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Loup City Northwestern
OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA. 1
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ
VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. June 24, 1914. NUMBER 29
MAN HURT BY CAR
DIES OF INJURIES
let— Mm Im Over by Bei Car ia Yards at Rockville, Severing His
Lett Ana, Fro* Vhicfc Ho Died Later, After Undergoing an Operation.
HIGH Will STMTS CM TO MOVIIG.
r*a: .rday r.-ght at Rockville an
ttukt. *wn man a a* run over by a
cat n the yards, winch had I wen
blown from i4» (dace by the high
wind*, bat ing h» left arm wvrr
ed. and dy mg later, after urefer
going an operation.
Tbe esrrumstances attending tie
accident and death an* aUmt as
(i4li«v co far as we have aarer
tattwd. Saturday evening four
stranger* walked into Rockville 1
" from B>wdu*. They were fairly
well dre-sol. La 1 more or less
money', but were of the holm, or
latssildy tie* veg element of hu
manity. That i.ignt the men oc
cupied an • luiar «>» ear in the
yards. From what could be
gleaned from tbe men. it seem*
that the dead man had gotten up
in the fore part of tlie night and
left Uw car because of tiie lieat
and Itcl down ir the runway of
the stock yards. Whea the storm
came up. it is supposed the man
attempted to get into the car and
iti some way was run over by tlie
car which was in motion iroui the
wind. The companion* of tbe
mm man. as awb aa uai iounu
lia uridnit had orurwd. tK>>
notified <*eurge Tarkrjr, (ieorgc
Wutrn am others. who had the
man taken to 1 >r. Dirkiiwjn'-i of*
b* e. a ito made examination of the
injured man. finding an operation
was iiwemry. whirl) u* later
made by tiie doctor. assisted by
a surgeon from Ravenna. About
C o'clock Sunday evening, how
ever. the Granger died, it lietng
evident that besides the injury to
the arm be had undoubtly suffer
er**d internal injuries, which had
caused his death. From the time
of the accident. <m through the
iteration and up to the time of
his death, the injured man refus
ed to divulge his identity, only
admitting he had a mother and
that be was .‘4> yearn of age. but
t«» ail inquiries furllierlte abrupt
ly answer*-1 inquiries by the re
mark ilia! it was none of their
t*u—ties*. 11m* otlwr men claimed
tie*! lid Hot klM.a turn, refuse.I to
ts-11 tle*ir name* mid his own »r
couut of iltem-rlves. save one. who
made affidavit of what lie knew,
gave lib own a< <-ount of how the
accnient might have occurred.
Hold Children’s
Day Program
Tl«c Children's Day program
published by the Baptist Publica
tion society was given a* printed
with tie* exception of one or two
ti urn tier* which wen* substituted
* for something even iletter, one of
«inch was a drill song by Mr-.
Main's class of boy*. The boys
dal ex-eedmgl.v well. The songs
by tlie school was lively and in
spiring. Tlie program chised with
a pieor entitled "The Water of
Life" whii'h meant a lot of work
for the committee. A fountain
wa* constructed on the platform
in such a way that the water
flowed through the center of a
large white cross dropping into
an open well. Tlie church wa*
pleasingly decorated with flowers.
The children certainly enjoyed
the evening as did the congrega
tion in attendance.
The W. O. W. lodge, just organ
ized here, had a dance at Jenin-r
Park last Saturday night and a
most enjoyable time was reported.
Some forty or more couples were
in attendance. The dance closed
promptly no the stroke of twelve,
in deference for the dawning day.
though not «>n«' of them knew
l>«<Mtivel.v. Sheriff Williams and'
Jdunly Attorney Pedler went
i-»wn to Korkville Sunday, but as
t was not deemed necessary, no
n«|u*'M was In'ld. The dead man
was dexrilied as weighing jier
*aps 1T.‘> to l "" jtounds.«*f the age
iltove named. -in**oth shaven save i
for a mustache, 'omewhat above
n -i. 1m height and withal a good.
- king - pec i men *»f manhood. He
was th<- okler of the bunch. :
Nothing was known * f the men.
