Representative and Progressive Business Men of Loup City
Loup City Has One of the Best
Creameries in the State
THE LOUP CITY CREAMERY
Loup City can boast of one of the
best creameries in the state.
C. A. Clark is owner of the cream
ery and also has well equipped cream
eries at Ord and Ravenna. J. A.
Thompson is manager of the cream
ery here.
Mr. Clark is a veteran in the busi
ness, having spent more than forty
years in the business. He pays the
very top prices for butter fat, al
ways paying several cents more than
competitive firms.
The Ravenna Creamery company
has enjoyed a steady and substantial
growth and is firmly established. The
C. A. CLARK
following article relating to the his
tory of the creamery business in
Loup City was written by Mr. Clark:
The first creamery was built here
by Davis and Rankin, a firm of
promoters from Chicago in 1889. It
was owned by a stock company of
farmers and business men and oper
ate under the management of H. M.
Mathew.
It was burned and rebuilt in the
year 1890 and was afterwards oper
ated under varying management and
with varying success until the year
1900, when it was bought by the Ra
venna Creamery Company under
contract from Mrs. McCray and by
deed from the Barker estate. Since
then it has been run continuously by
the Ravenna Creamery Company un
til July 2nd, 1914, when the old
creamery was completely destroyed
by fire entailing a loss of over $10,
000 with $6,000 insurance, one full
car load of butter, which would have
been shipped the next day was a com
plete loss. After the Are, the com
pany immediately bought the new
and more convenient building site
near the Burlington depot and pro
ceeded to erect another creamery as
it now stands. One of the most com
plete and best equipped creameries of
its capacity in the state.
Their business for the current year
will approximate very close to 300,000
pounds of butter made. 25.000 head of
poultry and 2,500 cases of eggs
bought.
The Ravenna Creamery Company
have always contended that this cen
tral part of Nebraska has the loca
tion and the natural advantages to
make it one of the greatest dairy
countries in the world. The climate
is unsurpassed, the unlimited supply
jf the purest water, the great produc
tivity of its soil and its adaptability
to the production of alfalfa and corn
all point to the success and profit of
the dairy business. The greatest need
now is not only to make “two blades
of grass grow where one grew be
fore” but also to produce two pounds
of butter fat when only one was pro
duced before, and this is a standerd
that should be easily reached and
passed in a very few seasons if the
farmers will concentrate their efforts
along that line.
O. S. MASON’S IMPLEMENT HOUSE.
C. F. BEUSHAUSEN
C. F. Beushausen, postmaster of
Loup City and i\ politician of some
renown. Mr. Beushausen is owner
and editor of the Sherman County
Times, though he does not take an
active part in its management. He
C. F. BEUSHAUStN
served as county clerk for a couple
of terms and managed an elevator at
Ashton for E. G. Taylor for eight
years. Mr. Beushauesn is a Sherman
county product, was born on a farm
east of Ashton. He has identified
himself with the best interests of
the town and county and is an active
member of the Presbyterian church.
E. G. TAYLOR
E. G. Taylor may justly be classed
with the most enterprising citizens
of Sherman county. He was born
in Ashton, Illinois, December 12, 1867,
and came with his parents to Sherman
county in 1S79. He lived with his par
ents on the homestead near Ashton,
Nebr., for several years where he
attended public school and later en
tered the high school at St. Paul,
J. A. THOMPSON
Local Mgr. Ravenna Creamery Co.
Nebr. He also took a thorough
course of training in the business
college at Grand Island. His first
business venture was at Ashton, Ne
braska, where, in partnership with
A. N. Conklin, he engaged in the gen
eral mercantile business, which busi
ness was established in the spring of
1889. In 1895 he sold his interest to
Mr. Conklin and engaged in the grain
business at Ashton, which business
he has successfully handled ever
since. In the fall of 1903, he moved
to Loup City where he purchased the
Loup City elevator and established
headquarters. In 1907, he bought the
Loup City mill and power plant. To
this plant he has added the electric
light system and today is operating
the mill and furnishing light to the
city. He also has built and is operat
ing elevators at S kaupps, Ashton,
Rockville and Karwell, and is hand
ling flour and grain at several other
places. Mr. Taylor is also connected
with the Taylor-Swanick Grain com
panv at Omaha. Mr. Taylor has
stock in the Loup City State Bank and
is one of the directors of the bank.
He is president of the Sherman
county telephone company and owns
considerable of the capital stock of
said company.
Mr. Taylor has not only built sever
al elevators, but he has built a beauti
ful and costly residence in the city.
