Loup City Northwestern
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VOLUME XXXV. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916 ' NUMBER 7
THE STATE MEETING
(By Supt. L. H. Currier.)
The County and City Superintend
ents’ association held at Lincoln Janu
ary 26-28, was a great success. Not
only was the program a very interest
ing one full of matters of vital inter
est to all educational interests of the
state but the treatment of the various
subjects was able and effective. A
large per cent of the county and city
superintendents of the state were
present and the interest awakened
was second to that of no other meeting
of the kind ever held in the state.
The results of such meeting cannot
be over estimated. The only pity is
that more of the superintendents,
teachers, fathers and mothers of the
state could not have attended this
valuable and inspiring meeting. The j
object of the conference was to plan
f a campaign of promotion for the
schools of Nebraska and to advise
ways and means of placing them at
the head of the column. To arrange
a tangible program of action for 1916
which will take into consideration
the educational needs of the state in
all sections.
Dr. A. E. Winship of the New Eng
land Journal of Education, Boston, ad- j
dressed the conference Wednesday!
afternoon. He also gave a very in- J
teresting and instructive talk at the !
banquet Thursday evening on the i
subject, “Greetings from Authors, ]
past and present. Hon. O. H. Ben- j
son of the Department of Agricul-1
ture, Washington, D. C., addressed the i
conference Thursday afternoon on the
subject of Boys’ and Girls' club work.
The following subjects were dis
cussed and were opened to general dis
cussion:
1. “Common Defects of the Com
mon Schools and How to Remedy
Them.’’ In discussing this subject,
there were a general exchange of opin
ions and a great deal of interest was
aroused.
2. Standardization of Rural Schools
received much attention. Standards
have been established as a tangible
ideal or goal for future efforts. The
efforts being put forth in a large num
ber of counties of the state to bring
their schools up to these standard for
tedds results.
3. “The Rural High School.” The
discussion of this subject covered the
organization of rural high schools, the
two-room district school, the consoli
dated school, course of study, equip
ment, approval, and qualifications of
teachers. The discussion brought out
the difficulties and possibilities of
uiese scnoois.
4. “The County Institute.” The dis- j
cussion of this subjct dealt with the
abuses and opportunities of the in
stitute and what it should mean to the
teachers of the county. The advisa
bility of changing the date of holding
the institute was also discussed.
5. "Compulsory Education. Its
Shortcoming and How to Make it Ef
fective.” Last year the attendance
based upon the enrollment was but 72 I
and 9-10 per cent. This shows an
enormous waste of both opporunity
and means. We are not doing all we
could for the youth of our state.
6. “Training Teachers in Service.”
The discussion of this subject includ
ed an improvement in the state read
ing circle work and covers a definite
and progressive work and involves
definite credit for the completion of the
course.
7. “The Field Coach for Teachers.”
The purpose of this coach is to visit
teachers who are failing to get re
sults, to assist them with their diffi
culties and to bring help to individual
teachers.
8. “How to Improve Our System of
Rural Supervision.” The object in
connection with this subject is to
formulate a workable method of plac
ing the supervision or rural schools
on a professional and permanent basis.
9. “Conserving the Interest of the
Taxpayers.” A great deal of interest
was taken in this subject. It is a
fact that at least 20 per cent of
the money raised by taxation for the
support of the schools in non-effective
through insufficient group, lack of co
operation and insufficient instruction.
How can we best conserve the inter
ests of the taxpayers and at the same
time increase the usefulness of the
school? This is a question that all
parents and taxpayers should be in
terested in.
10. “Report of Progress for 1915.”
County superintendents were request
ed to bring a written report on this
subject of not to exceed two hundred
words, the same to be handed to the
state superintendents. It is pleasing
to note that Sherman county is begin
ning to be recognized in school mat
ters as being a member of the great
state of Nebraska. The progress for
1915 in Sherman county compares
very favorably with any county of the
state.
Joint Conference With County and
City Superintendents.
