rig' Bryan was jiersistent and unmerciful in liis criticism of republican policies and republican official'. Ihiring all of that time be never felt the yoke of responsibility, and he turned his wonderful talent for vituperation into va't sum> of gold. He was absolutely unscrupulous in many of his attacks and it was his un fair treatment of President Mc Kinley's Philippine policy that fastened the stigma of imperialism upon that martyred statesman's memory in the minds of many houest j**t-pie. Now the chickens arc coming home to roost on Wil liam Jennings’ doorstep. Hefinds himself with a steadily increasing burden of diplomatic problems and a foreign war impending for which he must liear a large measure of responsibility. The true caliber of the man is shown b y his conduct under ti r e. Bryan, the implacable critic and smiling satirist, is de clared by all the newsjiaper cor resjiondents in Washington to have become nervous, secretive and irritative, intolerant of advice or suggestions, and absolutely in sulting to those who have dared find fault with his official perform ances. It is a long lane that has no torn, and every man who per L sists in a i>olicy of abuse and misrepresentation as Mr. Bryan did is pretty certain to be paid ' back in his own coin sooner or later. There is no remedy for the an nihilation of dandelions that can equal a common oil can and a few gallons of gasoline. Fill the oil can and drop a few drops of gasoline in the heart of the dandelion and in a few days the plant will decay and disappear and that particular dandelion vyill never bother you again. We j have tried this and many other remedies, but gasoline beats them all—Kearney Democrat The Northwestern during the first and this second campaigns for a new court house has been in receipt of letters and postal cards from subscribers calling us very l unpretty names, such as “tool of that court house’’ etc., which is simply heart rendering. If they only could realize the agony they cause us. and the sleepless nights we put in, and the nightmares of | their anatemas bring to us, with | the added gray hairs to our for mer fine caput covering, surely they would be less severe and al low us peace and happiness which , we ever wish may be their’s. A. P. Swanson of Aurora ar ; rived last Friday for an over-Sun ■ day visit with his son, Vic Swan | son, and family. j JENNER’S PARK OPENS JOKE 10 This Btaatifal Park Mors Baaitifal Thaa Ever this Year. REAR PROGRAM BELOW Base Ball game, Arcadia vs Comstock. Loup City Coronet Band. Concert by Montague K. War lock late of Grand Italian Opera, Italy, France, Russia and Eng land, assisted by the Misses Florence and Mabel Depew, Earnestine Odendahl and others. Wrestling match between the noted wrestler Warren Miller and Clarence Miller. Sj>orLs and Races for boys and girls. Contests of all kinds. Dance in evening, manager, H. S. Conger. The park will be illuminated by hundreds of colored lights. Over one thousand dollars of improvements have been added this spring. Buttle of Cough Syrup Mysteriously Explodes A strange and unaccountable accident occurred on Tuesday of this week at the home of J. W. Conger, when a bottle of cough syrup exploded, tearing the glass into countless tiny particles. Mrs. Conger was busy with her house hold duties, when she heard a sudden explosion in the dining room, and upon' Entering the room found that a bottle of cough syrup that had been sitting on the side board had exploded, scatter ing the contents of the same all around and breaking the bottle in to countless pieces, scattered in every portion of the dining room. As good fortune would have it, there was no one in the room at the time, or a serious accident might have resulted from the fly ing glass. It was one of ,those mysterious accidents, unaccount able except perhaps to those who understand chemistry. Explosio* ii Cellar luttHitd For One day last week, when O. F. Petersen was burning the refuse from the old cellar hole in the lots adjoining the home of the editor, which he had purchased of E. F. Brewer, and as the flames were leaping upwards with leaps and bounds, there was a sudden ex plosition in the old cellar-way which could be heard for blocks away, and which sent Otto scudd ing away tQ a saie distance, while people on the streets stopped to inquire what had happened. The old hole had been used for several years as a dumping place for empty cans, old iron, medicine bottles, filled or empty, and