» hen- tiiey came from, or where
going, or any information what-1
~o.-x.-r. the.x Ixhng uncommunica-1
lix *■ regarding themselves, save
from the affidavit «»f one men-1
tion*d altove. < >f course, all sorts
>f rumors are afloat, but the fact j
remains that they are founded on
m<-re siKpiii* n and perhaps their
history will never l»e known,
file fact that the dead man refus
'd to reveal his identity and in his
iclarium n»ve*l a!>out chiefs of
l*olice an*l officers and matters of
like kind, bears out the belief that
he and his companions were
"f the criminal class, while his al
lusion to his mother gaxe evi
ieu*-e of fine feelings of manhood
in widiing to -ave her the sorrow
of knowing of his tragic and tin"
timely death.
Since above was in type, xve re
'■em* another report of the acci
dent. differing somewhat *s to de
tail-. but not so as to cause elimi
nation of the article in type.
Thank-, however, to our l>elated
reporter.
PROGRESSIVES
RE-ORGANIZE
Progressives of This County Mot
Saturday and Held Convention.
rO HAVE FULL TICKET THIS FALL
Last Saturday afternoon, pur
suant to call published in the
Northwestern, the progressives of
this county met at the court
house and held their county con
tention. The call was for 2
o’clock, but owing to an error,
the hour \\as not sjiecified in the
call and it was between 3 and 4
o'clock before a sufficient number
had assembled to call the meeting
to order, principally on account
of the fanners being so busy in
their fields. E. F. Jones called
the meeting to order and read the
call. R. L. Arthur was selected
as chairman of the meeting and
central committee, with power to
select his own central committee
men from the various precincts.
E. F. Jones was elected as secre
tary. The following delegates
were elected to attend the state
convention at Lincoln the 29th:
A. L. Zimmerman and E. F.
Jones of Loup City: E. H. Rob
inson of Hazard; A. E. Wanek of
Ashton, Carl de la Motte of Haz
ard" David Kay of Logan and
George Curry of Elm: Mr. Zim
merman being selected as the de
legate at large. While no other
business was done, it has been in
sisted oy members of that party
that a full county and legislative
ticket will be put in the fold here
this fall.
On last Saturday, when Charlie
French was mowing among the
tall trees on the court house
square with a big horse mower,
he nearly clipi>ed off the top of
the little court house in the grass.
However, the clippers were set
quite high and the court house,
though touched, was not damaged.
Let us build a larger structure and
nvoid the worry and risk.
Is $75,000.00 to Much
for a New Court House
Tin* imputation of Sherman
county it l*etwecn 8,0<h) and 1<»,
"00 people. The conservative ap
proximate value of Slierman coun
ty's taxable pro|>ety is $25,00",-1
"«JU, of which $75,000 is 3-l0thsI
of 1 |»*r cent, (iranting the net
wealth of the average farmer of
Sherman county is $5,000, of
which 3-lot I is of 1 per cent is $15,1
tiiat is the limit of credit he
could justify hitnself in askingfor;
or assuming, were nc to practice
in his personal affairs what he
pmuiits in county affairs. The
almve thoroughly illustrates the
folly of the contention that $75,
<xx* is too much for between 8.00"
and lO,000 people worth $25,000,
000 to borrow on 10 years’time at
4 1-2 percent optional payments.
This is not only a much needed
improvement but a very necessa
ry one as well; one we should all
support and can well be proud of.
This is not a Loup City proposi
tion, but a proposition of intense
interest to every citizen of Sher
man county. Let us practice in
our county affairs what every
good citizen practices in his per
sonal affairs, and go the polls on
June 30, 1914. and vote for this
much needed and most necessary
improvement for our county.
Mrs. Conyers of Illinois and
Mrs. Magruson and Mr. Ogden of
Chapman, aunt, cousin and uncle
of M* 'dames Chase and Waite,
arrived Monday on a visit, the
uncle returning home yesterday
while the ladies remained for a
longer visit.
Mrs. W. T. Owens anti daugh
ter. Bessie, visited over last Sun
day with Mrs. lenders at Arca
dia.
Play Good Ball at
Arcadia Tuesday
w
Arcadia lost to Loup City, Tues
day in a ten inning game, by a
score of 4 and 3. Loup City had
three of Sherman eouuty’s fastest
ball players. Rowe. Gilbert and
Prichard. The game was featured
by the hitting of Gilbert and i
Prichard, and clever base running
by Lofhohn for Loup. Sensa
tional stojh. by Ward and fielding
of Charlton for Arcadia.
