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Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. October, 22nd 1814. NUMBER 44
Ird woman
I IS MURDERED
Birdie Johnston Lockridge Killed by
v Her Husband.
JEALOUSY PROMPTS DEED.
From the San Diego Union of
Oct. 9, kindly sent to us by S. A.
Stacy, we learn of the death of
the woman known here as Mrs.
Lee Lockridge. Lee died a few
years ago leaving a fortune. His
widow shortly afterward married
Mr.Clay, a navy blacksmith. Mrs.
Lockridge spoken of in the fol
lowing article is the wife of Laaty
Lockridge, known here as a boy.
These explanations will make the
following article clear to those
who remember the Lock ridges.
“Insanely jealous because she
threatened to secure a divorce, H.
L. Clay, a blacksmith, aged 35,
shot and instantly killed his wife,
Birdie, at their home, 3536 Thirty
^cond street, early this morning,
fand then turning the revolver on
himself, sent a bullet crashing
through his brain. Death soon
followed.
lhe tragedy occurred shortly
after midnight, in the bedroom of
the couple, while the woman’s
daughter-in-law. Mrs. Lanty
Lockridge, the wife of Mrs.
Clay's son by a former marriage,
was sleeping in an adjoining room.
Mrs. Lockridge, being awakened
by hearing the shots, crawled
through a window of her room
and. running to a neighbor's
house, called the police over the
telephone,
When the police arrived at the
house. Dr. E. M. Ely of National
City was already in attendance,
and stated that the woman was
dead when he arrived. The wo
man was found lying on her back
in the bedroom in a pool of blood
‘ that was gushing from three bul
let-wounds in her breast. She had
nothing on but her night clothes
and appeared to have been sleep
ing before the tragedy.
Clay was found lying on his
stomach in the hallway, just out
side the door, with a bullet wound
through his left temple. He was
fully dressed, as if he had jnst re
turned home, although the daugh
ter-in-law declares he was in the
house all evening.
From what could be learned
DISASTROUS
RUNAWAY
Passing Auto Scares Team Whid
Smashes Things Generally.
DRIVER ADD TEAM URIRJIRED.
Saturday, as Henry Goodwir
was driving to town do his usual
week's trading, and when be
tween the Wiggle Creek church
and the Brodock home, and driv
ing a young team which was un
usually fractious by reason of not
having been driven for sometime,
an auto came whizzing by and in
spite of the utmost exertions of
Henry made a mad dash to get
away and succeeded in great shape.
Henry finding they would get the
best of him. guided them to one
side and up against a fenae, made
his getaway unharmed, the
horses disengaging themselves
from the light wagon also unhurt,
the vehicle was put hors de com
bat. Leaving the team to take
care of itself, which returned home
and was found there later, Henry
came to town with a neighbor,
congratulating himself over his
lucky escapade.
from Mrs. Loekridge, who was
hysterical, the couple had teen
married two years. Mrs. Clay,
who before-her present marriage
was a widow and was 4o years of
age, had three children by her
first husband—a son, Lanty Lock
ridge, who was at present in the
Imperial vailey; Mrs. Lloyd
Campbell, a married daughter,
living at Florida street and Uni
versity, and a 14-year-old son,
Sumner Loekridge, a cripple.
It is ^id by the daughter-in
law that it was because of quarrels
crtmjemfng the crippled son, whom
the stepfather appeared to dislike
and whom the mother insisted on
keeping with her, that Mrs. Clay
had decided to secure a divorce
from Clay.
The people have teen living at
the Thirty-second street address
only two months, having come
here from the north. Clay has
teen away for some time, at work
in Seattle and Los Angeles, and
only returnod to San Diego three
days ago. —Ord Quiz.
