THE NORTHWESTERN
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,1 W. BURLEIGH.Editor and Pub. J. R GARDINER Foreman
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The Quiz hist week beat the tom
tom loudly in a column article to
awaken the commercial club of
that city from a lethargy or
or listlessness into which it has
fallen of late. The Quiz absolves
the officers of the club from all
this, but finds the membership
too deeply interested in personal
affairs to the neglect of the gen
eral good and ascribes the whole
trouble to ennui, and brings forth
a great numberof important ques
tions for the public good which
might and should be threshed out
at meetings which would fiil the
hall each session. Ord is not
alone in this sleepy spirit and the
prodding of the Quiz is timely
and to the point. A little of such
prodding might be a good for
other commercial clubs well.
Editor Davis of the Ord Jour
nal has been named for postmaster
at Ord, is at present president of
Loup Valley editorial association,
vice president of fhe Nebraska
state editorial association, first as
sistant clerk in the Nebraska
house for the second time, has
been named by his democratic
newspaper friends as fit material
for governor, will probably be put
in for president at the next meet
ing of the state editorial associa
tion, fell heir to a $10,00t> libel
siut from a couple of tramp doc
tors, and makes Judge Howard
and Will Maupin look like 30 cents
along publicity lines when com
pared to him. Even Billy Bryan
will have to look to his laurels,
with Horace in the game at such
lightning speed.
Ord seems to have more than
its share of men and women who
engage in illicit love affairs, or
more publicly aired, than sister
towns. Last week two cases of
that kind were given to the pub
lic by the Quiz, which is in the
habit of telling what is going on,
and with little care who gets hit,
or where its sharpnel shots
strike. If you won't be good and
don’t want it known, keep away
from Ord and from the knowl
edge of Bro. Haskell and the
Quiz.
The allies have advised all neu
tral countries that they have put
a blockade on all Teuton ports,
but assert they will respect
the lives of all passengers and
crews of vessels, while they hold
themselves at liberty to stop all
shipping to and from Germany
and the countries of its allies. The
allied forces are determined to
starve out their German adversa
ries, evidently, at whatever cost,
ahd the neutrals are advised to
take their part of the medicine
and look pleasant.
Last week the great Sara Bern
hardt suffered the amputation of
one leg, caused by an old-time af
fliction of that member. The di
vine Sara has been pulling the
public leg for so many decades
memory goeth not back to the time
when the grueling nrocess began.
Deposits in this bank have the additional security of the De
positors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska.
The System
A good ship does not necessarily guaran
tee a safe port; nor does a good system
alone insure successful accumulation
of money. But system is an important
factor and system and intelligent use
make a winning combination.
Our bank account plan is the best
system ever devised for caring for one’s
income and accumulating for future in
vestment. Why not use it?
Lour City State Bank
Loup City, Nebraska.
We pay 5 percent interest on time deposits
»J. G. F*ageler
AUCTIONEER
Loup City, — Nebraska
All Auctioneering business attended to
promptly. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Give
me a trial.
NOTICE to FARMERS
1 have on hand a quantiry of the Council Bluffs
Remedy and would be glad to figure with you on vour
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.
and cannot ’’kick” much new the
game has turned the other way.
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It is good-b.?e, old ship bill;
take keer o’ yerself. And in the
disposition of the obnoxious meas
ure, the anti-caucus democrats and
progressives have done a blessed
act in support of the republi
cans.
Last Friday the Nebraska legis
lature laid to rest the proposed
amendment to the law prohibiting
saloons within the two and a half
mile limit of Fort Crook.
