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COURT HOUSE BONDS DEFEATED 203, NOW LITCHFIED CONE THROUGH WITH YOUR $65,000.00 PROPOSITION Loup City Northwestern * » - OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA.' LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ volume xxxiii loop city, Nebraska, Thursday. July 2, mu ncmber3o BIG DELEGATION GOES TO GREELEY A Special Frea Leap City Takes a the Dedication ef the Greeley County Court Geese. LMP cm LIVE WIRES CAPTURE GREELEY A train iual of four coaches went over the Burlington last Thursday to <trreiey Center to at tend the dalnlKin of tlieir new euwrt bouse. -tart mg out with aiaatt 1> enthusiasts. which was agutnentcd at tbe various point* ett route. tiU by tbe ume it reach ed our sister county seat over 3mi people. men wumen and child n*n. had joined the crowd of LoupCity luuOrrs and took into Greeley t enlrr a»**u< the largest and live liest lane h «*f humanity ever brought >** a like ooea*ioii. From the -tart till the return home, it was one continual round cf plea sure and tiie yulliest. lest natured crowd that everg*< together. The excursion was one of the quickest arranged in history. On Wed nesday morning, some five of Loip City's boosters got together, imiifei for the train service and by evening had secured enough ieupir to make the event a success and by » o'ctork the next morn ing. when the train went whizzing ■ait of Inwn. the Loup City' Cor net Band playing lively airs, those left behind found tbe city practi cally deserted and a long felt want to go along pervading every mut ■ Uu found tt lutpueit*- U> oo au. At Ashton, a Iwocb of boys, mak ing up in enthusiasm what was lacking in ilumbers, joined in with the merry crowd, and at each pmutto St. Paul more were added. Reaching St. Paul, a halt wa> taken for Ju minutes to allow th excursionists to mar> h to the new Howard county court house in pro cre, uf erection, and view the kind of a -4nature which Sherman county ha» liorn trying to secure in the two past elections. Here sue 43 of St. Paul's last people ai<i«d their numder to the boost ers. the crowd being augmented at each » «ceding station. Palmer adding perhaps t'->. and mi on till Wdiwi was reached wtien near ly one hundred crowded into the cars, followed at Brmytoii by an other large numlier. until by Un tune (ins-in Center was readied only the Mind haggage. tl>e Immpers or the roofs of the cars could hare arortutnudaled more, while standing n«*tu was at a premium. Reaching Uie scene of the festivities. the excursionists, headed by the lani married to the court huwar. where a stand had been erected and where sever hundred js-ople were gathered listening to the orators of the or Net-Mayor Starr Closes Bisioess Imat Thursday, while a targe prmmlag** of the liutiium element of hasp Citjr. including tlie hud of oar city administration, had gone to assist in dedicating tlie near lireeley county court bouse, a mutiny was formed by those re maning against any awl all busi ness taring transacted, and with ■min* aforethought and intent to crush out all mml dance of financial affairs. Citjr Attorney Starr, act ing as the nut-mayor, was pre vailed upon, and did then and there war a |>n« laimatiun. dos ing all banka, business houses, and ail aeanblence of financial activity, ami turned the city over to a day of idleness!, fun and frolic, under penalty for diaobediance of same. With alacrity, whatever that means the few remaining, and sorrowing population lucked and put crape ua the doors, and mourn fully proceeded to Jcnner ball park, took free possession of same and witnemed about the poorest and most painfully constructed program that has ever been casion. After the program was over tlie people thronged through ilie new court house, examining it in every detail, and all acknow ledging that Greeley county had their money’s worth and then some in the construction of their tine fireproof building, which was secured by a majority of only one vote, yet in the hours we were there we never heard a regret ex pressed tliat the election had car n*-d and the county had secured the great civic improvement. At n o'clock, the excursionist started on their return home, arriving at p. m., and were met by all the stay-at-homes, who gathered at tin* train with an assortment of din dispensers to welcome the train. It was tlie concensus of opinion that while the Greeley county court house was all that could la* expected from the amount of monies voted, yet the Howard county court house in its ap|Niintments more nearly appeal t*» their artistic eye. and with the expressed ho|a* that Sherman county s new court house might ><e built along the later lines. From ever)’ source.eonnected with the Greeley county court house we heard uuiy words of praise for the splendid work done by Ohlsen £ >on. Loup City’s contractors, who hail builded it along thfc very liest lines, and in a workmanlike manner. » SAYS TOWN IS OVER CHNRCHEO _ Citizen of Woof Side Thinks Fhro An Far Too Many For Town of 300. TWO All THAT ARE HECCESSARY i _ In Litchfield, a little town of less than 390 people in Sherman county, thpre are five church or ganizations: Disciples, Methodist, Presbyterian, United Brethem and German Lutheran. Four ministers live in this town, and lives in Hazard about eight miles distant, coming to Litchfield