Loup City Northwestern
A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN
VOLUME XXXIV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915. NUMBER if)
_ _
SERIES OF MISHAPS
BUT LITTLE DAMAGE
Two Loup City Families Have Fortunate Escape When Auto
Turns Turtle—Team Don’t Like Their Competi
tor and Try to Kick It to Pieces.
Misfortunes never come singly,
or didn't for Alva O. Lewis last
Wednesday evening when he had
a spill with his car, hitching a
team to the car and the team run
ning away and finishing the job.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and two chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fos
ter were riding in a Maxwell car,
Mr. Lewis driving. In backing
the car to make a turn he went in
to a deep ditch, the car turning j
turtle and dumping the occupants!
out, none being injured in the j
least. The car was not damaged, j
with the exception of a broken
wind shield so Mr. Lewis got the
machine righted and hitched Er
nest Bell's team to it to get it out
of the ditch. About the time the
team was hooked up to the ahto in
good shape the horses took a no
tion to run away, the team and
auto finally landing at the bottom
qf the hill in a heap. After cut
ting the harness off the team it
was found that they had come out
of the fracas unscathed, the auto
having a smashed body and rear
seat. Mr. Lewis then drove the
car to town, demonstrating that it
takes more than one smashup to
completely disable the modern
auto. lie says the damage will
not exceed SoO and the car can be
made as good as new. The acci
dent occured about a half a mile
northeast of town on a road that
Mr. Lewis was not familiar with,
and is also a very dangerous place.
Fresh vegetables of all kinds
every Saturday at K. L. Arthur's.
\
If you value what people
think of you, be sure to have dis
tinction in your stationery. High
class stationery and envelopes that show
pleasant artistic individuality is a good
way to make yourself popular.
We have all the latest Society
styles at reasonable prices. Come
in and let us show you today.
Swanson & Lofholm
Loup City, Nebrasks
COOPER’S STORE
“The Store That Satisfies"
W e have the exclusive sale
of Albert Lea Corsets. Prices
range from
50 cents to $5
BRASSIERES
at 25c each
0
We have also contracted with
the Xcw Idea Pattern Co. for
their full line of patterns and
they are now in our stock.
Any pattern in this line 10c.
C. C. COOPER
Loup City, Nebraska
THE SPIRIT WAS WILLING. BUT—
i Pomi .seen) —
TO PE MAKING
MUCH HEAD-WWV/
SOMEHOW OS
JToo^'r Kwc-jy
n put what |-r
ijrwwiFe'5 7
I RI6ttT. GUcSsJH
I LL HIRE A £v
! Mi AN TO DtO If] 1
K ^'rlaT*. HiRt A A
'&— MAN TO DIO THIS L
1\ LITTLE PLOT. WHV fr
M)j ITS PgEPt?6T£ROU5!
THE CHURCHES.
German.
Services at Ashton in the Ash
ton German church, Sunday, May
2; German services 10:00 a. m. to
10:45. English services 10:40 to 11:
50. Everybody invited to attend.
Presbyterian.
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning at 10:30 a. m. from the
subject, “The Superior Obliga
tions of Christians,” and Sunday
evening at 8:00 p. m. from the
subject, “TheParables of theLost. ”
At Vic Swanson s.
Special early summer sale on
dry goods, shoes, notions etc.,
commencing Saturday May 1st.
A lot of bargains and a big stock
to select from.
Girl Wins Gardening Gontest.
According to an official an
nouncement just made. Myrtle
Mann, age 12, of Dawes county
won fourth place last season in
the national competition of the
boys’ and girls’ gardening club
conducted cooperatively by the
United States department of agri
culture and the extension depart
ments of t he different state colleges
of agriculture. Myrtle’s reports
filed with the state leader of boys'
and girls’ clubs at the University
farm showed that she made a net
profit of $71.40 on a patch slight
ly larger than half the size of the
average city lot. Myrtle was de
clared to be the state champion of
the Nebraska club during organ
ized agriculture week. Enroll
ment in this club for this year
closes June 1. Membership blanks
may be had of the agricultural ex
tension service, University Farm.
Farmers and Mule Breeders.
