Representative and Progressive Business Men of Loup City
A Dollar Sent Out of Town Is a
Dollar Lost to the Community
ZIMMERMAN & WAITE
Messrs. Zimmerman & Waite are
now engaged in the automobile busi
ness. Having purchased and consoli
dated the two garages know as the
William Scliuman garage and the A.
O. Lewis garage and are occupying
the building which was occupied by
Mr. Lewis. They have in the past six
weeks disposed of six Maxwell anto
mobiles and are expecting another car
load ere this goes to print. They have
two expert repair men and in addition
to this they have a good supply of re
pairs on hand at all times, particular
for the Maxwell and Ford. They keep
their garage open all night and will
make that drive for you at your dis
posal.
Mr. Zimmerman is a pioneer, com
ing to this county in the early
eighties, commencing life in his
A. L. ZIMMERMAN
new western home in a very humble
way. After farming for a number of
years, he entered the real estate busi
ness in which he did an extensive
business. He has always held for the
best interests of Loup City, and in
evidence of the same erected five
business houses and at present owns
land in three different states.
Mr. Zimmerman is among the re
spected citizens of our town and
stands for the highest morals.
Mr. Waite is what you might term
as a full fledged Nebraskan. Having
resided in this and the adjoining coun
ty since the fall of 1880. First locat
ing on the old homestead ten miles
north and two miles west of Loup City
and there endured the hardships that
all early settlers were forced to under
go. About the time that Mr. Waite
arrived at the age of manhood his
father passed to the beyond and to
him fell the burden and responsibility
of settling his father’s estate and pro
viding his mother a home during the
remainder of her life, which he has
done with credit.
Mr. Waite, with his mother, moved
to Loup City in the fall of 18911 and
has made this his home to date. Dur
ing this time he has been employed
in various occupations. For seven
years he was general manager of the
Sherman County Telephone company;
under his management Sherman coun
ty was given the use of the telephone.
In the fall of 1910, he was elected
representative and no man ever repre
sented Sherman county more con
scienciously than did Mr. Waite. Dur
ing the past few years he has demon
strated that he is a booster in reality,
having purchased the brick building
occupied by Mr. C. C. Cooper also
the vacant lot adjoining same and
erecting a fine two story brick build
GEORGE BENSCHOTER
ing thereon, which is occupied by
Mr. William Graefe. In addition to
this he owns one of the best homes
in the city. He has served several
terms as member of the board of edu
cation and is at the present time,
treasurer of school districh No. 1.
In summing up Mr. Waite’s career we
can truthfully say that we have never
known him to knock a good cause or
boost a bad one.
M. C. MULICK
M. C. Mulick and A. B. Outhouse
are the only two business men of
Loup City w'ho are still here among
the many who were in business here
in the year 1889.
Mr. Mulick is a native of the good
old state of New York. He followed
Horace Greeley’s advice, “Go West
Young Man, and Grow up with the
Country,” moving to Wisconsin at an
early day and from there to Iowa
and then moving to Nebraska in 1885.
He engaged in railroad contracting
for several years and graded the
Union Pacific from St. Paul into Loup
City and also completed several con
tracts on the Burlington up the valley.
He quit railroading in 1889, and en
tered business here in the same year
M. C. t^ULIC*
and has been a resident ever since.
■Mr. Muliek has a large acquaintance
extending all over this and surround
ing counties. His friends are num
bered by his acquaintances and a!
ways jolly and giving a quick answer
to any sally one might make, makes
him a man you just can’t help liking.
Mr. Muliek is sixty-two years young
and is more active than many men
little more than half his age.
W. D. ZIMMERMAN.
W. D. Zimmerman has been a resi
dent of Sherman county for nearly
twenty years, coming here in 1896.
For a time he engaged in the stock
business. He then went into the
real estate business, which he has fol
lowed up to the present time. He has
sold agreat many tracts of ’.and in
this part of the state and also in
western Kansas. In addition to the
real estate business he has flourish
W. D. ZIMMERMAN
ing insurance business and the two
keep him mighty busy.
Mr. Zimmerman lias the honor of
being a member of the democratic
state committee and has been a prom
inent factor in politics, both locally
and state wide. He has never asked
for or held public office, though a
great many friends are bringing his
name up as a candidate for state
senator at the democratic primaries
in April. We have never interviewed
Mr. Zimmerman on this subject, but
will state that should he be prevailed
upon to enter the race for the nomi
nation and is successful, the demo
crats woul have a candidate who
would make a strong race for the
election.
Hut we have got off the track in
running in this political dope and are
printing it without Mr. Zimmerman's
knowledge and sanction, and to re
turn to the object of this sketch will
I state that he is a native of southern i
Ohio and is a young man who has ‘
proved his worth in the business'
world. Always in favor of proposi
I tions for the promotion and the best
interests of the town he has helped
much in the upbuilding of Loup City.
GEORGE E. BENSCHOTER.
George E. Benschoter was born in
Iowa county, Michigan, January 7,
IStiO. just in time to take part in the
civil war. He was a volunteer but
did not past muster on account of his
age. At the ago of five he came with
his parents to Delaware county, Iowa,
and nine year:; later came overland
with his fatehr's cattle train to Sher
man county, Nebraska. In 1874 he
hauled sand and helped to mix mud to
build the Sherntan county court
house, but uptodate says that he has
never had a case in court. George
went to school in the first school
house that was built in Sherman
county, but says that he was edu
cated, for the most part, in a coun
try printing office. Everybody knows
George. He has served in several
places of public trust, was once mas
ter workman of the local A. O. U. W.
lodge. He has been a member of the
city council and of the board of edu
cation and held other positions where
salary was not considered. In years
gone by he was urged by members
of his party to accept the nomination
for county treasurer on the republi
can ticket, but wisely declined as he
considered that there were too many
people in the woods at that time. He
has been connected with both of the
local newspapers and was for nearly
twenty years editor and publisher of
The Northwestern.
