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\ Loup City Northwestern
K__OFFICIAL PAPER OF SHERMAN COUNTY. NEBRASKA. S
I LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ
■ VOLUME XXXIII LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. November, 12th 1914. NUMBER 47
I OFFICIAL BALLOT OF
’ SHERMAN COUNTY
Complete Vote of the County By Predicts, as Shewn by the Returns of
The Beneral Election Held November Srd, 1914.
1 A HOWLING DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
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For Governor:—
Morebead.d. 62 60 3* 27 38 214 134 113 57 84 36 68 71 8—1000
Sackett, p. 5 7 6 2 3 21 3 6 5 1 3 3 4 0— 69
Howell, r. 14 24 47 42 44 174 35 36 41 111 30 47 47 4— 696
Porter, s. 0 4 6 2 1 10 6 4 5 14 6 2 9 0— 69
For Congress:— *
Taylor, d. 66 55 31 24 37 208 133 109 44 68 34 68 77 5— 959
Kinkaid, r and p 19 33 53 44 43 198 41 45 52 119 33 50 40 4— 774
Chase, s. 0 5 5 4 4 13 5 6 5 18 7 3 9 0— 84
For State Senator:—
i Wink, d. 56 42 37 9 16 152 88 80 35 76 42 61 69 0— 763
Bischel, D. 6 22 26 40 37 90 7 21 24 53 5 15 18 0— 364
Starr, r. 27 32 30 22 35 175 78 61 44 75 24 43 29 6— 681
For State Representative:—
Trumble, d. 67 56 43 27 42 247 128 96 57 96 46 96 83 1—1085
Burleigh, r. 19 30 38 27 40 154 35 51 28 87 21 27 35 4— 606
Tiechmier, s ... 0 4 7 3 1 8 11 11 8 26 7 1 10 0— 97
For Sheriff:—
Gappa. d. 47 40 31 13 19 148 98 42 19 41 23 37 33 1— 592
Williams, r. 43 54 55 57 69 246 75 117 80 150 41 80 88 7—1161
Young, s. 1 6 8 3 2 25 4 7 2 19 8 3 8 1— 97
For County Clerk:—
Polski, d. 84 63 47 18 44 246 161 119 59 89 4 0 78 89 8—1145
Gibson, r. 8 38 39 50 40 175 15 47 39 105 27 40 38 4— 665
Taylor, s. 0 2 6’ 5 5 9 6 5 5 22 8 1 8 0— 82
For County Treasurer:— *
Jezewski, d. 52 38 32 7 8 79 87 62 23 40 29 41 46 0— 538
Henry, r. 39 65 60 65 78 346 87 100 76 146 37 76 73 9—1257
Gowinl s. 2 1 5 1 2 6 5 7 4 27 9 3 12 0— 84
For County Superintendent:—
Currier, d. 64 68 52 33 51 302 150 123 39 53 24 53 76 5—1093
Heapy, r. 15 29 35 38 37 120 19 36 62 150 45 66 49 4— 705
Emery, s. 334228782 10 736 0— 65
For County Surveyor:
Corning, r & d... 59 85 68 52 62 321 160 129 84 150 62 103 108 7—1450
Wolfe, s. 22 11 17 19 24 87 12 25 21 53 9 12 14 0— 326
For District Clerk:—
Bass, d . 55 36 31 22 30 179 102 69 49 83 40 88 67 1— 852
Jones, p. 21 33 12 12 18 63 15 21 17 13 2 6 3 0— 236
Waite, r. 10 25 37 35 37 165 55 59 29 103 28 27 48 0- 65*
_:Conger, s. 1 4 9 9 1 15 6 7 6 14 6 0 9 0— 8^,
For County Attorney:— •" - — .. “• •
Stephens, d. 54 49 41 40 37 237 108 98 41 111 43 66 68 2— 995
Pedler, r. 32 52 49 29 48 184 67 63 63 91 28 55 57 4— 822
Coroner:—
Main d & r. 78 88 73 62 75 354 154 132 85 178 61 110 104 3—lo57
Hults,8 . 2 8 11 6 6 50 14 18 15 28 10 3 16 0— 187
Employers Liability Bill:—
Yes ...... 34 31 42 24 24 162 51 48 35 85 33 59 56 8— 692
No.’..;.;;. 35 39 23 25 36I.32 78 63 41 65 28 43 59 1— 608