A DECISION OF THE
SUPREME COURT
A supreme court decision which
will be of interest to many peo
ple was recently handed down by
court in a case brought by Will
iam F. Bonlender, against the
Southern Telephone company, an
appeal taken from the circuit
court of St Joseph county. In
this case the supreme court held
the telephone and telegraph com
panies are liable for damages for
the needless and unnecessary mu
tilation of shade strees by linemen
erecting pole lines through the
county. In many instances line
men have put through pole lines
and wires, cutting out limbs of
shade trees wherever they ob
structed the progress of their
work. A portion of the opinion
of the supreme court in this case
reads: “An abutting owner to a
highway, owning in fee to the
middle of the highway, may re
cover damages for the unauthor
ized and unwarranted cutting and
mutilation of shade trees in the
highways by the telephone com
pany in constructing its lines."’
Bolender a farmer brought suit
because the telephone company
had cut the tops out of a number
of fine maples along the highway
bordering his property. The de*
fendant took the position that he
did not own the trees. The higher
court, however holds that a man’s
property extends to the middle of
the road.
They Cone Every Moith
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The Quaker Specialists
Doctors Buck aid Loftier
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Will again be at the Jung Board
ing House March 8th. They are
not strangers to Loup City people.
They invite all persons suffering
with any chronic trouble or
chronic disease to call and visit
with their many patients now
under treatment—to, in this way
—learn of their advanced methods
of treatment, the results they
have obtained in every case treat
ed. This is the only true way to
prove their ability as specialists,
and anyone who is now and has
been, suffering with any chronic
ailment will profit by investiga
ting. Investigate and prove to
yourself that these specialists
have made 224 special visits to
the several towns on their regular
list in Nebraska, and Loup City
is now and has been on their regu
lar list for the past ten years and
they invite you to first fully in
vestigate the results obtained in
their very large number of patients
and their offer to make a FREE
Scientific Examination of your
case, then if you are satisfied that
they fully understand your trou
ble, they will explain the method
of treatment, the possibility of
cure, the cost of treatment, etc.
Remember, it costs you nothing
and may be of much benefit to
learn what your trouble is.
They treat only Chronic troubles
of all kinds and treat scientifically
Biaiiihir the Date
March 8th, Jung’s Boarding House
from 1 to 8 p.n.
Poor Chanca for Millenium.
If the millenlum doesn’t show up
until a mother admits that her own
children are naughty and those next
door are angels it will never arrive.
Lincoln Put Upon List
of Produce Postoffices
_
“Postmaster, Francis W. Brown !
Lincoln Nebraska, is in receipt of
information from the First Assist
ant Postmaster General, Washing
ton, D.C., stating that it has been
decided to add Lincoln to the list
of offices at which lists are pub"
lished of the names and addresses
of producers, who desire to sell
country produce direct to the
consumer by means of the parcel
post. All farmers desiring to
have their names placed on the
list should forward their name
and address to Postmaster Brown
at Lincoln, Nebraska, stating the
kind of produce they have for
sale, which should be listed under
three heads; butter, eggs, and
general produce.
When a sufficient number of
names are received they will be
compiled, printed and distributed
upon application or by the city
carriers to persons, who would
likely make use of such lists.”
Professional Cards!
ROBT. P. STARR
Attorney at Law,
LOUP CITY. HBBRRSKS.
R. H. MATHEW
Attorney at Law
And Bonded Abstractor,
Loup City, Nebraska
Aaron Wall
Lawyer
Practices in all Courts
Loup City, Neb.
LAMONT L STEPHENS
LAWYER
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILD.
INC
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA
ROBERT H.MATHEW
Bonded Abstracter
Loup Cixy, - Nebraska.
Only set of Abstract books in county
O. E. LONCACRE
Physician & Surgeon
Office, Over New Bank.
TELEPHONE CALL, N0.39
A. J. KEARNS
Physician & Surgeon
Phone, 30. Office at Residence
Two Doors East or Telephone Central
Lnnp City, - Nebraska
A. S. MAIN
Physician & Surgeon
Loup City, Nebr.
Office at Residence,
Telephone Connection
J. E. Bowman M U. Cariie L. Bowman M. D.
BOWMAN & BOWMAN
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
Phonal 14 I.oup City. Sabranka
S. A. ALLEN
DENTIST
LOUP CITY, - - NEB.
