Deposits in this bank have the additional security of the De
positors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska.
Please Consider This
Plain Fact
YOU YOUNG MEN who are earning money
should consider the' fact that it will never'be
easier to start a bank account than it is right
now: also the quicker you get our bank ac
count plan working for you the more you will
accumulate. You will accumulate more be
cauee of the additional time you will be con
serving your income and f$r the reason of the
habit of thrift you will naturally form—that’s
the real force behind' getting ahead.
Come in and let us ex'pIiuV oVl- plan to you.
Loup City, Nebraska.
We pay 5 percent interest on time deposits
J. G. Pageler
AUCTIONEER
Loup City, — Nebraska
All Auctioneering business attended to
promptly. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Give
me a trial. »
NOTICE TO FARMERS
I liave on hand a quantiry of the Council Bluffs
Remedy and would be glad to figure with vou on your
spring supply of Stock Remedy. All of the big feeders
are good feeders of the Council Bluffs goods. Phone
or see
Alfred N. Cook, Loup City, Nebr.
The Local Paper a Most Useful
Agency on the Farm—The Press,
Pulpit and School a Trinity of
Influence That Must Be
Utilized in Building
Agriculture.
By Peter R^lford
Lecturer National Farmers’ Union
A broad campaign of publicity on
the subject of rural life is needed in
this state today to bring the problems
of the farmers to the forefront. The
city problems are blazoned upon the
front pages of the metropolitan dail
ies and echoed in the country press,
but the troubles of the farmers are
seldom told, except by those who
seek to profit by the story, and the
glitter of the package ofttimes ob
scures the substance. A searching in
vestigation into the needs of the
farmers will reveal many inherent de
fects in our ecohomic system that can
b easily remedied when properly un
derstood and illuminated by the pow
er of the press.
The rural press, the pulpit and the
school are a trinity of powerful In
fluences that the farmer must utilise
t . their fullest capacity before he can
occupy a commanding position In pub
lic affairs. These gigantic agencies are
organized in every rural community
and only await the patronage and co
operation of the farmers to fully de
velop their energy and usefulness.
They are local forces working for
the best interests of their respective
communities. Their work is to build
and their object is to serve. They
prosper only through the development
and prosperity of the community.
Every farmer in this state should
subscribe for the local paper, as well
as farm periodicals and such other
publications as he may find profitable,
hut he should by. all means subscribe
tor his local paper, and no home
should be without ft.- The local paper
is part of the community Jife and the
editor understands the farmer’s prob
lems. It is the' local press that will
study the local problems and through
its columns deal with subjects pt most
vital importance to local, life of the
community.
A Noble Task.
Tn too many instances the country
papers mimic the city press by gjv
,-ing prominence to scandals, accidents
, and political agitation. The new
rural civilization has placed upon the
rural press renewed responsibilities,
and enlarged possibilities for useful
ness. It cannot perform its. mission
to agriculture by, recording the frail
ties, the mishaps and inordinate, ^in
■bitions of humanity , or "by fining" fts'
Columns with the echoes ‘oir the strag
gles of busy streets, or by enchanting
stories- qL city, life- which lure our
cm.icren iroip the tarm.
It has a higher and nobler task.
Too often the pages of the city dailies
bristle with the struggle of ambitious
men in their wild,lust for power, and
many times the iiames of personal
conflict sear the tender buds of new
civilization ami illuminate the path
way to destruction. The rural press
is the governing power of public senti
ment and must hold steadfast to
principle and keep the ship of sta.'e
in the roadstead of progress. The
rural press can best serve the inter
ests of the farmers by applying its
energies to the solukijn of problem
affecting the local- community. It
antlst. §fy?m the • mifehty,- life current
that is moving from the farm to the
cities, sweeping before it a thousam
boys and girls per day. It has to deal
with the fundamental problems of
civilization at their fountain head It*
mission is to direct growth, teach ef
ficiency and mold the Intellectual life
of the.country, placing before the pah
lie the daily problems of the farmer
and giving first attention to the leg
islative, co-operative, educational and
social needs of the agricultural classes
w’ithin its respective community.
The Power of Advertising.
The influence of advertising is clear
ly visible in the homes and habits of
the farmers, and the advertising col
umns of the press are making their,
imprint upon the lives of our people.
