Loup City Northwestern
OLDEST PAPER IN SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
VOLUME XL
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. APRIL 8, 1915.
NUMBER 16
AVALANCHE OF PROHIBITION
VOTES WIPES OUT SALOONS
Loup City, Kearney, Ord and Many Other Towns
Decide to Join the Ranks of Dry Towns.
The city election, Tuesday of
this week, came in a nature of
surprise to even the most sanguine
of the dry element. For the past
fortnight or more, it had been in
the air that a mighty effort would
be made to eliminate the saloons,
but even the most sanguine of the
dry advocates considered it to be
an almost hopeless task, as Loup
City had been wet for 39 years,
never but once coming anywhere
near the dry dock, and that was
some five years ago when it re
tained the saloons by 7 votes, the
next year goingalong that line by
73 majority. Last year the city
went wet by 41, and now r>9 dry,
making a change surprising and
almost unaccountable. But Loup
City was not alone in the revolu
tion taking place on that leading
question of the day, as Ord, Com
stock. St. Paul, Ravenna, Scotia,
Burwell, Greeley and Kearney,
all tributary to this city, also
turned into the dry column, which
with Litchfield. Arcadia and North
Loup, both tributary to the city
for years, makes this entire im
mediate part of the country dry
with the exceptions of Ashton and
Rockville. Just what were the I
local conditions, if any, which
have caused the change in Loup
City and neighboring towns, we
as strangers here, know nothing
of, but from over the country at
large come reports of a tidal wave
of prohibition sweeping legislature
after legislature which are favor
ing the submission of constitution
al amendments on the question, as
well as nation wide sentiment fa
voring submission of the question
of national prohibition of the
liquor traffic. More interest,seem
ingly, was taken in the city elec
tion here than ever before in its
history, and the two elements
prove to have been very evenly
matched, judging by the result of
the election from mayor down.
Below we givd the vote as record
ed.
For mayor—S. A. Allen, 157.
\\ . T. Chase, 154; for city clerk—
Peter Howe, 165, Lou Schwaner,
150; for treasurer—L. Hansei.;
for city engineer—T. W. O.
Wolfe, 156, Wm. Ohlson. 129; for
police judge—H. K. H. Williams;
for license 148: against license 171.
The proposition of calling a special
election to vote on sewer bonds
carried.
News Along Route Two.
Yern Allman butchered last Tues
day.
Elva Roush was on the sick list a
few days last week.
Mike Klimek marketed corn at Aus
tin the past week.
Dr. Bowman was out on Route 2
— ■WedwesdaT'Tiight.i —-«• — "
G. B. Wilkie kilied his summers j
meat last Wednesday.
W. J. McLaughlin was outtoWm.
Rutherford's Monday.
John Peterson and sons baled hay
for themselves last Wednesday.
Chris Jensen commenced to work
for Chris Oltjenbrun’s last week.
Emil Schoening moved out on the
farm where he was born, last week.
Ernest Doddow helped the Brodock
Brothers kill their summers meat
Wednesday.
Father Cudzinski was out to Vin
cent Bogacz last Monday to Christian
their baby.
Fritz Bicliel bought a nice Herford
bull that cost him $500 and one Her
ford heifer that cost $050.
Miss Leola Bogseth from Erickson,
Nebr., has been visiting with her
sisters, Miss Carrie and Olive the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Brown moved
out to the Henry Beck place last
Thursday. John will work for Grant
Stickney the coming year.
Those neither tardy nor absent for
the month of school in District No.
72 were; Fritz, Marie, Sophia and
Louisa Sehwaderer. Helen and Miriam
Draper, Ytola amt Bessie Kilpatrick.
Goldie and Judith Johnson, Alvena
Blaschke, Neva McLaughlin and Les
ter Shipley.
The tirst time the river showed it
self since the middle of December,
was last Tuesday when it ate a hole
in the ice at the south end of the
Brown bridge. The river has been
frozen over from hank to bank for 31
months with the ice from one to two
feet thick.
Jake Albers had a load of hogs on
the Loup City market last Thursday.
He also had a close call from getting
hurt on the had piece of road north
of the Brown bridge. His wagon
struck one of those deep mud holes in
the road throwing liinj out into the
snow. He thought the’wagon would
sure go over. This is the same place
that Johnny Paulson tipped over with
a load of hogs over a month ago.
The holes are that deep that the
horses.dropf clear in up to their bellies.
W. F. MASON, President L HANSEN, Cashier
OPPORTUNITY
is knocking at your door
Why continue to snub her?
Why not heed her advice?
There is No Success
Without Nerve
Screw up your courage and
and start an account here today.
First National Bank
Loup City, Nebraska.
) „ We Pay S per cent on Time Deposits.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Lucas show at opera house all
next week.
John Lass was a passenger to
Grand Island Wednesday.