1. “Normal Training in High
Schools." This subject aroused a
great deal of interest both with county
and city superintendents. The advis
ability of requiring the normal train
ing pupils to take an additional year
of work consisting of a through re
view of all of the common branches,
twelve weeks of methods, twelve
weeks of observation work, and
twelve weeks of practice work in
teaching was favored by many of the
county and city superintendents. Gen
eral rules and regulations governing
normal training high schools, course
of study, major and minor reviews,
observation, practice teaching, the
normal training teacher and many
other subjects essential to the im
provement of the service was dis
cussed.
z. bcnooi inspection. its purpose
and what it should mean to the city
superintendents and to the board of
education.
3. “The City Suerintendent.” His
relation to the principal, to the
teacher, to the board of education and
the school.
4. “The Non-Conventional in
Schools.” The discussion of this sub
ject brought out the idea that a lead
er is one who breaks out of the groove
or rut and explores new fields with
advantageous results. As long as no
one attempts new ideals the old re
main in vogue. A discussion of the
six-three-three plan; the six-six plan
modernizing the course; the conser
vation of the community's resuorces
and arrangement of school work.
5. "Back to the Essentials.’’ It is
claimed by those who attended the
schools of a generation ago that we
Two More Premiums
Every customer was pleased with the prem
iums I gave away just before Christmas
and for that reason, I am now going to give
away two more premiums that are sure to
be appreciated. For the first premium I
am offering
A $55.00 Set of Teamt# Har
ness Free
This harness is a lf-incli heavy team har
. ness of my own make and trimmed in fine
shape. All who have any of my harness
will know how good a harness this is.
A Horton Washer Free
For our lady customers we are going to give
away one of of these celebrated, easy run
ning washing machines at the same time
we give away the harness.
Save your coupons and remember
that you can also get them on pay
ment of your book accounts.
Ja mes Bartunek
Hardware and Harness
Like the Groundhog, Pres. Wilson Comes Out to See if He Gets a Shadow
= f BEFORE THE
L._ COUNTRY
— AT LARGE.
He takes his preparedness program before the country. If there is not serious shadow cast by it he will stay out
for another term.
are not teaching the essentials as
thoroughly as they were then taught, j
Is this statement true? Can it be I
verified? tl is well known that a
vast majority of the children never
receive any training or schooling
above the eighth grade. Are we doing
all for these children we should? This
was one of the real live subjects dis
cussed.
Time will not permit of a more com
plete report of this great educational
conference, but I have tried to give in
a brief way the object and great need
of these educational meetings and
the real things for tvhich they are
formed.
I wish at this time to call the atten
tion of teachers and school officers of
county to the Central Nebraska
Teachers’ Association which meets at
Central City March 29-30-31. We
want every teacher in the county to
go because it is seldom that the meet
ing is held at so convenient a place
for this county. I hope that every
I school board will not only permit its
I teacher to go without lost of time,' but
[ that you will urge them to attend. It
will be a very enthusiastic and inter
esting meeting and no teacher in the
county can afford to miss it.
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PUBLIC SALE.
The undersigned will sell at public i
auction, at the old Frank Dympk ]
farm, 4 miles north of Rockville, 71
miles southwest of Ashton and 3^ j
miles northeast of Austin, on Wednes
day, February 9, The following prop
erty. In case of storm sale will be
postponed one week.
Ten head of good work horses and
mares and young colts.
Seventeen head of cattle consisting
of some good milch cows, one bull and
several calves.
Also a lot of farm machinery in
good condition and a lot of household
articles. A free luncheh will be served
at noon. The ususal terms will be
given purchasers.
Hans Smith is the auctioneer and
I E. Dwehus will act as clerk.
EMORY M’COY, Owner.
Farmers’ Company Incorporates.
The Farmers’ Union Co-Operative
Association filed articles of incorpor
ation with the county clerk Monday
of this week. The authorized capital
stock of the association is $15,000.00
of which $1,500.00 is fully paid up.
The affairs of this association will
be conducted by a board of nine di
rectors to be elected annually. The
officers are eleeted from the board of
directors and are as follows: William
j Hancock, president; Hans Johnson,
secretary and treasurer. The other
directors are John Howe, L. M. Bly,
R. E. Hartzell, John Petterson, C. L.
Burt, F. E. Pinckney and D. L. Ja
coby.