Boy Accidently Shot
While Out Huntin'
Last Sunday morning Carl Olli
ver, son of L. L'. Olliver of Olean,
was down by the river on the
Cleg Huges place accompanied by
several other boys of the neigh
borhood. Among the companions
was Duane Collins, son of Oscar
Collins
In stalking the game, in some
manner the gun in the hands of
Duane was accidentally discharged
and the charge was received in
the leg of the Olliver boy. He
was hit just above the shoe top on
the right leg.
The wound was only in the
flesh, the bone not being hit.
With the aid of his companions
the injured boy was able to walk
to the Hughes place, where a
doctor was summoned and the
Hughes' people took him home in
their auto.
The boy bled profusely, but
was able to stand the loss of blood
bravely and it was not long till
the surgeon had the wound dressed
Seven stitches were necessary to
put the boy in shape for recovery.
This morning the family re
port him doing well.
Some ten days ago, Harold
Burt went out to Lewiston, Mon
■"tana, and made his filings on a
a half section homestead, retnrn
ing home last Friday. The fact
that Harold is badly crippled up
as a result of his late siege with
inflamatory rheumatism, from
which he is still suffering severe
ly, though slowly recovering, the
trip showed a remarkable amount
of grit and force not usually in
keeping with one who is and has
been such an intense sufferer from
that dread form of rheumatism.
The many friends of the editor’s
son, Rev. Frank W. Burleigh,
will be interested to know thaf he
he received a transfer from the
Northwest Nebraska conference to
Roca, a few miles south of Lin
coln, where he takes a student’s
appointment to a charge where
Pattend the Wesleyan Uni
and yet be able to fill his
rial duties while complet
ed ucation.
The editor of the Northwestern
was particularly well pleased to
hear and meet his old-time friend,
Hon. W. R. Wills of Butte, Neb.,
Monday of this week, who was
here on a speech-making tour of
the state interest of his candidacy
on the progressive state ticket for
attorney general, and also to meet
Hon. George Bischel, progressive
candidate for state senator in this
district on his second visit to our
city. It had been fifteen years
since Friend Wills and the editor
had met and exchanged greetings,
and we found him the same genial
man as of yore. He made a
splendid speech from the pro
gressive standpoint, and no won
der, for he is one of the brightest,
brainiest and most talented law
yers of the state, and we do not
stutter when we so speak of him
as his visit here has proved.
Jos. Williams of Ashton, Ills.,
visited here over last Sunday
with his cousin, E. G. Taylor.
Another Fine Special Prize ter Oar lorthwestern’s Candidates. A Fall
Thirty Piece Dinner Set.
OCTOBER 22HB TO OCTOBER 28TH IHCLBSIVELY.
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A full thirty piece china dinner
! set will be given to each candidate
who turns in $15.00 on subscrip
tions (either old or new) between
October 22nd and October 28th
inclusively. Just a club of $15.00
worth of subscriptions; that’s all.
Now, the dishes are merely extra
and will effect in no way the win
ning and the main prizes. Your
votes will count on the auto and
other prizes just the same. Re
ports which are postmarked Oct.
28th will be included in this offer,
even though late in reaching us.
Besides the dishes we are going
to give 10,000 extra votes on the
auto and other prizes, to the can
didate who turns in the largest
amount of money between the
same two dates. You have to
turd in only $15.00 "to get the
dishes, but you must turn in more
than anyone else to get the 10,000
extra votes. There will also be
eight other prize ballots. You
will find a complete list of them
in this weeks paper. Read it
over. How about it, are you
still waiting for old opportunity
to knock at your-door, or are you
-pounding, him oa . the. batik 40
keep him hustling for you. Don’t
go to sleep and then wake up when
it is two late and find that others
have taken advantage of the self
same opportunity and have been
succeesful while you dreamed on.
There are none so blind as those
who will not see. The candidate
who is in such a condition is
standing on one foot. She has
only herself to blame for her
failure. A candid confession is
good for the soul, but how many
people in the world are willing to
confess that they are responsible
for their own misfortune? If you
want and can use this auto, go af
ter, stick to it, and you will in
crease your profits, your busi
ness standing and your self re
spect.
