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I Loup Qty Northwestern A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN VOLUME XXXV. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1916 NUMBER 5 EVENTS AT LITCHFIELD Will Miller shipped a load of hogg to the Omaha market on Tuesday. Pete Larson was called on this week by the stork, who left a baby girl at /■ the home. Cort Lang shipped a mixed carload of cattle and hogs to the Omaha mar ket Tuesday. Sam Parker, the horse buyer from Grand Island, was on our streets buy ing horses, on Friday. George Lang’s pump on his gasoline tank froze up for two days. The tank j holds a car of gas. 1 Thomas Roope, superintendent of * motive power on the B. & M. system, went up the road on No. 39, Monday. Harry Labert, who farmed south of town, shipped out his farm imple # intents and household goods to Lush ' ton last week. Mr. Highland, the elevator man of Sweetwater, came up on No. 39 Tues day, on business, returning the same day on No. 40. John Donovan and WTm. Benson, moderator and director of our school board, went to Cairo to inspect the high school building there. Solan Scott shipped up a load of machinery and furniture. He is mov ing onto one of his fathers’ farms, the old Walter Comford farm, south of town. Frank Scott is up from Shelby on business connected with his farms here. W. C. Pike accompanied him. He is looking for a location for a harness shop. ^ The adjuster for the Columbia Fire Insurance company was here on Tue: day and settled with Kanute Lade gaard for the loss of his home by fire Kanute left for Loup City on No. 40 via South Ravenna. Mr. and Mrs. George Woolf arrived on No. 39 from Ulysses, Nebr., where they had been to attend the funeral of his mother, who was buried there on Tuesday. She had attained the ripe old age of 83 years. Grabe & Helleberg, architects, of Columbus, came up Thursday and sub «, mitted plans to our school board for > their inspection, for our new school house. Jundust and a Grand Island firm have also submitted plans. Ben Holcomb has traded his 160 acre farm northwest of town for 80 acres in the North Platte valley, south west of Torrington, Wyo. His brother, Byron, who left here three years ago, lives at Morrill. He will leave here with his aged mother and father on No. 43. Wednesday. Ben will follow with a carload of goods in a day or two. Our old friend and neighbor, W. F. Gray, is down from the North Platte country, near Baird. He reports ev erything lively up there and crops good. He informs us that Ross Chap man, a boy that was raised here and well known, raised a good crop and made more money than he ever did before in his life. Fred D. Bruler also raised a good crop. W. F. cer tainly looks good. Miss Isma McCune, daughter of our well known citizens, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCune, and Mr. Bob Shedke, a well Known farmer of Pleasant Valley, went to Grand Island on No. 40 Wed nesday, where they intend to be unit ed in holy matrimony. (Miss McCune says it is no false alarm this time.) They intend to visit in the eastern part of the state for a week or two. After that they will be at home on the groom’s farm in the valley. Good luck to them and may they live happy ever after is our wish. Birney Flanders was married to May Roberts at Grand Island on Monday, and arrived here on No. 39. They are both descendants of oldtimers. Miss Roberts is the daughter of Wm. Roberts of Sweetwater, whose par t were of the very earliest settlers (1873), Mr. and Mrs. Jim Roberts. ' - Mr. Flanders is a grandson of Henry ^ Lewis, an oldtime resident south of town, now residing at the county seat. We are glad to offer congratulations in unison with all the oldtimers, wish ing them a happy and prosperous jour ney through life. The happy couple left for Loup City on Tuesday morn ing, where the groom runs a pool hall. Few people stop to consider the im mensity of our railroad’s equipment. Who would think that the B. & M. R. R. box cars alone would make a train two hundred and fifteen miles long on the system; that they have eight thousand stock cars; three thousand nine hundred refrigerator ears; flats and gondolas, twenty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-six; two hun dred and thirteen tank cars; twenty one barrel rack cars; seven thousand refrigerator cars; thirty private cars; forty-one diners; five hundred and seventeen coaches; one hundred and twenty-one chair cars; one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight loco motives, and there are nine thousand three hundred and seventy-seven miles of track in the system. A Quiet Wedding. Mr. G. G. Weitzel, of Early, Iowa, and Miss Bertha Weber were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Weber, north of town, at 7 o’clock Saturday evening. January 15, 1915, by Rev. William Petersen, the German Lutheran min ister, of Hazard. It was a simple home wedding, with only the close members of the famil ies on both sides present. