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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__LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. December, 4th 1914. NUMBER 50
EMERGENCY
\ WAR TAX
WHI Rais* $100,000,000 in Reserve
Revenue.
LAW GOES INTO EFFECT.
The emergency war tax bill to
raise $100,000,000 in revenue went
into full effect, Monday Novem
ber 30. The provisions of
the measure levying taxes on to
bacco, beer and wine went into ef
fect on November 1, and the re
maiming sections become effective
tomorrow. The latter include
taxes on bankers, pawnbrokers,
brokers, proprietors of theaters,
including motion picture houses,
owners of circuses and other shows
]>erfume, cosmetics, chewing gum
and similar articles; commercial
paper of all description, steam
ship tickets, parlor car seats and
sleeping car berths and telephone
and telegraph messages where the
charge exceeds 15 cents. Stamps
in denominations of from $5 to 1
cent are to be affixed to these arti
cles.
A young lady in this city who
is given to wearing more than
^ordinarily short skirts met a
youngster who was bare legged
last Saturday morning. Her great
sympathetic heart went out to the
| child and she stopped and asked
him, “Dear little fellow, arVt
I your legs cold?” The “dear little
[ fellow” dropped hiseyes to where
i her skirts scarcely met her shoe
! tops and replied, “Nope, are
[ yours?”
The Churches
For the Week
On Sunday, Dec. 6th there will
be services in the German church
at Ashton, preaching both in Ger
man and English, services at the
usual hour. F. W. Guth.
Presbyterian, Sunday morning,
at 10:30, preaching subject,
“What we need for Effectiveness’’
and Sunday evening at 7:30, sub
ject: “The result of rejecting
Christ.’’ Christian Endeavor at
6:30, Miss Pearl Needham, leader.
Methodist—Sunday, 10:30 a.
n>*, “The Price of the Revival.’’
7:30, regular services.
Revival services will begin
early in January. As a church let
us center our plans around the
Revival effort and make it truly a
Harvest time. L. V. Slocumb.
Judge Pedler says if you should
happen into Dr. Allen’s office
some of these fine days and discov
er a hole in the roof about such
dimensions as would be necessary
for the doctor to pass hurriedly
through, don’t be alarmed, as it
would simply indicate the natural
result following a misunderstand
ing as to the proper manner of
running automobiles. Doc will
return all right as soon as he ar
ranges to credit John Long with
first place at Forddale. The Judge
also says the next time Allen goes
Fording with him and gets up
the among the spirits, convers
ing with overworked St Peter, he
will just leave him there until the
Ford gets from under and when
i Allen hits the ground, he will
■ have the chance of his life to hoof
I it to town.
An exchange asks: “What do
you think, Mr. Rural Route Car
rier, of Postmaster General Bur
leson's proposal to have the ser
vice on rural routes let by con
tract to the lowest bidder?” The
rural carrier need not answer that
question, because rural route pat
rons will answer it so promptly
and unanimously against such a
hair-brained proposition that it
will make the p. m. g.'s head
\ swim. The rural mail service in
I this country is the finest public
| service in the world and the sug
L gested change would make it the
B most unpopular. Let it alone!
DANGER OF COM
MUNITY SUICIDE
Merchants of Your Town Deserve
the Patronage of This Community.
TAKE VERY IMPORTANT PART.
The merchants of your town de
serve the patronage of the people
of your community. They are a
part, and a very important part
of the community. They pay a
very considerable portion of the
taxes of the town and of the coun
ty. They contribute to the sup
port of the churches and other
social institutions and make possi
ble things the community would
not have if they were not here.
The mail order houses of the
cities are spending thousands of
dollars for the purpose of putting
the country merchant out of your
town, and other towns, out of
business, and every man who
spends a dollar with them assists
in the accomplishment of their
selfish aims.
The ultimate end of the mail
order method will be the centraliz
ing of all the business of the
country in the large cities and the
financial destruction of the smaller
cities and towns.
