COURT HOUSE BONDS DEFEATED 203, NOW LITCHFIED CONE THROUGH WITH YOUR $65,000.00 PROPOSITION
Loup City Northwestern
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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.
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SAYS TOWN IS
OVER CHNRCHEO
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Citizen of Woof Side Thinks Fhro An
Far Too Many For Town of 300.
TWO All THAT ARE HECCESSARY
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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