George has a < attle ranch in Sheri
dan county, Nebraska. He is now
engaged in publishing The Nebraska I
Record at Loup City and is giving j
his readers many thrilling stories of
pioneer life.
J. A. ARNETT & SON
Consists of J. A. Arnett, a native
of Illinois and his son, Clarence L.
Arnett, who has the distinction of
having been born in Missouri. The
Arnetts came to Nebraska in 1887,
settling in Hamilton county and came
to Sherman county in the spring of
1906, locating on a farm west of Loup
City. In July, 1914, they purchased
the hardware store of O. F. Peterson
W. S. WAITE
and have since conducted a flourish
ing and growing business.
Just recently they moved their
stock into a handsome new brick
building erected by Mrs. Louise
Solins, which gives them much more
room and a more pleasant place to dis
play their large line of hardware, fur
niture, harness and implements.
KEYSTONE LUMBER COMPANY.
The Keystone Lumber company
commenced business in Loup City in
the year of 1SSG. In October, 1887, A.
B. Outhouse of Huey, Clinton county,
Illinois, visited Loup City and made
arrangements to organize and incor
porate the company under the laws
of Nebraska. This organization was
completed February 18. 1888. Mr.
Outhouse being made treasurer. In
MISS MABLE HANSEN
Treasurer Hansen Lumber Co.
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1889 he became general manager and
treasurer of the company.
In the beginning the company
owned three yards, located at Loup
City, Ashton and Sargent. In 1892,
they disposed of the Sargent yards
and since that time have acquired
yards at Rockville, Arcadia and
Schaupps.
Most of the stock, up to 1907, was
owned by parties residing in Wiscon
sin, but during that year Mr. Out
house took over all the holdings of the
Wisconsin parties, reorganized and
increased the capital stock of the
company, at which time he became
its president and general manager.
Since the last reorganization, it has
A. F. ELSNER.
been the aim of the company to im
prove their yards to keep pace with
the changing times. It is conceded
by those who ought to know that
there is no other town in Nebraska
the size of Loup City that has as com
plete and substantial equipment as the
Loup City yard. The expense of their
modern office and other equipment at
Loup City, also at their other yards,
has been prompted by the fact that
they realize it is necessary for them
to be able to furnish not only lumber
for building, but all kinds of ma
terial that may be used in the con
struction and completion of various
kinds of building.
The history of the Keystone Lum
ber company would not be complete
without mentioning its present secre
tary, Ward VerValin, who first identi
fied himself with the company in 1903.
He has been associated with it ever
since, with the exception of the year
1911, when he was in the lumber
business in Mitchell, South Dakota.
Mr. Ver Valin is much appreciated
by the company for the services be
renders, not only from the business
stand point, but also for the intern t
he takes in the uplift and betterment
of the community. It is the policy of
the company to advise its employees
to endeavor to make the community
a better place in which to live.
The following are the names of
those that assist in the management
of the business: T. ft. Lay, Loup City;
N. A. Lewin, Arcadia; Fred Duriker,
Rockville and C. Jensen, Ashton.
The Keystone Lumber company are
pioneers in the mercantile business
MRS. A. F. ELSNER.
in Loup City, as will be noted abov •
having been in continuous existence in
the same location since 1SS6.
A. F. ELSNER.
“There is a photographer in this
town.” A. F. Eisner is an artist in
his chosen profession. He also handles
the Eastman Kodak, enlarges photo
graphs and does picture framing in a
workmanlike manner.
Mr. Eisner was born at Grand lshv d
and at the age of eight years he got
his first camera. This was the begin
ning of his career in that line. He came
to Loup City in 1S98 and opened his
photo establishment here in 1909.
Mr. Eisner was married in the sum
mer of 1914 to Miss Lillian Lofliolm of
Loup City, who very ably assists him
in caring for the large patronage that
he enjoys. With a few exceptions the
photos used in The North western this
week were made at the Eisner studio.
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FOR AUU
FROM.
YOVTn AGE,
No Doubt You are a Busy Person-But This Adverise
ment Was Meant to be Read. It will Pay You to do so.
There is a reason. You have an opportunity to come into our store
and inspect our goods. We have spent many months in completing
! his stock. We have no dead ones. Every piece of merchandise is
guaranteed by the manufacturers trade mark and are marked with
plain figures.
We offer a reward for anyone bringing us a customer who has not
received perfect satisfaction on every purchase.
Va c have records of over 3,000 customers who have had watches re
paired and have purchased goods from us at the. same time, with per
fect satisfaction at all times.
Y e carry the largest stock anywhere to be found in Sherman county.
You cannot make a mistake, because we will not allow a mistake on any
purchase. We back our goods with hones! prices and honest quality.
This means service to you, and service spells success. Now be fair with
yourself, study our goods, compare with others and prove to your own
satisfaction the high quality of goods handled by us.
We thank you for reading this advertisement. Give us a call, and
you will thank us for the opportunity it offers.
HENR Y M. ELSNER
JEWELER
Registered Optometrist.
The Loup City Mill and
Light Company
invite you to try their
White Satin and Pansy Flour
WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF
ALL KINDS OF FEED
TWO HUNDRED SATISFIED WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS
We have a line of elevators in connection with the
mill which gives us an opportunity to select
only the vry best milling wheat.
If you try White Satin or Pansy
Flour you will be satisfied
Every Sack Guaranteed
We wire housese for electric lights. We will make you a cut in prices
if your wire your house during the Holiday season.
We pay the highest prices possible for all kinds of wheat.
Your trade solicited.
Loup City Mill and Light Company