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VOLUME XXXV. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1916 NUMBER 22
WASHINGTON LETTER
The Loup City Northwestern Bur
eau. Washington, D. C., May 17, 1916.
The Republican Situation.
—No matter how loud may be the
claims of any particular candidate
with reference to the republican presi
dential nomination, it is certain that
several ballots will be required be
fore a selection is made. Within the
past two weeks it has been made
clear that the attempt to stampede
the convention by the Roosevelt fac
tion has hopelessly failed. New York
State with its 87 votes, largely pledged
to Mr. Root and Justice Hughes, and
Pennsylvania, with 76 votes, likely
for Mr. Knox, are units that may be
\t come the determining factors in the
final control of the convention. The
convention will face the necessity of
solving its own problems in making
a nomination.
' g As matters now stand and the posi
* tion is likely to he intensified, there
are three real factors among republi
can prrsidential possibilities. There
is Colonel Roosevelt, whose qualities
need not be discussed, but whose nom
ination wou'd be sure to accentuate
factional differences in the republican
party. Then there is Justice Hughes,
who is “just being urged.” much in
the same manner as in the case of
Senator Root, in the hope that he
may be the means of defeating the
Roosevelt ambitions.
Outside of the supporters as well
as the direct opposition to Colonel
Roosevelt. Theodore E. Burton com
mands more support on his own ac
count than any other candidate in the
field. He has a public record around
which progressives and conserva
tives have rallied in the past.
The Logical Outcome.
Senator Burton was the first re
publican in congress to break down
the policy of the Wilson administra
tion in passing bills as purely parti
san measures. The big legislative
program of the democrats was being
forced by the administration demand
for party support. The minority was
ignored. Senator Burton challenged
the policy and changed it by re-shap
ing the river and harbor bill, and bv
upsetting all the calculations of the
administration with reference to the
f ship purchase act. The democratic
majority in congress were forced into
a radical change in their legislative
methods. While New Vork reports
are the most notable, with reference
to the presidential contest, the infor
mation being daily brought to Wash
ington from ' the Pacific coast and
middle western states, shows senti
ment to be crystallizing for Senator
Burton. The result is that the party
leaders are recognizing this develop
ment cf public thought, and since they
are agreed that the most bitter fac
tionalists enrolled in the Taft and
oosevelt camps four years ago eau
unite upon Senator Burton better than
anyone else, the chances of the
Ohian's nomination becomes more
probable every day.
Fish For Food.
The United States department of
Agriculture has been carrying on a
propaganda for a great many years to
educate people to use more fish for
food, in place of meat. Now shrimp
are very much sought after on the
seaboard, the same as are lobsters,
oysters and snails. There has been
a good deal of difficulty in supplying
these foods to the interior of the
country. The same troubles apply to
the shipment of fish. The federal de
partment has started off on the new
and worthy tack that it will no longer
ask people in places like Omaha. Ne
braska. to eat stale fish from the At
lantic seaboard. The department now
seeks, through its investigators, ;o
i perfect improved metnods in hand
| ling, cleaning and presrving fish and
other sea food and in shipping it to
I all parts of the country.
Uncle Joe’s Birthday.
Joseph G. Cannon is eighty years
old. and on the occasion of his recent
anniversary an important legislative
program was laid aside in the house
of representatives in order that two
hours might be devoted to a rmark
able ceremony in the way of a person
al tribute to the “oldest congressman
alive.” He is called “Uncle Joe” in
Washington and there is a tone of
genuine affection videnced toward the
kindly old man who is hardly willing
to admit, but nevertheless must re
alize. that his footsteps are tottering.
Mr. Cannon is one of the most remark
able men of the age. and he led the
old time machine politicians on to
many an inglorious triumph. It was
a revulsion against the methods that
were popular in his day that did more
than anything else toward establish
ing a new order of political thought
and action in the United States. And
yet no one holds any animosity to
ward the representative from Dan
ville, for in his long career he has a!
ways been zealous and jealous of hi
country’s interest and honor. Withal
Uncle Joe’s consttuency and his col
leagues in congress like him most for
his own sake, and the tribute paid
to him was entirely personal, and in
no wise an endorsement of his brand
of statesmanship.
Gallinger and Sour Grapes.
One of the sorriest exhibitions of
senatorial pettiness that has been
exhibited in many a long year is tin
opposition of Senator Gallinger oi
New Hampshire, to the confirmation
of George Rublee as a member of the
Federal Trade Commission. The
Senator has held up this confirmation
on the trivial claim that “Rublee is
personally objectionable. The senate
has been humoring the old senator
from New Hanmpshire for more than
a evar, and the confirmation of Mr
Ruble has been delayed all this time
because of some primval legacies of
senatorial courtesy and hesitancy un
on the part of other senators about
putting the Gallinger nose out of
joint.
