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Loup City Northwestern A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN VOLUME XXXIV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. NUMBER 20 MAIL ORDERS ACT AS A BOOMERANG German Farmer of Iowa Tells How Patronage of Catalogue Houses Ruined His Home Town and Depreci ated the Value of Farm Property. Hans Garbus, a German farmer of Iowa, has discovered that the benefits which appear on the sur face as attaching to the mail-order plan sometimes spell disaster and has written a very interesting story of his views in a certain farm pa per. Here is a part of his story: “We farmers need awakening to the fact that we have unmistakably reached the period where we must think and plan. I am one of the slow German farmers that had to be shown, and I am now giving my experience that others may profit, for knowledge is more ex pensive now than ten years ago. “Twenty-qine years ago I began my farm career. I had an old team and $50. Our furniture was mostly home-made—chairs, cup board and lounge made from dry goods boxes, neatly covered with ten-cent cretonne by my girl wife. We rented eighty acres. Being a j boy of good habits I got all needed machinery and groceries of our! home merchants on credit, until! fall crops were sold. The first! year was a wet season and I did not make enough to pay creditors. I went to each on date of promise \ and explained conditions paying as much as possible, and they all carried the balance over another year. They continued to accom modate me until I was able to buy a forty acre piece of my own. As soon as I owned these few acres the mail-order house began send ing me catalogues, and gradually I began sending my loose change to them, letting my account stand in my home town where I had gotten my accommodations when I needed it. “We then had one of the thrifiest little villages in the state—good line of business in all the branches, merchants who were willing to help an honest fellow over a bad i year, and a town full of people! who came twice a week to trade and visit. Our little country Jown supported a library, high school, ball team and we had big celebra tions every year. “A farm near a live town soon doubles in value. 1 sold my forty, acres at a big advance and boughl an eighty gradually adding to it until I had 200 acres of the best land in Iowa. I then felt no need of asking favors, and found iteasy to patronize the mail order agents that came almost weekly to our door. I regret to say that I was the first in the country to make up a neighbordood bill and send it to a mail order house. Though we got bit every once in a while, we got in the habit of sending away for stuff. “Gradually our merchants les sened their stock of goods—for lack of patronage. Finally we be gun to realize that when we needed a bolt qickly for machinery, or clothes for sickness or death, we had to send away for it, which wasn't so pleasant. One by one our merchants moved to places where they were appreciated, and men of less energy moved in. Gradually our town has gone down. Our business houses are ‘tacky’ in appearance, a number are empty; our schools, churches and walks are going down, .ve ha/e no band, no library nor ball team. There is no business done in the town, and therefore no taxes to keep things up. Hotel is closed for lack of travel. Go down to the depot when the freight pulls in and you will see the sequel in mail order packages. “Nine years ago my farm was worth §195 an acre. Today I’d have a hard matter to sell it at $167 an acre. It is too far to a live town—so every farmer has said that wants to buy. He wants a place near school and churches, where his children can have ad vantages. I’ve awakened to the fact that in helping to pull the town down it has cost me §56,000 in nine years.” LOUP CITY FLOUR Why buy Flour shipped here by outside mills when you can get Loup City White Satin Flour for less money, and every sack guaranteed. All dealers handle our flour. LOUP CITY MILL &LIGHT CO. Nyal Store Soda Fountain The ideal meeting place for those who ‘‘know.” Only the purest drinks and ices are served. Swanson & Lofholm Loup City, Nebrasks y<m/-T ■«* •-p-.«K,-Mgr^ff—m , m ■■nr i<' mi i*$u$* t ■! t-t ihtj-t rr*i iyi --i r;-"< f A SPRING MALADY SHOW HAS A LIVE GLOm/N Rube Miller and His Pet Donkey Attract Attention in Parade. Rube Miller is the producing clown of the Barton & Bailey’s world celebrated shows, which will show here Thurssday afternoon and night of May 6. Rube cer tainly has his troubles and his en-1 joyments, too. When the parade comes along the streets at noon you will see Rube seated on a little burro right behind the first band wagon. This is where Rube has his happiness. lie is a big, long, lank Yankee, and naturally the crowd always kids Rube for riding this little ani mal. But when it comes to josh ing, Rube is ace high at that. One of the recent towns which the show played, had enough children in it to make Teddy Roosevelt think that race suicide had totally been extinguished. Every man on the line of parade was