Batteries—Loup City, Dieterich
and Conger: Arcadia, Callen and
Hollingshead. Umpire, Bill Cal
len whose eyesight was very, very
bad.
For Representative
of Valley County
Jolly J. B. O'Bryan was over
from Ord this week greeting old
friends. Sunday's Bee contains
Joe’s picture, with a fine write-up
of everybody's friend, giving an
account of the time he saved his
train from tornado wreck a year
or two ago on the Ord branch.
By the way, J. B. has filed for
the democratic nominatian for re
presentative in Valley county, and
if the people of that county feel
towards him as do the people of our
county, nothing short of a cyclone
that would sweep him off the face
of the earth can prevent him from
winning out, politics or no politics.
The Mesdames Larson and
Morris entertained the ladies of
the Entre Nous club Tuesday af
ternoon, while Mrs. MeCray en
tertained the club a few days pre
vious, in each instance the club
members being royally entertain
ed.
Thos. Daddow was a passenger
for Omaha Tuesday morning,
where he went to secure a new
film machine for his picture show.
DEATH OF MERLE
McLaughlin
Passes Away at a Hospital is Omaha
After a Brief lllnoss.
FUNERAL 2 O’CLOCK WEDNESDAY
On Monday morning of this
week, June 22. 1914, at about 7:40
o'clock, Merle McLaughlin of this
city, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. McLaughlin, passed away
at a hospital in Omaha, where he
went last week Tuesday noon for
treatment. The body was brought
in from that city Tuesday even
ing and the funeral occurred from
the Methodist church at 2 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, under the
auspices of the W. O. W. lodge,
of which he became a member a
■few weeks since, when the same
was organized here. Deceased
was one of our very best and most
enterprising young men, had
had studied for. graduated in and
was practicing his profession as
undertaker and embalmer, in
which he was most proficient.
Some few weeks ago he was taken
ill and for a time life hnmg by a
slender thread, hut later he became
convalescent and was thought to
be on the fair road to recovery.
On Tuesday mentioned above he
went to a hospital at Omaha and
only the day prooeding his death
cheering words had been received
that he was doing nicely, but the
result above proves otherwise. In
his death Loup City mourns the
loss of an exemplary young man
and one who had much promise of
a long and useful life, and who
left a large circle of warm friends
who will feel heartfelt sorrow and
sympathy with parents, brothers
and sisters who are called upon to
suffer the loss of their loved one.
Popular Young
Couple Wedded
The Northwestern last week re
ceived the following inleresting
announcement of the nuptials of
two popular young Loup City
people; which occurred at Galva,
Ills.:
“Mr. Edgar B. Foster and Miss
Lettie M. Peugh married Tuesday
the 16th of June, 1914, Galva,
Ills. At home after July 8, 19
14,”
Following the receipt of the
wedding card, came the Galva
News, with the report of the in
teresting event as below:
A very pretty June wedding
was solemnized in the evening of
Tuesday June the sixteenth, at
home of Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Peugh of Galva when their
daughter Lettie Myrtle and Mr.
Edgar B. Foster were united in
; marriage.
Promptly at eight oelock to the
strains of Lohengrin's Bridal
Chorus played by Miss Zelda
Peugh, Rev.H.M.Bloomer, pastor
of the M.E.church of this city
preceaea me oriaai couple
down the stairway into the living
room where he spoke the words
that united them for life.
The bride’s gown was imported
white voile, embroidered, with
deep tunic of shadow lace, the
shadow lace also being draped and
held in place over the waist by a
white rose. The bride carried a
bouquet of white roses.
After congratulations, tables
with place cards were arranged
for the fifty guests and a nice I
three course luncheon was served
by the Misses Margaret Hurlbutt,
Nellie McKanna, Marion Hurl
butt and Zelda Peugh.
Many beautiful and useful pre
sents were received.
After a brief time spent with
friends and relatives, Mr. and
Mrs. Foster will leave for their
future home in Loup City, Nebr.,
where the groom has for the past
four years been an employee of
civil service.—News.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John A Peugh, former
ly of this county, and who re
moved tc Galva some months ago
to make their home. She has
proven one of our most accom
plished teachers in the rural
schools, and is very popular with
her large circle of friends. The
groom is carrier on Route one out
of this city, and has grown to
manhood in our midst, is a steady,
energetic, rising young man silso
popular with his legion of friends.