The business of the association is
the buying and selling of seed, grain,
live stock and all products of the
farm, and the buying and selling of
; all kinds of merchandise. The pur
chase of any real estate needed for
the carrying on of the business is
authorized by the articles of incor
poration.
In addition to the' signatures of the
board of directors, the articles of in
corporation also contain the signa
tures of more than fifty other repre
sentative and progressive farmers
of the county.
LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
List of unclaimed letters remaining
in the Postoffice at Loup City, Nebras
ka. for the mouth enuriig January 31,
1916.
Ladies—Ruby Walker, Mrs. Eliza
beth McConnell, Mrs. Hilda Johnson,
Mrs. W. C. Connhiser.
Gentlemen—Louis Miller, Harm
Hartwell, Frank Critle.
Persons claiming the above will
please say “Advertised” and give date
of this list.
C. F. BEUSHAUSEN, P. M.
DAVIS CREEK NEWS
Pete Sekutera shelled corn last
Wednesday.
Ed Orent, Albert Sowokinos was in
Ashton Friday.
John Pelanowski visited with Tony
Orents Friday.
John Pelanowski shelled corn the
first of this week.
Charles Peterson shipped hogs to
Omaha Tuesday.
John Pelanowski shelled corn the
middle of the week.
A number from here attended the
Jap Wheatcraf sale Tuesday.
Miss Anna Garvel started to school
in District No. 24 last Monday.
John and Anna Garvel visited with
Mr. and Mrs. John Pelanowski Sunday.
Miss Ethel Trump is helping Mrs.
Jap Wheatcraf with her work this
week.
Miss Ruth Watson of Ord, Neb. was
visiting on Davis Creek the first of
the week.
Ed Manchester has installed a fine
piano player in his home. It is a fine
instrument.
There was a large attendance at the
John Pruss sale and everything went
at a high price.
Norman Hulverson and Roy Beleel
furnished music for the dance at E.
F. Paddock’s Saturday night.
Frank Manchester, John Pelanowski
Ed Manchester, Frank Trump and
Tony Orent were at Ashton Monday.
Ed Manchester and son, Gerald,
drove cattle to North Loup Tuesday
of last week and shipped a car load
to Omaha.
John Pruce, and family, left for
their new home at York, Nebr., last
Wednesday. We hope good luck will
follow this good family.
John Garvel helped John Pelanowski
drive his cows home from the John
Pruss sale Wednesday, which Mr.
Pelonowski purchased at the sale.
Tony Frederick, Pete Sekutera and
Lawrence Spotanski, and family,
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Palu, and family last Sunday.
Frank Watjalewicz purchased the
John Pruss automobile at the sale
Tuesday, and now the way that Frank
will go. I’ll promise you, will not be
slow.
As Wednesday was ground-hog day,
we hope Mr. Hog did not see his
shadow as we do not like the idea of
six weeks longer of cold winter
weather.
As Broun Orent was on his way to
the dance Saturday night, his horse
in some manner fell with him and
caused him to sprain his ankle. It
is very painful at this writing.
Miss Helen Kaminski started to
school again last week. She is stay
ing with her sister, Mrs. John Lew&n
dowski. Miss Helen is the pretty
daughter of Mike Kaminski and wife.
The Henderson brothers returned
from Omaha last Thursday. The boys
purchased a new Ford automobile in
Omaha and drove the car home in
stead of coming by rail. Alex Sowo
kinos accompanied the boys.
The techer and pupils of District
No. 24 are planning on a program and
box social some time in February
The exact date has not been set. The
receipts of the social will be used in
placing a set of encyclopedias in the
library.
There was a dance at Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Paddock's Saturday night. Ev
eryone sure had a good time, as they
always do at Era's. Four years ago
they gave a Leap Year dance in Feb
ruary, and say, talk about a good time,
everybody sure had one then. The
house wras crowded.