to preach. All told there are not three hundred church members in all the churches. There are four church buildings. None of the ministers receive more than half as much salary as a man ought to have to live on respectably. The organization that has no building is now making an effort to build a church. _ These facts are furnished by a citizen of Litchfield, who adds: "Cannot these Christian organiza tions make some arrangement to prevent this? It is neither good business, common sense nor relig ion to try to support these five churches in a little town like this Two churches at the very outside estimate is all that this town needs, and why should Christian people who are striving toward the same end be parties to perpetuating a condition of things that goes to defeat the very thing they are striving for? Any person with any mind knows that by dividing up their influence in the commun ity. A minister with only half enough to live on can not possibly do his best work in that commun ity. A little handful of people struggling to make ends meet and keep their churches going can not possibly make the impression on that community that one or two good strong churches well equip I>ed and well supported could do. In the name of common sense, in the interest of good business, in the interest of our common Christianity—I say, can not these conditions be remedied T’—State Journal. Young Man Drowns in the Beaver River (ieorge Bushouson. a young utan residing at Ravenna, was drowned in Beaver Creek at that place on Tuesday evening when he. in couipain with several com I anions. attempted to cross the 'irearn. in a small boat just below the mill dam. where the water is deep and very swift. The boat eajisized and threw the occupants into the water. Tliey ait tempted to swim out hut the whirl of the water tielow the dam was tod strong and before he could be reached, young Bushousen was carried under. The other two companions escaped with the aid of a fishing pole reached out by a fisherman on the bank, but before they could grab their friend, he was taken under the water. Parties were organized Tuesday evening to drag the river but the high water from the recent storms, made it almost impossible to do anything. Up to Wednesday noon, the body had not been re covered. Bushousen lived with i his parents here who are highly respected people. ground out in the city. In order that we may not be following |»n»g-rammed home: Bawl game at the park; pedal push, usually termed f«»ot race, between Felix lVdler aud Joe Makowski; agoniz ing oratory by Anheiser Beush, which did not materialize, etc. Worse and more of it. J. W. Itougal was put in grand marshall of tin* day, ordered the ]>opulace to do its worst and then skipped for tire tall timiier so that he might be absent during the agonies Bill (iraefa elected himself master of ceremonies and then uncere moneousl.v absconded. At the close of the awful day, the ’dis gruntled ones. (taking in every body). gathered up all the old tin pans, and hideons-noise articles lying around loose, formed in a mob and laid in wait at the depot for the innocents from Greeley, who upon arriving home capitu I lated aod vowed a vow that if they would forget it they would never go away again till the fiext time, after which piece was re stored. Carl Henry Lueck. Jr., of Val ley county and Virgie May De witt of Sherman county secured a license to wed from our urbane county judge on the 29th instant. Yes We Feel Pretty Good The Northwestern is highly pleased with the satisfactory num ber of new readers being added to our list of late. We acknowledge having lost a few disgruntled ones because of our standing on the court house proposition, but the the loss has been made up many times dver by good people, both for and against the proposition, who are willing to allow the right to others that they claim for themselves, that of saying and do ing as they deem best according to their own ideas and beliefs, hence take the place on our grow ing list of those who would muz zle the press or refuses to slide down the editorial cellar door. The Northwestern always believes in toting fair and indulges in no abuse of those who see things from another angle. Vinegar is not just the article to catch flies with, and aloes tinctured com ment either through the editorial pen or private mouthings win nothing in this latter day and age, and more often acts like a boome rang. A GOOD WORD for Sunday TIn Editor's Prudwr |sr Critwizss Critics of Croat Evangelist one vwvn age ^■vaaai^wnaos* A MAD WITH PASSION FOI SOHLS - ~ « Merriman. Nebr., June, 1914. —Dear Father: A few issues ago there appeared in the columns of of the Northwestern an article en titled . “Commercializing the Word of Jesus Christ.'’ Permit me to make some comments on the article. I had the privilege and pleasure of listen to this man of God in Columbusi Ohio, in February of last year. He is a man with a passion for souls, sin cere, earnest and honest Any one seeing his work, hearing of it, knowing of it, and disbeliev ing that the evangelist’s heart’s desire is for the salvation of souls rather that foa worldly gain, must be blinded by prejudice or the devil. As for the money Rev. Sunday receives for his work, it is only that whichAhe people free ly gives. He has among his as sistants many who could demand large salaries in other walks of life—leaders in song, blble teach ers, assistant preachers,—who re ceive as compensation only from the free will offerings made to the evangelist We are reliably in formed that the evangelist is sup porting a charitable institution in one of the southern states from the offerings received ip evange listic work. People pay out thousands of dollars yearly to maintain church es in which there is not apparent ly a conversion from one yesr’s end to another. The average cost of the conversion of a soul in the churches today is $2,000. W ho, that have loved ones on the road to hell would not pay even more out of pure gratitude for the sal vation of that soul ? Rev. Sunday, when he was a player for the White Sox, re ceived a good salary, and isn’t his present occupation of greater value to the public than playing ball? God had rich servants in> olden times, and has today, and if he should make Rev. Sunday a millionaire why should we com plain ? If the people give this man of God large amounts, let us not condemn him, but rather praise God that some people are begin ning to paythe Lord the money they have been robbing Him of. Rev. Sunday says that if it were not for the lazy Christians, they wouldn’t need him to hold revi vals. So, in conclusion, instead of complaining about this evangelist, let us get busy and do our part of God’s work, and, as the old Ger man said to his boy, “Think what you talk.” Frank W. Burleigh, Pastor M. E. Church. Mrs, S. F. Reynolds, who has been visiting in Chicago for some time, returned home the first of the week, accompanied by her niece, Mrs. Nellie McDanall. John W. Long and Rev. S. V. Slocumb, accompanied by Masters Johnny Long and Raymond Slo cumb left yesterday morning for a two week’s trip up into Minne sota on the lakes. They were joined at Linooln by W. R. Mel lon - ♦ W. R. Mellor came up from Lincoln Monday evening, deposit ed his vote for the new court bouse proposition and returned to the capital immediately as his official duties were so pressing ' that he admitted nothing short of such a much needed civic improve ment here could have enticed him away. Tuesday Morning of this week brought nearly an inch and a quarter of heavy rain. The mut tering of the elements began about 3 o’clock in tbs morning but did not get action to guy ex tent till about 7 o’clock. TAKE AUTO HONEYMOON ' Mr Blaska Springs a Surprise on His Friends MARRIED IN OMAHA ON THE 16 Our friend John Balska perpe trated a surprise on his friends some two weeks ago, by taking unto himself a wife, nor let his friends know of his intentions be fore hand. On the 16th of this month, he and Miss Ruth Johnson daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. G. F. Johnson, drove to Ravenna by ! auto, going from there to Omaha, where they were united .wedlock by the Rev. Titus Lowe of the First M. E. church of that city. John then purchased a new 5-pas senger Maxwell and he and his bride drove in the car to Holyoke, Colo., to visit a sister of Mrs. Blaska, Mrs. Conquest, arriving there Saturday evening and visit ing till the lollowing Wednesday, when they started for home, ar riving here Thursday evening of last week. John has been busy since distributing cigars among his many friends. The groom is one of our very best young men and part owner in the Blaska Woznick garage, while the bride is one of Loup City’s most charm ing girls and for some time past one of the telephone girls at cen tral. They went to housekeeping Monday in the Pedler cottage just east of the Sweetland business; block. The Northwestern, with our entire people, will wish them bon voyage through life, —, A marriage license was issued , June 29th to Fred Psota of Haz ard and Emma Kostel of Bristol, County Judge Smith also marry ing the happy couple. THE COURT HOUSE BONDS DEFEATED $75,000.00 Cburt House Bonds Proposition Defeated by the Decisive Ma jority of 203 Votes. VERY LARGE VOTE REGISTERED. We regret to register that the bond proposition for $75,oOO for the building of a new and up-to date court house for Sherman county went down to defeat Tues day of this week by what might be deemed a “slaughter of the innocents," in that by a large ma jority the voters said "nix'' to having their records made per fectly safe and in a building that would be an honor and pride to county: and are willing that the old, rediculous, unshnitary mas terpiece of architecture and tire trap should still remain in the court house square to shame the county in the eyes of that much of the world as are aware of its existence. The fact that the first election was only lost by the small majori ty j>f 13 votes, gave the exponents if a modern and up-to-date build ing the impression that if another election were held those who voted for it would stand pat, while from what could be learned it was felt issured that in event of a second election a safe number would vote to easily carry the proposition, rhat was where the people favor ing the bonds fell down, as was witnessed Tuesday when over 2<X> nore voters registered their wish es, and in over that number de feated the bond election. The. mpining of election was jshered in with a heavy rain over the county precluding work in the ields and so the voters turned out *n masse, the total vote register 'd being 1687, or one of theheavi 'st registrations