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LOUP CITY NORTHWESTERN CHIPMAN * HARTMAN. Publuhtn. Entrrrd at thv i.otlp City Pustnflice for transmission through the mails as second class matter. Every subscription is regarded as an cp- n account The names of subscribers *.u be instunil> removed from our mail ing list at the expiration of time paid for, if publishers shall be notified otherwise the subscription will remain in force at tlie designated subscription price. Every sut-scriber must understand that these conditi'»ns are made a part of the con tract between publisher and subscriber. CATTLE IMPORTATIONS. Cattle im|K>rtations for the first nine months under the Underwood law, which brings it up to the be ginning of the European war, ought to be especially interesting to two classes of citizens: First, those who think at least as much of the American producer as they do of the Mexican; and second, those to whom the bottom of the national treasury vaults is not a vision of ineffable delight. From the beginning of October, 1912, to August 1913, the total number of cattle imported into the United States was 396,130. For the first nine months under the Underwood law the total num ber was T2.‘»,.'»64. The revenue ob tained *or the first period, which was under the protective law, was S732,ii60. The revenue for the second (teriod under the Under wood law was nothing to the United States. However, not long after the democratic tariff went into effect an export duty was levied by the Mexican government on cattle coming to the I'nited States from Mexico. The large difference was: first, an increase in cattle coming into the United States from Mexi co and elsewhere: second, a re plenishment of the war chests of Huerta, Carranza and Villa, and a loss to the treasury of the United States. Yet there are those who say that the Underwood tariff is of no interest to the farmers of Nebras ka! _ The treasury department has ordered a futher withdrawal of government funds from the nation al bank depositaries, and by the end of this month more than eight millions wdl have been thus trans ferred from the local banks to the regional reserve banks. The government will lose the two per cent interest which it now receives on these deposits, but it is believed that the transfer will have the ef fect of forcing the national banks to rediscount their commercial paper with the regional reserve banks. This would enable the re serve bank system too pay exjoenses, which it has never yet been able to do. But it can hardly lie argued that a banking system which re quires artificial forcing of this kind to make it profitable is altogether an unmixed success. Why is it men who are as sharp as tacks in most things are as care less as an infant in others? Get in a car and drive around the country and you will see farm im plements everywhere exposed to the elements, plows standing in the fields, mowers, rakes, wagons, and dozens of implements out in the rain from January to Decem ber. Lift a five sp»t from the pocket of one of these fellows and he will want to either lick you or send you to the penitentiary to square up for his loss. But he lets many times that amount go to rack and ruin in exposing his im plements to the elements without an apparent thought as to their value. Queer—but it's true. The present administration not only breaks the word of promise to the heart, but fails even to keep it to the ear. Though professing to Ire eager to relieve enterprise of the burdens thrust ujam it by re cent litigation. Attorney General Gregory will, never-the-less, not accept tlie adverse decrees of lower federal courts in the government’s suits against the steel corj>oration and the coal-carrying railroads; and he Is preparing to take these cases up to the supreme court on appeal. And yet some people profess to wonder that the Ameri can business man is suspicious of the administration! Theodore I>ouglasRobinson,once chairman of the progressive state committee of New York and also nephew of the colonel, advised all progressives in Y'ork state to en roll with the republicans this year j upon theground that the advanced; principles which they espouse “can best be carried forward through j the medium of the republican J party’’. This is sound common sense. It has already been put into practice by most progressives and in 1916 there will be no repub lican division which will again put a minority party in control of national affairs. If you want to travel the road to better buying; if you want to make your purchases with safety and with confidence; if you want a full dollar’s worth for your dollar, and a load of satisfac tion free with every purchase, your straightest course is right through the advertising pages of this paper. There are merchants advertising with ' us every week who can meet every