The farmer possesses the things that
are best advertised.
The farmer is entitled to all the
advantages and deserves all the lux
uries of life. We need more art, sci
ence and useful facilities on the
farms, and many homes and farms
are well balanced in this respect, but
the advertiser can render a service
by teaching the advantages of modern
equipment throughout the columns ot
the rural press.
Famhtts Paris Shopping Street.
.That wonderful street- of shops in
Paris, known as the Rue de Rivoli,
was begun in 1802 and was named in
bondr Of Napoleon’s victory at Rivoli,
in 17&f, during the Italian campaign.
It was not finished, however, until
1865, during the reign of Napoleon III,
to whom Paris is indebted for much of
Its grandeur. --
- — — ’■» .> ■ i -
~ ‘,:6bme Famous Italians.
Voltai-and Gal van! made great con
tributloas to the science of electricity,
but Garibaldi was not a scientist. His
energies all ran in the direction of bat
tle for the sofcial and political eman
cipation of humanity, especially of his
own countrymen. If you have not al
ready done so you should read the life
Of Garibaldi—life most popular name
In the history of modern Italy.—Chi
cago Examiner.
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.. .. i -‘3z-5a>’-gl(rp23Se's Egypt.
- Java*iTtrksresGds'Tuinr; of temples of
k vanished religion that in vast wealth
of sculpture surpass anything Egypt
can show.
THE NORTHWESTERN
Entered at the Loup City Postofflce for trantmlssioo through the malla as second class
matter.
Office Phone. Red 138. Residence, - Black 138
J. W. BURLEIGH.Editor and Pub. J. R. GARDINER Manager'
Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of
subscribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at the expiration
of time paid for, if publishers shall be notified; otherwise the subscription
will remain in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber
must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract*
between publisher and subscriber.
The second blizzard spasm of
the winter last week, following
closely in the footsteps of the first,
proved the worst of the two. Not
only here in old Sherman, but
broadcast over the state, telephone
and telegraph wires have been
laid low and it will be some time
before regular communication will
again be perfected. At Fremont,
foV instance, the Tribune claims
all wires were laid low and almost
every phone put out of commission.
Loup City did not suffer as much,
but the county circuits were al
most generally put into discard.
The editor was called away last
Tuesday morning to Omaha, par
tially on business matters, but
more especially to accompany his
aged mother-in-law that far on her
return to her Iowa home, after a
visit at this editorial home of some
six months, the longest she has
'been away from hei own fireside
in the 77 years of her eventful
life. While absent, the editor
will visit the legislature a day and
see if they are doing as nicely
as they would have done
had the writer not been compelled
to stay at home through force of
circumstances.
It’s awful nice to be a railroader.
By wireless, we were informed
Saturday that in addition to the
snow blockade on the B. & M.
and U. P. branches, the U. P.
had some five cars of one train
that parted company with the
rails, while the B. &. M. had
some cars of one train on this side
of St. Paul which tried to cut
across the country and got a di
stance of at least thirty feet from
the rails in a cross-country flight
before stopped.
Dodge of Douglas has presented
a measure which provides that in
printing, posting or distributing
political advertisements either for
the election or defeat of any can
didate or any constitutional
amendment the name of the chair
man and secretary or two officers
of the organization issuing the
same or the voters who are re
sponsible therefor with their names
and addresses and the name of the
printer shall be attached. Failure
makes penalty of fineorimpiison
ment or both.
During the last six months, ex
ports of wheat and flour to
foreign ports has aggregated in
bushels, 177,845,498. This is ,'a
total for the six months 22 per
cent larger than the entire exports
of wheat during the full year pre
vious.
So, Boat-loads of wheat leaving
America’s wharf, and the home
price of that product high, and
still going up—Say, Uncle, how
are all the folks?
Roy Roberts, the parolled con
vict who has been on trial at North
Platte for the murder of Vernon
Connett, has been found guilty
and will probably be the first one
to suffer the death penalty under
the new law of electrocution.
It was bad enough here, but a
wireless from Harrington, north
of O’Neil, in Holt county, claimed
ten feet of snow on the level there.
Now, don’t get gay, and claim to
be from Missouri, or we are liable
to show you.
