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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1915)
* H Soci«t? ^>' v ^ ' I : 1 i Tr,,:;:; ;.- "•" - "‘"‘ |^*"'."■> "• _ A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN VOLUME XXXIV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24. 1915. = = XUMBER 27 MUCH 1 'AMAGE IS DONE BY CYCLONE Genuine Twister Hits Loup City and Does Thousands oi Dollars of Damage in City and County—Usual Number of Freak Stunts Happen. A cyclone of no small propor tions struck Loup City Saturday morning at about four o’clock, doing considerable damage and frightening a number of our citi zens who were awakened by the noise of the storm. The storm was only of a few minutes dura tion and the twister went through the northern edge of town, it ap pearing from the damage done that the twister would strike the ground and then raise for some distance, traveling from the north west to the southeast. A heavy rain fell at the same time, over an inch of water falling in about an hour. The first place struck by the cy clone was the Hansel farm on the north edge of town, occupied by I>an Garner and family. Here the shingles were torn off the roof of the house, the barn was carried off the foundation and the roof partly demolished, and all othei buildings literally torn to pieces ! and the wreckage scattered all j over the place. The windmill was also blown down. Mrs. Garner lost 4"<i chickens at the same time. A large, fine barn at .lames liar-; tunek’s place was carried about half a block and left lying bottom •ode up. The barn stood between a large stack of alfalfa and a chicken house, neither of which wa* touched. No other damage! was done at this place. Walter Thornton’s barn was blown to pieces, the wreckage be-J mg scattered all over the block. K«Hir glass windows were carried nearly a block and were left un broken on the ground. A team tiiat was in the bam were left 'landing, a chain which held one j and a halter the other being; broken as if cut by knife. The ! house was slightly damaged. Min. Joseph i^aworski’s large i»aro was carried some distance and left bottom side up. A team that was in the barn at the time was unharmed. Several other buildings here were also damaged. At Edward Zakrzewski’s place a barn was torn to pieces and the wreckage scattered. Another barn and several other buildings close by were not touched. Everything was insured except the barn that was blown down. Several trees were almost torn up by the roots, 'l'lie house was not damaged, probably being saved by the large grove of trees that is around it. A porch was torn off the new home of W. G. McNulty. A barn at the Schlote place was carried across the alley and neatly set between two buildings on the next lot. Several large trees at the C. D. Hansen place were broken off, and a large tree deposited on the roof of the house. House damaged slightly. William Rowe’s carpenter shop was taken off the foundation. At numerous other places in the north part of town big trees were broken down and a large number of limbs being broken off, the cyclone evi dently having almost spent its fury further east as the only damage being done was to the trees. A large number of smaller buildings were demolished, wagons and hayracks blown away and broken to pieces. Jenner’s Park was flooded and the park bridges carried away. Several animals were drowned,but will be replaced by others at once. It will take about two week’s of hard work to put the park back to its normal state. Work is pro gressing now and we will venture it> say that it will be a prettier flcMided last year much worse than this time, but Mr. Jenner is very opt«amstic, and misfortunes only spur him on to greater things; he r i Prices for Comparison We have the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog for April and May, and in it we have looked up prices for compari son, and below we give you some of their prices with the freight added and opposite you will find our prices: Scan Roebuck & Co. Vermicelli- Revera Brand 3l iK'und packages vermi«'el)i for 24c Add freigiit to Loup City.2 Oust you..2»k* ♦» l-p -und packages vermicelli.. .47c Freigiit to Loup City...4 51c Scan Rceback & Cc. Early June caned peas Mont Hare brand cans June peas at Chicago..33c Freigiit to Loup <”|ty.5 37c «* cans early June peas.cOc Freight to Loup City.in 73c Kingston brand corn syrup 1 gallon corn sy rup at Cliicago.. 42c Freight to Loup City.9 sic Corn starch at Chicago 3 pack ages corn starch .15i* Freight to Loup City.. 2 • 1 *c Faulty Flour. Montclare brand 1 sack family dour at Chicago.1.93 Freight to Loup City.38 2.31 Revera brand oatmeal at Chicago 1 4 pound package oatmeal.. .21c Freight to Loup Ctty. 3 24c Loup City Merc. Co. 3 1-pound packages of OKoo Skinner's vermicelli.