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. George B. Weitzel, parents of the groom, and Oscar Weitzel, brother of the groom, and Mr. and Mrs. George Kintzler. Miss Emma Weber, sister of the bride, was maid of honor, Miss Alma Heesch, of Ravenna, acted as brides maid, Mr. Paul Saffranek, of Merna. Nebr., and William Weber, brother of of the bride, acted as best men. Miss Rhene Hedlund played the wedding march. The bride wore a simple, but beauti ful, dress of lemon colored silk crepe de chine, trimmed in shadow lace and beads, and carried a bouquet of bride’s roses. The maid of honor and brides maid were dressed alike in pale pink. After the ceremony a fine supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. Weitzel will make their home near Early, Iowa, on his farm, near his parents. The groom’s twenty eighth birthday was his wedding day, and his bride is twenty-seven years old. The newlyweds will visit in neighboring places for some time be fore leaving for their new home in Iowa. The Northwestern extends congra tulations to Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Weitzel and wishes for them happiness and prosperity. Obituary. Mrs. James Patterson, a former resident of this section, but who has been making her home at Kearney since January 19, 1915, died at her late residence in the above city on Monday morning, January 17, 1916, aged 56 years. Miss Susan Lilly was born in Eng land on March 24, 1860, coming to America when a small child with her parents to LaSalle, 111. Here she was united in marriage to James Pat terson and to this union was born’ eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. They moved to Nebraska, locating at Litchfield in 1890, making this place their home continuously until they moved to Kearney about a year ago. Five children are living, as follows: Elizabeth Goff, John Patterson, Alex Patterson, all of Kearney, Nebr., Ag nes Engleman, of Craig, Colo., and George Patterson, of Litchfield. Funeral services were conducted from the Christian church, Wednes day afternoon at 1 o’clock, January 19, 1916, conducted by Rev. Carl E. Knapp, of Cozad, Nebr., and interment was in Litchfic.'J cem:-tery. BRING YOUR GRAIN _ TO THE Loup City Mill & Light Co. Furnishes all the light and power and also makes the best of flour. Handled by all Merchants. BUY FLOUR THAT IS MADE IN LOUP CITY HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF Hard and Soft Coal TAYLOR’S ELEVATOR LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA . DISSOLVED VIEWS I ll REPUBLICAN CONVENTION \ C HICAQO \ JUNE.7 10(6 €(HJ8<m<§© WDQg 7. TWO NATIONAL CON VEC1TION3 OiN AT ONCE - DOUBLE ROLL “HENPECKED HENRY.” No lover of fun, song and pretty girls can afford to miss the big musi cal comedy “Henpecked Henry” at the opera house next Monday, January 24. The success in neighboring cities has been most gratifying and the man agement guarantees one thousand hearty laughs in two hours and a quar ter. AGAIN IN THE RACE. County Judge Smith started to cir culate his petition last week in order to have his name placed on the pri mary ballot at the April election, for the nomination of county judge. The office of county judge is non-partisan and the filing is not made under any party name. The petition requires 200 signatures before the name can be placed on the primary ballot and re quires a filing fee of $10 in addition, twice as much as is required as a filing fee for any other office. NEW AUTO NUMBERS ARRIVING. Since the first of the year many au to owners have received their new automobile numbers. The numbers are sent out directly to the purchaser of a licnse, by the secretary of state, the same as last year. The plates this year are blue with white figures and letters. Last year the plates were wh'te with black figures. The license is obtained from the county treasurer and that official sends in proper cre dentials to the state, before the unm ber is obtained. HUNTERS STILL ON THE FENCE. Customary hunting licenses are again being issued by the state to the county clerks and in turn to those who apply for them. The license gives permission to hunt or fish ac cording to the state laws. No pro vision is made for the federal law and acting on the strength of the state license one can either hunt or fish. It seems as though the federal law was slow or rather the supreme court in not deciding which of the laws hold good. Nebraska was one of the few states not to change its game laws to comply with the federal law.