You know the men who are in
business in this community. You
have known them for a number of
years. You know them as being
honorable and upright in every
dealing you have had with them.
Knowing them in this way, are
you willing to go to their stores
and pay to them money for mer
chandise of which you must wait
from one week to a month
after they have received your
money ?
Of course you are not.
But you are doing that very
same thing with people you do
not know when you send your
money to the mail order houses of
the cities. You have only a pic
ture or a brief description of an
article from which to determine
its value. After you have sent
your money you must trust to the
intelligence of a poorly paid boy
or girl to send you in return the
merchandise you want.
The people in this community
who persist in dealing with the
mail order houses are doing both
themselves and this town an in
justice.—Arthur Capper, Gover
nor elect, of Kansas, in Topeka
Capital.
Play Ground
Association
In view of the fact that there is
some thought of attempting to
raise more funds for this organi
zation and of extending its useful
ness with the coming of spring, it
may be well to make a statement
of what has thus far been done.
At a meeting held in August,
on motion of Mr. Williams, chair
man of the governing board of
the association, Rev. E M. Steen j
was elected president and J. H. i
Burwell secretary-treasurer. It i
was also decided to place on the
school grounds temporarily any
apparatus secured for the as
sociation.
The subscriptions at the Chau
tauqua amounted to $65. Amount
collected $45, expended for slides,
balls and inflators, $31.40. In the
hands of treasurer, $14.90. Un
collected $19.00.
J: H. Burwell, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Tom McCarthy of Ravenna, the
heavyweight pugilist of that city,
who is now in New York City
cleaning up the pug element, is
getting way up in his class. On
Thanksgiving, he scored a ten
round draw with Battling Levin
ski, one of the best of the uppers,
and had the best of the game
throughout. Tommy is proving a
puzzle to the Easteners.
125,000 EXTRA VOTES
ON EACH $25.00
We Will Give $500 Te Some Charitable institution if This is Hot the Very
Largest Extra Vete Offer of the Contest
AHY CONTESTANT CAN MAKE THEIR SUCCESS ASSUNEO NOW.
We will give 500 dollars to
some charitable institution if this
is not the very largest extra vote
offer of the contest.
And you should realize the
great importance of this period of
the contest. Go after the long
term subscriptions and the new
subscriptions as they count the
most. Any contestant can make
their success assured by their ef
forts this week.
The campaign will close at 6 p.
m.. Saturday, Dec. 19th, and it
will pay you to be one of the suc
cessful candidates. The campaign
has resolved itself into days in
stead of weeks and the candidate
who will make the best use of re
maining time will be the winner
of this 1915 Maxwell Touring car.
Now is your chance—make good.
The time is short, and there is not
much time left before the winners
of the grand prizes will have been
rewarded for their efforts. So get
right down to business, go after
the subscriptions, and get every
vote that you possibly can. We
wish you all success and are only
aorvy that tkora is- noi. ait auttaao- j
bile for each of you! “Old Gen
tleman Time" is clipping one by
one the days from the length of
the Northwestern campaign. Are
you going to let many more days
go by before you make up your
mind that you will be the winner?
There are just two conclusions
you can reach, one is affirmative,
the other negative. If you decide
to let our offer go by, then you
have again snubbed “Dame For
tune*’ and ’tis said that “Dame
Fortune” does not rap continually
at the bolted door. Make this
week your banner week. What
a joy it will be to know that you
are the winner of one of those fine
prizes. The joy of accomplish
ment is the sweetest of joys. You
can feel this great joy if you wish.
Whether you stand at the top or
bottom of the list, always remem
ber that where there is a will there
is a way. Get after your friends
now and have them help you, get
the five years subscriptions, they
are a little harder to get but they
are worth the effort. Remember
that every subscription counts and
that the winner mav win by a
single subscription, the finish will
be close and the victor must take
advantage to obtain every possible
subscription.
Tin Day of Days.
