LOUP CITY NORTHWESTERN Entered at tHb Loup CPr tofflce for transmission threus* < ails as second ciass unutCi. CHIPMAN A HARTMAN, Publishers. Every subscription is regarded as an open aocount. The names of subscribers will be Instantly 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 the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the con tract between publisher and subscriber. THE OFFICE HOLDER. People are doing quite a little talk ing and reasoning on political topics these days, and they will continue to buzz around until after the year’s elections have become history. Then they will promptly forget all about it and the people they have placed in office will proceed to do as they please throughout the terms, and there are times when what pleases the office holder is anything but pleasing to the men who put him there. Right there, Mr. Voter, is where we make a very great mistake. We should keep right after the office holder with as much persistency after election as he employed in pestering us for our votes before election. We should talk things over among ourselves, and decide what we need, and what is best for our collective wel fare, and then we should hang onto the office holder like a hungry dog grips a bone until he gets what we want or it is shown not to be within the bounds of possibility. If the official goes to veering off on some fool course it should be up to us to tell him in pointed terms to veer back again and travel the road that we select for him. He may be governor, or congress man, or sheriff, or township official, all of which looks and sounds big to those who like it. But we are the peo ple and we are a whole lot bigger than all of the governors, and con gressman and other officials combined. Officials are merely the hired ser vants of the people who place them in office and who pay them their salaries, and their duties are to obey the will of their masters. Keep right on talking politics, and discussing men and conditions, and pointing out the needs and require ments of the people of our section of the state. And don’t be afraid to let our public servants hear you talk, for the more you talk the closer they will listen, and that will all lead to results favorable to us as a people and as a community. After we have talked people into office we should continue right along and talk them into doing the right thing after they get there. If any of fice holder doesn’t like our brand of talk then we are justified in assum ing that we have made a mistake in placing him there. Sane discussion of conditions, and people, and events is good for this comunity, ,for it serves two distinct and wholesale purposes. It brings forcibly to the fore those things that are best for us, and it lets our officials know that we are keeping both eyes on them with a view to see ing that they perform their duties as expressed by our will in a manner ac cepable to us. Every day should be campaign time in this community. UNCLE SAM’S PREDICAMENT. From the Lincoln Trade Review: One of the interesting news features of the week and at the same time an announcement feature, carrying a cer tain amount of humiliation, is the statement from Washington that the question of printing currency and postage stamps is at an accute stage, because of the fact that the govern ment is unable to secure the coloring matter from Germany, used in printing stamps and currency. It is astonishing that this great na tion, with all its high development in manufacturing supposedly the best products in the world, should be at mercy of some foreign government for the necessary coloring matter to print its money and its postage through the use of which the mails of this country circulate. It would seem that with the long years of protecting American indus tries, that the government would have seen to it that at least it had the abil ity and the means in this land to make such an important product as this without being dependent upon a for eign nation for the means of printing currency and postage. No one doubts but that if it had been given attention, this country could produce as satisfactory coloring matter for this work as any other na tion. In fact, since the supplies of common dye stuffs have been cut off on account of the war, manufacturers along chemical lines have shown their ability to produce just as good dye stuffs here as Europe produces, the only hindrance being lack of time to put plants in operation. One of the results of high protec tion in the past has been that manu facturing in many lines has been made so profitable that some of the most important lines, although small In amount required, haye been utterly neglected and so this country finds it self now, after years of protection, with no industry established here that can fill orders for so important work as the coloring matter for the printing of currency. One of the good results, and there will be a few good results that will come from the war, will be the open ing of the eyes of the people of this country to the wisdom of being pre pared to take care of itself along every line of special manufactured products required in the future. One of the best means of assuring results of this kind will come from a permanent tariff commission. February 21 to 26, inclusive, will be pay-up week all over this country, and every citizen is presumed to walk in to his creditors and square