The Northwestern wishes for
them one continual round of
pleasure and prosperity through
life.
SOME SHERMAN
COUNTY HISTORY
George E. Benschoter of the Custer
County Republicsn Writes.
SOME IHTERESTING FACTS.
.Tune 30th, is the date set by
the board of suj>ervisors of Sher
man county to take another vote
on the court house proposition.
Perhaps we are more interested in
the success of this grand enter
prise than most outsiders because
Loup City ami Sherman county is
our old home and we hope for the
success of the effort this time.
Sherman county needs a new
court house as bad or worse than
any county in the state. The old
one was built in the early seven
ties and has served its usefulness. ]
The opposition to the enterprise '
talks about the expense of the one j
now old and out of date. If they j
will consult the records they will!
find that the first bonded indebt- j
edness of that county was for only ,
$25,000 which amount was voted j
to build a court house and also to j
build a bridge across the Middle
Loup and to bridge other small
streams in the county. From the
sale of these bonds both court
house and bridges were built.
And it might be of interest to
know that the bridge cost as much
as the court house, since in those
days the materials were freighted
overland at a great distance.
Most of the bridge timbers from
Grand Island. The piling for
that bridge was taken from the
Cedar Canyons of Custer county,
then government land, and it took
about four days for a man and
team to make the trip. The brick
for the old court house was made
i from the trid day soii south of
' Loup City. It proved to be of
good quality and the Sherman
county court house although small
and inadequate, still stands.—Geo.
E. Benschoter, Custer County Re
publican.
LOUP CITY USES
WIND FOR POWER
Pumps With Three Big Wind Mills For City Owned Water System Suffieieet
Water For All Purposes.
COST OF PLANT ABOUT $39,000.00
Very little has been said and
written of LoupCity’s water works
system in the past, but that's not
saying but that it is one of the best
and cheapest and most satisfying
of any within our knowledge in
central Nebraska. We are pretty
certain of wind, off an on, in the
west, and Loup City has taken
advantage of that fact in putting
in it's city system of warer for
both public and private utility.
With good reservoirs, the city
supply of water for all purposes
and in sufficient quantities can al
ways be relied upon. But let us
at this time give our readers some
idea of the system, to prove our
contentions above.
There are three windmills lo
cated on the hill just north of the
city, one an 18-foot wheel and two
22-foot wheels. One of the
wheels, by the aid of a walking
beam, pumps from two wells, so
that we have three windmills and
four wells. The wells are from
165 to 180 feet in depth and
reached by piping ranging from 5
to 8 inches in diameter. Each
mill has a 16-inch stroke and in a
steady wind run about 26 strokes
to the minute.
About four years ago, a gaso
line engine was installed near the
mills for emergency puri>oses, but
has never been used. In fact un
der ordinary circumstances, but
two of the mills have been requir
ed during the seven years they
have been used by the city, and
never during all that time has the
Disastrous Hail Storm
Visits Sherman County
Saturday night, or rather about
2 o'clock last Sunday morning,
Loup City was visited by a heavy
rain of some 86-lOOths, which did
some damage by the accompany
ing hail to the crops of farmers in
a strip from Joe Kowalewski's in
Webster township in an easterly
direction into Oak Creek. Sun
day night about midnight another
rain of one and three-quarters
inch followed, but did no serious
damage, save flooding the some
tract of land west of the creamery
which was overflowed following
the big rain of a week previous.
Norton Lambeft and wife,
Frank Daddow and wife and Miss
Mable Daddow were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Balliman at
St. Paul over last Sunday, it be
ing the anniversary of M rs. Balli
man *s birthday.
R. P. Starr Denies
Being Candidate
The State Journal of a few days
sinee has quite a lengthy article
and supposed interview with R.