requirement and who often give you more for your money then they promise. They are the people to tie to, the l>eople who always make good,and their advertisements point the way. We dropped into a local store the other day and found a clerk nearly dead with a sick headache. But when a customer entered a few minutes later he was all smiles and right to the front with a hearty and whole souled greeting, and he kept his face and his spirits until the customer departed in a happy frame of mind—to come again; No, never mind who it was, but that fellow will get ahead in the world, and the firm he is with will always do business while he is in the foreground. The republican argument against free trade is well given by Repre sentative Humphrey of Washing ton. who said: “Under free trade you stop production. You stop the demand. You throw men out of employment and stop the pay ment of wages. You paralyze the entire industrial system of the . 1 country, and under a democratic administration you can neither buy at home nor abroad. Cheap goods are of no value to the idle without money.” As one contribution toward the fulfillment of the democratic promise to reduce the high cost of living, the bureau of mines an nounces that it can now produce radium for only $36,050 tier gram. This will enable the impoverished speculators in“war order” securi ties to have radium on their tables at least once a day, and will be of tremendous encouragement to workers in other enterprises who are now on reduced time, lower wages or laid off altogether. At the close of business Satur day, July 31, the net balance in the general fund of the .United States Treasury was $68,173,462 as compared with a balance of $132 263,619 two years ago under re publican laws and appropriations. At the end of the first month of the new fiscal year, the disburse ments had exceeded the receipts by $16,171,757, which is the amount of deficit accumulated during July. It is said that the idea of creat ing a navy board composed of such men as Thomas A. Edison, Orville Wright and Henry Ford, was first suggested by a young man in the office of Assistant Sec retary Roosevelt. The author of the first real good idea the secre tary has had in two years should be given prompt recognition and promotion. Secretary of the Navy Daniels finally performed one act that meets the approval of the coun try. He formed a navy board corn iced of men of demonstrated ability. Now if he would resign and let one of the members of the board be appointed secretary some permanent good might be accom plished. Mr. Bryan says that he does does not deal with subjects until they are capable of soluti«n. That is why he delayed the slaughter of C hamp Clark in the Baltimore convention: and that, too, signifies his delay in goingafter Mr. Wilson. He is waiting for Wilson to get thoroughly ripe before picking him. Secretary Redfield publishes letters to show that he warned the Eastland’s owners on the 14th of July. Why didn’t he warn in tending passengers on the Eastland at the same time? Alfalfa tea is now said to be a sure cure for the blues. This will be good news for democratic poli ticians. _\_ It Isn't Your Town—It's You If you want to live in the kind of a town Like the kind of a town you like, You needn t slip your clothes in a grip And start on a long, long hike. You’ll only find what you left behind, For there’s nothing that’s really new. It’s a knock at yourself when you knock your town. It isn’t the town—it’s you! Real towns are not made for men afraid Lest somebody else gets ahead. When everyone works and nobody shirks You can raise a town from the dead, And if while you make your personal stake Your neighbors can make one, too, Your town will be what you want to see, It isn’t the town—it’s you! ---The Stockholder Herald. LIVESTOCK PRICES AT SOUTH OMAHA Big Ron of Cattle mi Voices Mostly 10 to 15c Lower, HOGS LARGELY 5 T010C HIGHER Slow Trade In Sheep and Lambs on Account of La0e Run, but Prices Are Generally Steady—Good Lambs Bring $9.00 and Ewes $6.40. Union Stock Yards, South Omaha, Aug. 10.—A liberal run of cattle showed up yesterday, some 7,500 head. The fat cattle market was slow, and the trend of values lower for both the good to choice and common to fair grades. Most of the cattle went at a dime to 10@15c lower than the close of last week. On account of the lib eral receipts and the bearish reports from outside markets, buyers were able to give the market for cows and heifers quite a jolt and prices bid ar,d paid were right around 10@15c lower than Friday. Veal calves -were in good request and steady. The market for stockers and feeders was slow ar.d prices were unevenly lower all around. Cattle quotations: Good to choice beeves, $9.25@9.75; fair to good beeves, $8.50@9.15; common to fair beeves, $7.00@8.50; good to choice yearlings, $9.00@9.85; fair