Office up stairs in the new State
* Bank buildinv.
W. L. MARCY
DENTIST
Loup City, Nebraska;
OFFICE: East Side Public Souaie.
Phone. Brown 116
E. T. Beushausen
Licensed Embalmer
Funeral Director
Graduate in Anatomy, Sanitary
Science and Embalming of Barnes
Embalming School
New Eleptic Spring and Rubber
Tired Funeral Car. Calls Answer
ed Day or Night. Phone No. 104
Lady Assistant in Connection.
I. McDONALL
Prompt Dray Work
Call lumber yards or Taylor’s
elevator. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Phone Brown 67
C. R. SWEETLAND
PLUMBER & ELECTRICIAN
For good clean and neat work
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Come and get my prices
THE PATRIOTIC
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DECREES DOLLARS IN
DULGING IN LUXURIES MUST
FIRST SALUTE THE FLAG.
War Revenue Tax of $105,000,000
Levied—Beer Bears Brunt of
Burden.
Congress ha6 levied a war tax of
lliij,100,000 to offsei a similar amount
of loss on iinpori revenue due to tlie
European disturbances and of this
amount be-er is the heaviest
contributor, having been assessed ap
proximately $50,000,000; a stamp taxon
negotiable instruments, it is estimated,
vi ill yield $31,000,000; a tax on the
capital stork of banks of $4,300,000
mid ci tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea
ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder.
Congress has decreed that the
b-ewer, the banker and the investor
must shoulder the musket and march
to the front; that milady who would
acid to her beauty must first tip Uncle
Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure
mu3t first salute the flag; that Pleas
ure and Profit—the twin heroes of
many wars—shall fight the nation's
battles and by an ingeniously ar
ranged schedule of taxation congress
has shifted the war budget from the
shoulders of Necessity to those of
Choice and Gain, touching in its
various ramifications almost every line
of business.
All hail the dollar that bleeds for
its country; that bares its breast to
the fortunes of war and risks its life
to preserve the stability and integrity
of the nation's credit.
The market place has always been
a favorite stand for war revenue col
lectors. The trader Is a great finan
cial patriot Rts dollar Is the first to
rally aruu'fHT the star-spangled banner
and the last to hear the coo of the
dove of peace. He is called upon to
buy cannon; to feed and clothe the
boys in blue and each month cheer
their hearts with the coin of the
realm. Men can neither be free nor
brave without food and ammunition,
and money is as important a factor
in war as blood. Many monuments
have been erected in honor of heroes
s'eiu in bnfMes. poems have been writ
ten euicgizing their noble deeds and
the nation honors Its soldiers while
they live and places a monument upon
their graves when they die, but very
Ixttle has been said of the dollar that
bears the burdens of war.
Honor to the Dollar that Bears the
Supdens of War.
AH hor.r.r to the dollar that an
swers the call to arms and. when
the battle is over, bandages the
wounds of striiken soldiers, lays a
wreath imon the graves of fallen
heroes and cares for the widows and
orphans.
All honor to the industries that
bend their backs under the burdens
of war; lift the weight from the shoul
ders of the poor and build a bulwark
around the nation’s credit.
A11 honor to those who contribute
to the necessities and administer to
the comforts of the boys who are
marching: cool the fever of afflicted
soldiers and kneel with the cross be
side dying heroes.
A dollar may fight its competitor in
business, industries may struggle for
supremacy in trade and occupations
may view each other with envy or
suspicion, but wh°n the bugle calls
they bury strife and rally around the
flag, companions and friends, mesa
mates and chums, all fighting for one
flag, one cause and one country.