holding a baby. One great big fellow, with a baby in his arms, cracked at Rube when he saw him riding by: ‘‘bay, why don’t you get otf and carrv the little mule?” Rube shot right back, “I see that you are holding your own.” The native replied, “Yes, but where is yours?” Rube said that he was sitting on his. Just about that time the little burro commenced to bray and Rube immediately pulled out a nursing bottle and the burro, trained to the minute, quickly grasped the bottle and imbibed its contents. Then Rube shouted back at the resident, “Say, I bet that I am more thoughtful than you are. You forgot to bring your bottle, but I always carry mine.” All Rube got from the spectators was silence. FLIPETY-FLOP. At the regular spring election Ravenna voted dry by a majority of thirteen votes. The election was declared illegaal because of certain irregularities and another election was held on Tuesday, which resulted in the wet policy being put back into ell'ect by a majority of nearly fifty votes. • For Sale. One low truck farm wagon, one Jennie Lind walking cultivator, one 14-in. stirring plow, Deering mower, five or six acres of ground in alfalfa, fenced chicken tight. For terms and particulars see Al fred Anderson. HOLD OPEN KENSINGTON The Ladies’ Industrial society of the* Presbyterian church held an open kensington at the home of Mrs. W. F. Mason Wednesday afternoon. About one hundred ladies were present, and the so ciety’s funds materially increased. FOR SALE Ten head of young horses and mules,some seed corn, kaffir corn, milo mize,feterita and millet seed. 21 Christ Zwink, phone 7o02. Feterita Seed. Have*a quantity of feterita seed for sale at Callaway’s store. See sample and get prices. True Leatherman. SUPERVISORS HOLD MEETING Approved Several Road Petitions and Transacted Considerable Other Business. Loup City, April 27, 1915. County board of supervisors met this p. m. with all members pres entexeept Emil Kozel. Also pres ent Lamont L. Stephens, county attorney, and L. B. Polski, county clerk. Minutes of last meeting read and on motion approved as read. Woznick road petition now came on for consideration. Said petition prays for the establishment of a road commencing where road No. 419 crosses the half section line running north and south in sec tion 9-10-15 and running thence north about 40 rods and there ter minating. The board finds that all the provisions of the law have been complied with, that said road is a public necessity, on motion or dered said road established, platted and recorded and allowed the fol lowing damages: Mike Ghilewski, 8100.00 per acre and 810 for moving fence. •Toe Woznick, $100.00 per acre. County surveyor ordered to sur vey the road commencing at north west corner of northeast quarter 17-14-14 running thence east half mile then south half mile. Hayhu rst road petition was next I up. Said petition prays for the establisntnent of a road commen cing at northeast corner of section ten and the northwest corner of section ll-15-15and running thence south one mile on section line to intersect with road No. 12 and there New Perfection Oil Steves WOMA VS time is so taken up with housework, and !i will) tier other duties the hours, fly so last— that before she knows it it’s meal time again! a— —— -, ' \ No. 4 New Perfection Complete, $15.00 Tlie New Perfection Oil Cook stoves are especially designed ? for the busy woman with three 1 meals a day to prepare for her ! family. Call and see The New Perfection at J. A. ARNETT & SON’S terminating, said road to be 40 feet wide. Upon consideration the board finds that all the pro visions of the law have been com plied with that said road is a pub lic necessity. On motion ordered said road established, platted and recorded and allowed James Janda $25 as damages. Board on motion adopted reso lution transferring $814.75 from the county farm fund to the gener al fund. Board on motion allowed S. E. Thrasher $6 per month for street sprinkling for the length of time the sprinkler is run not to exceed six months. County treasurer ordered to re ceipt First National bank of Loup City for $9.65 balance to the credit of K. M. Iliddleson and (). F. Peterson, ex-county treasurers and county clerk ordered to receipt bank for $2.71 balance due John Minshull, ex-county clerk. Hoad No. 373 and road No. 62 were on motion ordered surveyed, NIellor consent petition was now up for consideration. Said peti tion prays for the establishment of a road commencing at the quar ter corner on the south line of sect on 8-15-14 and running thence north on the half section line to intersect with road No. 17 and there terminating; said road to be 50 feet wide. The board finds that all the provisions of the law have been complied with; that the parties ad,joining said proposed roacl have waived all rights for damages and consented to its es tablishment; that said road is a public necessity. On motion or dered said road established, platted and recorded. In order to give the remonstra tors of the Glass road petition a chance to be present at the final hearing on said road and give the