Inferior Citizenship in the Capital.
One of the strongest presentations
of the inconsistencies in political r^
iations between the District of Colum
bia and the rest of the United State
has appared in the Observer Maga
zine of Washington. A plea is mad
for the political rights of the 360.00'
people of the District of Columbia who
are disfranchised in every way, and
who are denied even the right of ap
peal to the higher courts of th
United States. The peole of Wash
ington have been asking for represe.i
tation in congress, and the privilege
of framing their own city government
for years, but without avail. All of
the officials are appointed, and most
of them, including the postmaster, are
not even residents of the city. Wash
ingtonians naturally have a lot of sym
pathy for “votes for women,” since
the women simply want the fran
chise. and that too would be a vert
dear thing to the people living withii
the shadow of the capitol.
Honoring Felix Adler.
Raising money is one of the mof
difficult feats known in any form of
endeavor, and yet $150,000 was raised
in amounts varying from $1.00 to
$25,000 for “The Felix Adler Scholar
ship Endowment Fund.” without the
name of a single person who contri
buted it being made public. This
amount has been practically doubled
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ference what speed you
operate the
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that you’re getting a
clean skim and a cream
of an even thickness.
ALL THE TIME.
This is the first and only
separator manufactured — !
capable of making you this
absolute guarantee. This
guarantee means an in
creased saving of butterfat.
And this, naturally, means
money to you.
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f Ravenna Creamery Co.
SPRING WHEAT'S OPPORTUNITY- • iiYBART.
WELL OLD Bov,
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and it has been offered as a testi
monial to forty years of splendid
work by Dr. Adler, by his many ad
mirers who wished to pay personal
tribute to the great work done b\
that prominent leader in social and
civic affairs. The education of sev
eral hanrlr.eri students in Ethical Cul
ture schools is therefore provided or.,
a permanent basis.
Preparedness and Presidents.
Former president Roosevelt gives
evidence to his “preparedness" by
trotting out four sons and a son-in
law “ready to go to war.” He also
has another son-in-law. but the Colonel
is not entirely sure whether Congress
man Nick Longworth wiil follow th
family and the flag. The present,
president raised daughters instead oi
sons, and therefore his individual
"preparedness" does not permit of a I
very loud family “war-whooping.”
A GROWING BUSINESS.
The dairy industry is assuming
mammoth proportions in the state ol
Nebraska and Sherman county is
keeping right up with the other coun
ties of the state in this respect.
While the dairy industry in this
county is yet in its infancy, the re
sults loom up large and the future
will show some startling figures.
The Ravenna Creamery company
reports the volume of business at the
Loup City creamery for the year
1915:
Paid for butterfat.$ 83.094.30
Paid for poultry. 10,771.14
Paid for eggs .13.125.25
Total for produce ..$106,990.09
Total for labor, over . 4,000.00
The output for the present year up
to the first of May shows a gain of
fully 50 per cent over the same
period of last year. This is verv
encouraging after the fire loss sus
tained in the burning of the old
creamery, and the heavy expense of
the new building and equipment,
which makes this now one of tie
most convenient and best equipped
creameries in the state.
The creamery company wishes to
express their thanks to their long
list of faithful patrons and hope by
continued courtesy and fair dealing to
merit a continued and even an en
larged patronage for the coming year.
“FORDING” FOR .ONE CENT PER
MILE.
Beyond a doubt, one of the lowest
mileage costs for the operation of a
Ford car is that recently presented by
Elmer W. Rietz. of Chicago. The
record extends over the year ending
April 1. 1916, and over a distance of
10.167 miles.
Mr. Rietz’s account is most com
plete, and each item considered is
given in detail. For example, to the
list price of the car, a number of in
cidental expenses are added, and from
the whole amount. $50.00. the amount
of his profit-sharing cheek, is deduc
ted.
In traveling 10,157 miles, his ex
penses w8re divided as follows: Inci
dentals. including repairs and acces
sories, $44.01; tires. $.55; gasoline.
$61.54; oil, $6.93. Total $113.03, which
amounts to one and one-tenth cents
per mile. The best month was in Sep
tember. 1915, when he drove a dis
tance of 1,343 miles at a total cost
of $S.38. All four of the original tires
are still on the car and in good con
dition. considering the distance
traveled.
WATER PLANT REPAIRED.
J. i. Depew has been busy this week
making extensive repairs at the city
pumping plant. Among the repairs
made are new castings for the braces
and bearings used in the walking
beam operated by the gasoline en
gine. The consumption of water in
Loup City has greatly increased dur
ing the past year, and with the ad
dition of the water used for sprink
ling. the council expected a possible
shortage of water, and have made the
needed repairs to pump water to the
capacity of the plant.