Added to the present war trou
bles, England has added to its
griefs recent earthquake shocks,
causing death and destruction in
mines, making a great many un
workable.
Items From
1914 Record
A grand total of $9,872,936,000
was produced from American
farms during 1914, according to
the Department of Agriculture.
The grand total of American
crops was $6,034,480,000; the
grand total of live stock was $3,
824,456,000.
Nebraska’s total production
from farms was $471,420,846.
Nebraska’s increase in value of
farm products in 1914 over 1913
was $38,430,748.
The value of the manufactured
products from Nebraska factories,
as voluntary reported to the state
bureau of labor, is $175,201,974,
but this is the result only of volun
tary reports, and does not repre
sent the complete total by a
large figure.
The number of employees in
Nebraska factories, as voluntarily
reported was 50,764.
The amount of capital invested
in Nebraska factories, as volun
tarily reported in 1914, was $75,
052,048.
The amount of wages paid to
employees of Nebraska factories
in 1914, according to these volun
tary reports,was $20,018,804.
The total of Nebraska property,
exclusive of the railroads, as re
turned by the assessors, was $2,
359,669,860.
The total value of the railroad
property, as fixed by the state
board of assessments, was $279,
725,372.
The total value of the products
of Omaha factories during 1914
was $196,312,537.
The total value of goods distri
buted by the wholesalers and job
bers of Omaha last year was $159,
648,467.
The last two items are by no
means by which an absolutely ac
curate record may be kept, and
these figures represent the com
pilations of the Publicity Bur
eau from voluntary reports.
The receipts of live stock at
Nebraska packing houses showed
a decrease in number buff tin in
crease in value. *•1
Shipments of grain received by
the Omaha Grain Exchange in
1914 exceeded those of al$ pre
vious year by several nu^fiop
bushels. ■ •
Total deposits in Nebraska
banks, 1914, was $209,210,620.
A Pretty Bai Place
Unobserved and unannounced
the president of the church society
entered the composing room just in
time to hear these words issue
from the mouth of the boss printer:
“Billy, go to the dderil and tell
him to finish that murder he began
this morning. Then kill ‘William
J. Bryan’s Youngest Grandchild,’
and dump the ‘Sweet Angel of
Mercy’ into the hell box. Then
make up that ‘Naughty Parisian
Actress’ and lock up “The Lady
in Her Boudoir.”
Horrified, the good woman, fled
from that place of sin, and now
her children wonder why they are
not allowed to play with the
printer’s youngster.
“I»rafel" Angel of Mualc.
Israfel or Israfil, In Mohammedan ‘
mythology, was the angel of muslo,
who puossesses the most melodious
voice of all God’s creatures. This Is
the angel who is to sound the resur- .
rection trump, and will ravish the ears .
of the saints in Paradise, Israfel, Ga
briel and Michael, were the three an
gels that warned Abraham of Sodom’s
destruction. In the Koran we read:
’and the angel Israfel, whose heart
strings are a lute, and who has the
sweetest voice of all God’s creatures.**
FARMERS’ UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE £N
_ TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products of Plow and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should Bo
Exempt From Increase.
By Peter Radford.
! - liwtnrei, N'at.tmai Fainter*- Union.
The racent action ot the Interstate
■.Vjninerce Commission In granting an
increase in freight rates In the eastern
classification ot csriitory; the applica
r tion of ’ho roads to state and inter
j state commissions for an increase in
1 rates and the utterances of President
Wilson on the subject tiring the farm
ers of this nation face to face with the
problem ot an increase in freight
rates. It is the policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare of the farmers squarely and
we will do so in this instance. %
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to ef
fectively meet the demands of com
merce and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileage
is needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products. If In the wis
dom of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an improvement in our
■ transportation service, and an exten
sion of oui mileage, then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer Is
wilting to share such proportion of
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to tlje manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines of Leaat Resist
ance.
The freight rates of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re
sistance. The merchant, the manu
facturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power of organ
ized tonnage they have hammered the
life out of the rates and with unre
strained greed they have eaten the
vitals out of our transportation system
ant since we have had railroad com
missions, these interests, with skill
and cunning, are-represented at every
hearing in which their business is
inVol ved.