&9C « 1-pound packages ver mtcelll.49C Loup City Merc. Co. Early J une caned peas—Over- ! land brand -3 cans ne early June peas.w9C 6 cans early J une peas 0 'uncil Oak brand corn syrup J 1 gallon Council Oak brand corn syrup. Corn starch at Loup City—3 1-pound packagescorn starch. Bakers choice dour Loup City—1 sack Bakers #4 aa choice..9|.OU 1 4-pound first prize pack age oatmeal. IWe also buy your produce and pay the highest market price. Try us. Loup City Merc. Co. ' ^__ % ARRIVES _ r mbs ] sonneft•, (Copyright.) ——-*<r*7VT."Y W ■» J park than ever. The park was does not give up as many would, hence we feel safe in making the prediction that this latest mis fortune will react and be in the nature of a boost, after all. In addition to the above damage done in Loup City, many farms were hit by,the storm and con siderablelosswassustainedthrough out the country. The D.L. Garner farm probably suffered theheaviest loss, improvements on Harry Obermiller’s farm near Schaupps were badly damaged, as also were t he improvements on C. W. Fletcher's tine farm near the ceme tery. A large barn on August Jaeschke’s farm was blown off the foundation. Joseph Stobbe, Wm. Lewandowski, Winifred Hughes, Clarence Burt, W. D. Clipsonand many cithers suffered minor damages. The railroads were hit hard by the storm, throughout this section of the country. Heavy washouts oocured on the B. & M. at Farewell and Sclmupps. The Union Pacific tracks were covered with water at Ounnchmg and train service on ln»th roads were delayed for several hours, the B. <Ss M. being the hard* ost hit, their Saturday trains not getting through until late Sunday afternoon. THAT SALOON PETITION. The board of supervisors met Monday afternoon to bear the re monstrance against issuing a sa loon license to Edward Oltman at Schaupps. It apiwaring that no short hand reporter could be ob tained to take notes of the case, until Tuesday, the board post poned the hearing until two p. m. Tuesday. Remonstrators objected, but were overruled. Board met at two p.m. Tuesday, and as a stenographer was present to take down the notes of the case, the hearing of the remon strance against said petition was begun. It was a long tedious pro cess. The board was in session Tuesday evening and all day Wednesday. A number of wit nesses were called by both sides, and at times the tilts between the lawyers were very lively. The list of freeholders signing the petition was gone over care fully and a number were challenged, both sides agreeing upon about seventy-five of the signers as being all right before the hearing begun. Last arguments were made by attorneys Wednesday evening and after a few minutes deliberation the board decided that as the ap plicant, Edward Oltman, had the required number of freeholders on his petition, and as the notice had been published and circulated ac cording to law, the prayer for an issuance of a saloon license at' Schaupps was granted. License fee was fixed at $500. Remonstrators excepted, and have ten days in which to file an appeal to the district court if they wish to do so. Bom—On Saturday, June the 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Coley, a boy. Bom—To Mr. and Mrs. Burr Rob bins, on Monday, June 21, an 11 pound girl. Mrs. Harry Miller and children re turned to their home at Scotia yester day noon after spending the past week here with Mrs. Millers parents, | Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Daily. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION May Cod open our eyes to our re sponsibility to our girls! L>.t us realize that 've are training the mothers of the future and making the homes o' the coming age. Richardson County got 3721 pledge signers in one day, the result of thoroughly organized work. And yet some people tell us they do not be lieve in organized Sunday school work. Teach a child to see himself in re lation to the universe, not the uni verse in relation to himself. 55.000 people attended the County Sunday School Conventions in Ne braska the past year. You have not taught a ltesson until the pupil has lived your teaching. The Sunday School is the biggest educational instruction in all the world. It touches all ages of life, the Cradle Roll, Beginners, Primary, Adults. There are over 180,000 offi cers and teachers in North America, and over 20,000,000 pupils enrolled in classes. A rut is the grave with the ends knocked out. There was on exhibition at Broken Bow an old rooster dutifully raising his second flock of little ehiekens. A sign on the pen said: “Ma’s gone to the Suffrage Club.” Truly this is a wonderful age in which we live! Imagination is the power to put one’s self in the place of another and view life from his standpoint. Parents and teaehers should use their imagination frequently and get the chold’s viewpoint. It will help the child’s viewpoint It will help unravel many a knotty problem. Sherman County had the honor of winning the Conquest Flag for having the largest number of delegates at the State Convention outside of Custer County. There were thirty-five Sher man county delegates and we were mighty proud of them even if there were only nine from Loup City dis trict. Get the vision. Mrs. A. R. Willard, of Chicago, Ill inois, and Mrs. Ben Castellini, of Liv ingston Montana, sisters of Mrs. Viola Odendahl, arrived here Tuesday evening for a visit at the Fredeiick hotel. Miss Irene Comer arrivd here last evening from Hastings, having finished her studies there. W. «!,• Fisher and daughter Blanche, went to Rockville this morning on a pleasure and busi ness trip. Miss Mable Barnes went to Lin coln this morning for a short visit with friends. mii—■ ■ ■ ■' ■■■'■-- -'>» W. 8. Waite was a business visitor to Palmer and Erickson, Nebraska, this morning. Henry Christensen left this morning forTorrington Wyoming where he goes to look after his homestead. THE RIOHT SHR1T. . Tlmt the spirit ol brotherly love is not dead in this community was ably demonstrated Monday. A citizen of ours who has spent much time and money in creating a place of beauty for the people to enjoy and hike pride in, has met with considerable misfortune at various times, when