On December, lyth the North
western’s campaign will close and
the winners will be announced.
Will you be able to look back on
that day as the day of all days?
! Some Home will be made happy
| with a present of a 1915 Maxwell
Touring car. Will It Be Your
! self?
A Beautiful Race.
Enthusiasm is supreme and we
expect a beautiful race down the
home stretch. Father, mother,
brother ancl sister have you a dear
one in the race? Suppose, young
man. that “She” is entered and
you are desirous of seeing her
win. It would be the work of
but a few minutes on the phone or
in person before one of your
friends would enlist in her support,
and they in turn secure a dozen
or more of their friends to rally
around the standard of the “one
girl”you desire to see win. It is
merely a suggestion that now is
the time to make the concerted ef
fort in “her” behalf, and what a
half dozen or more fellows cannot
do in the remaining time of this
campaign when they set their
shoulders to the wheel is worth
considering.
Editor Davis
After Plum
We understand Editor Davis of
the Ord Journal is an applicant
for the postmastership at Ord. It
is said by the Quiz that in the
Journal office a life-size picture of
Williams Jennings Bryan has a
prominent place on the wall
while a picture of Senator Hitch
cock is turned face to the wall
Judging by the success of the
present postmaster here, Davis is
on the right track, and now he
has only to feed the face of the
three times candidate *for presid
ent at his family board when in
Ord, auto him to the next point
he wishes to go, state in his paper
that the present postmaster has
some three years yet to' serve,
hypnotize the rest of the democrats
into a deep sleep, work over-time
and prevent a vote taken of the
patrons of the office on whom they
would wish to fill the responsible
place, put some stool-pigeons in
charge of his plant and call it a
company concern, and the deed
is done. Let Davis take a day off
and come over and interview a
number of our prominent demo
| cratic friends and find out how
| easy it can be worked.
Dr. J. W. Isham, District Sap-|
erintendent of Kearney District of
Methodist church preached and
held the First Quarterly Confer
ence in the Methodist church, and
j proved himself a very able preach
er and an executive.
Frank Robbins and family were
over from Greeley county and
spentThanksgiying season with
Franks parents and brother, Burr,
and family. Burr went over after
them with his car Wednesday
and took them back home Friday.
Little Ada Hiddleson celebrated
the 10th anniversary of her birth
day last Friday with a party given
to ten of her little girl friends of
the same age. A nice afternoon
was enjoyed by the little fallrn.
Even the war has its bright
side. Two negro porters were
discussing it as they waited for a
train to pull into the station.
“Man." said the first, ‘‘dem Ger
many submaroons isshol'ly gwine
‘splode dem navel boats dot’s
waitin’ out yonda."’
“Sho!” said porter No. 2. “An’
what’s gwine to happen den?”
“Why dem Germany subma
roons’ll come right on ‘cross and
‘splode de rest ob de navel boats
ob de world. Dot’s what’ll hap
pen den, Sambo!”
“Well, looky herh, Gawge.
Ain’t yo’ an’ me better deck’
ouahselves a couple o’ noot—
nootural—nootralities ? ”
“Man,” said George, “yo’ all
kin be nootrality if yo’ wants to.
Ah’m a German.—New York Sun.
Harvest of the
6rim Reaper
Dorothy Ida Marie Beckmen,
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Beckman, was born March
14th, 1914 and died November 26th !
at 6:35 a. m., thus reaching an
age of only 8 months and 14 days.
Interment was from the house to
the German Evangelical St. Pauls
Church, and from there to our
beautiful Evergreen Cemetery,
where the little baby was tender
ly laid to rest. The sorrowing
parents, brothers, sisters and
other relatives have our heartfelt
sympathy.
Word was received here Tues
day morning of the death of F. J.
Bock at Pacific Junction, Iowa.
Mr. Bock moved from here to his
Iowa hqme some months ago and
latter was taken ill and was for
some time in a precarious condi
tion in the Omaha hospital, re
corded at the time in our columns.