The breeding of mules for farm
use has been neglected in this sec
tion for years. As a work animal
it is conceded that the mule has no
equal. Harry Obermiller, who
lives just south of Schaupps, and
who is an old-time and experienced
mule breeder, announces that he
will offer for service this season.
Prince Albert, a magnificent black
Spanish Jack. He is a big fellow;
is 16 hands high and weighs 1,050
pounds. He is a jack of fine ac
tion and has a record as a foal
getter. The service fee is $10, and
he will make the season at Mr.
Obermiller’s farm, a quarter of a
mile south of Schaupps. M r. Ober
miller announces that he will make
a specialty of breeding so-called
barren mares.
To Hold a Bazaar.
The ladies aid society of the.Ger
man church will hold a bazaar on
Saturday, May 15, at Mrs, Jung's
office.
FOR SALE
Ten head of young horses and
mules.some seed corn, kaffir corn,
milo mize,feterita and millet seed.
21 Christ ZwiDk, phone 7002.
Farmers and Breeders.
I will stand my black Percheron
stallion, Constantinople and sorrel
Belgian stallion, Keller, both im
ported and ton horses, as follows:
Monday, Tuesday, Friday and
Saturday of each week at Mc
Laughlin’s barn in Loup City, Ne
braska, and Wednesday and Thurs
day of each week at m»v home
I place.—J. W. Johnson.
LOUP CITY TO
HAVE CIRCUS
Barton and Big Shows and Me.
nagerie Coming to Town a
Week From Today.
Greatest of traveling shows to
exhibit at Loup City one day only.
Advance advertising car number
one, of the famous Barton &
Bailey’s world celebrated shows
was in Loup City this week billing
the town and surrounding country
for Thursday. M:.y €, when these
greatest of traveling shows will
exhibit afternoon and night. No.
2 advertising car is due next Mon
day with No. 3 to follow later.
Lovers of the out of ordinary
amusements are greatly interested
in the announcement that this
wonderful attraction is coming for
it is decidedly the largest and best
tented amusement enterprise en
route.
Whatever your preference, you
will find plenty to interest, astonish
and edify you; there are thrilling
aerial acts during ever.v moment
of which one expects to see the
intrepid performers hurled into
eternity, artistic and sensational
equestrianisms, incredible and be
wildering athletic and acrobatic
numbers, blood chilling hurdle and
chariot races and phenomenal ex
hibitions by fierce wild beasts. In
fact, so numerous and varied are
the novelties offered in the rings,
[HATS!.
HATS!
HATS!
No old styles. On]y the
| latest and niftiest ere
\ ations. All prices.
i 41
The Busy Bee
Hat Shop
South Side of Square
upon the elevated stages and upon
the mammoth Hippodrome track
that space will not permit the men
tioning of even a small portion of
them. The quantity and q'uality
of the features are such as to real
ly stagger comprehension.
The monster menagerie contain
ing as it does the finest living
specimens of rare, strange and
curious animals is the largest
carried with any show and is real
ly a whole show in itself. Promi
nent in this wonderful eollection is
the largest herd of elephants en
tour. These, with the camels,
rhinoceros, hippopotamus and the
numerous cages of the smaller bi
peds and quadrupeds comprise one
of the most costly collections in
the whole world.
Barton & Bailey’s world cele
brated shows will exhibit one day
only at Loup City on Thursday,
May 6th, and our suggestion is
‘"Don’t miss it.”
Cement Blocks.
I have a large stock of cement
building blocks, and am prepared
to build all kinds of cement block
houses, garages or other concrete
work.—C. J. Tracy.
For Better Cattle.
In Gage county, the farmers
through their county agricultural
agent have secured 54 pure-bred
sires and 108 dairy ct>ws. Pre
vious to the agent's arrival in the
spring of 1313 there were but
three pure-bred dairy sires in the
county.
Farmers and Breeders.
The breeding season is at hand.
I will have my black Percheton
and young black Belgian stallions
at O. A. Woods barn the first and
last of each week, and will meet
you at the barn any other time un
| less other engagements are on
I hand.—H. J.Johanson, Phone Red
71. 22
The ladie’s Unity club will hold
an exchange all day Saturday in
the L. B. Hale hardware store.
CLIPPED HERE AND THERE.