We say the time passes, “Time
Goes,” you say? “Ah, No.
“Alas! Times stays, we go”. We
say the time passes. But old
Time passes never. He stays and
we go. He knows neither begin
ning nor end, anil watches us
pass, as he watchef the passing
of our savage ancestors half s
million years ago.
Are you like the old man wht
believed in the “to|ch stone” oi
“Philosophers Stone?” Some
where, he thought could be found
that magic stone With the touch
that would change Jhe base metals
into gold. He went along the
shore of the ocean; with right
hand he picked up one stone aftei
another, one pebble after another
—thousands, tens of thousands,
hundreds of thousands of them.
Around his neck he had a chain
of iron. And as he picked up
each stone he touched with the
chain. The Philosopher's stone,
if he found it, it would change
that iron chain to a chain of gold.
Day after day, and through the
long years he hunted for that
magic stone that was to make gold
of iron and make of his restless,
yearning heart a happy and con
tented spirit. One day a boy
asked the old man where be got
that chain of gold on his neck.
And the poor, sorrowful old hunt
er- looked doww to find CMC die
iron had changed to gold and
he had not known when the change
came or what stone it was that
worked the mitacle.
He got so much in the habit of
picking up stones and touching
them against the iron chain that
he no longer thought to look for
the change from iron to gold. At
sometime during his search he
had picked up the magic stone
and dropped it.
Back he turned on his path.
Old, bent, weary and hopeless, he
started on the return journey
along the shore of the ocean,
which is the shore of life and
time, and hopelessly sought to re
cover the opportunity neglected
and missed. Are you this man
searching for the stone of success
and magic and not knowing when
you pick it up.
To all of us, or nearly all op
portunity comes, to that madman
the Touch stone came.
He held it in his hand. Touched
> the chain of iron and it turned tc
gold. Some one else must tell
him, old and worn and bent, that
he had missed his opportunity.
1 He turned back along the shore,
hopelessly seeking for that which
he would never again hold in his
hand. Here is a lesson for you.
Are you keen and ready to seize
it? Opportunity does not come to
dull hand or heavy foot. It comes
to the open, eager mind.
We are presenting to you per
haps the greatest opportunity of
your life time. We are offering
you for your spare time and best
efforts, during the next six or
seven weeks, a 191» Maxwell
Touring Car fully equipped with
electric lights and starter. Let
noe tell you what has been my ex
perience with many of the con
testants in contests that I have
conducted in the past; after the i
contest has run till near the close,
many of the contestants with
whom I devoted much time and
tried to persuade to accept the op
portunity placed before them have
said to me, “Well if I had" known
when you were talking to me that
T eoufS have won as easily as the
winner of this contest, I would
not have hesitated and I regret it
very much now. ”
And you doubtless will think
the same if you fail to grasp this
wonderful opportunity that is pre
sented to you. You have all to
gain and nothing to lo«. What
ever has befallen you in the past,
remember that here is another
chance. Open the door and smile
a welcome to it. It is as rich in
hope and possibility as you care
to make it. It is entirely up to
you. Don’t polish the waiting
bench with “hard luck” stories.
Stir your 9elf. Hard luck never
caught up with a hustler. There
is no failure so absolute as that of
a man who has never made a
whole-hearted attempt to realize
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to the full extent upon his capa
bilities. The world is filled with
discontented ]>eople who have no
cause for complaint except against
themselves.
About the Repub
lican Candidates
F. M. Henry, for county trea
surer, will be re-elected by an in
creased majority, is the common
belief expressed by those who
speak regarding the coming elec
tion and chances of various candi.
dates. That he has made one of
the most efficient county treas
urers ever in that office in Sher
man or any other county in the
state is admittedly true. Give him
him another term and continue
the office in the very best hands.
The outlook for the election of
W. S. Waite as district clerk
grows brighter every day. He
is one of the most competent men
in the county for the duties of
that office to which he is especially
fitted from a clerical standpoint.
