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OLDEST PAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA. LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THE PAPER THAT THE PEOPLE READ VOLUME XL LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. March, 11th 1915. NUMBER 12 BIG BLIZZARD CAPS CLIMAX Latest of Winter’s Spasms Isolates This Section From the Rest of the World for an Entire Week TRAFFIC TIED UP FOR ERTIRE WEEK The past week has witnessed the biggest snow storm, or series of snow falls, in the history of this section of the country. Beginning with last week Tuesday night, a heavy fall of the beautifuK ?) came, accompanied with high winds, which continued with more or less volume day after day and night till Sunday morning, whei. Old Sol managed to tear a rent in the heavy canopy and peered down upon a country covered with a heavy blanket of congealed aqua of a filmy nature ranging from 24 to 2k inches in depth on the level. Wednesday morning, following the commencement of natuie’s moving picture show alluded to above the B. & M. passenger waded down from Sargent and trot to its usual scheduled destina tion. in such cases made and pro vided, viz: Farwell; and where it remained, as we understand, for 'steen days, and until a rotary ap peared and cleared the right-of way so it could proceed on its wayward course. The B. & M. was blocked of traffic until Sat urday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, when a rotary, pushed by two big moguls, and followed by an en gine and two coaches pushed through here and on up to Sar gent, returning through here east ward a little before noon Sunday, gathering up the remnants of what was left of the Knights of the Grip who had been stranded at various points along, and put us once more in tonch with the other and less civilized portions of the earth, allowing regular train service to resume on that branch on Monday. Wednesday morning, following the initial moments of this last and greatest of winter spasms in this country since Heck was a pup, the motor, of course, not being provided with skis, and not of the aeroplane order, did not attempt to go out, but an engine with the mail and a few traveling men who did not care to hear about the European war before peace was declared, came up from St. Paul at noon—and concluded to remain till the blow that almost killed father was over, and up to Mon day night all traffic over the United Presbyterian out of here was suspended, when a snow plow pityingly put in an appearance and blessed the wide world by letting the effulgent rays of this greatest and best portion of this greatest and best state of this greatest and best nation shine full upon them. From Wednesday noon of last week, then, till Monday night of this week, we had been completely isolated from the world, so far as mail was concerned, not a letter nor paper being received. We did not know whether the butch ery aoross the big pond had ceased and peace declared, or the melee had grown worse; whether Billy Bryan had chautauquaed some more; whether Edgar Howard had gone back to chawing terbacker or was still posing as a saint, with this addition to his crown; wheth fiditor Davis of Ord had copped any more official dope, or whether any one of a thousand or more other events of world-wide im portance had startled humanity. But now the agony is over. We are johnny on the spot with the rest of the world and in full com munication therewith. Selah! Evangelistic Meetings Next Sunday commences a se ries of revivahstic meetings at the Presbyterian church in this city. Evangelist Spoonts, “Cow Boy Preacher’* of Jacksonville, Ills., who is considered one of the most cuccessful men in the evangelistic field, has been secured for a ‘‘whirlwind campaign,’’ and can be here only eleven days, so the most strenuous efforts will be put forth to make it one of the great est on the part of the church peo ple. He is now at Gothenberg, this state, holding a series of meetings, Rev. Steen being with him, conducting the singing, will be here Saturday ready for the opening services Sunday, the evan gelist arriving Monday evening to begin his work. Rev. Walter E. Spoonts, Evaatelist Following are a few of the sub jects given on the days mentioned: Monday—The Stingiest Man in Loup City. Tuesday—The Wonderful Sa viour. Wednesday—Girls MeanerThan Boys. \ Thursday—A Drama in Three Acts. Friday—The Big Quarrel in Town. Saturday—No Room for Christ in Loup City. Sunday—If You Are a Chris tian, Say So. Sunday afternoon—From Cow Ranch to Pulpit, (for men only.) Sunday evening—The Greatest Need of Loup City. Everybody earnestly urged to : attend each and every service. NOTICE In compliance with instructions received from the Secretary of the State Banking Board, and in co-operation with orders sent out by the Comptroller of the Cur rency to discontinue permitting overdrafts, and for the following reasons, after April 1st next, we will discontinue the practice of cashing any and all checks where the maker or account has not suf ficient funds to his credit to pay the same. First: It has been found that patrons who favor conservative banking disapprove the overdraft. Second: The overdraft is one of the worst abuses of country banking. It consists, as a rule, of the customer making a loan to himself without the knowledge or consent of the bank’s officers, without note or security. Third: Wherever the privilege of overchecking is