Mrs. M. Leschinsky visited with
friends at Rockville Tuesday.
John O'Bryan made a business
trip to Grand Island Monday.
J. L. Dunn returned home from
Meadow Grove Friday evening.
Fresh parsnips. Phone in your
order. Werner Pritchaw.
Walter Woznick made a busi
ness trip to Grand Island Tuesday.
Roen Sutton and family of Ar
cadia visited in town over Sunday.
Miss Marie Cooj>er came up from
Kearney last Thursday for a short
visit.
Mrs. Chris Oltjenbruns went to
McCook Tuesday to visit with
friends.
Miss Agnes Dembowski and
brother Frank, were passengers to
Austin Tuesday.
Prof Joy’s lecture is as free as
religion. No objection will be
made to voluntary contributions.
Prof Joy has conducted his cam
paign in behalf of boys in sixty
six towns and high schools in Ne
braska.
W. A. Seifert of Ashton was a
county seat visitor Monday, mak
ing the Northwestern office a pleas
ant call.
Mr. and Mrs. John Oltman and
little daughter, went to Omaha
yesterday morning to visit with
relatives.
The Lucas show will be at the
of>era house all next week. Ad
mission only 10c on the opening
night, Monday.
Arthur Barnes came up from
Aurora on the late train Sunday
on a short business trip, returning
Tuesdey morning.
The annual meeting and good
fellowship dinner of the Presby
terian church will be given at the
church this evening.
Kay liarainer came up irom
Dannebrog Tuesday, goingto Ash
ton Wednesday, where he is in
stalling a printing office.
D. L. Adamson and two sons,
Frank and Clyde, returned to
Dwight, Xebr., yesterday morn
ing where they are working.
Mrs. T. H. Eisner and Mrs.
John Ohlson left for San Francis
co yesterday morning, where they
will attend the exposition.
Everybody see that their boys
hear Prof Joy at the M. E. Church
Sunday evening at eight o’clock,
and at the school house, the first
five days of next week.
Wanted—For the Eastern war
zone, the best and most market
able horses, sufficient in size and
qnality for any of the duties re
quired there. See Myrl Warrick.
The Misses Orpha Outhouse,
Winifred and Geneva Seegar,
Orena Ohlson, and Messrs Fritz
Leschinsky and Edwin Ohlson, re
turned to Lincoln after spending
Easter at home.
J. W. Burleigh left for Excel
sior Springs, Missouri, with Mrs.
Burleigh, yesterday where they
will spend about a month in hopes
of benefiting Mrs. Burleigh’s
health. Dr. Anna Aye accom
panied them and will remain about
a week.
v J. W. Stiles of Denver Colo.,
visited here with his brother, I.N.
Syas Friday of last week, stopping
off here on his way home from
Minneapolis, Minn. The short
visit was greatly enjoyed by both
gentlemen as it was the first time
they had seen each other in over
twenty years.
Alfred Anderson made the
Northwestern office a pleasant visit
last Saturday. Mr. Anderson is
one of our retired farmers, now
taking it easy after years of labor
whereby he gained a sufficient
supply of this world’s goods to en
able him to do so. He was the
first man to sow alfalfa in Sher
man county, putting in a ten acre
patch which made an excellent
yield. Alfalfa was then an experi
ment that no one but Mr. Ander
son cared to try and has since de
veloped into one of the best pay
| ing crops in the county.
JOY TO dlVE LECTURES
International Lecturer to Give a
Series of Addresses in
Loup City.
George Ellingwood.Ioy, internation
al lecturer on social ethics, child cul
ture, adolescent psychology and Chris
tian manhood, will conduct a com
munity campaign in the interest of
home, school and church, presenting
a series of addresses on “Childhood
and Youth” at the Methodist Church,
April 11 to 16, inclusive, under the 1
auspicies of bite edncational forces and i
citizens of Loup City, Nebraska.
The program follows:
Slinday evening, April ll,“TheDaw n
of a Better Day;” Monday evening. '
April 12, “The Human Plant in the ^
Home;” Tuesday, April 13, “The Boy 1
Problem as we Face It;” Wednesday (
evening, April 14, “The Unity of the ,
Educational Process;” Thursday even- ,
ing, April 15, “The Closing Period of
Childhood;" Friday evening, April 10, 1
“Training by the Art of Contact.” s
High School Series. 1
“Manhood’s Power;” “The Master l
Mind;” "The Adolescent Boy;” “For- i
mation of Friendships;” “Social ethics j
of the Young Man:” “Necessity and
Methods of Mastery:” “Knights of 1
the Twentieth Century;” “Making ^
the choice of a Vocation.” f
We feel highly favored in being able
to present to tire people of Shelton <
this campaign in the interest of a
better community life.