Fort Kearney Armory:—
Yes 0 11 12 11 15 77 10 23 11 26 10 24 12 o- 246
No. .. 62 58 49 38 45 209 111 85 63 128 49 67 94 * 3—1061
Woman Suffrage Amendment:—
Yes . 9 27 31 34 55 178 26 33 39 92 34 41 35 3— 637
No, .'.'.7.7...:.... 35 46 34 23 22 135 100 79 42 73 33 51 79 2— 773
University Location:—
Yes ..17 29 18 10 29 93 37 5:) 43 29 9 27 2a 0— 388
No,’ '.;. 65 71 68 63 53 293 113 105 85 180 62 86 99 0-1341
Supreme J udge:—
Reese 35 37 24 32 23 193 38 37 52 116 50 32 26 0— 700
Hollenbeck. 36 48 39 27 48 108 95 101 32 64 17 72 76 0— 765
For County Judge:— *
Charlton, .... 23 25 34 27 25 176 48 41 28 50 25 43 3o 0_ aS4
Smith, . 57 66 42 37 29 225 100 109 71. 139 37 60 80 2-1084
W * Amendment No. One:—
For 9 35 27 28 26 162 21 70 17 55 20 28 25 6— 529
Against;’.’.’.'.'.... 40 46 24 30 30 130 63 47 48 62 30 42 65 0- 657
Amendment No. Two:—
For 13 46 22 34 30 190 35 69 26 55 18 31 33 8— 610
Against,’, ’;;;. 31 34 27 21 25 98 34 42 34 55 27 36 43 0— 5o7
Amendment No. Three:—
For 8 35 19 29 24 177 35 63 12 »4 16 28 27 8— a3a
Aga’inst, ’.;. 40 41 32 24 31 107 40 49 47 65 36 39 54^ 0—605
Precincts Totals. oT 106 96 TiT 90 441 182 178 104 223 79 127 135 13—1946
News Along
Route No. Two
Conrad Cook was elected one of
the road bosses in Clay township.
Alfred Jorgensen marketed oats
in Loup City last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Roy visited j
at V. T. Wescotts' Sunday.
Geo. Haller was elected clerk
of Clay township.
G. B. Wilkie took home a load
of lumber Thursday.
John Petersen and sons bailed
hay for Myrl Warrick last week.
Mrs. L. Domgard on route one
T'* has been very sick this week.
The Big Four were moving a
barn for Mr. Gunn, Monday.
Lew Haller of Litchfield was at
Mrs. C. S. Cash’s, Monday.
J. E. Roush marked a load of
grain at Loup City last Friday.
There is quite a lot of building
going on this fall on the route.
Will Rettenmayer is building
for Hans Deitz.
Iossi Bros built a new shed last
week.
John Petersen put in a culvert
west of Will Behren’s, Saturday.
J. P. Hansen has been having
some of his buildings painted. ^
S. F. Reynolds and wife spent
Sunday at the R. D. Hendrickson
' home.
Mr. Easterbrook is road over
seer in the south part of Clay
township.
Knud Jensen was operated on
for rupture last Monday at the
Esthers hospital in Lincoln.
W. O. Brown was reelected
supervisor of Clay, Elm, and
' ' Webster towntbips.
Henry Goodwin and family
were at Nick Drddow’s home for
Sunday dinner.
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C. S. Morrison was cementing
up N. P. Neilsen's cistern last
Thursday.
Hans Deitz has commenced to
build an addition on his house
this week.
To all who have any of my ice
tools of any kind will you kindly
return them to my house.
Miss Velva Fross visited at the
home of her brother, Frank last
week.
Sam Fletcher has been doing
building on his farm the past
week.