used for the purpose of getting business, it has been observed to introduce a lax ity in the bank’s methods, wholly inconsistent with sound banking. Fourth: Both State and Na tional Banking Departments pro hibit the payment of checks on overdrafts. Fifth: All Courts hold the aymentof checks on overdrafts illegal and make personally liable the officer of the bank who per mits such payment. Sixth;, While it would seem that in a few cases this ruling might work a hardship, it will not limit the credit of our good cus tomers in any way, and we will continue and endeavor to help them in every possible way as heretofore and is in keeping with the better banking, greater effi ciency and equal treatment of all customers demanded by the great reforms of the banking laws of the country now being passed and instituted, both State and Na tional. All patrons are requested to co operate in making it effective. LOUP CITY STATE BANK. K. of P. Play, Three Twins. Three act comedy drama, 15 people, all beautiful. Music be tween acts. Everything funny. Togs, make-up, dresses and all properties complete. Chase your worry awa.v, laugh is good for the liver. Prices, 5 to 12 yrs. 25c adults 35c. reserved 50c. Mr. .John W. Petersen of Aurora arrived Wednesday even ing of this week with his family to take possession of his newly purchased farm on Cob Creek. Our people will give them warm welcome. BOY SHOOTS SCHOOL OFFICER Near Murder at Industrial School When Escaping Boy Attempts to Kill Officer Oickman Last Saturday morning, accord ing to the Kearney Democrat, two boys attempted to escape from the Industrial school. They are Ed Cave and Vern Perry. The boys were painting one of the rooms when the Cave boy discov ered a revolver belonging to an | officer lying in a trunk. He pock eted the gun and he and Perry jumped from a window and made for the hills north of the school. Officer Dickman saw them when they jumped from the window, gave the alarm, secured a horse and started in pursuit. He soon overtook the boys and it was then that Cave turned on him, ordered him to get off the horse, and when he did not do so, drew the gun and pointed it at Dickman’s head and pulled the trigger. The gun failed to fire, but at the second at tempt the cartridge exploded, the ball striking Dickman in the muscles of the leg. The Perry boy then helped Mr. Dickman in taking the gun away from Cave, overpowering him and returning him to the school. The Perry boy alleges that the Cave boy, after he had secured the gun, compelled him to leave the building. Mr. Dickman was taken to the St. Luke Hospital and his wound dressed. He is getting along as well as possible under the circum stances. I C. J. Tracy Hoiored C. J. Tracy returned Monday i night on first train over the Bur lington since the blockade from Omaha where he had been in at tendance on the State Cement Dealers’ Association meeting in the auditorium. He reports it the very best yet held, in spite of the weather which reduced their gate receipts to practically nothing, j Mr. Tracy was honored by re election to the vice presidency of the association. He reports more snow, heavier blockades, and even traffic tied up tighter elsewhere over the state than here. Luck ily, when he got ready to come home, he was not stranded any where, although he had to buy his fare home in sections, as they would not sell but for a short dis tance each time. As will be noticed without microscopic examination or the use of field glasses, the Northwest ern is a day or so late with the paper. Lay the fault to the big storm. DEATH’S HARVEST Two of Sherman County’s Oldest Pioneer’s Pass Away WERE HEADS OF TWO FAMILIES The hand of death has laid heavily on our community the past week, two of our oldest and most highly esteemed citizens hav ing answered the summons of the grim messenger and passed into the mystic beyond, besides these, the death angel harvesting two or more little one^. taken but a short time after coming into the world, and leaving grief-stricken parents and saddened homes behind. Schuyler Sylvester Reynolds Last week Thursday, occurred the death of one of ;the oldest, most widely known and highly re spected pioneer-, of Sherman coun ty, “Uncle Sky" Reynolds, at his home in Welwter township, a few miles west of this city, after fail ing health for a number of years, and several weeks of confinement within the home. lie had a very wide acquaintance, was a man of decided opinions, well read on all topics and a man of strong friend ships for those whom he held in high regard, and the writer of this held it an honor to lie count ed among his friends. Schuyler Sylvester Reynolds was born at Jacksonville, New York, May 15, 1842, and died at his home near Loup City, Nebr., March 4, 1915, and was at the time of his death 72 years, 9 months and 17 days old. When he was a very small child his parents moved ic *-urora, HI., where he grew to marinood. At the age of 21 years, he went to Fairfax, Iowa, where he was married to Emma S. Kelloway, on January 1. 