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Loup City Northwestern i OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA.JUT 1 LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ VOLUME XXXI11 LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. July 23, 1914. NUMBER33 MILLER WINS OVER FARMER ^ Fastest md lest Wresting Came Ever Held in Loup City, Witnessed by Faaa at Opera House Last Thursday Right HONORS EVER AS TO FALLS. Tie* most exciting mat game e\*-r p iord off in this city was I tiiat of last Thursday evening when our local man. W arren Miller, finished best over Fanner Kersen brot k of Lincoln, one of tlie be-t • re-tiers of the slate. Tbe wrestle wax to a finish, if it took all night, but it didn't, and tbe re-aits were surprising to the fans present as well as to tbe princi pals. !-om** weeks ago. Miller and Kersenbrock wrestled here at the opera bouse one hour and a half lu a draw. Neither side was sat isfied with tlie results and a match was talked of for a big stake but failed to materialize, so when match wa- made between to men for tbe gal* rec*ij»ts, the fans were somewhat sceptical that another draw would result, lienee tlie crowd at tbe opera house to see t!«e -port was not more than half that of tlie first contest between the two men. And that is where the alr-cutee- got left, for from tbe start it was evident that no draw would result, both being in lhr game to win. As time was called by Referee Mutick. tlie big fellows sprang for tbe center of tbe mat and hardi.v waited for tbe customary hand clasp lief ore tliej broke lose and the royal battle was on. While tbe meeting before was with Mil ler the agre-sor and Kersenbrock on the defensive for nearly the entire time, this tune lioth men were aggressors and not a moment elapsed that there was not some thing doing till at the end of 18 nvni.tr- Kersenbrock clam|ied a half-Nelson and c rotch hold on Miller and slowly pinned the hit ter's shoulders to tlie mat. At call of time again, both -prang forward, clinched and while the first round was thought to Is* about as fast as the men could go. the -econd was so much fa-ter that it was -imply a whirl wind of action, so quick were the men in getting and breaking holds and squirming out of seemingly impossible situations. Miller tame l«atk even stronger than iie fore. seemingly frenzied over his first fall and showed strength and agility tiiat was a wonderful sur prise even to hi- warmest adher ents. both men were many tink's in critical danger, hut with light ning-like rapidity broke away, honors being even till at ‘be close of just la minutes. Miller secured a banunerlock on Kerseubruck's left arm and in (lie must excru ciating agon> forced tlie Farmer's si*Hildrni to Ute mat, and so se verely was the re-ult tiiat for per haps three minutes tlie Utter lay in the same position with his arm Accidently Electrocited Mr*. J. L Depew of this city ha* received the distressing news of the untimely death of a nephew Don Papendk-k. a telephone line man at (ireeley. Colo., who was killed on the ikh instant by an electric shuck. We tiave received no furtlier particulars of the sad case. The young man was a son of Mrs. Depew's youngest sister, of Katiidrum. Idaho, and brother of Roy Papertdick who made many friend* while here visiting the De pews last Christmas time. The many friend* of Mrs. Depew will grieve, with her over the sorrow that baa come to her. under him, unable to move that member and his arm had to be pulled from under, when it was found that the tendons at the el bow were so badly torn that he was unable to continue and he courteously conceded the result to Miller, explaining that his arm was in such a condition that he was utterly unable to goon again, the hammerlock having been se cured on the arm which had been slightly injured a week previous in handling a piano, but not deem ing the injury at the time suffici ent to cancel the match. However, Kersenbrock assures the editor of the Northwestern that as soon as his arm has sufficiently recovered and his condition in proper shape he will write us and challenge Miller to another contest, when he thinks he will be able to throw the latter. Mr. Kersenbrock is a very pleasant and courteous gen tleman and has made many friends in his two visits to our city, and while, of course, local pride exists over Miller's good fortune, yet much regret is felt over the in jury to Mr. Kersenbrock's arm and lioj*e is expressed that he may soon be physically in good shape. AGED MAN HIT BY FAST TRAIN Frank Vavra, 71 Years Old Was Hit by Incoming Passenger. MAY RECOVER REGARDLESS AGE. Last Friday evening Frank Va vra, aged 71 years, was hit by the C. B. & Q. passenger train as it pulled into town. The old man had been up town and was returning home with a pail of beer, and as his custom was, was crossing the track back of the Ravenna creamery. There | is a path there that is used by peo ple in the northeast part of town in going and coming. It is not at the regular crossing. In crossing the track Mr. Vavra evidently did nc t see and of course did not hear the train till it was close upon him. When he did see it he evidently became