up his ac counts. The good ciitizen will do this if it is within the bounds of reasonable possibility. The man who fails to square up because he doesn't care is not worthy of further credit and should not receive it. Business men are not allowed by their creditors to wait until Febr. 21 or 26. They must forward their checks every thirty days or their credit is shut off. It therefore becomes a great hardship to the busi ness men when he is compelled to pay his own bills promptly and yet is re quired to carry the accounts of hun dreds of people for indefinite periods. We have a lot of faith in our people and we believe they will walk right up and square their little accounts be tween the 21st and the 26th, and we don’t for one minute think they will forget the editor in their rounds. We have faith that this will be one time when they will not forget to think. Uncle Sam tried to caulk up his money box the week ending January 22, with a wisp of customs revenues amounting to $3,565,000, combed from $42,661,382 worth of imports which entered the 13 principal customs dis tricts of the country for the week. He worked hard at the job, and there wasn’t enough revenue to go around. When he knocked off Saturday night and went home to supper, he found the price of ‘vituals’ was still on the rise. The imports for the week marked a new high record under the demo cratic tariff law. ————^—s^—— An old friend of ours dropped in the other day and was discussing the Me Adoo method of book-keping in the federal treasury. “It reminds me,” he said, “of a butcher whom I knew in my boyhood. A woman was buying some liver and the butcher reckoned the account like this: ‘Eight pounds at eight cents a pound. Eight pounds is eighty-eight. Take it for eighty cents, ma’am.” Of course we are all subject to cer tain lapses of memory, but there is one subject close to hearts which should never be lost sight of for one single moment. That is good roads— better roads for this community. Think it over—talk it over—push it along with every breath of life. We want better country roads. THE CHURCHES. 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 ast Sunday of each month, when the English sermon is given instead of he Polish. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend all our services, and es pecially the English services. German Evangelical. Next Sunday morning at the usual hour there will the church service at the German Evangelical church. All Germans in and around Loup City are cordially invited to attend. Methodist All services in their regular order. Preaching services at Prairie Gem school house at 3:00 p. m. As the ma lority of the members of the churches 'avor it, and Tom is a “Good Indian," he union meetings conducted by Er win Bros, of Texas, will be taber nacled, in the opera house. The stage will be arranged to hold a chorus of 150 or more. We want every singer in the town and country to attend every meeting. Mr. Knocker, put up your little hammer, put on your glad rags, and a smile and “Flop out to meetin.” NEW OFFICERS FOR UNITY CLUB. The Woman’s Unity club held their annual election of officers at the home of Mrs. John Leininger last Thurs day afternoon. President, Mrs. At S. Main, vice president, Mrs. John Lein inger, secretary and treasurer, Miss Mable Hansen; Cor. secretary, Mrs. C. J. Tracy; treasurer. Mrs. E. B. Corning; press correspondent, Mrs. J. H. Burwell. The club usually has several lines of work that they are assisting to a foothold. The chairman of the liter ary committeee reports a favorable outlook. She has written several letters, to the state librarian, Miss Templeton, who has sent directions for work, reports and encouragement in reply. In one report she says that Nebraska has about ninety-eight cities of 1,000 or more population, of these only seventeen are without a public library. The club ladies feel that there is no good reason for Loup City to remain on this black list. Try Chase’s first—it pays. J LIVE STOCK PRICES AT SOUTH OMAHA Beef Supply Heavy anJ Mar ket Steady to 10c Lower. H06S ABOUT 5C LOWER. Lambs Fully Steady With Last Week’s Close—Light Lambs Touch $10.80. Best Ewes at $7.25—Yearlings Go at $9.15. Union Stock Yards, South Omaha, Feb. 8.—Demand from dressed beef men was pretty good and as there was considerable inquiry for shipping account salesmen were able to get pretty close to steady figures for any thing good enough to invite competi tion, while on the less desirable grades prices ruled pretty close to a dime lower and business on this elass of cattle was a little slow. Cows and heifers had pretty much the same ex perience as fat cattle, prices ranging from steady to a dime lower than Friday. Desirable Stockers and feed ers were wanted at fully steady fig ures, while the general run of feed ers were slow and about a dime low er than the close of last week. Cattle quotations: Good to choice beeves, $7.90@8.50; fair to good beeves, $7.50@7.90; common to fair beeves, $6.50@7.50; good to choice heifers, $6.25@7.0O; good to choice cows, $6.00®6.75; fair to good cows, $5.35@6.00; canners and cutters, $4.25 @5.25; veal calves, $7.00@9.75; bulls, stags, etc., $5.00@6.50; good to choice feeders, $7.00@7.60; fair to good feed ers, $6.50@7 00; common to fair feed ers, $5.50@6.50; tock heifers, $5 75@ 7.00; stock cows, $4.75@6.50; stock calves. $6.25@7.25. Some 14,000 hogs showed up yester day. The market was a little slow in getting started and prices may he quoted as steady to about a nickel below the close of last week. Eulk sold at $7.50 @7.70 and tops reached $7.80. Sheep and lamb receipts totaled 12, 500 head. Despite the fhct that most points were well supplied and weaker prices were reported as probable at several of the other markets, local trade opened out in pretty good sea son on a generally steady basis. Quite a few of the decent to good lambs were bought at $10.50 @10.65, and as high as $10.80 was paid for real good fed westerns of light weights. Good ewes again brought $7.25. Best year lings here went at $9.15. Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs, good to choice, $10.50@10.85; lambs, fair to good, $10.25@10.50; lambs, clipped, $8.75@9.40; yearlings, good to choice light. $9.00@9.40; year lings, fair to choice heavy, $8.00@ 8.75; wethers, fair to choice, $7.00@ 7.75; ewes, good to choice, $7.00@ 7.25; ewes, fair to good, $6.00@7.00. NEBRASKA IDEAL LOCATION FORJILITABY BASE In these days of agitation of mili tary preparedness Nebraska deserves more than ordinary consideration as an ideal location for a munition plant and a base of supplies of grains, metals, lumber and other military re quisites. Military authorities acknowledge the necessity of scattering munition plants throughout the country in stead of mobilizing them on the At lantic Coast. In selecting locations for these plants the foremost factor under consideration is accessibility to raw materials as well as rail facili ties, over which the supplies may be transported and placed at any point af vantage, particularly on the Pacific Coast. The geographical center of the United States is in Nebraska and the War Department has recognized the importance of its location by estab lishing and maintaining two military posts, Forts Omaha and Crook. In case of invasion Omaha would be the last city the enemy could reach even should the Coast defenses of both the Atlantic and Pacific be cap tured. Nebraska is practically self supporting as far as its agricultural, live stock and manufactured products are concerned. In the selection of a location for a central munition plant the government is considering both Salt Lake City and Denver in addition to Omaha. The Union Pacific Railroad claims distinction of being the greatest de fensive factor next to the navy and the Panama Canal should any inter national complication arise that would , Jeopardize the safety of American lives and property particularly by way of the Pacific Coast. This railroad is carrying on a pub licity campaign with the end in view of influencing the citizens of Nebras ka to demand recognition as the most favorable location for a munition plant and military base, and in this task deserves encouragement of every Nebraskan. The man of millions is the one who will profit most by our new policy of preparedness. Hence the man of mil lions is the one who should congh up liveliest in the matter of paying the freight. Tax the big incomes—and collect the taxes. The Misses Alice Mulick and Con stance Bubowski, came up from Ash ton last Friday evening to spend Sun day with home folks. District No. 24 will have a box social and program on February 19. Every body come and have an evening of fun. Raymond Oltman returned to Schaupps Wednesday morning after looking after business matters here. Dally sella tor less. ANNOUNCEMENTS. County Treasurer. 1 uereby announce myself a candi date for the office of County Treas urer, subject to the wishes of the re publican voters at the primary elec tion to be held on April 18, 1916. G. W. COLLIPRIEST. County Treasurer. I hereby declare myself a candi date for nomination for county treas urer of Sherman county subject to the decision of the republican voters of said county at the primary election April IS.—D. C. GROW. County Treasurer. I hereby announce myself a candi date at the coming primary election for the democratic nomination for the office of County Treasurer, subject to the approval of the wters. I have been in touch with every de tail of the work of the office since I have been deputy and feel that I am perfectly competent to safeguard the interests of the county, insofar as they concern the office of County Treasurer. Your support respect fully solicited. PEARLE NEEDHAM. County Treasurer. I hereby declare myself a candid date for the nomination for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the democratic voters of Sherman County at the primary election, April 18. T. H. ELSNER. County Sheriff. I hereby announce that I have filed for the nomination for sheriff of Sher man county, subject to the wishes of the republican voters, at the April primary election. Your support and vote will be appreciated. L. A. WILLIAMS. County Sheriff. I hereby announce myself a candi date at the primary election to be held April 18, for the democratic nomina tion for County Sheriff. Any favors shown me will be appreciated. A. C. OGLE. COUNTY SHERIFF. I hereby announce that I have filed for the nomination for county sheriff at the primary election April 18. Your support and vote is respectively so licited. J. J. GOLUS. COUNTY SHERIFF. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the democratic nomination for county sheriff at the primary elec tion to be held on April IS. Your sup port and vote will be appreciated. M. C. MULICK. Clerk of District Court. I hereby declare myself a candidate for the nomination for Clerk of the District Court of Sherman county, subject to the decision of demo cratic voters of said county at the primary April 18, 1916.