For the best interests of the office
of district clerk, W.S. Waite is the
man who should be elected.
When you vote for Mrs. Ethel
Pearson Heapy for county super
intendent of schools, you vote for
; a most competent teacher and one
i thoroughly qualified for all ' the
duties of the office. This is ac
knowledged by all who have
knowledge of educational matters.
Over the county comes favorable
reports of her candidacy and en
thusiastic advocates of election,
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which looks exeedingly probable.
You will make no mistake in plac
ing the lady at the head of our
public school system in the county.
No fault can be found in the
way the sheriff's offioe has been
handled during the term of years
in which the present sheriff- has
had charge. Uncle Lou Williams
is a natural born sheriff, a man of
the people, and who has the con
fidence 'of all. Continue him there
for another two years and get the
best results.
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Small Girl
Badly Burned
Last Thursday morning, little
Maggie McNeil, who is staying at
the home of Theo. Wilson, in at
tempting to light a fire with kero
sine in the kitchen stove, was
badly burned over both sides of
her face. She had put in a lot of
kindling on top of a bunch of live
coals, poured coal oil on, placed
the can safely away and returned
to the stove to light it when the
explosion' took place, and while
burning both sides of the face in a
terrible manner, her eyes escaped
injury, fortunately, because of
glasses she was wearing protect
ing the same. This is another
lesson of the danger occurring
daily in our midst and should be
a lesson to others.
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Accidently Shoots
His Daughter
Last Sunday evening at Danne
brog, as Cash Conger and family
had just returned from an auto
ride, and as the family were re
turning to the house, and Cash
had put the car in the garage,and
was taking shells from his shot
gun, it accidentally exploded, the
shot going through the door of
the garage, twelve of them pene*
tratiug the back of his 12-yeai
old daughter, but the force of the
shot going through the door sav
ing the little girl’s life. The only
danger resulted from one of the
shot penetrating the neck at the
base of the brain. The family
physician was called and extracted
the leaden pellets and the patient
is doing nicely.
Alva Lewis and wife were up
from Hamilton county last week
visiting the gentleman’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lewis, and
brother, Ed, and family. They
were on their way by auto up in
to the sandhills to look over that
country with a view of locating.
Alva has for a number of years
had charge of an elevator at Phil
lips in that county, butgave it up
and is footloose at present. _
ESTIMATES FOR
CONTRACTORS
Wn. OhlsenOneof Loup City’s Young
. Architects Opens New Field.
A SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
It was left to a Loup City boy
to open a new field of labor along
architectural and contractor work.
Some time ago, Wm. H. Ohlsen,
one of our splendid young archi
tects, saw a new field open along
his line of work. He studied the
matter out and found that his
plan would be of great assistance
and benefit to contractors of build
ings and upon submitting his ideas
to various architects and contract
ors, the thought bore fruit and
spread like wildfire. And this is
the idea which came through his
fertile mind. When architects
make plans of' various buildings,
it is up to contractors to figure
out an estimate of the cost of
materials entering into the con
struction of such buildings. Mr.
Ohlsen conceived the plan of pre
paring estimates of quantitiy of
all materials and saving contract
ors the time and expense in mak
ing such estimates. Finding the
idea a splendid one and fully in
accord with architects and con
tractors who were consulted, he
decided to start in such business.
His plan is to start a quantity es
timating and surveying business
in the state of Nebraska. He has
sent out to architects a letter of
introduction, telling them of the
advantage of a scientific and sys
tematic method of quantity esti
mating, how it will be operated
and its usefulness, with time sav
ing methods to all parties con
cerned in the business. The loca
tion of the office will probably be
at Grand Island. Those interest
ed should write Mr.Ohlsen at Loup
City for particulars.
Banker Dwehus of Rockville
was a business visitor to Ravenna
last Thursday.