bridge committee an opportunity to complete their inspection of bridges in the county and make their report, board on motion ad journed till May 17, 1915. L. B. Polski, County Clerk. Tender Vegetables. The spring has been exceeding-1 ly uniform in temperature since the melting of the snow, but it is well to remember that it is custom ary to have frost in May. Do not be in to great a hurry to set out the plants from the hot bed. A checked plant is said never to fully recover' The tender vege tables are beans, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, orka, pepper, pumpkin, squash, sweet potato and tomato, While it is generally useless to try to rush the season, still it may be well to risk a few hills of corn and beans for an early crop, but be sure to cover with news papers or litter on cold nights. 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 my home place.—J. W. Johnson. For Sale—Team of horses, three and four years old, 60 bushel white seed corn $1 per bushel. Fred Zwink. NEW COUNCIL HAS ITS FIRST MEETING Mayor Allen Reads His Message and Recommends Numerous Plans for Beautifying and Improving the City. Marshal to Be Appointed Later. The following remarks were made hy Mayor Allen after assum ing his duties of office, Tuesday evening. The Northwestern be lieves that they are both appro priate and timely: Members of the Loup City Board: 1 have been honored by the peo ple of Loup City in being elected mayor and wish to come into this body as a co-worker for every I thing which can be considered best for the place in which we live. I trust that 1 will prove a help and that harmony will prevail among us. The purpose of this reading is to place before you several items and recommendations more in the nature of suggestions, coming from a citizen interested in the general welfare of his home town and is not intended to in clude every item of business. I would recommend a ‘careful auditing of the city’s books, by a committee, who,in a report, shall suggest any changes in our system of bookkeeping which they deem advisable. I would recommend the enaction of an ordinance providing for the hiring of the marshal by the month, and if this recommendation be deemed advisable by the board I would recommend that our present marshal be continued in office un til sueh time has transpired to make the. new ordiance legal. Consideration should be given to a plain whereby the street sprinkling be under the super vision of our street commis sioners and that whoever contracts J to sprinkle the streets will on such i days as the commissioner thinks best devote his own services an 1 the services of his team at such other work as the street commis sioners shall direct. I would suggest that committee on water and light see that the water commissioner is prompt about collecting water rents. At Cozad, Nebraska a certain dis count is made to those bringing their water rents to the city de pository by a certain date. This would give our marshal a little more time on streets, etc. Continu ing under the head of water and light I am informed that quite an expense must be met for the re placement of electric bulbs. A reward for anyone destroying the property, their apprehension and punishment, might have a desirable effect. That all meters be installed in basements when it is possible to do so. 1 would suggest the considera tion of a preliminary survey for proposed sewerage. I would suggest a committe com posed of members of the council to look after the trimming of trees on the streets. This is a new ordinance and will require som? diplomacy and courtesy to carry out without too much friction with owners of trees in front of their respective properties. That the street crossings in the residence part of town be cleaned after each rain as w ell as crossings in the central business part. That the committee on streets (Continued on page 8.) Watch Club Offer ()UR last years watch club was a suc cess, as we sold over the required number of fifteen South Bend. watches, which have given such good satisfaction that we are again putting on a watch club on the same plan. Our stock is complete with newest models, both large and small. Owing to the terms given us by the South Bend Watch company, you pay no more than if you Were buying for spot cash. Come in and let us mal^e good our statements and show you our plan, how you may own a good watch and not miss the money. Lou Schwaner I Jeweler 1 Loup City - - Nebraska Deposits in this bank have the additional security of the De- 1 positors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska. , i MANY A MAN : OF FORTY : i or more, apparently with no chance of * improvement ahead, wonders if future i years will find him still at the daily ( grind and nothing accomplished. A 1 new method of handling their income has helped many thousands to better { conditions. Our bank account plan i will enable YOU to handle your in come systematically and mass your { savings into a usable lump sum. { ( Loup City State Bank i Loup City, Nebraska. \ -*--- 4 We pay 5 percent interest on time deposits < <