Under ordinary circumstances, the
windmills will pump all the water
needed by the city, but oecassionally
during a long spell of dry weather,
with little or no wind at night and
too much wind in the day to allow
the mills to run, when the gasoline
engine will be put into operation, .a
great many towns do all their pump
ing with gasoline engines and do no.
find it excessively expensive, so the
combination of windmills and engines
at the Loup City plant is proving very
economical
The council announces that the
system is now in good condition and
does not anticipate any shortage o:
water this summer. The recent
shortage was caused by a spell of ad
verse weather while part of the plant
was dismantled for repairs.
OBITUARY.
John F. Nicoson was born near
Oak Town. Knox county. Indiana
April 23, 1861, and died at his home
in Loup City on Wednesday, May 3.
1916, having reached the age of 55
years and 10 days.
In the early 80’s Mr. Nicoson came
west and located in Valley count’.
There he taught school for twelve
years. In 1895 he located in Sherman
county teaching school here continu
ously up to the time of his death, the
last eight years in the Loup City
schools.
On August 29. 1901. he was united
in marriage to Miss Nina Hayes, of
Austin. Ti this union one child, a
daughter, was born.
Mr. Nicoson spent thirty-one years
the grade and high chool ...Gdffny
as a^ instructor. He was a graduate
of the grade and high schools of tbe
county in which he was born and
fitted himself for his life's work in
the normal schools at Freelinsvilie
and Bruceville, Indiana. After com
ing to this state he attended the Fre
mont Normal college at Fremont and
the Commercial college at Omaha.
Mr. Nicoson was a splendid instruc
tor, a model citixen and a good hus
band and father. He was a member
of the Presbyterian church.
He is survived by his wife, his
daughter, Lavon, two sisters. Mrs.
Nellie McCord of Oak Town. Indiana,
and Mrs. Blanche Kitterer of Emma.
Mo., one brother E. R. Nicoson of
Wallace, Neb., a host of warm friends
in the pupils who have been under
his instruction, and many other
friends here and elsewhere where he
resided and was know’n.
High society has its advantages
after all. The fat woman, for in
stance, achieves the distinction of
matronly dignity, while the skinny
one is a willowy wisp of charming
femininity.
We often wonder if a rat in a trap
doesn’t have a fellow feeing for the
editor who is urable to collect his
delinquent subscriptions.
A GREAT RAILROAD WRECK ON
BROADWAY.
Everything we would say about the
story of The Juggernaut is so pale
and poor and thin compared to the
tremendous climax of this, the Col
ossus of railway drama—that we shall
give only an outline of the pkrt.
Two young men—one the brilliant
son of poor parents—the other the
dissolute heir of a gret railway
king, became friends at college.
One thinks Jie has accidentally
killed a drunken rowdy in saving the
other's life—they two only know the
secret.
Both fall in love with the same
girl—who marries the rich boy only
after his chum has withdrawn from
the race because of his poverty.
Years later one becomes president
of his father's old railroad—the other
a righteous fearless district attorney.
Both again worship the same girl—
daughter of the old sweetheart of
both—one writh a father’s deep af
fection; the other because she is her
mother’s counterpart.
The district attorney bitterly at
tacks the railroad in the courts. His
former chum threatens to expose him
as a murderer.
And now—imagine the girl on a
train approaching a bridge which can
not possibly stand its weight. Both
men know this. Both are rushing
madly by automobile and motor boat
to intercept it.
You see all this. See the girl's
sweet tac-e at the window of the flying
train—feel the swaying of the auto
mobile as it skids desperately around
sharp turns—and the bounding of the
motor boat slashing through rough
waters.
Both men and the train come crash
ing into the picture at the same in
stant—too late!
For a moment that seems an eter
nity, you feel yourself sitting almost
under the tottering trestle as the
enormous engine—a mass of whirl
ing steel—leaps thundering and
quivering into the empty air and falls
shrieking to the swirling river.
"The big coaches crumple like car
board before your eyes and pile them
selves up on the wreck—their pas
sengers floundering and struggling in
the debris.—
See it at the opera house May 23.
the churches.
Baptist.
Subject for Sunday morning will be
"Ernest Persuation” Sunday School
following.
Y. P. I . at 7:00 o'clock led by
Miss Fawthrop.
Song and gospel service in the even
ing followed by the ordinance of bap
tism.
Teachers training class and choir
practice at the parsonage promptly
at 8:00 o’clock.
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Methodist.
The Mother's Day services will be
held next Sunday at 10:30 a. m. in
stead of the regular preaching ser
vices. No church services in the
evening on account of the class ser
! mon in the opera house.