the results of his money and labor were carried away in a single night. The latest misfortune occured last Saturday morning, during the terrible storm which did so much damage in town and country. Flood waters rushed through the beautiful little park leaving it in a bad condition and doing con siderable damage. A number of citizens got to gether, and decided that as the work of getting the park back into shape, was of such nature that it has practically all got to be done by the builder himself, as the ar tistic effect can not be achieved by one who does not understand the work. /So it was agreed to take up a collectiou, J. D. O’Bryan taking the paper around and in a very short time collecting $110.00 which he turned over to Mr Jenner thatday. That Mr. Jenner was surprised is putting it mildly. It was not the money so much as the good fellowship and good will,that the gift expresses. A man has accomplished great things without aid of any kind, meeting reverse afteT reverse and this little .help comes in a time when it will help the most, es pecially showing that the efforts of a builder is appreciated. Several citizens are also trying to devise away to help Mr. Jenner to control the flood waters of the little stream that flows through the park, so that it will in the future be free from the* danger of flood ing after the heavy rains that oc casionally visit this section of the country. Let the good work go on. BOND ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY Whether Loup City Builds New School Building or Not to be Decided on that Day. Little Interest Manifested. Report of Annual School Meeting. The legal voters of this School districts are called upon to vote upon a bond proposition on Tues day, June 29th. The publishers of the Northwestern have heard many arguments both for and against the proposition of voting $30,00 for the construction of a new school building, and we are in no position to advise the voters one way or. the other on the pro position. Some claim that this district cannot support a building to cost that sum, while others make the claim that the amount I of the bonds asked for are very reasonable and that many towns much smaller than this have school buildings that cost a great deal more than $30,000. A few an nounce that they are going to vote one wav or the other through spite, but we do not care to discuss this way of voting. The fact remains that something must be done, and done very soon, for the school building wilinot begin to accommo date all the pupils and two build ings were rented for school pu r poses the past year, besides housing a number of youngsters in a poorly lighted basement, a condition that should not be tolerated, Some want to expend $12,000 or $15,000 in building an addition to the old building, while others claim that to spend' this sum of money for that purpose would be worse than useless, for an old building re modeled this way would not he satisfactory. So there you are. We have tried to give the argu ments as we have them. One fact remains, however,and that is some thing must be done to remedy conditions mentioned above. It is i up to the people to see that i;he children who go to school here in the future get the privileges and benefits that they are entitled to, and all should vote next Tuesday ! regardless as to how they stand on the bond question, so that the school board can determine upon what method to pursue to alleviate the conditions here. The report of the annual school meeting that was held on Monday, Jure 14th, was crowded out of last week’s North western,so we publish it this week. The terms of E. G. Taylor and S. N. Sweetland had expired, and Mr. Taylor was re elected, J. B. O’Bryan succeeding Mr. Sweetland. The term of school was fixed at nine months, to begin the first week in Sep tember. The first, or primary grade was divided into morning and afternoon classes, as the grade lias too many to conveniently house and take care of at one time. The last of the bonded indebted ness was paid off, a -small levy being made out of the general fund for that purpose. A balance of $4,000 was reported in the treasury. It was voted to raise $8,000 for the coming year’s expences. The report of the treasurer is as follows: Paid teachers salaries.$7,200.00 Repairs. 241.4.3 Puel. 634.47 School supplies. 587.31 New desks. 139 97 Janitor. 550.00 Officers salary. 110.00 Other general expense. 879.48 Total.10,333.08 Balance in treasury at beginning of year. 8,147.91 Received as tuition. 453.00 Taxes.. 4,500.1 K) Total.13,100.91 NOTICE Parties dumping rubbish along the highways leading into Loup City will hereafter be prosecuted and fined according to law.—Lou Schwaner, Township Clerk. Some men are men, while others travel around in men’s ctothes. Celebrate July 4th i ; ....... : — ON Saturday, July 3rd Deposits in this bank have the additional security of the De positors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska. ARE YOU ONE? Some people think banks are solely for the use and benefit of those having a large income. It is true that people having comfortable in comes use banks for the safety and protection afforded, but isn’t the safety and protection of your income just as vital to you as the safety and protection of the larger sum is to those having larger incomes? Come in and let us show you in what ways the use of this bank will help you. Loup City State Bank Loup City, Nebraska. We pay 5 percent interest on time deposits