—CHAS. BASS. County Judge. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the nomination of County Judge on the non-partisan ticket sub ject to the wishes of the voters at the primary election April 18, 1916.—E. A. SMITH. County Clerk. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of County Clerk, subject to the wishes of the democratic voters at the primary election to be held on April 18, 1916.—L. B. POLSKI. County Attorney. I wish to announce my candidacy at the April primaries for the demo cratic nomination for County Attor ney. I respectfully solict the votes of all who think l should have a second term. LAMONT L. STEPHENS. County Superintendent. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for the office of County Super intendent of Schools of Sherman county, subject to the good will of the democratic voters at the April pri maries. 1 assure you one and all that I shall not only appreciate any effort you may make in my behalf, but, if nominated and re-elected, I will con tinue to do all in my power to further the cause of education in Sherman county. L. H. CURRIER. COUNTY ASSESSOR I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the nomination of County Assessor on the democratic ticket at the primary election to be held on April 18. Your support is solicited. O. F. PETERSON. ORDER OF HEARING AND NOTICE ON PETITION FOR SETTLE MENT OF ACCOUNT. In the County Court of Sherman Coun ty, Nebraska. State of Nebraska, Sherman County, S8. To the heirs, legatees, devisees and all persons interested in the estate of Therese Seifert deceased. On reading the petition of Wilhelm A. Siefert praying a final settlement and allowance of his account filed in this Court on the 7th day of February, 1916, and for decree of distribution of the residue of said estate as per the term of the last will and testament of Therese Seifert, deceased. It is hereby ordered that you and all persons interested in said matter may, and do, appear at the County Court to be held in and for said County, on the 4th day of March A. D. 1916., at 10 o’clock A. M., to show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the peti tioner should not be granted, and that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this order in The Loup City Northwestern a weekly newspaper printed in said county for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand and seal this 8th day of February, 1916. (Seal) E. A. SMITH, , County Judge. “Wanted—Men who desire to earn over $125.00 per month write us to day for position as saalesman; every opportunity for advancement. —Cen tral Petroleum Co., Cleveland, Ohio.” • NOTICE OF PUBLICATION. In the District Court of Sherman County, Nebraska. Dierks Lumber and Coal Company, plaintiff vs. Lewis Haller, Mrs. Lewis Haller, his wife, first name unknown, Henry Kroeger and Mrs. Henry Kroe ger, his wife, fifst name unknown, Harry Sweeley, and Mrs. Harry Swee ley, his wife, first name unknown, de fendants. Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of January, 1916, the plain tiff filed a petition in the District Court of Sherman County, Nebraska, against the above named defendants and each of them, the prayer of which is to foreclose a mechanic’s lien upon the following described tract of land in Sherman County, Nebraska, viz.: Commencing at the Northeast cor ner of the Southeast Quarter (SE%) of Section 28, in Township 14 North of Range 16 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian in said County and running thence west along the north line of the said southeast quarter (SE14) 203 feet, thence south parellel with the said east line of said southeast quarter (SE1^) 78 rods, thence east 203 feet, thence north along the east line of said southeast quarter (SE!4) 78 rods to the place of beginning. Plaintiff prays judgment against the defendants for the sum of Three Hun dred Ninety-seven and 50-100 Dollar? ($397.50) with interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent per annum from the 16th day of January, 1916, and for costs of suit and that the above described land be decreed to be sold to satisfy the amount adjudged to be due plaintiff and for such other and further relief as may be just and equitable. Your are required to answer said petition on or before the 13th day of March, 1916. DIERKS LUMBER AND COAL CO. By Jno. L. Kirkpatrick, 7-4 Its Attorney. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA. In the matter of the estate of John Olson, deceased. Order to show cause. And now on this 8th day of January, 1916, this cause came on for hearing on the petition of W. F. Mason, Ad ministrator of the estate of John Ol son, deceased, praying for a license to sell the following described real estate belonging to said estate, to-wit: An undivided one-fourth interest in and to the west half of the southwest quarter (W% SW(4) of section thirty one (31), township fourteen (14), range four (4), west of the sixth P. M. in Polk county, Nebraska, or a suf ficient amount thereof to bring the sum of about $525.00, for the payment of debts allowed against said estate, and costs of administration, for the reason that there is no personal property in the hands of said