Pete Rueland, who has been both
ered for some time with his heart,
while attending the John Pruss sale
last Tuesday had an attack that ren
dered him helpless for a while, falling
in the door. His father and brothers
in-law were there and gave assistance
and he was soon revived. Peter is
a fine young man and it so too bad
that he is troubled in this manner.
There was great excitement on
Lower Davis Creek one evening last
week. Some fellows gathered at a
young man’s home and pulled him out
of bed made him settle a few things
that had happened by him. People
should always tend to their own busi
ness then nothing will ever happen to
anyone. We do not care to mention
any names.
MOVES FURTHER WEST.
George W. Benschoter announced
in the last issue of his monthly maga
zine that he had decided to try a new
field for his magazine and job printing
business. The equipment was packed
and loaded into a car this week, but
because of sickness, Mr. Benschoter
and family have not yet departed for
their new home. The following an
nouncement tells the story:
“Since going to press with the last
pages of The Nebraska Record for
this issue we have decided to change
our field of operation and having fully
considered the matter, have chosen
a live western Nebraska town. Hay
Springs for our future location, where
we expect to be located and ready
for business _by March 1st. Hay
Springs is located on the Northwest
ern railroad, in Sheridan county, Ne
braska, and in a country rich in agri
culture and stock raising. The Record
will be changed from a monthly to a
weekly publication and while it will
give all the local news of that section
it will still continue to produce old
time stories and give history of a
large portion of western Nebzraska.
We shall continue thig publication
as a neat, newsy, and interesting
weekly paper. We know there are
many stories from that part of Ne
braska that will interest you all. Not
only the stories of the past, but of the
present thrift, and future prospects.
“Now what we want to say is that
we have enjoyed all the patronage
here that we could have expected
under the circumstances, yet it has
not been enough to warrant us in con
tinuing in this field of operation,
hence the change. We wish also to
say that we do not regret having
spent a year -with our old friends in
our home town.”
EVENTS AT LITCHFIELD
Mrs. Mat Robertson, who Vas vis
iting here, left on No. 4U for her home
on Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Friend came in on No.
40, Wednesday, with Clyde McCor
mick, looking well.
Mrs. Halbeison is down with pneu
monia. She is at the home of her'
daughter, Mrs. Georke De Brulers.
Dr. C. E. Paul was a passenger to
Kansas City on No. 44 Tuesday night.
He expects to purchase some Louisi
ana lands.
Mr. and Mrs. Wetzel left for their
home in Iowa on Wednesday morning,
where Mr. Wetzel has a farm, with the
best wishes of the community.
Johnnie Burt informs me that there
were 40,366 pieces of mail handled
on the rural routes out of Litchfield
during the month of January.
The stork is around again. He left
a baby girl with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
McCormick Wednesday. They are
staying with Mrs. McCormick's father,
George Kenyon.
Henry Harry, an auctioneer, of
Grand Island, came up on No. 41
Thursday night (as that train stopped
for Dr. Raney, of Lincoln, who came
up to operate on Mrs. George Dicker
son, to cry C. A. Arnett’s sale on
Wednesday.
Clyde McCormick informs me that
his mother, w>ho was taken to Colum
bus for an operation on a supposed
case of cancer, is doing well under
treatment there. That she is up and
dressed and will soon be home. His
father is sick in bed with what is said
to be la grippe, or two much or too
little of something.
George Dickerson has just in
formed me that the operation on his
wife for tumor, by Dr. Raney, of Lin
coln, seemed to be entirely successful.
She had not entirely recovered from
the influence of the anesthetic. The
case is said to have been a bad one.
J. W. Gowdown had the misfortune to
be burned out of his home last Wed
nesday, and to be burned ou of his
home this cold weather is no joke.
Their neighbor, William Jones, gave
them shelter until they could move
into the Homer Hocket house on his
farm, where they now are. The fire
started from the kitchen stove pipe.
They lost all of their furniture and
bedding upstairs, but saved the down
stairs furniture, except the cook
stove and organ.