1886. To this union were born five children, namely, Mrs. Estella J. Shepardson and M right B. Reynolds, both of whom live near Litchfield, Neb.; Mrs. Nina L. Wyckoff of Dixie, Wash.; Maud E. and Clark S. Reynolds of Loup City, all of whom, with the mother, are left to mourn his loss. He also leaves one brother and two sisters, namely, Wright B. Reynolds of Clackamas, Oregon; Mrs. A. C. Boggs of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and Mrs. Frank Baylea of Vinton, Iowa. Shortly after his marriage, he moved to Vinton, Iowa, where he resided until in November, 1887, when he moved to his present home. The funeral services were held from the home Tuesday morning of this week. Rev. L. V. Slocumb officiating and the body laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery. Arthur M. Robbins Last Thursday, March 4, 1915, at his home, a few miles north west of this city, aftei* a long and lingering and extremely painful illness, occurred the death of Mr. A. M. Robbins, in his t>4th year. For a long time the deceased had battled with the dread disease which sapped his very life-blood, and only because of a naturally rugged constitution had he so suc cessfully resisted the encroach ment of the final end of life for so long a time. Arthur M. Robbins was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1851. He was married to Libbie Stevens at Almena, Michigan, May 29, 1873. To this union were born four children, one boy and a girl dying in infancy, and two sons, Frank Robbins of Greeley, Neb., and Burr Robbins of Loup City, with the wife, surviving him. He was also survived by one sister, Mrs. A. J. Kelley of Hanford, Calif., besides numerous other rel atives and a host of warm and sympathetic friends. He was aged 64 years and 14 days. The fu 1 neral took place at the home Tues day afternoon of this week. Rev. L. V. Slocomb officiating, and the body laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery. Fall on ley Walk ~ Breaks Right Ankle This (Thursday) morning, about 6 o'clock, Mrs. J. B. O'Bryan fell on the sidewalk at the rear of the home, breaking her right ankle. Her physican washurriedlv called, reduced the fracture and at last reports she was resting as easy as the nature of the injury will al low. _ Court Adjourned To Marsh 30th Kearney, Neb., March (j.—By virtue of the authority vested in me as district judge, it is hereby ordered that the term of court to lie held in Sherman county March 9, 1915, be, and the same is here by adjourned, to March 30, 1915. This adjournment is made be cause of the unprecedented storm prevailing and the impassable condition of the roads. Bruno O. Hostetler, District .Judge of Sherman Coun ty, Nebraska. Chas. Bass, Clerk of the District Court of said county. PLOT TO LOOT NEW YORK CITY Conspiracy to Blow Op St. Patrick's Cathedral and Loot Banks Nipped in Bud by Prompt Action An attempt to blow up St. Pat rick's cathedral, New York, with a bomb, March 2, and the arrest of two men by detectives, who had been informed for months of their activities, was followed by an announcement made at police headquarters that the arrests had balked an anarchist plot to kill with bombs Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and other wealthy men. Thereafter the anarchists, according to the police, were to inaugurate in New York City a reign of terror comparable to the days of the French revolution. It was part of the plot, the po lice assert, for gangs of men armed with rifles and revol vers to appear simultaneously in various parts of the city to shoot and pillage. The biggest banks of New York City, were to be blown up and many wealthy men were to be slain. The wrecking of the cathedral was. to be the signal for the open ing of the campaign of murder and looting. The next move, ac cording to the police, was to place bombs in the homes of Andrew Carnegie, the Rockefellers and Cornelius Vanderbilt. So far had the plot progressed tow aril this end that the manufacture of bomb, the police say, had al ready started. n v\ ifch these and other capitalists disposed of, the anarchists planned, according to the police, to invade the financial district and la.y their bombs in the city’s big gest banks. General looting was to follow. The attempt at wrecking the cathedral, was by an anarchist with whom a detective had made himself solid, and who assisted in making it. Repairing to the ca thedral, where some 800 people were assembled, followed by two detectives, they were sssigned to seats well forward, when the an archist, who had the bomb hidden in his coat, lighted the fuse and threw the bomb into the aisle. At this the building swarmed with officers, the man was seized and the fuse stamped out before panic struck the audience. At police headquarters the pris oner gave his name as Frank Abamo, a lithographer, 24 years old. Later, other arrests were made and it is thought the das tardly attempt at wholesale mur der, arson and robbery has been nipped in the bud. “COXEY’S COLTS” TAKE OVER TOWN Finest Bunch of Traveling Men on Earth Work Their Way Into the Hearts of Loup City Residents MAKE A LIVE TOWN IN DEAD TIME About the nicest, jolliest, hand Isomest and most gentlemanly contingent of Sir Knights of the Grip, nerve and grit, ever snow bound in this or any other city, was the bunch which Providence, the weather man and the railroad systems turned over to the tender mercies of our people during the late, little lamented in departing, spell of—well, spell it “biiz.” for short. This irrepressible bunch of boys, with time hanging heavy on their hands, took possession of the city. Holding a coun cil of war, they decided the town needed cleaning up, or out. and at once got busy. Friday morning, in the midst of the blinding snow storm, they organized as a street cleaning gang in furtherance of their plans. Surrounding our own townsman of real estate fame, who was