GIBSON WINS
BRIDGE CASES
The Supreme Court Reverses Distric
Court Findings
HELD PAY FOR SEVEN YEARS.
W. T. Gibson is a happy man.
Last Friday he received a letter
from his attorneys, Strode &
Bechthold of Lincoln, the welcome
news that the supreme court had
reversed the decision of the dis
trict court and granted him the
just rights of pay for building
bridges in this county over seven
years ago, which pay Re had been
kept out of all these years. At
that time in the past, the county
board, under the mistaken under
standing that there was a sufficient
amount of money in the bridge
fund, ordered Mr. Gibson to
build a couple of bridges in this
county, which he did. Later it
was found that the bridge furfd
was depleted, no money being on
hand in that fund to pay for same.
Certain parties, whose names it is
not necessary at this time to men
tion, served injunction on the
board against paying for the
same. It was taken up to the leg
islature, which by resolution or
dered the board to pay the same.
Again the same parties got in
their work and if was taken to the
district court whieh decided
against Mr. Gibson’s contention.
It was then taken up to the su
preme court, which has just de
cided in his favor. The matter
came up to the voters after the
action of the legislature, but it
taking a twc-thinia vote to carry,
failed, although the vote recorded
was three to one in Mr. Gibson’s
favor. Our people, with one ac
cord, will congratulate Friend
Gibson over the successful out
come.
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Willis Waite and,wife were
down from Valley county last
Saturday on business matters, re
turning home the same evening.
Leading Republicans
Here Last Monday
Last Monda.v noon, Senator J.
H. Kemp, last republican candi
date for governor, and Senator
Walter V. Hoagland, present re
publican candidate for lieutenant
governor, were here on their auto
mobile tour of speech-making
over the state and gave two splen
did addresses on the political is
sues of the day. Each gentleman
discussed various state and nation
al issues and made good impres
sions. They feel confident that
this will be a republican year in
Nebraska and all signs point that
way. It had been advertised that
R. B. Howell, republican candi
date of governor would be here at
thd time, but he was unavoidably
called home to Omaha and
Senator Kemp was called to
make his schedule. While some
disappointment was expressed
over not seeing and hearing the
next governor, yet our people
were particularly well pleased to
be able to see and hear one of the
best men in the state in his stead.
County Supervisor ,T. H. Welty
and wife, passed through here
from Washington township, Mon
day, on his way to Northwest
Missouri, where he was called by
the death of his good mother,
which occurred the the day pre
vious. Mr. Welty, had but just
got home from a visit to the bed
side of his mother who had
been dangerously ill for some
time, when he received the sad
news of her passing away. Our
people with one accord will deep
ly {sympathize with him in his
hour of sorrow.
We*were tbe recipients of a
pleasant call from Theo. Ojendyk,
from Ashton, who with his wife
recently returned from a year or
two years’ sojourn at Portland,
Oregon, but who returned to this
county because the damp and
foggy winter’s climate of that
country did not agree with Mrs.
Ojendyk’s health. They were to
go to Lincoln and perhaps down
into the Southland the latter part
of last week.
The baby show, on at theOpera
house the past two weeks, closed
on Monday night of this week, the
following babies winning prizes
in the following order: No. 8,
Lynn Conger, 9 months old; No.
97, Christina Lorchick, 11 months
old; No. 33, Charlotte Briggs, 3
years old, and No. 47, Harvy
Harinza, aged 3 years. The con
test was carried on and closed
with the utmost good feeling and
satisfaction to all.
The Northwestern wishes to
apologize to the good ladies of the
Pythian Sisterhood for the over
sight in not mentioning last week
the elegant supper given by them
a few nights previous to the
Sir Knights of Pythias at their
lodge room. While not present,
it was through negligence and
oversight, just as was the case in
not making mention of the splen
did eatfest which we missed.
C. E. Shea from Brainard,
has purchased the Broken Bow
Republican and changed it from a.
republican to democratic paper.