Romeo Conger and Geo. Plam
beck have been husking corn for
Will Hawk.
C. S. Morrison, C. J. Norstedt,
and Milo Gilbert were elected
road bosses in their districts.
Ernest McFadden’s car broke
down on the way to Harry Ship*
ley’s Monday.
Ed. Obermiller hauled hogs to
Loup Citv Tuesday.
Otto Henning sold a bunch of
cattle to Tenus Biemond, Tuesday.
Jim Dryden of Edmund, S. D.,
is here visiting at E. Marville’s.
Alfred Iossi leaves this week
to Columbus.
Ernest Daddow is sporting a
new Studebaker car which he
purchased last week at Ravenna.
Tom McFadden and family and
Roland Goodwin spent Sunday at
Stewart McFadden's.
The carrier wishes to thank
route patrons for the many articles
left at the mail boxes for
and horses last month.
Katie Blaschke daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Blaschke at Eden
burg, "Texas, died November 1st
from a severe attack of croup.
The little one was six year old.
Mrs. C. J. Webster, Mrs. Wm.
OUR CONTEST IS JUST
PETTING WELL STARTED
Plenty of Tine For A Really Anbitioaa Contestant to Win Even First Prize
in the Renaiaing Tine.
IT IS ROT TOO LATE TOO ENTER.
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20,000 Prize Ballot is Again Offered to the Best Working Contestant for
This Week. Start New.
WIN THE FIRST PRIZE BALLOT.
The real truth of the matter is
that our contest is just getting
started, and that there is time and
plenty of it for a real live con
testant who is in earnest to get in
the game right now and win out.
You can see by the standing of
contestants that no great advance
ment has been made and that a
matter of a few subscriptions will
put a new contestant comparative
ly on an even fooling with the few
who have already started.
If you have been watching our
advertising, you know that we
run a little extra inducement every
week, to encourage’ contestants to
do their best for each particular
week, however, you have also
noticed that though these extra
inducements are certainly well
worth going after, - there has been
no tendency to make the extra of
fers so large that they would over
shadow the regular votes or in
any way make it difficult for those
starting late.
- We really don:t want an un
necessarily large number of con
testants, and we do not want any-,
one in the contest who cannot
have an equal opportunityof win
ning first prize. Our reasons are
purely business like, and by hav
ing contestants in only the proper
fields, and the proper contestants,
we can really have a more success
ful contest than if we did not dis
criminate and use a little care in
allowing a person to become a
contestant. If you will ask the
contest manager, he will be glad
to tell you what he honestly
thinks about your opportunity of
winning—if he thinks that you
would not have an equal opportu
nity of winning, he will tell you
so.
The Only Quality You‘Need
The one predominating quality
of winning contestants in past
contests handled by me ha6 been
perseverance. If you really make
up your mind that you want that
tine Maxwell Electrically equipped
touring car, why then you have
just the same opportunity as any
one winning out. In fact if you
go into the proposition with your
whole “body and soul” determi
nation, you have a much better
chance of winning than those who
merely play at trying.
The 20,000 Prize Ballot
To the contestant who turns in
the most money on subscriptions
between and inclusive of Novem
ber the 12th to November the 18th
(Thursday to Wednesday inclus
ive) we will give a prize ballot of
20,000 extra votes in addition to
the regular votes given on each
subscription. This means that if
yon win the 20,000 prize ballot
you will be well advanced in the
standings of contestants, no matter
whether you are just starting or
if you have been doing pretty
well already. Do your best to
win the first prize ballot, and thus
increase your opportunity of win
ning first prize.
There will be twenty other prize
ballots with a difference in de
creasing value of 1,000 votes each.
But never mind those other prize
ballots —go after the first prize
ballot of 20,0o0, and get it by
turning in the most money on
subscriptions to the Northwestern
between and inclusive of Nov. 12
to Nov. 18.