Why not send General Scott over
to Europe ?—Louisville Times.
Ketail bakers will be the last to
hear it when the war is over.—
Wall Street Journal.
Chicago reports 100,000 idle,
merely among her working classes.
Washington Herald.
And, by the way, the name
“General Scott” ought to be one
to conjure w ith in Mexico.—Chi
cago Daily News.
With eight presidents since Diaz.
Mexico must be fast clearing up
her presidential timber.—Boston
Herald.
For Sals.
House 20x26 ft. and four good
lots, west of Catholic church.
Inquire at this office. 21
Feterlta Sead.
Have a quantity of feterita seed
for sale at Gallaway’s store. See
sample and get prices.
True Leatherman.
Joe O’Bryan returned from
Omaha last Thursday where he
had been on a business and pleas
ure trip.
Subscribe for the Northwestern.
WILL THE BENEFITS
EQUAL THE PRICE?
Writer In The Nebraska Farmer Thinks Expense of Legisla
ture Exceeds Benefits Derived From the Session.
Expense Was $6,000 Per Week.
The session of the legislature
just closed cost the state approxi
mately $(5,000 a week. The aver
age Nebraskan may be excused for
asking himself if this heavy ex
I»ense has been worth while. Not
that the legislature of lftlodid any
less to earn its pay than those of
former years, but it is the system
that is open to criticism. A few
good laws have been made, others
have been amended in the hope of
improving them, some good appro
priations were made, and other
worthy requests were refused.
But the cost of doing these things
is out of all proportion to the
amount of real work done. No
commercial enterprise could live
long and do business that way.
Yet why should not good buisness
methods applied in running the
state’s business?
Legislatures came into being at
a time when the phrase, "govern
ment of, for, and by the people,”
meant more than it does today.
But still we are touchy about it.
and even if "the people’’ have got
ten the worst of it about as often
as otherwise, at the hands of legis
latures. any suggestion of centrali
zing power in fewer persons stirs
up more or less of a hornet's nest
at once. It is difficult to under
stand the why of this in the face
of the fact that we give our court
judges almost absolute power and
we don’t do as much kicking about
their work, proportionally, as we
do about our legislatures.
Perhaps the fact that tiie judges
have special preparation for their
work, makes a diffebence. A
doctor must take several years of
training at a medical school and
pass a stiff examination before he
is allowed to practice his profes
sion. Preachers must.spend .t ears
at theological seminaries, and even
rural school teachers must have
special preparation for their work.
But anybody can go to the legis
lature to make or unmake laws.
One can’t dig very far into our
present system of lawmaking be
fore realizing that it is topheavy,
lopsided, and out of balance
generally. It was said that it
would have been almost impossible
for any one member to read all
the bills introduced this winter at
Lincoln. How then could they
pass upon them intelligently {
Some time some progressive
state will get out of the rut of pre
cedent and politics long enough to
adopt a sensible system of making
and administering laws. Then we
will wonder why we hadn’t thought
of that before. Fewer and better
fitted lawmakers will necessarily
be the basis of such a movement.
Why shouldn't it be so? The legis
lature has its “sifting committee,'’
and other special committees that
do nearly all the real work. Why
not keep one good committee on
the job all the time to do all the
work?
Palm
Beach 1
Suits 1
are going to be worn
extensively for this
season. ^
1 am making the extraordinary low price for
these suits, tailored to your measure and including
the very best quality of Beach Cloth.
Palm Beach Suits
$10.75
2,000 samples of other woolens to choose
from, at reasonable prices, tailored to individual
order.
Loup City Tailor Shop
Frederick Hotel Building
Deposits in this bank have the additional security of the De
positors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska.
Farmer’s Book Keeping
The stubs of a check book and the pages of a
bank book are as complete and dependable a
journal of receipts and expedituree as can be
bad. The farmer who deposits his cash receipts
at the bank and pays all bills by check appreciates
the advantages of this simplified bookkeeping.
No worry, no trouble, but an accurate account
of his financial affairs ready at any time. He
can look over the records and know just how
his income was used.
If you are not using this system, come in and
let us show you how nicely our plan accomo
dates itself to your needs.
Loup City State Bank
Loup City, Nebraska.
We pay 5 percent interest on time deposits