Still later he improved sufficiently
to be removed to his home, where
after many months of failing
health death claimed him as above
stated. We understand the body
was to be brought backWednesday
for burial. We have no further
particulars. Later—The funeral
will be held today from the Ger
man church in this city, at 2:00
o’cIock p. m.
Ole The Swede
Detective, Soon
A Swede lad arrives in America
and after looking around for some
thing to do meets a land sharp in
Chicago, who sells him a farm
up in Michigan for $250. Ole
goes to his farm. When he gets
there he finds it nothing but a
swamp and worthless. Ole is broke
and compelled to walk back to
Chicago. He tries to find the man
who swindled him and fails. He
hunts for work, and while stroll
ing about the city runs into a Pin
kerton detective, who gives him a
star and tells him he will make
him a member of the force. Ole
secrets the star under his coat.
Soon after he finds a gentleman
called Jack Rand, who gives him
a job guarding his home. One of
the first things he discovers after
going to work is the very man
who swindled him out of his
money in the farm deal, trying to
swindle his boss out of his home
and all he owns through a bogus
Steel Trust scheme. Ole takes a
hand and at every turn wins. In
the first act he blocks the game by
finding the pocketbook with $5000
of the vilban’s ill-gotten gain and
keeps it for evidence against him.
In the second act he catches and
stops the villian in his treacherous
work agfdnst his own wife and
blocks him again. Then the vil
lian puts up a job on Ole in a
sociable game of cards, and tries
to beat Ole by cheating, but Ole
sees through his scheme and
catches him and turns the tables
on the villian and breaks him,
and wins all the villian has.
In the third act when the villian
is about to turn another trick Ole
shows h:is true colors and stai and
arrests him. However, he does
not send him to prison, but paroles
him for his family’s sake after
he makes good his wrong doing.
And OLE gets back his $250.
At Dnddow opera house, Dec. 4.
A jolly bunch of Cantons went
to Arcadia Saturday night to - pat
on the irigher degree work of Odd
Fellowship.
STECHER GOES
STEADILY UP
Now Champion of Kansas and Ne
braska,Prospective World’s Champ.
KANSAS CHAMPION EASY.
.Toe Stecher, the phenomenal
Dodge county heavyweight "grap
pler, now holds the championship
of two states—Nebraska and Kan
sas. Stecher clashed with Allen
Eustace, the Kansas champion,
yesterday afternoon at Dodge.
Neb., and flopped the Jayhawker
husky in straight falls, the time
being 11 and 7 minutes. Eustace,
who tips the beam at 210 pourids,
which gave him an advantage over
Stecher of fifteen pounds, was a
plaything for the Dodge county
phenom. The hall where the match
was staged was packed to the
doors, and when Stecher was de
clared winner his was carted away
on the shoulders of his enthusias
tic followers. Stecher expects to
establish himself as the American
champion before the coming
wrestling season is over and has
challenged Westergaard,Ordeman
and Roller, but to date not one of
that trio has evidenced a desire to
tackle the Nebraska phenom’s
game.
Letter From
“Bill” Kennedy
J. F. Nicoson a few days ago
received a long and interesting
letttr from our mutual friend.
“Bill*’ Kennedy at Cobrmbas,
Ohio. It will be remembered by
our readers that we spoke a few
weeks ago of changing the address
of W. H. Kennedy to Columbus.
In his letter, W. H. says he sold
his farm for a nice little profit
over the amount he paid for same
and purchased a home in Colum
bus, where he and wife will be at
home to all old friends, especially
his old Loup City friends.
“Bill’' has now passed the 70th
milestone, by some few years,
and proposes to take life easy
from now on. He still speaks
of making a visit back here some
future time, but we all are
“from Missouri” on the proposi
tion, which nothing will dispel till
he makes good
Business Change
_in Ashton
J. W. Lundy on Monday of
this week disposed of his stock of
merdhandise at Ashton to Paul G.