dazed and turned about to face the train and threw up his hands to face the impending blow. He was evidently hit by the cow catcher and thrown off the track, for there are marks on his shins that would indicate his being thus hit. He was also hit in the mouth his lip being severely cut and three teeth knocked out. There is also a bruise across the lower part of his breast and other minor injuries. That he was not killed is a won der. Of course help came at once from different directions and the j train crew, the train being im mediately stopped, came to his as i sistance. A Quiz reporter was one of the tirst to render help. The old man was taken to hie home and Dr. Haldeman was called. The doctor reports the okl mas getting along well for the number of his injuries and considering his years.—Ord Quiz. Old Settler Leaves For New Home in Iowa The Graack brothers, of Logan township, so well and favorably known to our jieople, having lived here for years and did all their farming and other business under that name, have dissolved busi ne>s by mutual consent, Peter Graack, recently married, having sold his interests to his brother, Hans, and moved to Iowa with his bride. The brothers were among our good and substantial farmers. ! and while we regret either one leaving us, our people may be congratulated on the fact that one brother stays with us. Cash Conger was up from Dan nebrog last Saturday shaking hands with his many friends. If it were not for making Stewart, Jimmy, Irvin and Ashley feel sore at us, we would say that Cash was the best looking one of that bunch of good brothers. Constitutional Amendments The coming Nebraska election this year finds the initiative and referendum for the first time oper ating in this state. The period has now elapsed during which jietitions may lie filed to place measures on the ballot for direct, legislation, so we may safely take a su rvey and make a complete in ventory. The official ballot at the Novem ber election will contain sevsn state-wide propositions on which the voters will be called upon to pass, three of them constitutional amendment proposed by initiative, two measures enacted by the legis lature upon which a referendum has been demanded, and one meas ure which it is difficult to desig nate properly, being an alterna tive proposition adopted by the legislature contingent upon a ref erendum vote. The list is as fol lows: L— Constitutional Amendments Submitted by the I legislature: 1. liaising the salary of the governor and other state execu tives. * t. Eliminating the rule of uni formity in taxation. 3. Permitting three-fourths jury verdict in civil cases. II.— Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Initiation: 4. Giving votes to women. HI—Laws on Which Referendum was evoked: 5. Workmen’s compensation for industrial accidents. C. Appropriation to construct an armory at Nebraska City. IV—Alternative Referendum Or dered by the Legislature: 7. Consolidation of state uni versity and agricultural col lege on suburban site at Lin coln or continued separation by retention of downtown catapus. It must be admitted that for a start this is a sparing use of the initiative and referendum, com mendable to our self-repression, as a number of other proposals which were to have been launched either I were withdrrwn or did not mate rialize. The gfimc, however, is young yet, apd the experience of other initiative apd referendum states lias beep that it is a habit which grows,—Daily Bee, Ptomaine Poison ing From Tomatoes On Tuesday of this week, Art* bur Hancock, who is working for Don Holmes op Route 9, suffered a case of ptomaine poisoning at dinner time from eating canned tomatoes. The boy was quite ill for some time, but on telephoning to Dr. Kearns, and there being a certain medicine in the house that would prove satisfactory in such cases, the doctor gave instructions to take same and fortunately in $ few hours the boy w&s out of danger and at late reports was getting along nicely. 1 OF DEIT1 Mrs. Gorion Snyder, Laid to Rest in Verdurette Cemetery. JOSEPH KOWALSKI, DIED JULY IS. We have received the following account of the sad death of Mrs. Gordon Snyder, so well known here, and whose body was laid to rest in Verdurette cemetery last Friday morning, arriving on the train from the farm near Com stock, where she passed away the Wednesday previous: Mamie M. Knight was born near GleOnville, Clay county, Ne braska, March 9, 1889, residing there until she was 14 years of age, when she removed to Sher man county, later returning to Clay county, residing there until her marriage to F. G. Snyder, on Nov. 4, 1910, the remainder of her life being spent in thccounties of Custer and Sherman. She jtassed from this life at the age of 25 years, 4 months and 6 days. Besides her husband, she leaves an infant daughter. She leaves to mourn her loss her grandparents, five sisters and three brothers, one infant sister preceding her to the Heavenly land. In life she was a consistent member and faithful worser in me an. r.. cnurcn, Hav ing joined at the age of 17 years. She died at her home near Corn stock, July 15, 1914. There was a short service held at the home July 