The Club Offer
Have you got sample copies of
The Weekly Homestead (the great
farm paper), and Today’s (the
universal household magazine) so
that you can show them to your
prospective subscribers, and show
your prospective subscribers, and
show them what they get in addi
tion to the Northwestern; all three
papers for $1.50. If you haven't
your sample copies—come in and
get them at once, they will help,
you greatly in getting your sub
scriptions. If you can’t come to
the contest managers office—write
in for your sample copies.
Attention of Candidates
In last weeks’ paper appeared
the statement that there would not
be any extra vote offer after that
one in force ending the night of
Nov. 10th. This was a mistake
caused by reading of copy not
corrected. Special attention is
called to the Special vote offer for
this coming week. Ail candidates
are urged to make the best pos
sible report. The contest is just :
getting started and it is plenty of
time to enter now and be a winner. 1
No contestant has a large lead and
all are well bunched, a few hours 1
earnest work on the part of any
one of them will place them up at
the head of the list.
Now is the time to start and
blaze a trail straight for that Max
well.
We wish to invite the public
and all contestants to call at the
garage of Mr. John Blaska and
inspect the car. You will find it
a car of beauty. The car is on
display and can be seen at any
time at the garage.
R. W. Houser.
Welch and daughter of Osceola
are visiting at the home of Wm.
Kutherford this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Snyder
were at Vern Allman’s getting
away with some of the good things
to eat.
Augusa Jeschske and Charles
Schwaderer fixed the chimney on
the Prairie Gem school house last
F riday.
E. B. Corning has been digging
up the roads and locating corners
on the Vern Alleman and Alfred
Jorgensen places the past week.
Monday carrier found three
mail boxes with letters in them,
that did not have the signal up.
Please remember to put them up.
N. P. Nielsen was over at Simon
Iossi’s place Monday and took
home one of those Du roc Jersey
boars that Mr. Iossi had adver
tised.
The party that is going to a
certain mail box and taking from
it had better look out, as a post
office inspector may call on you.
Carrier.
Miss Meroe Outhouse went to
Omaha to attend the teachers’
convention last Wednesday re
turning home Saturday. ' Her
school was closed while she was
away.
John Petersen was elected road
boss in his district, and with $800
instead of $400 you will see some
good road work in his district the
coming season.
The Wiggle Creek Grange are
going to give a literary entertain
ment at the Wiggle creek school
next Friday evening, November
13. One of there amusements will
be the Panorana. Every body
come and enjoy the evening.
The many friends of Quay Snod
grass surprised him last Tuesday
evening at the home of Jas. Mc
Beth, the occasion being the 21st
birthday of Mr. Snodgrass. Floor
games were the order of the even
ing, refreshment were served at a
late hour. All present report a
splendid time.
A crowd met at the Wiggle
Creek school house last Thursday
evening and organized a Literary
Society for the winter. The first
meeting will be held on Friday
evening, Nov. 20th. A program
and Literary paper will be given;
and the question “Resolved that
Sherman county should employ a
Farm Demonstrator’, will be de
bated. We invite all to come and
enjoy our entertainments, and
solicit your co-operation in the
programs.
Russell W ilkie had a runaway
last week. He was coming in from
the field with a load of corn fod
der and just as he was about to
turn in from the main road, the
neckyoke slipped back over the
tongue this let wagon run into the
horses, and they run away. vThey
run down hill toward John Zar
neck’s place and when opposite
the driveway made a sharp turn,
upsetting the hayrack. Russell
and the hayrack were left at this
point. The hayrack was badly
damaged, Russell came out of it
with a few scratches and more
scared than hurt.
About thirty of the friends of
Ernest Daddow gave him a most
pleasant surprise last Thursday
evening, and helped him celebrate
his birthday- anniversary-. Re
freshments were served and a good
time enjoyed by all.
One of the saddest death’s that
has happened near here in a long
time occurred at the home of Mr.
Mrs. Ernest Kron Sunday morn
ing, when their little baby of
only a few days old was smother
ed to death. The entire commu
nity sympathizes with Mr. and
Mrs. Kron. The funeral was
held Monday.'
Mrs. Jas. Johansen and W. O.