ever in the coun y, showing the intense interest aken in the result. Just what the _ _ __ -I Annual School Election Held Last Monday The annual school election was hekl Monday. A goodly number were present and much interest was manifest. The report of the treasurer showed a balance on hand of a fraction over $8,000. be sides some amount in the hands of the county treasurer not shown in the report, but just how much we have not the figures before us. Upon this showing, it was deter mined to cut the levy from that of last year at 31 mills down to 7$ mills—a 23$ mills reduction, or 40 per cent from the levy of last year. It was felt that with the over §8,000 surplus on hand, with the tuitions from outside students, the saloon licenses, etc., and the 7i mill levy, sufficient funds would accumulate for all expenses and thus make the great saving of 24^ mills to the taxpayers. Mrs. A. B. Outhouse and Mrs. J. W. Amick were elected as school trustees, vice J. S. Pedler and S. E. Gallaway, whose terms had ex pired. Base Ball Games of the Past Week Ashton, Neb., June 28, Ashton defeated Boelus here Sunday in a game that was featured by heavy hitting, H. Seeber, Treon, Prich- • ird, Galczenski and Fairfield were the heavy sluggers, Score. Boelus 3100020 0 0 6 Ashton lOilSOTO* 8* Summary: 2 bast hit. Handy; 3 base hit, Galczenski; home run. Gralczenski; double plays, Bozall to Craig, Kwiathowski to Jamrog: stolen bases, Ashton 3; struck out by Treon 5 by Jezewski 2; bases >n balls off Treon 2; left on bases; Boelus 9, Ashton 4; time, 1:55; empires, Hedglin and Davy. Batteries — Ashton, Jezewski uid Prichard; Boelus, Treon and D. Seeber. Rockville, June 28, Farwell was given a second shutout by the locals, this time 9 to 0. Gilbert pitched good ball and his support was fine. The visitors’ pitchers were wild and issued 12 free passes. Score: Farwell 000000000 0 Rockville 50200200* 9 / Summary: Earned runs, Rock ville 2: 2 base hit, Werner; base on balls off Arasmith, 7 in 6 inn ings. off Petersen, 4 in 3 innings, off Gilbert 1; hit by pitcher, Stott by Arasmith; struck out by Ara smith4 .by Petersen 4, by Gilbert 8; hits off Arasmith 7, off Peter sen none; wild pitch Arasmith, Petersen; passed ball Jacobsen 3; left on bases, Farwell 3, Rockville 10; time 1:35; umpire, L. Coulter; scorers, Dilla and Leclmer. Batteries — Farwell, Petersen, Arasmith and Jacobsen; Rockville, Gilbert and Sterzbach. In the Dannebrog-Elba game, Elba won by a score of 4 to 1. Batteries — Elba, Summovick and Fofeita; Dannebrog, Petersen and Rogers. STANDING OF TEAMS Club W. L. Perct. Elba 9 3 750 Rockville 7 3 700 Ashton 6 3 667 Dannebrog 4 5 444 Boelus 4 8 333 Farwell 1 9 100 Mrs. Hall of Coshocton, Ohio, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. S. K. McFadden, for some time, returned home last Friday. future may be is still up in the air. Some favor the calling of a new election at once; others favor wait ing till general election; some wishing to wait till the county is out of debt, and yet others favor ing propositions submitted in vari ous sums. Meanwhile, the un safe and unsanitary old bump in the center of the public square * stands as an eyesore, with the re cords of every property holder in the county in danger, with a pos sibility of untold litigation incase of their destruction, as history of may nother counties will attest, whose property owners have had to pay thousands of dollars to get their titles and records cleared and put in proper shape following the destruction of same when their court houses were destroyed by tire. Is it a safe proposition to let matters drift? r oliowmg* is the vote in detail by precincts: Yes No Oak Creek 10 69 Logan 44 25 M ashington 46 28 Elm 8 71 Webster 61 10 Loup City 383 42 Ashton 51 88 Rockville 35 111 Clay 37 57 Harrison 15 215 Hazard 46 66 Scott 0 86 Bristol 4 76 Total 742 945 Majority against 203 Sventner Fined $500 and Costs State Food Commissioner Har man has received word from St. Paul that Mike Svantner, a butcher, pleaded guilty of the charge of selling meat from a hog that died of disease. County Judge M. D. Smith imposed a fine of $500 and costs. This is the largest fine ever imposed under the pure food law of Nebraska. George Mayo of North Loup, inspector for the district in which St. Paul, inspector E. C. Kemble, had charge of the case against Svantner.—Lincoln News. • — S. A. Pratt and wife were over from Hazard Monday for a few hours, returning home in the evening. To the Voters of Sherman County In another column this week will be found the announcement of Mrs. Ethel Pearson Heapy as a candidate for the office of county superintendent of schools, subject to the wish of the republican voters at the coming primary election. Mrs. Heapy is one of Sherman county’s most popular teachers and is well and favorably known in our educational circles. She is considered one of the bright est women in the county and from all sides we bear her spoken of In the most complimentary manner. From what we kuow and hear of Mrs. Heapy, we can assure our readers that they can make no mistake in assisting in giving the lady the nomination and subse quent election. Mrs. Bid Taylor returned home to Council Bluffs yesterday morn ing accompanied ksf her brother, Howard Adamses. A number tgjgbds of Mr. md Mrs. John Hfonpnve her a Lin shower at Tuesday