—Chap pell Register. ANNOUNCEMENT. By virtue of the authority vested in me as Judge of the District Court of the twelfth Judicial District of Ne braska, I hereby fix the time for hold ing the terms of court in said District for the year 1916, at the following dates: — Buffalo county, jury terms. May 15, Dec. 4, equity terms, Jan. 24—Oct. 2. Custer county, jury terms, April 24—Nov. 13, equity terms Feb. 14— Sept. 18. Sherman county, jury terms. Sept. 12, equity terms, Feb. 23—Oct. 24th. Said terms will be adjourned from time to time to fully meet the require ments of the public business. It is al so ordered that no grand juries be drawn or summoned, unless hereafter ordered by the court. Naturalization days shall remain as heretofore fixed by the order of this court. Done at Kearney, this 1st day of January, 1916. Bruno O. Hosteteler, Judge of the District Court. By Chas. Bass, Clerk of the Dis trict Court of Shrrman County, Nebraska. i Claimed to be Bryan’s Brother. An old man nanred John Bryan, an inmate of the Alameda county poorhouse in California, has long held to the delusion that he was a brother of William Jennings Bryan. He had told the story about the poorhouse for so many years that when he died Thursday morning the superintendent sent a telegram to Mr. Bryan at Lincoln telling him that his brother, John,,was dead and ask ing what disposition to make of the body. The telegram was returned to the wire company by Mayor Bryan with the information that Mr. Bryan had no brother, John, and that the wire was directed to the wrong per son. Press dispatches carried a brief reference to the matter, one story saying he was a cousin of the Bryans here. Another said that the old man had explained the fact that he was left friendless in the poorhouse by the story that he had been estranged from his brother for years. He told it so often he believed it himself. OBITUARY. v Frank Blaschke was born in Ger sig, Roemerstad, Austria Hungary, on the 18th day of January, 1855. He was married in the old country to Miss Amelia Brochiel on the 25th of Au gust in the year of 1879. Of this happy union there sprung six children, four daughters and two sons. On October 18, 1888, he left the old country with his wife and family and came to the United States, ar riving at Bellwood, Nebraska, and re sided at Bellwood three years. He then moved, in the year 1892, to Polk county, lived there about twelve years. In March, 1904 he came to Sherman county and made his home here since that time. Healthy and very industrious, as he was, he was taken ill about one year ago with dropsy of which he fell victim to on January 3, 1916, being 60 years of age. He is survived by his wife and all of his children. His children are Mrs. James McBeth of Wiggle Creek, Frank Blaschke, Harlowton, Mont., Mrs. Carl Squires, of Comstock, John Blaschke and Mrs. John Foy of Loup City, and Alvena, who is yet at home. He is also survived by one brother, Joe Blashchke, of Edenburg, Texas, and two sisters, Mrs. Schoen, of La vaca, Nebr., and Mrs. John Needman of Dutch-houser, Austria Hungary. He leaves a large number of friends to mourn his demise. He was a good and faithful memjber of the German Evangelical church here. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Schulze at the German church on Friday, January 7, 1916, and he was laid to rest in the Evergreen ceme tery. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sym pathy shown during the illness and death of our husband and father, Frank Blaschke. Mrs. Frank Blaschke. Mrs. James McBeth. Frank Blaschke. Mrs. Carl Squires. John Blaschke. Mrs. John Foy. Alvena Blaschke. Subscribe for ths Northwestern. * MANY PAYING UP. i Since the first of the year many | subscribers of The Nortwestern have | renewed their subscription to the pa per. There are still a number oi Northwestern subscribers who have failed to renew—so why not do so now before you forget about it. And speak ing of subscribers, a large number of new ones are coming in every week, which makes us believe that our ef forts to produce a good, newsy paper are being appreciated. JUDGE HOSTETLER’S PETITION CIRCULATED. Judge Hostetler’s petition for the placing of his name on the primary ballot in April is being circulated here and is being freely signed. Judge Hostetler is well and popularly known in this district and probably w’ill have no opposition for the omination or at the general election this fall. It is safe to say that he will succeed him self as district judge, and can hold the position as long as he wants it. KILL THAT GROUCH. If playgoers with an ingrowing grouch will take it to the Daddow theatre next Monday, January 24th. where Helton Powell’s famous musi cal comedy, “Henpecked Henry” will hold forth for one night only, they will find a sure cure and immediately come to the conclusion that the men who invented laughter wrote the play. It is entitled to the blue ribbon in the musical comedy class. An especial fature is made of the magnificently costumed chorus. MORE ABOUT CITY DELIVERY. The postmaster-editor of the Sher man County Times, at Loup City, is urging the people of that town through the columns of his paper to start a movement toward securing city free delivery The postal laws and regula tions provide that letter carriers shall be employed for the free delivery of mail matter at any postoffice which produces a gross revenue of not less than $10,000. Loup City is an office of the third class. According to the salary of the Loup City postoffice, the gross receipts do not exceed $6,000. Therefore, it would be necessary for the receipts to increase $4,000 or more to entitle Loup City to free delivery. Loup City’s postmaster should brush up a little on the postal laws in his office before. starting something.— Ansley Herald. MARRIED AT GRAND ISLAND. W. B. Flanders of Loup City and Miss Mamie Roberts of Sweetwater were married by the county judge at Grand Island on Monday, January 17. The happy couple were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Roberts and Miss Nel lie Roberts, all of Sweetwater. After the ceremoney the party left for Litch field where they spent a day with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Flanders re turned to Loup City Tuesday evening and are making their home in the east part of town. Mr. Flanders recently engaged in business in Loup City and now has es tablished a home. His bride is a stranger to us,but we are sure he has made no mistake in the selection of his helpmate for life. The North western joins their many friends in wishing them a long and happy voy age on the matimonlal sea. STATE TAXES HIGI IER The people of Nebraska paid $21, 000,000 in taxes for all purposes dur ing the year 1915. an increase of more than one million dollars over the amount paid in 1914. A compilation made by Secretary O. E. Bernecker of the state board of assessment at Lin coln shows a total of $21,390,358 raised by taxation for all purposes in 1915, not including taxes paid in Cherry. Grant and Keya Paha counties. If the taxes in these counties is the same as' paid in 1914 the total taxes raised throughout the state in 1915 was $21, 682,464, an increase of $1,277,007 over the amount paid in 1914. Out of a total of $20,405,457 paid for all purposes in 1914 $13,282,411 was taxes levied alone by school districts. This information has caused many tax payers to awaken to the fact that the greater part of the funds raised for taxation is expended for school pur poses. The state tax, or a tax for the sup port of the state government, is a small part of the expense of govern ment. The levy for state purposes in 1915 was 6.S mills on the dollar, or one mill less than for the previous year. The average tax for all purposes ranges from 40 to 50 mills on the dol lar in the different communities. The state tax raised by the levy of 1915 was $400,000 less than tse total amount levied the year before. While the state tax was reduced in 1915 it is apparent from figures received from the various counties that levies for loc al taxes, such as school and county purposes, were kept up to the former high mark and in some instances in creased. Only a small portion of the taxes raised during the year is ac countable for by an increase in the valuation of property. In the spring all lands will be re valued for he first time in four years for taxation purposes. A large in crease in valuation is looked for. Un less the local taxing boards reduce levies a big increase in total taxes for 1916 will be the result.