to good yearlings, $7.75@8.75; common to fair yearlings, $7.00@7.75; good to choice fed heifers, $7.00@7.50; good to choice fed cows, $6.50@7.25; good to choice grass heifers, $6.50@7.25; good to choice grass cows, $6.00@6.60; fair to good cows, $5.5o@6.00; canners and cutters, $3.75(35.25; veal calves, $7.00 @10.00; bulls, stags, etc., $5.25@7.50; prime feeding steers, $8.00@8.25; good to choice feeders, $7.40@7.85; fair to good feeders, $0.75@7.4V; com mon to lair stockers, $5.50@C.5d: stock heifers, $5.75@6.50; stock cows, $5.50@6.25; stock calves, $6.50@8.00; good to choice hay fed steers, $8.15 @ 8.60; fair to good hay fed steers. $7.15 @8.15; common to fair steers, $6.50<3> 7.25. A moderate supply of hogs arrived yesterday, about 5,000 head. The market was active and prices were largely 5@10c higher than the close of last week. Best lights brought $7.25. Most of the packing hogs sold around $6.25@6.50, with a sprinkling of good butchers and mixed lights up to $7.00. A good run of sheep and lambs ar rived, some 18,000 head, being larger than at any other market on the map. The market was rather slow, but prices were just about steady with the close of last week. Good lambs brought $9.00. Old sheep were not very heavily supplied and. as in the case of lambs, opened steady. Ewes sold early as high as $6.40. Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs, good to choice, $8.75@9.00; lambs, fair to good. $S.50@8.75; lambs, feeders, $7.50@8.25; yearlings, fair to choice, $fi.25@7.25; wethers, fair to choice, $;>.75@6.50; ewes, good to choice. $6.00@6.50; ewes, fair to good, $5.00@6.00. Subscribe for the Northwestern. Our Advice Is: When you feel out of sorts from consti pation, let us say that if do not relieve you, see a physician, because no other home remedy will Sold only by us, 10 cents. Wm. Graefa, WHEN LOOKING FOR A SQUARE HEAL DROP IN AT THE Ideal Bakery & Restaurant SOUTH SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE Meals, Lunches and Short Orders at all Hours We Also Carry a Full Line of Bakery Goods. Careful Attention Given all Special Orders. 1916 Car $472.50 (Freight included in above price) rpHE Ford car is everybody’s utility, A because it is easily adaptable to ev erybody’s work or play. It is reliable; serves everyone and brings pleasure to all. An economy because it saves money—an average of two cents a mile to operate and maintain. A demonstration will covince the the most skeptical. A. C. OGLE, ir„, LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA NOTICE. The Ladles Industrial society will serve supper on A. L. Zimmerman's lawn Friday evening, August 13th. Will serve something to eat from live cents up. Something to suit every body’s pocketbook and appetite. Come and enjoy your supper in the open air. Subscribe for The North'western. Better buy a few sacks of White Satin flour while you can get flour that is made from old wheat. All merchants handle our flour. Every sack guaranteed.—Loup City Mill &. Light Company. Mr. and Mrs. Criss Sinner and son went to Bockville Wednesday noon to attend the funeral of a relatite. —i »iiin iiiinun i'<ir~iwyt | Business and professional Guide j A. S. MAIN Physician and Surgeon LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA Office at Residence Telepone Connection A C. R. SWEETLAND Plumber & Electrician For good, clean and neat work Satisfaction Guaranteed Come and Get My Prices WALTER THORNTON Dray and Transfer Call Lumber Yards or Taylor's Elevator Phone Brown 43 J. E. Bowman, M. D. Carrie L. Bowman, M. D. BOWMAN & BOWMAN Physicians and Surgeons Phone 114 LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA S. A. ALLEN Dentist Office Upstairs in the New State Bank Building LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA W. L. MARCY Dentist Office: East Side Public Square Phone Brown 116 LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA E. T. BEUSHAUSEN Licensed Embalmer Funeral Director Graduate In Anatomy. Sanitary Science and Embalming of Barnes Embalming School I New Elliptic Springs and Rubber Tired Funeral Car. Calls Answered Day or Night. Phone No. 104 Lady Assistant in Connection If you want to sell your farm, or other property, list it with us at once. We can find you a buyer. If you have a farm or city property to rent, give us a full description of it and your terms of lease. We can get you a de sirable tenant. If you want a farm loan, we can secure it for you at lowest interest rates and give you quickest and most satisfactory service. If you have idle money, we can furnish you well secured, tax free mortgages draw ing reasonable rates of interest, payable twice a year. We write hail, tornado, fire, life and auto mobile insurance. Why not consult us when in need of any thing in our line? 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