The evening meetings will begin
promptly at 7:30o’clock. Mr. Joy, al- j
though yet a young man. bears a na
tional reputation as a speaker of great (
ability and cbmes to us with an er- a
viable record in this state, having the £
unqualified backing of leading educa- c
tors, ministers, professional and busi
ness men from a large number of
cities in Nebraska who were success- -1
ful in securing his services before he ^
went abroad. Mr. Joy is a member a
of the International Commission on ^
Moral Education. He speaks as an
authority in his field of educational
work. *
Mr. Joy has just returned from '
abroad where he lias been making a 1
study of tiie youth in Italy, Switzer- ;
land, Germany, Holland, Belgiun, j
France and England. Owing to the
war heretuiiAi to America and w ill
continue his work the coming year in i
the Nebraska schoois. e
The Local Committe consists of: j
General Chairman, J. S. Pedler: Ad- •
vertising, C. P. Beushausen: Enter
tainment, Mrs. J. W. Amick: Music, 8
Rev. E. M. Steen: Finance, John W. ^
Long, E. G. Taylor; Usher, C. J.Tracy; 1
Chairman of Meetings, Rev. L. V. r
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leacners txamination.
Examination held on Saturday,
April 17th, 1915. Reading circle
examinations, examinations for ad
vanced grades of city and county
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certificates and examinations for
renewal of county certificates will
be given on Saturday only.
The purpose of this examination
is to clear up cases where candi
dates for the issuance or re
issuance of certificates, have but
few subjects to cover, a sort of
clearing day.
Friday’s subjects will be given
on Saturday forenoon and Satur
day’s subjects will be given on
Saturday afternoon.Reading circle
work will be given on Saturday
afternoon only.
L. H. Currier,
County Superintendent.
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TRAINS DELAYED
The Burlington passenger train
due here at 5:20 p. m. was delayed
over twenty-four hours last Satur
day because of high water at St.
Paul undermining the track and
carrying away the embankment,
making it impossible to run any
trains over the track until it was
graded up again.
The ice started moving out of
the Loup river at St. Paul Friday
as a result, the Union Pacific
bridge was badly damaged. Six
piles were knocked out and part
of the bridge was forced out of
line from 10 to 15 inches. While
there is considerable damage to
other bridges, it is believed the
worst is over. During the last
few weeks the ice has been grad
ually melting. A number of
squads of men were busy on the
Platte river this week dynamiting
before the bridges and breaking
up the ice as much as possible to
prevent daftiage. All the Platte
river bridges are still intact.
SUNDAY SCHOOL GAINS
Oldest Sunday School Missionary
Society in United States Shows
Substantial Gains.
The American Sunday School
Union has just closed another year
of successful work in the planting
and caring for community Sunday
Schools in needy rural and mining
communities.
This is the oldest Sunday School
Missionary Society in the United
States, and employs more mission
aries than any similiar organiza
tion in the world.
Kev. Joseph Wells is Superin
tendent for the Western District,
with headquarters at Des Moines.
His report of results accomplished
in the Western District is as fol
lows.
Sunday schools started, 264:
teachers apj>ointed, 876; scholars
enrolled, 7,837; brought into ex
isting schools, 1,114; total gathered
into schools, 9,841); schools visited
and-aided, 2,690; homes visited,
45,018; addresses and sermons de
livered, 3,452; bibles and testa
ments distributed, 4,177; Christian
literature circulated, $3,409.86;
preaching stations opened, 43;
young peoples societies organized,
26; hopeful conversions reported,
1,111; denominational churches de
veloped, 13; home departments or
ganized, 42. ,
A. L. Nordin of St. Paul, Ne- ,
braska, is the local Missionary for
this part of the State.
rntietn Anniversary,
Headquarters J. F. Reynolds. Post
No. 26 Department of Nebraska.
G. A. R. Comrades:
General Robert E. Lee's army have
been defeated on the field of battle,
the military history of the confeder
acy having covered exactly four years
on the 9th, day of April 1865. Gen.
Lee signed the surrender to Lieuten
ant General U. S. Grant, at McLeans
residence near Appomattox court
house, Virginia. Now in obedience
to general orders from national and
department headquarters of the grand
army of the republic, J. F. Reynolds
post and relief corps cordially invites
the churches, schools and citizens in
general to join with^us in a suitable
service and patriotic exercise on the
9th day of April 1915, to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of the surrender
of General Lee’s army, to be held at
the Baptist church at 7:30 p.m.where
the following program will be carried
out: singing Star Spangled Banner,
by the high school glee club; invoca
tion, Rev. E. M. Steen: short address,
es by the comrades of the G. A. R.
Post No. 124; singing by the male
quartet, The boys of tiie old Brigade;
short addresses by J. W. Long, Rev.
Dunn, Rev. Slocumb and R. P.Starr;
closing address by Ron. A. Wall:
singing America, andience; piano and
violin solo by Mrs. R. P. Starr and
Howard Starr; benediction, Rev. Slo
cumb. Jefferson Gregg,
__ Post Com.
^ For Our German Readers.