17th. Friday morning, the l>ody was *tken to Loup City, where a hearse was in waiting and the loved form laid to rest in Ver durette cemetery, near the old home place, the funeral sermon being preached by her pastor. Rev, R. H, Chrysler, pastor of the Methodist church of Comstock, near the old home place where she had grown up with the one she loved and to whom she had plighted her marrige vows; near the place of so many sacred and happy associations, and laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery to await the call of the great resur rection. How sad, when we think of the broken family, of the little, motherless babe, oi the al most heartbroken husband and father turning away from the new made grave to bravely face the stern realities of this world and make his life aim to care for the little daughter left him. Bpt our grief is softened by the Christian hope and his happy translation, for when the last moment came, she passed away with a smile on her face, leaving behind her the pain and sickness of this life and entering into the beauties of the glory land, where sickness and sorrow never comes and where she is awaiting the coming of the loved ones she has left for a while. It is not death to die, To leave this weary road, And mid tne brotherhood on high To be at home with God. CABD OF THANKS We, the undersigned, wjsh hereby tp extend pur peartfelt thanks fo a(l kind friends apd neighbors. Sop of Veterans and sipgers pf Comstock, who, by fheir sympathy and helpfulness, have done so much to help us bear our great affliction during the sickness, death and funeral of wife apd daughter. F. G. Snyder, C. M. Snyder and wife, C. E. Knight and fapiily. Joseph Kowalski, sop pf Mr, apd Mrs, Andrew Kowalski, died July 18,1914, of Cholera infantum aged 8 years, 4 months and 18 days. Father, mother and two brothers survive him. Fnneralon Sunday, July 19, at St. Josephus Catholic church, Loup City. CABD OF THANKS We wish to thank neighbors and friends who so kindly assisted daring sickness apd death of oar beloved qpe, Mr. and Mi*. A, Kowalski, Frank Kowalski, Agues Kounter. QUITE A BIG COYOTE STORY! What an Imagination it Must Have Taken to Concoct Such a Story SOME BLOOD AND THUNDER WRITER It is possibly excusable for down east newspapers to get up fake yarns about the west, for those people many of them, really think there is nothing in the west but wild things, but for the Kan sas City paper to get off the fol- i lowing is beyond explanation ex cept on the theory of pure pre-. varacation: “Bartlett, Neb., July 12—At-' tacked by a pack of coyotes, held in a tree for more than fifteen hours and then permitted to es caped in an almost miraculous manner, was the story told here today by Henry Townsend and Thomas Coupland, business part ners. ‘Townsend and Coupland were j returning in a motor car from a business trip to O’Neill. They were attacked by a large number of coyotes in the sandhill country while eating their lunch near a creek. They were armed with re volvers. but the coyotes were too numerous to start a fight. A hic kory tree was near. The men ran for it. The angry animale snarled below. Hour after hour they howled, but the men were out of their reach. Morning came, but not one animal had left. They appeared to become more hungry and angry. At 9 o'clock the howling was almost unbearable. “Suddenly two crows passed a short distance over the tree. Four more were following the same coarse. Coupland drew his re- i volver. i “Maybe I can get a little prey for those beasts below, ” he told Townsend. He shot one of the crows. The coyotes ran for it. “The men made a break for the i THE PRIMARY FREE-FOR-ALL Thirty-eight Candidates File for the Primary Race in Sherman County, Wo Call Attention to the List Below. -_ SHERIFF SEEMS TO BE THE PLIM DESIRED With 38 candidates for political nominations filed for the primary race in Sherman county, the cam paign for the latter is now in full swing. The last chance for would be office holders to file passed with the closing of the filings last Sat urday. The number surpasses that of any previous primary fil ings. The highest number of fil ings for any one office was that of sheriff, for which there are seven in the race, while the least is one lone candidate for coroner. The second place in number of as pirants for honor is that of clerk of the district court, for which there are five filings, while for superintendent of schools four are on deck. Three want to be coun ty clerk and representative, while for senator, treasurer, county judge, county attorney, surveyor and supervisor of Dist. No, 7. the . machine, two hundred feet away. After eating the crow the mad dened animals returned and made a dash for the men. Coupland killed a half dozen of the leaders while Townsend cranked the car. A moment more and the men were off,1’—Ord Quiz. Petersen’s Hardware Stere Changes Hands Last Saturday occurred another change in the business interests of Loup City when J. A. Arnett & Son (Clarence) traded farm inter ests to O. F. Petersen for the lat ter’s general stock of hardware, furniture, etc., at the old John Solms stand. Possession was giv en Monday and the new firm took charge. Our best wishes go with both outgoing and incoming gen tlemen. Just what Mr. Petersen intends going into he has not yet decided upon. 