adminis trator. belonging to said estate, where with to pay debts and expenses. It is therefore ordered that all per sons interested in said estate appear before me at the court room of the District Court in Loup City, in Sher man County, Nebraska, on the 23rd day of February, 1916, at ten o’clock A. M„ to show cause, if any there be, why a license should not be granted to the said W. F. Mason, Administra tor, to sell so much of the said real estate as may be necessary to pay debts and expenses and the costs of this proceeding. It is further ordered that a copy of this order be served upon all persons interested in said estate by causing the same to be published once each week for four successive wreeks in the Loup City Northwestern, a legal newspaper printed, published, and of general circulation in said county of Sherman. Given under my hand at Kearney, Nebraska, this 8th day of Januarv, 1916. BRUNO O. HOSTETLER, District Judge. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. In District Court for Sherman Ct unty, Nebraska: Cora M. Niesner, administratrix of the estate of Henry Neisner, deceased, vs. Cora M. Neisner, Austin Neisner, a minor, Margaret Niesner, a minor, Cloyd Neisner, a minor, and Freder ick Neisner, a minor, defendants. This cause came on for hearing up on the petition of Cora M. Niesner, administratrix of the estate of Henry Niesner, deceased, praying for a li cense to sell the following described real estate, to-wit: The west half of section twenty-one, township fourteen, range fourteen, ex cepting a fact described as follows: Commencing at the southeast cor ner of the said west half, running thence west along the south side there of TO rods, thence north parallel with the east side thereof 182 6-7 rod: 'lienee east paral'el with the south side thereof 70 rods to the east line thereof, thence south 182 6-7 rods along the east side thereof to the point of beginning, or a sufficient amount of the same to bring the sum of $3,500 for the payment of debts allowed against said estate and the costs of administration, there not being suf ficient personal property to pay the said debts and expenses. It is there fore ordered that all persons inter ested in said estate appear before me at the District Court Room in Loup City, Nebraska, on the 23rd day of February, 1916, at 10 o’clock A. M. to show cause why a license should not be granted to said administratrix to sell so much of the above described realestate of said deceased as shall be necessary to pay said debts and ex penses. Dated this 7th day of January, 1916. BRUNO O. HOSTETLER, 5-4 Judge of the District Court. General Villa has been killed so many times we can’t see why the cuss don’t stay dead. TAKEN UP. On Tuesray of last week, at my farm six miles northeast of Loup City, one gray horse and one bay horse. — Walter Wojtalewicz. Glenn Kelly, who is teaching school it Cotesfleld, came over Monday and irisited until Wednesday with his brother, R. V. Kelly. ROBT. P. STARR Attorney at Law LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA R. H. MATHEW Attorney at Law And Bonded Abstractor LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA AARON WALL Lawyer Practices In All Courts LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA LAMONT L. STEPHENS Lawyer First National Bank Building LOUP CfTY .... NEBRASKA ROBERT H. MATHEW Bonded Abstracter Only Set of Abstract Books In County LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA 0. E. LONGACRE Physician and Surgeon OFFICE, OVER NEW BANK Telephone Call No. 39 A. J. KEARNS Physician and Surgeon Phone 30—Office at Residence Two Doors East of Telepone Central LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA A. S. MAIN Physician and Surgeon LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA Office at Residence Telepone Connection J. E. SCOTT Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director With Daily Furniture Co. Loup City, • • . Nebraska C. R. SWEETLAND Plumber & Electrician For good, clean and neat work Satisfaction Guaranteed Come and Get My Prices 0. S. MASON Plumbing and Heating. Tinwork. Loup City, • • . Nebraska 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 Em balming of Barnes Embalming School. New Elliptic Springs and rubber tired Funeral Car. Calls answered day or night. Phone 104. Lady Assistant. FURS! FURS! J. W. THOMPSON, THE FUR BUYER I will pay the highest market price for all kinds of furs. SEE ME BEFORE YOU SELL At the Pool Hall Loup City, Nebraska " The road has been built through, an Indian country with all the tribes banded together and hostile.”—Front Speech oi Gen. G. M. Dodge in Congress, 1868. The men who built this road fought and worked by turn— inspired with a great ideal. They spanned a continent with a trail of blood and iron—for the sake of the Union—and their road is the Union Pacific. The spirit of the build- great property as for a ers is alive today in the national institution. This hearts of the men who esprit de corps affects labor to improve this favorably everyone who railroad and to conduct comes in contact with its operations. They the Union Pacific — as work together for this traveler or shipper. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Joins East and West with a Boulevard of Steel W. S. BASINGER, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Nebraska. ^ TRY THE NORTHWESTERN AD SERVICE—IT PAYS