The luxuries in life have always
been the great burden-bearers in gov
ernment We will mention a few of
them giving the annual contributions
to the nation’s treasury: Liquor, $250,
000,000; tobacco, $103,000,000; sugar,
$54,000,000; silks. $15,300,000; dia
monds, $3,837,000; millinery, $2,479,
000; furs, $2,024,000 and automobiles,
$870,000. We collect $665,000,000 of
interna] and custom revenue annually
and $450,000,000 of this amount classi
fies as luxuries, and to thlB amount
we should add the $100,000,000 war tax
now levied.
The war tax is immediately effec
tive. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the
industries are marching $100,000,000
strong and beneath the starry flag
they will fill the treasury again while
they shout, “Hurrah for Uncle Sam!”
In every field of human activity the
demand for more competent men and
women is growing every day. Espe
cially so in agriculture.
Home pride is & mighty valuable as
set, and the fanner who has none is
carrying a heavy handicap on the
road to success.
Work is the salve that heals the
wounded heart
Rare Books Fetch High Prices.
Ben Jonson’s works were in favor
when the sale of the fourth portion of
the Huth library commenced at Sothe
by’s in London. The only copy known
on large paper of “The Pall of Se
Janus” realized $4,500.- It was In
creased In value by being an auto
graph copy, containing in Ben Jon
eon's writing the dedication: “To my
perfect friend. Mr. Francis Crane, I
erect this pillar of friendship, and
leave it as the eternal witness of my
love.—Ben Jonson.” The fourth book
printed with a date, Balbu’s Cathol
Icon,” fetched $3,800, and the second
of the original unauthentic quarto edi
tions of “John, King of England, a
play used by Shakespeare, realized
$850.
They Won’t Let You Reform.
A few days after you have quit to
bacco, a friend in Kentucky ships you
enough tobacco to last you a year.
And when you make up your mind to
quit lying, some girl asked you to
guess how old she is.—New York
Mall.
6 per cent MONEY 6 per sent
Loans may be obtained for any pur
pose on acceptable real estate security,
liberal privileges, correspondence soli
cited.—A.C. Agency Company, 758Gas,
Electric Bldg., Denver. Colorado.
FOR SALE
Five or six acres of ground in al
falfa, fenced chicken tight. For terms
and particulars, see Alfied Anderson.
COAL! COAL! COAL!
We handle all kinds of coal both
Lump and Nut. Try us for Rod -
Springs, Canon City, Aztec, Han
na, Sheridan and Pinnacle coal.
We have a car of hard coal on
hand. E. G. Taylor’s Elevator.
Used Typewriters, all makes, at all
prices. O. E. James, Y. M. A.,
Grand Island, Nebr. nov 1"
DAILY FURNITURE CO
Sells for Less, and
Pays the Freight
Furniture and
Undertaking
J. E. SCOTT
Licensed Embalmer and
Funeral Director. . . .
Phone Red 65
E. P. DAILY
M888 KEYSTONE LUMBER CO. 19151
^Kokomo Pioneer Fence(
L The stay wires cannot be slipped on the line
P wires, because they are attached to the line ‘
L wires in such a manner that the harder the
P strain the tighter the lock becomes. No sharp '
L angles nor crimps but a long smooth lock. ^
| Yards at Loup City, Ashton, Rockville, Schaupps and Arcadia
i
The Simplest, Safest, and
Surest Way to Vaccinate
Cattle Against Blackleg.
THE COST OF ONE ANIMAL LOST THROUGH
BLACKLEG WILL PAY FOR ENOUGH BLACKLEGOIDS
TO VACCINATE YOUR WHOLE HERD.
No Doso to Moasuro. No Liquid to Spill. No String to Rot.
SIMPLY A LITTLE PELLET TO INJECT UNDER THE SKIN.
Sold for Fra. Booklets. 6at tar Offer of a Free Injector.
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SWANSON & LOFHOLM, Druggists
Travel Money Matters
throughout the United States are simplified by “A.El. A." Cheques.
They are much safer to carry than coin and currency. They are
accepted by strangers, who nrght na'urally r» fvs» to honor a peracr.al
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LOIP CITY, NEBRASKA