in I fact refuse of all kinds. Conjec ture is to the effect that some of the bottles filled with fluid ex' ploded from the intense heat, or otherwise there might have been some unexploded cartridges thrown into the old cellar at some prior period which got into act- ] ion. Take your choice. Aitmbile Bay a jGreat Saeeen. Last Friday was the fourth an niversary of Auto Day in aid of i the ladies’ of the cemetery com- J mittee, the funds secured thereby to be expended in beautifying our Silent City of the Dead. Auto owners were generous in purchas ing tickets, whether they visited toe cemetery or not. Nearly $30 dollars were secured expenditure at the cemetery. Much praise is due to the large number of little girls who sold tickets, one of them disposing of nearly $10 worth. The result of the day was very satisfactory. ROOSEVELT OFF FOR EUROPE Before Sailing the Pregrmhrt Leader Says President Rfifoee Has Faded. HO SOLITIOV OF TRBST PROBLEM. New York, May 31.—Failure of the Wilson administration to han die satisfactorily either the trust or the tariff question was charged , by Colonel Roosevelt in a state ment he left behind him yesterday for publication after his depart ure for Europe. '"The cost of living has not been reduced. Not the slightest pro gress has been made in solving the trust question.** he said. And again: *‘It has been shown that the re duction of the tariff in no shape or way helps toward the solution, the economic conditions are such that business is in jeopardy and that the small business man. the farmer and the industrial wage workers are all suffering because of these conditions.*’ Colonel Roosevelt said lie would put in his hardest work of the campaign in New York state. _ _ _ W. H. Morris came up from Central City last Friday evening and visited until the first part of the week, when he returned to the former city, where he is mak ing nishome with his sisters for the present. He is looking well and much like his old self of years back. ODD FELLOWS HOLD CONVENTION AN the Grand Officers of the Order in thin State are Expected tc he Pre sent. Candidstes fer the Various Degrees WiN he Initiated. Blfi PB06BJUB ARRANGES. On the 12th instant, our Odd I Fellows will have a big time in this city. At that time will be present, or are expected to be here, all the grand officers of the order in this state, and at which time candidates for the various degrees will be put through the paces. The following program has been arranged, and if you are a three-linker make your arrange ments to be present, and if you are not do not forget to make it your business to take in the pub lic meeting at the opera house: Session of Grand Lodge at I. O. O. F. hall at 1:30 o'clock, p. m. Order of Boom Conferring of Grand Lodge and Past Grand Degrees. Motions and resolutions per taining to Odd Fellowship in Ne braska. Music— Loup City Silver Cornet Band. Public Meeting, At Opera House at 3 o’clock p. m. to which everybody is invited. Charley Bass Appointed Clerk District Court On Friday afternoon last, the county hoard of supervisors met in special session for the the pur pose of selecting a clerk of the district court to fill out the unex pired term of Louis Rein, deceas ed. Board was called to order by Chairman Welty, all members present. The clerk read the call and on motion the board allowed time till 2:30 for the filing of candidates of said position. Five applications resulted and upon an informal ballot being taken, Chas. Bass of Hazard received 6 of the 7 votes of the board, and on mo tion his appointment was made !__ unanimous. The board then re mained in session till Mr. Bass filed his bond, which was duly accepted and the board adjourned. The new district clerk is from Hazard township, an old resident of Sherman county and will un doubtly fill the office most satis factorily. John Needham and wife were passengers for Grand Island last Saturday morning. Miss Pearl Needham accompanied them as far as Rockville, where she visit ed till Sunday morning at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Dickinson. What Oar Neighbors Have ta Say Aboat Is A couple of weeks ago the peo ple of Sherman county turned a proposition to bond the county for $75,000 for a new court house. The majority was very light against the bonds and since that time there has been such a decided change of sentiment that the county board has issued a call for a second election for June 30, to submit the same question again. If