Brown entertained at the Brown
home last Saturday the ladies of
the For-get-not club to a hard
time party. The hostesses surprised
the guesj§ by"inviting their hus
bands to ippper. They all were
dressed in hard time costumes,
and the idea was carried out in the
decorations and supper, and a very
enjoyable evening was spent.
From the report the costumes
were worse than the ones worn
during the hard year of 1894.
R. W. Howser
Fully Exonerated
Last week’s Times-Independent
came out with a roast of the North
western’s auto contest and made a
fling at the contest manager, Mr.
R. W. Houser, by inuendo, on ac
account of the sad suicide of a
young lady contestant at Wymore.
this state, from which Mr. Howser
emerged free from all blame in
the matter, and of which the Times
owned, edited and controlled by
C. F. Beushausen, was perfectly
aware, and which papers of the
state so published when the facts
were made known. In justice to
the sorrowing relatives of the
poor, unfortunate, betrayed girl,
we do not enter into the sad de
tails of the death and cause there
of, but simply annex the affidavit
of the father and brother of the
sad suicide, exonerating Mr. How
ser from any blame in the matter
Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 6, 1914.
To Whom It May Concern:
We hereby state that our daughter
and sister did not take her life rrom
cause c-f any actor Mr. R. W. li..v
ser, contest manager for the “Aroo
State” of Wymore. Neb , nor was ii
caused by any matter in regard to
the contest. We consider Mr. How
ser a gentleman in every respect. His
name wos connected with this mat
ter through a most regretable mis
take. (Signed) Galon Short
(Signed) Geo. Short.
Mr. Howser, upon reading the
Times libel, immediately went to
Wymore and secured the above
affidavit and upon his return in
terviewed Mr. Beushausen, who
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HOME MERCHANTS
CONTEST STARTED
The Merchants of Leap City Have United in a Business-Getting Campaign
Running Until December 25th, Many Valuable Prizes Given Away.
GRAND PRIZE $250.00 PIANO.
As will be seen by the big ad
vertisement of the “Home” Con
test in this issue, fourteen busi
ness men of Loup City have band
ed together to give a series of
prizes to patrons of their houses
within the next few weeks in a
whirlwind campaign, which closes
December 25th. These fourteen
business firms will give one vote
for every cent's worth of purchase
of them dnring the contest, con
testants to receive one or more of
the prizes to be given away each
week. The grand prize will be a
fine piano, while other prizes will
be a tine kitchen cabinet, a nice
set of furs, a bicycle and other
magnificent gifts. There will be
prizes for the young and old, the
boys and the girls, all purchased
it home, given by home merchants
and to be won by home people.
No one outside of home folks will
benefit by the contest anil all
money will stay at home. Notice
the home merchants who are en
gaged in this contest and when
purchasing goods, attend picture
shows or subscribe for a paper,see
that you receive coupons with
same and either win one of the
prizes or give the coupons to some
one of the contestants in the
“Home” Merchants’ contest.
These are the “Home’’ Contest
merchants:
R. L. Arthur, Wm.Lewandowski
A. C. Ogle, Henry M. Eisner
V. Viener, Vic Swanson
Wm. Graef€, T. A. Gzehoviak
C.W. Eletcher Loup CityMer. Co.
Jas. Bartunek, ,T. A. Arnett & Son
The Dreamland The Northwestern
promised to retract in his this
week's Times-Independent, which
oe undoubtedly has done.
As we understand Mr. Beush
lusen says he will now stop his
ight on the editor of this paper,
md on our auto contest, in which
atter he has probably done all
be damage he could possibly do,
we will only at this time add a few
words to dose the matter. Mr.
Beushausen desired the contest we
ire putting on and wrote the fol
owing letter to Burgess, Johnson
Sfc Co. to that effect, which letter
was forwarded to us by those gen
lemen:
Loup City, Neb., Aug. 7,1914.
(V. \Y. Burgess,
McGregor, Iowa.
Dear Sir:
1 will not be able to tell you deb
ate regarding the subscription con
gest, but will write you the 20tn of
ihis month. Keep me posted where
m write you on that date.