'Both Arnetts, father and som» are well known to our people and most favorably, and we bespeak for them a gener ous portion of the trade in their line. We understand the Fats and Leans wifi cross hats at the hall park this afternoon, What a batty time the boys will have. If you don’t see the fun you’ll miss it. -- Street Ball Playing Must Cease Complaint comes to this office protesting against the playing of ballon our public streets. As there is a state law governing this, complainant insists that the first violation of the law will cause him to swear out a warrant against the violator or violators thereof. Direct cause of the com plaint was because the complain ant received a violent hit from a thrown ball Monday afternoon which was missed by the eatoher and badly bruised one of hla lower limbs, sq much so that the ser vices of a physician were required to attend and bandage the same. Perhaps this publicity will be ef fectual in preventing further dan ger from that source. As the Methodist preacher and the post master-editor of the Times were engaged in the pastime about the same time, we hasten to say that neither were the cause of the above injury to complainant. Mr, and Mrs, Louie Hansen re turned last Saturday from their vacation trip to Yellowstone Park and through Colorado. t ' Johnny Burrowes, advance agent of Boyd Burrowes, our fav orite showman, was here last Sat urday for a few hours. Johnny informed us that Boyd would pass us up this trip, owing to the Chautauqua and other attractions here. He played at St Paul last week and skipped past us to Ar cadia this week. Don’t see why Boyd could not have come and caused a good rain here. Mrs, Peter Thode was called to ^ineoln Monday to the bedside of her good mother, who was not ex* pected to live but a day or two. It is to be hoped that their worst fears may not be realized and that she may be spared to their loved ones yet many years. The mother is 73 years of age. Young Ranchman Found Dead We learn that a brotherdn-law of Frank Petersen, named John Simpson, a ranchman near Water town, S. D„ was found dead on the 2nd of this month. The sup position is that he was murdered, of several bullet holes were found in his body, but no gun was found, nor any trace of the murderer, Mrs. Petersen, sister of the dead man, is in receipt only of the facts above._ S. A. Pratt and wife autoed up from Hazard for a few hours l*»t Sunday. i limit proves to be two aspirants. In districts Nos. 1, 3, and 5, only in each filed for supervisor, aa well as one for coroner, mention* ed above. Below we append tha list of those getting into the run* ning: For Senator—R. P. Starr, rep.} R. E. Dale. dem. For Representative — J. W. Burleigh, rep.; C. W. Trumble, dem., L. V. Slocumb, prog. For County Clerk—W. T. Gib* son, rep.; L. B. Polski, dem.;J. J. Slominski, dem. For Clerk District Court—Geo. Brill, rep.; J. R. Gardiner, rep.; W. S. Waite, rep.; Chas. Bass, dem.; E. F. Jones, prog. For Treasurer—F. M. Henry, rep.; John J. Jezewski, dem. For Sheriff—L. A. Williams, rep.; J. H. Miner, rep.; Peter Rowe, dem.; \1 m. Hancock, dem.} LloydBly, dem.; F. Gappa, dem.} A. C. Ogle, dem. For County Judge — E. A. Smith, A. E. Charlton. For County Attorney—J. S. Pedler, rep.; L» L. Stephens, dem. For Superintendent of Schools —Mrs. Mary A. K. Hendrickson, rep.; Mrs. Ethel Pearson Heupy, rep.; L. H. Currier, dem.; R. D, Hendrickson, dem. For Surveyor—E. B. Coming, dem.; T. W. O. Wolfe, prog. For Coroner—A. S. Main, rep. For Supervisors—W. Rewolin* ski, dem., Dist. 1.; J. H. Maief ski, dem., Dist. 5.; W. O. Brown, rep, Dist,3; F. T. Richmond, rep. Disk 7.; H. W. Lang, soc., Dist. Our good friend, Willis Fulli I ton of Austin, for whom all na ture joins in assisting along horti cultural lines, as well as agricul | tural, brought to this office last Saturday some mighty fine sam ples of home-grown currents and gooseberries, the finest we hava seen for many seasons. Mr. Ful liton fully understands how to trim and put in shape fruit trees and bushes to get the best poss ible results. If we knew half as much about the above lines as he does we would not be running for the legislature. Heavy Stone Injures Foot Joe Reiman now knows how it feels to get a foot between the ground and a heavy slab of stone. Last Friday in unloading a lot of stone slabs, one of them got away and investigated the difference be tween the pedal extremity of our big friend and inanimate earthf kfl to toughness. In consequenC0§ Joe is not running races nor foul ing as good as might be. Too bfd^ John Spotanski was taken to the St. Katherine hospitol at Om aha, Monday morning for treat ment for a bad case of stomach trouble. His wife, son Lawrence and Frank Dzingle accompanied him. Joe Peacock of Los Angeles visited here over last Sunday with his nephew, Will Doner, on his way to New York on a business trip. W. C. Foster and wife were over from Ansley Monday to do some trading, returning hnme that same evening. Theo. Wiison and wife went to Ashton yesterday for a visit.