He is an active church worker and
his sterling worth as an enterprising
and public spirited citizen has been
recognized in various ways. He is now
serving his second term as a member
of the board of education.
A. C. OGLE.
A. C. Ogle has been in the auto and
garage business in Loup City nearly
seven years and in that time has
sold ninety automobiles. He handles
the Ford and Reo cars, a combina
tion that is hard to beat. He has a
splendidly equipped garage and makes
a specialty of repair work, having en
gaged another up-to-date repair man
to commence work for him on Jan
uary 3 of the new year. Day and
night service is his slogan and the
doors of the Ogle garage are never
locked.
Mr. Ogle is a native of Ohio and
came to Sherman county in 1S89 lo
cating on a farm near Austin. He en
gaged in farming for several years
with good success previous to enter
ing business here. From a small be
ginning he has built up a business
that gives employment to several peo
ple and the outlook is very promising.
It gives us pleasure to record the suc
cess of such men as Mr. Ogle. “Ser
vile" has been another strong point
with him. and is one of the reasons
for his success.
WILLIAM GRAEFE.
The proprietor of the Rexali Drug
slme. has been a resident of Loup
City for nine years past. He came to
Loup City June 30, 1906, and at once
engaged in business. Three years
ago he bought out the drug business
of Vaughn & Hinman and has since
added very materially to the stock, t
and having leased the large brick
building in which he is now doing
business, put in as fine a set of fix
tures as can be found in any western
town the size of Loup City. His year
ly novel one cent sales have brought
vVM. GRAEFE
him many new customers. This sale
is a great advertising boom to his
business and at the same time it en- j
aides him to dose out many lines of
goods that otherwise would become
shelf worn, thus affording the oppor
tunity to keep on hand fresh and up
to-date goods in the drug line.
Besides being an up-to-date drug
gist, Mr. Graefe is a good fellow. How
good, may be known when you recall
the fact that he was chosen last April
by the people of the first ward, to
represent them on the city council,
which honored position he now oc
cupies. His sterling worth as a citi
zen, a druggist and a business man is
measured not only in words, but in
deeds.
J. A. DANiELSON
One of the Best Metal Workers
in the State Resides Here
JOHN A. DANIELSON
John A. Danielson agent for the C.
B. & Q. Railroad company, was born
in Sweden in 1856. He came o the
United Stattes and settled at Bur
lington. Iowa, in 1869.
He entered railroad service in 1S74,
with the old Western Union, at Be
loit, Wisconsin, and has followed the
service ever since, the last thorv- !
seven years being with the Burling
ton. He worked at various pla :es un
til 1902, when lie came to Nebraska
with his family, changing climates
for the benefit of Mrs. Danielson’s
health. He «>• uplcd positions af Liu
coin and Omaha, and has a residence
property there.
At the latter two places hr worked
as extra aaent most of the time.
April 1. 190S, he accepted the posi
tion as agont here, which lie ha3 since
held. :Ii3 friendly accomodating
ways have won the good opinion of
all who have had business with the
road, while at the same time he has
been faihful to the interests cf his
company.
J. I. DEPEW
The accompanying picture with this
article shows a large cog wheel that
Mr. Depew welded at his establish
ment here some time ago. It took
this casting nearly two days to cool
off after being welded, which shows
the tremendous heat used in the oper
ation. Mr. Depew has a Oxy-Acety
lene welding and cutting apparatus
and makes a specialty of this line of
work. He has saved his customers
many thousands of dollars in welding
castings, saving them the expense of
buying new ones.
He welds practically everything and
has an established trade from all over
the surrounding country.
Mr. Depew manufactures three
kinds of disc sharpeners, two trip
hammers, two shears and punches, all
of which are inventions of his and
most of them patented. His spec iai
ty is a “Ford” tripp hammer, which
A Difficult Job of Welding.
sells for $50. It is a very handy ar
ticle, does perfect work and should
be in the shop of every mechanic
He also does all kinds of general
machine work.
Mr. Depew has resided in Loup City
for a great many years. He is a
highly respected member of society
and is establishing a business that
promises to assume large propor
tions.
THE LOUP Cl TY GUN CLUE.
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present, you will find some
thing suitable in our Holiday
stocks.
SECOND—When you pick
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BERT G. TRAVIS
I Am Grateful
Just a Word to You
I desire to extend to you, the public,
* my thanks for the generous support you
have given me during the year 1915, and to
express the hope that you will remain with me
during the coming year. It is not possible for
me to express in cold type the gratitude I
feel, but I can and will let my actions in
future speak even louder and more practically
than my words.
I extend to you all the compliments of the
season. May the new year bring you your
heart’s best desires.
James Bartunek