there is a county with the na tural wealth and commercial im portance as Sherman county with as poor a capital building we do not know where it is. The Jour nal does not say it disparagingly or with the slightest suggestion that Valley county is much better off, but the facts are clear that no individual would be as careless about housing his own valuable property as is the county about caring for its priceless records. The zeal of the progressive citi zens of Sherman county is to be commended and they are teaching a lesson that must come to Valley county taxpayers in the near fu ture. The Journal hopes that the next special election will be more successful and that a new court house will begin to raise its towers and domes toward the fair heavens that smile over our rich neighbor ing county.—Ord Journal Romeo S. Conger left Monday noon for Holden, Mo., to be best man at the wedding of his sister in-law, Miss Gail Hill, to Earl E. Howard, to take place Tuesday following at 8 o’clock in the even ing. From there he was to go up into Iowa for a further visit at vacious points. Louis Rein of Loup City, a prominent politician in Nebraska and a very close personal friend of The Sentinel editor, died at his home last Friday. Mr. Rein Was1 a democratic leader up to two years ago when he joined the “Bull Moosers.” No matter what his politics he was every inch a man. —E. A. Brown, Friend Sentinel. Rev. P. Jueling and family left Tuesday morning for Lincoln to attend the Northwest German Evangelical Conference, which holds for a week in that city, and they will return next Tuesday evening. Ed. Oltman, Mat Ignowski and M. C. Mu lick went to Grand Is land Tuesnay morning to attend the state liquor dealers’ conven tion, the sessions holding over Tuesday and the two following days. Ike Meese and Ike McDaniel, uncle and cousin of Mrs. Will George, from Northwest Indiana, are here on a visit and looking af ter land interests owned by Mr. Memo in this section. . Prtgraa Invocation by Rev. Newton Sher man of Arcadia. Song, “America” by audience. Address of welcome on behalf of Excelsior Lodge No. 166 I. O. O.F., J. S. Pedler. Resjionse on behalf of Grand Lodge I. O. O. F., Frank John, Grand Master of Nebraska. Oration, “Fratemalism of Odd Fellowship”, L. V. Slocumb. Patriarachs Militant, by E. S. Davis. Past Commander of Nebr aska. The Jiner, Mrs. J. W. Conger and A. T. Conger. I. O. O. F., Goat and Candi date. Song “God be with You Till We Meet Again”, by audience. Music by the Band, while the audience files out, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs to remain seated. Parade of Odd Eellows and Re bekahs immediately after dismis sal of Public Meeting. Evwwic Prtfraa, At Optra Nous* Conferring of Iniatory Degree, by Arcadia Lodge No. 174. Conferring of First Degree’ by Excelsior Lodge No. 166, Loup City. Conferring of Second Degree, by Banquet from 10 o’clock, p. m., until first call for breakfast in the morning, “Eat when you are hungry and drink when you are dry. Program; J. S. Pedler, J. W. Conger and Peter Rowe. Rojeption; R. D. Hendrickson, A. B. Outhouse, T. R. Lay, E. Dwehus, W. F. Greeniee. All. Secretaries of all Lodges present. Refreshment; S. F. Reynolds, and W. T. Gibson. Decorative; O. F. Petersen, C. C. Cooper, Earl W. Thompson, Joe Reiman, Jim Burnette, T. Biemond. All business house have agreed to close during the afternoon at the Opera house. Putal Orders Collect able at Asy Office Through a new order just re ceived by the Omaha postoffice officials money order issued in the United States after July 1, 1914, will be cashed at any office in stead of at only the office at which they are made payable, as under the present system. Tl» movement is another which will largely affect the the express companies the Postoffice depart ment going into direct competition with the express companies for the money order business. The extract from the order fol lows; Money orders issued at any money order office in the continent in the United States, except Alaska may be paid at any money order office on or before the expiration of the thirteenth day following the date of issue. If presented after that date, and within one year from the last day of the month in which issued, they shall be paid only at the office designa ted in the money order as the paying office, or repaid at the office of issue. Jos. Daddow and Don Holmes went to Grand Island Tuesday morning to attend to some matters of business, r /