named in early youth just at the end of and as a crowning glory to the alphabet, he of the “Zimmer-man size, and upon un conditional surrender selected him guide, scout and general advance agent of the expedition. Being an army of unemployed, they placed themselves under command of “Coxey” Kelso, who made a flowing speech and ordering strict observance of the “keep off the grass” law. Having great respect for ancient and historical kings, princes and potentates, and hav ing a descendautof Alexander the Great as one of their number; he was duly placed second in com mand. As “Coxey’s’’ army was supposed to be a cosmopolitan af fair and composed of all shades of personal complexion, two colonels were selected for the two divi sions of the army, (fen. .Tack GunthA to cover the rear with his “ample’’ proportions, while Gen. Lawrence Osborn having proved his wonderful powers of endurance, a la Weston and O’Leary in previous contests, his latest covering the distance from Schaupps to this city in 211 min utes in a blinding storm and in over 2 feet of snow, was assigned to the “flying” squadron, to pro tect “Coxey’s” army from en | cioachment of any foreign snb j stance. Making a final appoint ment of "‘Daddy’’Pennell as quar termaster general, who foraged a supply of shovels, “Coxey" an 1 his unemployed employed them selves in doing a splendid job on the crossings, in front of the stores along main street, and not forgetting in their good work to uncover and dig out the almost submerged area way leading to the Northwestern office. Completing their forenoon of perseverance, they returned to the hotel, where they ’organized themselves into a hotel and dining room force and oroceeded to take charge of that splendid hostelry. Here “Daddy’* | shone as bell-hop, 'Mack'’ Gun ther was resplendent as head waiter, "‘Coxey** Kelso made a typical barmaid and cigar girl, Alexander the Great and “Law” Osborn sweet waiters and tip gatherers.and others fine in roles of dishwashers, chambermaids, etc., clearing the way to excellent po sitions for the future, when such great houses as Beers-Sawbuck. Monkey-Ward, and other pidv lishers of sheepherders* bibles shall have put their present jobs in hock. Evenings, “Coxey V" an gelic throng put on their wings and made merry tripping the light fantastic with numerous of the younger set of our city. And now the wide world has engulfed them. They have each gone on their mission, but are scheduled as returning mission aries on future dates. It was cer tainly a bunch of live-wires, good old scouts and jolly, gentlemanly fellows, who made the best of the otherwise irksome and tedious days when they were tied up here by the big storm. The “boys'" were universal in their praise of Mrs. Odendahl and entire management and help of the New Frederick for the splen did treatment accorded them, while the hotel people express themselves just as strongly in commendation of their guests who proved themselves A 1 in every regard. Change of Foremen The Northwestern has made some changes in its mechanical force the past week Wednesday evening, Mr. J. R. Gardiner, who has had charge of the mechanical department for the past year and a half, tendered his resignation and was succeeded by Mr. C. L. | Helton of Omaha, who comes to us highly recommended as a most skillful printer in every depart ment connected with the newspa ! per game, and withal a writer of | years’experience in the editorial harness, and we believe will prove the right man in the right place. Mr. Helton is the proud possessor of a wife and darling baby daugh ter, at present visiting the lady’s parents in Wyoming, but who will be here as soon as Mr. Hel ton gets a home prepared for them. Mr. Gardiner quits us to engage in the newspaper game on his own hook, has purchased the plant of the defunct Ashton Boos ter, which he may resurrect, or t ike the outfit to some other point, as yet undecided. He has proved a splendid manager of the mechanical departments of the Northwestern and is a most effi cient and artistic printer. He is also a writer of experience in the news department of newspaper work and wherever he concludes to locate we feel assured he will wield a trenchant pen and give to the people a good and satisfac tory news paper. Tom McCarthy Meets Defeat Aain Tom McCarthy, our Kavenna boy, was bested in a ten-round glove contest at the Broadway Sporting club in Brooklyn last Saturday night by Jack Dillon. Tom scaled a liberal IH‘21 pounds and outweighed his opponent by more than ten pounds; but Dillon proved the faster and rolled up a good lead. Garage Changes Hands Within the past few days the garage and automobile firm of Blaska & Lewis changed hands, Mr. Blaska retiring and Mr. Lewis taking over the business entire. Mr. Blaska, we under stand, will continue in the em j ploy of Mr. Lewis. We wish the j utmost success to follow bothgen i tlemen. One of the most novel, unique and useful innovations, the pro | duct of A. C. Ogle's inventive turn of mind, was the riggiug up of a snow plow, Friday last, during the big storm, which he attached on the front of one of his big Buicks, and with a Ford follow ing as helper, and with both cars weighted down with a crowd of our jolliest boys, plowed thru the deep snow up and down the main streets, cheered by human ity, as they cleared the snow away that traffic might resume. It was some stunt, a big Buick and Ford boost and did good work with a lot of fun added.