P. Starr of this city, in which the
Journal gave the impression that
Mr. Starr was going to make an
other try for the state senutorship
from this district, comprising
Sherman, Buffalo and Kearney
counties. Space prevents us from
publishing the article entire, but
in an interview with Mr. Starr,
he insists he has not made up his
mind to again enter the race, al
though acknowledging that he
would like to serve a term in the
upper body of the state legislat
ure and for which he is well quali
fied we all will admit. However,
the fact that the progressives pro
pose to put up a candidate for the
senate, while the democrats will
tip the Wink for the same honor,
make it a three cornered fight,
with an almost mortal cinch on
the dems winning, and it is doubt
ful if Mr. Starr will conclude to
get in the race.
A three.fourth inch rain, with
some hail visited this city Tuesday
evening,
Among the losers in the hail
I storm that passed through this
county last Saturday night was
our good friend, Ben Klimper,
who estimates his losses at fully
$1,000, but added that the follow
ing evening he was a gainer by at
least $5,000, in that the stork
brought to the home a fine baby
I lx>y. That was a splendid gain
all right, all right, and the North
western offers choicest congratu
i ,
lations.
A. Erazim, wife and daughter,
Mrs. Tony Hlava, and her infant
daughter, visited over last Sun
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus. Lorentz, returning home
Monday, taking Master Arnold
Lorentz, with them for a protract
ed visit.
Pastor Leaves for
His Now Home
Rev. Jueling and family leave
at noon today for their new home
in northern Colorado. Rev. Juel
ing has made a splendid reputa
tion as pastor of the German
church here and built the society
up nicely, and he and his wife
have made a legion of choice
friends. His new charge is com
posed of a large membership and
a field many times larger than
here. May success attend them in
| their new home and field of labor.
city been without plenty of fire
protection and plenty of water
for users. The weather does not
affect the working qualities of the
mills. The mill pumping from
the two walls works in good order
but does not give any better ser
vice, generally speaking, than do
the others.
The two reservoirs are near the
mills. One is 45 feet in diameter
and 10 feet deep and was used for
20 years, when the city used
steam pumps located near some
wells down town. The new reser
voir is of concrete, 30x80 feet,
with a depth of 10 feet, and both
reservoirs have a calculated capa
city of 8,215 barrels, or 258,799
gallons. These reservoirs are 90
feet above the sidewalk of the
First National bank, which is
about an average of the general
level of the city. They supply 147
users and 36 hydrants, through 4
and 6 inch mains, of which there
are 51 blocks, or about a length of
three and three-fourths miles.
The water pressure is 45 pounds.
The water is clear as crystal, even
when first pumped. The average
consumer pays but little over $4 a
year for water, including house
hold use, lawn and other purposes,
the minimum charge being $1 per
quarter.
The cost of install]ing the sys
tem, including, of course, all pip
ing, etc, which had been built
when the windmills were put up,
all being used at this time, is $39,
<50O. Little or no income was de
rived from the system for a num
ber of years but recently the sale
of water brings in about $400 per
year, which includes a water com
missioner and up-keep. The wind
mills require very little attention,
a man visiting them once each day
at a cost of about $10 per month,
including in the above mainten
ance. In a large measure they are
self-adjusting, so that they auto
matically slow up in high winds.
I)oup City hauls no coal or cin
ders. • Has no smokestacks or fire
sparks. Requires no expensive
building in which to house a stem
pumping works, on which to carry
insurance and repairs; all steam
system repair is eliminated.
Thus in a few words is given a
short history of the Loup City’s
water system, which, as we said
above, is one of the best and
cheapest in the mid-west.
Much Like the
Old One-Lunger
Winthrop (Minn.) News: “These
chronic kickers, the kind that
lack the ability to do anything
themselves and ascribe an ulterior
and selfish motive for every pub
lic enterprise, remind one of the
old style one lung automobile.
You can hear their exhaust afar
off they are always making a loud
noise, but never get anywhere
and do not make progress them
selves but keep the main traveled
path where others who do want to
get some where have to turn out
and go around. They easily short
circuit, for every time they put
their hands in their pockets and
touch their pocketbooks their
enthusiasm oozes out. Their ra
diator steams a little all the time
and any enterprise that seems li
able to cause a raise in taxes, no
matter how light, causes it to
boil over. The carburetor is
never working right, due to the
mixture, which is mostly hot air.
They have a blowout on the
street corner about once a day.
Their clutch is always slipping
for no matter how much energy
is expended they never go for
ward. About the only mechan
ism that is always working is the
reverse,”
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