The Ladies’ Aid society will give
| a kensington at the home of Mrs. L.
jN. Smith on May 24. Meet at the
i church at 2:15 where conveyances
will be furnished.
Change of program every night at
the opera house.
A BIG UNDERTAKING
The following article, clipped fron
1 San Diego (California) newspaper
oncerning J. E. Blackman, a forme
esident of Sherman county, will . (
doubt be interesting reading to nh
nany old-time friends and acquaint
ances:
When J. E. Blackman completes
■tis plans in New York, San Diegt
s to be made the receiving port o
ue products of the Swiss coloniza
-ion company at Magdalena baj
where the orchilla weed is being cul
tivated on a large scale for the man
ufacture of dyestuffs.
Blackman some weeks ago appliec
to the council for a lease of tide
lands near the foot of E street with
the privilege of erecting a wharf tc
deep water. Soon after the applica
tion was filed the council directed
-Manager of Operation Lockwood tc
secure from Blackman further de
tails of his building plans and the
amount he expects to be invested
Manager Lockwood asked this i:i
formation of Blackman's Los Ange
les office and was informed that
Blackman is now in New York and
that he was expected to return in a
few weeks.
After months of experimenting
with the orehilla weed of Magdalena
Arnold Brothers of New York,
American agents of the Swiss colony
of Lucerne, Switzerland, have de
cided to equip camps at Magdalena
hay where the weed can be gathered
in large quantities.
It is proposed to bring it to San
Diego in ships and if the enterprise
proves successful to equip a plant
for the manufacture of the dyestuffs
here according to Blackman's plans.
At first the raw product will be
shipped to New York. Blackman is
supposed to be there arranging these
details.
The Swiss Colonization company is
understood to own about 4,000,000
acres north and south of Magdalena
bay and will not therefore have to de
pend upon any concession to be ob
tained from the Mexican government.
Contractors have already been asked
to bid on the conctruction of wharves,
warehouses and camps, at a probable
cost of about $150,000, and it is in
tended to get the new industry in good
working order before any end can
come to the present European war.
The orehilla weed is a lichen, fre
quently known as "dyer’s moss.” and
lias heretofore been largely obtained
from Angola, on the west coast of
Vfrica, where the most valuable
-tinds have been gathered. It is also
obtained from the Cape Verde islands,
from Peru, and from the Malabar
coast of India. The coloring proper
ties of the lichens do not exist in
ready form, but are developed by the
i treatment to which they are sub
. jeeted. A colorless, crystaline prin
• ciple termed orcinal is developed by
> treatment of the lichens, which in the
; j presence of oxygen and ammonia
j takes up nitrogen and becomes
! changed into a purple substance.
! orceine which is essentially the basis
I of lichen dyes. Orchill is prepared
i for the dyer's use in* the form of a
j liquor (archil) and a paste (persis).
jand the latter, when dried and finely
I powdered, forms the “cudbear” of
! commerce, a dye formerly mauufac
I tured in Scotland from a native
- litchen.
The manufacturing process consists
| of washing the litchens, which are
| then ground up with water to a thick
j paste. If archil paste is to be made
j this paste is mixed with a strong ani
imoniacal solution and, agitated in an
iron cylinder heated by steam to
j about 140 degrees Fahrenheit until
I the desired shade is obtained. One
, °f the products of the lichen is the
| blue dye known as litmus, and other
| dyes extracted are known as French
| purple or lime take.
SUGGESTIONS FOR CONCRETE
TANKS.
| A good mixture for a concrete tank
I may be made of one part Portland ce
! ment. two parts of clean, coarse sand,
and four parts of screened gravel or
j crushed rock. Where neither gravel
j nor crushed rock is available, us
j one part of cement to three of sand.
If less cement is used than the amount
given, the mixture will not wear.
The foundation should be about six
inches thick, enough so that there will
be no danger of heaving from frost. It
should be reinforced with woven wire.
The sides of the tank may be rein
forced the same as the foundation,
care being taken that the reinforce
ment is placed near he outside wall.
Only wire or iron of good quality
should be used, as rusted material
only fills space and does not rein
force.
There should be continuous rein
forcement around corners. Where
j the wire o rother material laps, the
1 laps should be several inches.
| The form for the tank should be so
made as not to crack the cement when
taken apart.
After the forms are removed, the in
side of the tank may be waterproofed
by applying a coa of concrete pas;
made of pure cement and water mixed
to the consistency of cream.—College
of Agriculture.
The Juggernaut at opera house on
May 23. 10 and 15 cents. Special
music.
But, then, three good meals a day
are better than hard tack and bullet.'.
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