Held of Grand Island, receiving
in exchange therefore a half sec
tion of what is known as the Scott
land in Oak Creek township, and
returned to Dorris Lake to look
after his big interests there. Mr.
Held is highly spoken of as a busi
ness man, and while we regret
Friend Lundy’s departure, we be
lieve he is succeeded by an equally
good man.
Mrs. C. A. Stevens of Moun
tain Home, Idaho, arrived last
Thursday on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Theo Wilson. The ladies
later visited over Sunday in
Valley county with Mrs. Wilson’s
daughter, Mrs. Sutton, returning
to Loup City Monday.
Dr. Carrie L. Bowman was cal
led to Capec, Mich., Sunday,
driving over and taking the train
at Litchfield that day, by a tele
gram stating the death of her aunt
I Mrs. Waltz, that morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Erazim
were over from Ravenna and spent
Thanksgiving time with their
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Lorentz, returning home
the following morning.
Miss Vida Cowling spent a few
days last week with friends in
Arcadia, returning home Satur
day..
POPULAR YOUNG
COUPLE MARRIED
December Second el Home of Bride’s
Parents Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Brown
BROWN-McILRAVY.
On Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1914, at
the hour of 11:30 a.m., at the
home of the bride’s parents, and
in the presence of only the rel
atives and a few of the most inti
mate friends, occurred the quiet
and unpretentious ceremonies unit
ing in marriage Mr. Thomas R.
Mcllravy and Miss Edith Brown,
the Rev. J. L. Dunn, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Loup
City officiating. Following the
ceremony and warmest congratu
lations to the happy pair, a sump
tuous dinner, prepared by the
mother of the bride, was enjoyed
by the assembled company, after
which the bride and groom left
on the afternoon motor for a few
days absence on their bridal tour
to Omaha and other points east.
Returning they will be at home on
the the groom’s farm in Webster
township. The bride is youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Brown of this city and a prime
favoite in her circle of friends.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Mcllravy of Webster
township and one of Sherman
connty’s most esteemed and en
terprising young farmers. The
Northwestern joins with their host
of friends in wishing them bon
voyage o’er the seas of life.
Either Grandpa Willis Fulliton
was woefully exeited last weeK,
when he told the Northwestern of
the birth of twin boys to a son, or
the writer failed to get squarely
at the facts, as the paper mention
ed that Howard Fulliton was the
happy p*,pa of the brace of boys,
when instead the happy daddy
was Morris Fulliton, another son,
at Everton, Mo.
Fortunately No
Damage Done
Last ThanKgiving day, as Chas.
Sicides, wife and young son, were
driving near their farm, their
hoise shied in passing an automo
bile on a narrow road, and upset
the buggy, throwing all violently
the ground. Fortunately no one
was seriously injured, and aside
of the buggy no damage was done.
Mr. SieKles retained control of
the horse, which is usually a quiet
one. No blame is attached to the
passing auto by Mr. SieKles.
Miss Buelah Traer and Mr.
Otto Bettenmayer of Arcadia were
married in Chicago on ThanKsgiv
ing day, returning to Arcadia last
Saturday evening, where a recep
tion was held for them. The groom
is a young business man of that
village, while the bride was one
of the Traer Sisters musical com
pany, and has been visiting
here and at Arcadia for the past
number of months and is most
well and favorably Known. The
groom has a nice home prepared
for his bride in Arcadia where
they tvill go to houseKeeping at
once.
Marmion Lodge, No. 121, of K.
P., has a wealth of musical ability
and its glee club will furnish the
music at the M. E. church next
Sunday evening. Every one come
and hear them.
Dr. Carson of Grand Island
will be in Dr. Longaere’s office on
Wednesday, Dec. 9th, prepared
to fit glasses and to treat the eye,
ear, nose and throat
Clyde Wilson is now agent for
the Ford ears at Ashton, opening
there the first of this month, with
a garage in connection. May he
reap rich reward for his efforts.