—St. Paul Re publican. DEFINATION OF LA GRIPPE. Here is the Grand Island Independ ent’s definition of La Grippe and there are very few people in the country who are unable to testify to its unaccu racy: “Bones which seem cracked in two; joints which apparently have ali the oil removed; a nose which rceives constant attention; aches and pains in all portions of the body, and a dis position as jagged as a circular saw; say this and three out of every five residents of the city, almost, will arise and shout with one accord, “Grippe, doggone it, and I’ve got it.” ENTERTAINED AT CARDS. Mesdames R. L. Arthur, A. H. Han sel, R. P. Starr and C. C. Carlsen, entertained the P. E. O’s and their husbands at cards at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carlsen Wednesday evening. A very enjoyable evening was spent. CITY HALL FOR LOUP CITY. We are informed that a movement is on foot to put the matter up to the voters to vote bonds for the construc tion of a city hall. It is rarely that a city the size of Loup City has not a suitable building for a city hall, and no donbt the voters will give this subject serious consideration if it is brought to their attention at the next spring election. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF CLAY TOWNSHIP. Receipts. Money on hand in treasury of Clay township, January 1, 1916 .$188.07 Received from county treas urer for road fund, district No. 21 .664.95 Received from county treas urer for road fund, district No. 22 . 608.30 Received from county treas urer for road fund, district No. 23 . 605.30 Expenditures. Paid out of the general fund of said township .$781.37 Paid out for roads in district No. 21 of said township_ 664.95 Paid out for roads in district No. 22 of said township. 608.30 Paid out for roads in District No. 23 of said township.605.30 Total .$2,659.92 I, George Haller, township clerk for Clay township, Sherman county, Nebraska, do solemnly swear that the above is a true statement of receipts and expenditures for the year 1915. GEO. HALLER. Twp. Clerk. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of January, 1916. F. D. EASTABROOK, J. P j THE CHURCHES. Methodist. Sunday, January 23. 10:30 a. m. “The Christian’s Chief Business.” 3:30 p. m„ preaching services at Wiggle Creek. 7:30 p. m., “A Common Ex cuse.” On account of the severe weather and the grippe, the G o’clock dinner, for the adult Bible class, as planned by Mrs. Chris Oltjenbruns, and to be served at her home, was postponed from Saturday until a later date. The A. L. T.’s S. S. held high carni val last Monday evening in the base ment of the church. A good time was enjoyed by all. Said time wound up with an oyster feed. One fellow was discovered who could make more noise than the preacher. Henceforth his name shall not be called “Clarence,” but “Windy.” L. V. SLOCUMB. St. Josephat’s Catholic Church. Every Saturday evening at 7:30 Rosary devotion. Services on Sundays as follows: Morning service at 10:30, Mass, and the usual Polish sermon, except the last Sunday of each month, when the English sermon is given instead of the Polish. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend all our services, anu es pecially the English services. CHANGED HIS NAME. Vallejo. Calif.—A man with a name closely resembling the kaiser’s afflic tion, and pronouaced softly as you'd breathe the name of a Serbian moun tain resort to a dear friend, has been enlisted in the United States marine corps as Liberal Scott, by special authority from Washington, D. C. And so, Eleftherios Sykeotis is of ficially listed in the records of the United States marine corps as “Liber al Scott.” Sykeotis, who is a naturalized Amer ican citizen, adopted the name of Liberal Scott because of his great ad miration for Harry Lauder, he says, and for the futher reason that few persons have ever correctly pro nounced the name he abandoned. FOR RENT. We have for rent a nearly new four room house with electric lights and city water. Can give possession any time—FIRST TRUST CO. AT VIC SWANSON’S Special for 10 days. ' 5 doz. $1 corsets at 65c. 3 doz. $1.50 corsets at 85c. Reduced Prices on men’s and boys’ Overcoats and Mackinaws and all other Winter Goods Come and See Me Before Buying IT PJIYS TO TRADE WITH LORENTZ