The farmer is Beldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
.have never had the finances to em
ploy counsel to develop his side of
the case and. as a result, the products
of the plow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense. A glance at
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion. ,001100. the leading
agricultural -product 1 the South, al
ready beare the highest freight rate of
any necessary commodity in com
merce, and the rate on agricultural
products as a whole is out of pro
•portion with that of the products of
-the, factory! and the mine.
VVe offer no schedule of rates, but
hope the commission will be able to
give-the railroad such an increase in
rates as is necessary without levying
a .further toll upon the products of
the, plow. The instance seems to pre
• sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions to equalize the rates as
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple'farm products.
/
What Is a Pair Rate?
VVe do not know what constitutes a
basis for rate making and have never
heard ’of anyone who did claim to
know much about <t, but if the pros
perity of the farm is a factor to be
considered and the railroad commis
sion concludes that an increase in
rates la necessary, we would prefei
that it come to us through articles of
consumption on their journey from
the factory to the farm. We would,
for example, prefer that the rate on
nogs remain as at present and the
rate on meat/ bear the increase, for
any farmer can then avoid th« burden
by raising his own meat, and a farm
er who will not try to raise his own
meat ought to be penalised. We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much better bear an increase than
the rate on cotton and flour. Wc
would prefer that the rate on plows
remain the- same, and machinery,
pianos and such articles as the poor
er farmer cannot hope to possess beat
the burden of increase.
The, increase in rates should be so
arranged that the farmer who lives
at home wlli bear no part of the bur
den,: but let the farmer who boardr
in other states and countries and
who feeds his stock in foreign lands
■av the price ot hfs follv
FOR SALE
Five or six acres of ground in al
falfa, fenced chicken tight. For terms
bnd particulars, see Alfred Anderson.
This Jts-the time of year most try
ing on those,inclined to be constipat
ed. Many dread winter because of it.
Don’t woriy, just take Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain Tea, nature’ssurest, !
safest and best tonic regulator. Take
tt once a week. Start tonight.
Swanson St Lofholm.
DAILY FURNITURE CO
Sells for Less, and
Pays the Freight
Furniture and
Undertaking
j. e. scon
Licensed Embalmer and
Funeral Director. . . .
Phone Red 65
E. P. DAILY
Travel Money Matters
throughout the United States a-* simplified ty "A.3.A." Cheque*.
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LOUP CITY STATE BANK
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA
START THE DAY RIGHT
Do you arise in the morning feeling tired and sore—just as if
yau hadn’t been in bed at all? Are you inclined to be torgetsul.
listless and dull during the day? Do you have a pain here and a
pain there? If so, it’s time you start taking
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Your blood needs encouragement—weakened tissues need food
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Increase the appetite and make food taste and act right! It en
riches the blood and compels you to forget that “tired feeling
A large bottle of Nyal's Iron Tonic Bitters—full of health and
and energy—only costs $1.
Whatever a good Drug Store ought tb have—and many things
that other drug stores don’t keep—you'll find here. Come to us
first and you'll get what you want.
We are sole agents for the celebrated Nyal Family Remedies.
Our sole aim is to please our customers.
Keystone Lumber Co.
Get the best fence anchor from
The Keystone Lumber Go., for 5
cents.
Yards at Loup City, Ashton, Rockville, Schaupps and Arcadia
English Prejudice Against Corn.
Maize has long been grown In Eng*
land as a forage crop for cattle and
horaes—but this is not sugar corn—
and Ike average Britisher has not yet
overcome his prejudice against eating
horse feed. Yet English cattle and
English horses have an enviable repu*
tation in parts of the world outside of
England, and it may be that the Eng
lishman will take a leaf out of his
horee book.
Simple Remedy.
In emergency or fainting give sips
>f water, hot or cold. The body must
>e kept warm.—Ed. Dingley, M. D.
[London).
Cut Down in His Prime.
Early Brown county history says the
first stake driven In laying out the
county was soaked in whisky and
placed in position by Brummett, who
was the first commissioner of the
county. Brummett was thrown from a
pony when one hundred and eleven
years old, and killed.—Cincinnati En
quirer.
Fortunate People.
It has been rightly said that -the
fortunate people—the truly fortunate
—are not so much those who succeed
in life as those who succeed in living.’’
Right living is a beautiful art, made
up of courage and kindness and hard
work and true religion; and it is open
to everybody.—Selected.