Respectfully,
C. F. Beushausen.
In writing us regarding the
rimes-Independent's fight on our
contest, Mr. Burgess speaks of
other letters written them by Mr.
Beushausen regarding the contest,
which he thinks were destroyed
after closing their contract with
the Northwestern, adding: “Our
card files show that he (Beushau
sen) wrote us on July 15, 1914,
asking for our service.”
The above will serve to show
the animus of Beushausen over
our securing the contest; why he
cut the price of his paper to a dol
lar a year while our contest con
tinued; why he hounded us dur
ing the period of our candidacy
for representative, and numerous
other whys, which we do not care
to take up space to speak of here.
If we are correctly informed, that
Mr. Beushausen desires cessation
of the warfare he has waged upon
this editor and paper and will do
□o more of it, well and good, and
no one will more gladly hail his i
repentance than the writer of this; I
if not, then be the blame for the
iisgusting (controversy upon his |
shoulders. It was not of our I
starting, nor to our liking, nor,
if ter this week, will we burden
our readers with a continuity of
;he same, if he cries “Quits.”
Appointed on
State Board
Dr. S. A. Allen received a tele
gram from Lincoln Wednesday
informing him of his appointment
)n the Nebraska State Board of
Dental Examiners. Dr. Allen
nas been actively interested
n the progress of dentistry
;‘mee locating in Loup City about
11 .rears ago and this comes as a
further opportunity for his activi
ties. The appointment is made
by the state board of health, com
posed of the Attorney General,
Supt. of Public Instruction and
the Governor. Five members
make up the dental board which
meets twice or more times each
years alternating between Omaha
and Lincoln where the examina
tions of those desiring to practice
denistry in the state are conducted.
General Election
Aftermath
The late lamented (by republi
cans) election in Nebraska pro
mises not to be such a killing for
democrats as was show* by first
returns. While the republicans
have lost the head of the ticket
and given to the democrat^ a ma
jority in both houses of the legis
lature, the prospects a re that few
of the candidates on the republi
can state ticket have pulled
through by small margins. But
God knows, the result is bad
enough.
On congress, Kinkaid easily
beats Taylor in the Big Sixth,
while Shallenberger, democrat,
bests Barton, republican in the
Fifth by the small margin of 192
votes. Stevens, democrat, wins
in the Third, while Reavis, re
publican, wins in the First. Sloan
republican, wins in the Fourth,
while Lobeck, democrat, probably
wins in tho Second, making Ne
braska a congressional tie.
Coming nearer home, and lower
on the official scale, Wall for the
senate and nearly all the republi
can candidates in Valley and Cus
ter counties were defeated. How
ard county let only one candidate,
Teddy Atwood for sheriff, get
under the wire a successful re
publican winder. In Sherman
county the republicans saved the
treasurer and sheriff, electing all
the balance of the democratic
county ticket. Buffalo allowed
just a few republican candidates
to win, just enough to speak of.
Hami lton county got the habit and
elected nearly a solid democratic
ticket from representative down.
Greeley county, the Fenian strong
hold, did notallow the republicans
a look-in.
ny tne tabulated statement in
this week’s Northwestern, kindly
Srepared for us by Charley Bass,
emocrat, recently elected district
clerk, republicans can get ail the
agony they can stand, while our
democratic readers can be corre
spondingly happy over the same.
We want to congratulate the
winners, and so far as the North
western is concerned there are no
sore spots over their success and
wish them prosperity in their of
ficial stunts for the coming two
years, when we hope they may be
retired to give place to our fellows.
In this connection, we wish to
congratulate the democratic state
central committeeman for this
senatorial district, W. D. Zimmer
man, for the clean, though ag
gressive fight he put up for his
party. While he gave of the best
of his ability for his party, yet
he left no dirty tracks behind, his
campaign being open and above
board, and leaves a record no one
can find fault with, which
cannot be said of some parties in
the bitter campaign just over. It
is a pleasure to have such a politi
cal general to lead the opposition *
forces, and the above is a just tri
butes to a worthy opponent.