Keeping up with our idea of ad
vancement and for the benefit of
that portion of our subscribers
who oftn read it, we have secured
adepartment for The North western
that is printed in German faced
type. This department contains
matter of a semi-news nature, cur
rent events, etc., and is, of course
pro-German, to the extent .that
even the most radical may read it
without the least offense.
0ODNTY ASSESSOR OWENS AND
PRECINCT ASSESSORS MEET
Basis for Valuation for Sherman County Fixed at
Meeting of the Board of Equalization.
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At the annual meeting of the
precinct assessors and countv
assessor Owens held here last week
the following schedule was agreed
upon as a guide to govern assessors
as much as possible so as to equal
ize the assessment all over the
county. The basis for valuation
determined upon at this meeting
is as follows:
Horses: undei 1 year, $15.00 to
25.00; over 1 year and under 2,
20.00 to $35.00: over 2 years and
under 3, $35.00 to $80; over 3
years and under 12, $30 00 to
$1.}0.00; over 12 years, $12.00
and up. Stallions, $100.00 and
up.
Mules and jacks same as horses.
Cattle: under 1 year, $10.00 to
$20.00; over 1 year and under 2,
$20.00 to $35.00; over 2 years and
under 3, $25.00 to $40.00; over 3
years 35.00 to 60.00; fat cattle 5
to 6 cents per pound: hogs 5 cents
per pound; sheep and goats $2.50
per head: wheat $1.20 per bushel;
corn 50 cents; rye, 85 cents; oats,
40 cents; kaiiir corn 50 cents; bar
j ley 4</cents; potatoes. bn cents;
• speltz, 4<> cents; bushels of grass,
alfalfa and clover seed >s.no; tons
of hay and alfalfa, §4.no.
Automobiles to be assessed at
70 per cent of cost when new if
run less than one year: more than
a year and less than two, at On per
cent; two to three years at 4b per
cent; three to four years at 8o per
cent: after the fourth year assess
ment left to the judgment of the
assessor.
The assessors this year are:
Oak Creek twp.—Adam Radka
Logan—R. R. Bowhard
Washington—A. 1’. Malm
Kim—John Wuhler
Webster—J. H. Lee
Loup City A. M. Lewis
City of Loup City—(). K. Peter
son
Ashton — F. J. Stobbe
Rockville—A. E. Lorenz
Clay—F. (). Price
Harrison—J. C. Wall
Scott—Arthur Minshull
Hazard—(). A. Larsen
Bristol—G. W. Brammer
OBITUARY.
The death of Mrs. A. (). Good
rich removes another of the pioneer
women of this section. She came
here with her husband in the
early days, locating on a farm a
few miles northwest of Sargent
where many years of her life was
spent. Mrs. Goodrich made her
home with her daughter. Mrs. E.
E. McCray in Loup City for
several years previous to her
death.
Olive A. Conklin was born at
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 8th, 1830.
She lived there there until a few
years after her marriage to dulius
L. Goodrich. Then they moved
to northern Illinois and made that
their home until 1880, when they
came to Sargent, Nebraska. She
became a member of the Metho
dist Episcopal church when a
young girl and has been an active
worker ever since when her health
permitted. The only members of
family left to mourn her loss are
son, Edwin W. Goodrich of Sar
gent and her daughter, Mrs. E.
McCray of Loup City and six
grand children.
The funeral was held at Sargent
Wednesday at 10:30 and servin s
held in the M. E. church conduct
ed by Rev. E. H. Maynard, after
which all that was mortal was
taken to the Mt. Hope cemetery
and intered in the family lot.
A Gallon of Gasoline.
A single gallon of gasoline will
do wonders almost anywhere, but
nowhere has it been applied to
better purpose than on the farm.
Here are some of its stunts:
It will milk 300 cows, bale four
tons of hay, mix 33 yards of ce
ment, move a ton truck 14 miles,
plow three-fifths of an acre of land
and make enough electricity to
keep 8 lights going in the farm
house for 30 days.
Good-by to boyhood memories
of turning the grindstone.
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LOUP CITY FLOUR
Why buy Flour shipped here by outside mills
when you can get
Loup City White Satin Flour
for less money, and every sack guaranteed.
All dealers handle our flour.
LOUP CITY MILL &LIGHT CO.
Deposits in this bank have th« additional security of the De
positors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska.
Do You Think
It would be very hard for you to get ahead
just a little faster when you can open an ac
count with us for a deposit of $1.00, and can
keep the account growing by an occasional
deposit of $1.00 or more? As a matter of fact,
isn’t it well worth while to sometimes practice
a little temporary economy, if necessary, to
lay this safest and surest'foundation for a
a greater personal prosperity?
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Loup City, Nebraska.
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