We talk about oldtimers who came
here in the early ’70s, but how is this
for high? Dr. C. E. Paul went to
Ponca, Neb., to his his old aunt last
week and returned on Saturday. He
had not seen this aunt since he was
six years old, and the following is a
brief history of her and her husband’s
life and travels. Raised in North
Carolina, they moved to Virginia, then
to the David Crockett country in Ken
tucky; from there to Keokuk, Iowa;
while there her husband fought in the
Black Hawk war in Illinois, under
General Jeff Davis, and Colonel Abe
Lincoln. She saw Abe Lincoln often.
In 1839, two years afterwards, they
traveled to the great. Northwest with
the Hudson Bay company, all of which
was then known as Oregon. They
moved back to Iowa about ’49 and
again joined the rush to California.
Moved back again to Iowa about '59
and from there her husband joined the
army of the North in the great Rebel
lion in the ’60s. After the war they
stayed in Iowa about twenty-nine
years and then moved to her present
home at Ponca, where Dr. Paul visit
ed last week. He says she is hale
and hearty, reads without glasses and
is full of life. As the doctor describes
it, "she is a regular sport.”
CLEAR CREEK SAND
Ella Reed has the tonsilitis.
Sammy Hill is on the sick list.
Bulah Brookshier has the grip.
Florence Richmond has the grip.
Cold weather in this neck of the
woods.
Miss Retta Gasteyer has been sick
with the grip.
Ed Harper's new house is ready for
the plasterers.
Richard Hickman is not in school
on account of sickness.
Otis Eby is doing chores for his
sister, Mrs. W. H. Hill.
Henry Reed has a very painful ear
ache, caused by the grip.
Tom Parsley came back from his
visit to David City, Monday.
Ralph Teters made a business trip
to the county seat, Wednesday.
A. D. Jones shipped one ot his fancy
hogs to Mr. Brand, of Cairo, Neb.,
Monday.
Dorr Spencer is chore boy for Mrs.
Clark, while O. A. is visiting his folks
in Indiana.
Mrs. Frank Boroff went to Dono
plian. Neb., to attend the burial of her
grandfather.
Lloyd Rainforth has been suffering
with a severe earache and has been
out of school.
Kufus Hill came home from Broken
Bow, where he has been visiting for
the past week.
Mrs. Kuhn's niece and her husband,
of Mason, visited with the Kuhn fam
ily a few days.
One of the fine black driving horses
owned by Will Black had its leg broke
from a kick by another horse.
Sam Eastabrook and family and
Miss Retta Gasteyer took Sunday din
ner at the F. Tr Richmond home.
Walter Shetler, G. A. Richmond and
F. T. Richmond hauled corn from
the Litchfield elevator, Tuesday.
Mrs. Tom Parsley came back Satur
day from Columbus, where she had
been visiting for the past three
weeks.
Paul Hickman, Fred Brookshire
and Fred Richmond, Jr., attended the
meeting of the Brotherhood, Monday
evening.
Wes Miller and wife are visiting
friends on Cleark Creek. They visited
Ernest Garret and wife and Frank
Kuhn and wife.
Boyd Hill came home from Broken
Bow, Wednesday. He has been con
fined to his bed with rheumatism
since coming home, but is a little bet
ter at this writing.
Charlie Elinge ris doing chores for
George Curry since he has been sick.
Mr. Curry was much better Friday
and we hope he will be able to be
brought back home soon.
A. D. Jones’ hog sale was held in
Litchfield, Friday. His fancy stock
brought fancy prices and Mr. Jones
was more than pleased with the re
turns of his first venture in thorough
bred Hampshire bred sow sale.
FOR SALE.
Five and one-half acres of land, al
so another tract of four and one-half
acres; six lots fenced chicken tight,
half in cherry and plum trees. A
team of four and six year old dark
brown mares, weight 2,500 pounds.
Also a bran new two seated spring
wa^on, set of double harness and a
sow with five pigs.—Alfred Anderson.
FOR SALE.
My home with lots of 140 feet front
and 180 fee deep. Cheap and erms
reasonable. Must sell at once. In
ouire of Jas. W. Conger.
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