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inti liititlei! Society Loup Qty Northwestern A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN VOLUME XXXV. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916 NUMBER 24 UNCLE SAM PREPARES The agreement by the senate and house couferes and the ultimate pas sage by congress of their bill for the increase of the army and the national guard will not constitute immediate preparedness against war by any means, although a great many people thoughtlessly asurne that it will do so. It is merely the taking of the initial step toward preparing for prepared ness. The bill agreed upon by the confer ees increases the standing army to 206,000 in time of peac e, with authori ty given the president to expand this force to approximately 275,000 at his Jf' discretion in the event of the immi nence of war. The National Guard is to he tectera! zed and increased to 425.000 officers and men. It will remain under the im i ' mediate control of the several states . f in time of peace, with the exception j that each officer and man must sign an agreement to serve tiie government j whenever called upon by the president, j Ths will give the president power to1 order the National Guard out at any time for service either within or with out the borders of the United States. !r therefore dignifies the guard and makes it a federal force instead of1 merely a state militia. It will be armed and equipped in precisely the amo manner as the regular army. Majors and all officers above that I grade, according to the bill, will re-1 reive $50C a year from the govern-j ment in time of peace. Captains of j companies will receive the same, while captains of the staff corps and departments and lieutenants receive from $250 to $300 a year, according to grade. They are also paid for camp1 duty each year. j in all probability the government j will have difficulty in recruiting the regular army up to the required standard, but it is more than probable 1 that the National Guard will be raised to the 425,000 mark in short order. Any country town of a population of 500 or more and with a reasonable farming population can re ruit a com pany of th< finest kind of young men , for service in the guard. It would j 1? worth $48 a year and more to any! young man to join su-h a company. I as they receive one dollar for each attendance at drill, th number in any ! one yea no" to exceed fort ' -eight. j Tney are also paid for camp fluty. In addition '< the financial, '-oraicicra-' : -i. e; a';uau vnt>1d receive a fine' tnii -sr. education a rpk Training which* v. on id he of iucalculabre value to him in his future business career. The benefits of the physical training would j also be great. But as we stated before, the recruit j ing of this great force will by no. j means constitute immediate pre paredness against war. It is only the beginning. These companies, aait ; regiments, and brigades must t>e (armed and equipped and trained for a long period of time before they wil j be in shape to take the field in the j event of war. With drills but onee a week and tlieir annual camp duty j it will be several years before this new force can be actually depended upon for immediate service in the face of an enemy. Should they be , called out prior to that time, it would become necessary to send them to a concentration camp for six months or so of steady drill and instructions be ’ fore sending them to the front. And yet it is a good beginning, i is serving notice upon other and more aggressive nations that while the i United States does not want war. yet we will nevertheless go to great lengths to administer a sound thrash ing to any nation that has the temeri ty to force war upon us. L,et us hope that the creation of this camp of nearly 700.000 men will serve to keep us immune from war. just as a loaded gun will bring any bully to a standstill. And in the meantime the formation of a company in this town would not be out of place. It would demon strate in a forceful manner our own loyalty to our country. SCHOOL ITEMS. The enrollment at Loup City school the past year was 444. Number in the high school. 101. Number of non-resident pupils. 10. Amount of non-resident tuition. §961. Amount from stale to aid norma! training. $350. Number taking normal training. 39. Number graduated from high school. 13. Number promoted from eight grade 32. Number of subjects on which the county superintendent now accepts the grades of the Loup City school in place of examinations for first gradi certificates. S. The scholarship was awarded io Mbs Jennie Colei whose average grade for the four years was 96.5. Daily sells for less. “THE GIRL AND THE SAME” THE GREAT RAILROAD FILM NOVEL FEATURING HELEN HOLMES. I lie biggest and most sensational film novel ever of lered to the public—a thrilling, throbbing storv of rail roads and finance by the noted author of hundreds of suc cessful railroad narratives, Frank II. Spearman. This tremendous novel will be presented in fifteen chapters. Kadi chapter is Complete in itself, hound into the story by a connecting link of splendid romance. A new, tw > reel chapter will he shown every week, beginning Wednesday, June 14th Two Complete Shows Each Night I lie story oi “ riie Girl and the Game” is one that will interest millions of people, ll is a story of a young girl’s struggle tor success in the face of adversity—the revela tion of Wall Streets s control of America’s railroad sys tems—the explanation oi so-called “high societv” with its pampered daughters, its financial trickery, its defeat ami its victories. No man in America is better fitted to write this thrilling novel than Frank ll. Spearman, author of such successes as “Whispering Smith,” “The Daughter of a Magnate,” “Nan of Music Mountain,” etc. Never before has such an interesting subject been pre sented in motion pictures.. Two Big Special Features In addition to these two reels on each Wednesday evening, one reel of Animated Weekly and one reel of Charlie Chaplin comedy will be shown. Prices 10 and 15c DON’T MISS THE FIRST CHAPTER ON JUNE 14. _« €*)**%Zy WAV j our - WELL here. I A/n* s \ V LITCHFIELD EVENTS John Duncan shipped a car of hogs to Omaha on Sunday. Miss Vera Robinson, of Hazard, came in on No. 39 Wednesday. The Howard Brothers shipped a load of fat steers to South Omaha on Sunday. Mrs. H. ('. Myers leaves in a few days for a trip to her old home at Stanton. Neb. C. McCormick left on No. 40 Wed nesday for Columbus accompanying his wife to the hospital. Grandma Fisher left with her’sister on No. 40 Tuesday morning to spend the summer in Lincoln. C. E. Martin returned on No. 39 Monday from a few days' visit with his brother at Grand Island. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Potter motored | to Hastings in their Reo to attend the t'ndertaker's convention. Jay Engleman shipped a car load of fat cattle to the Omaha market Sun day. Bill went with them. Homer Hocket made a flying trip to Grand Island on No. 40 Monday and returned on No. 39 the same day. Dr. Renolds. of Lincoln, was in con sultation with I)r. Rydberg Tuesday in the case of Mrs. Berger, who is very sick. Arthur Hughes shipped a load of hogs to Omaha on Monday that sold for $9.30. He returned on No. 39 Wednesday. Miss Fern Myers arrived home on No. 40 Tuesday from Lincoln where she has been attending the Lincoln [high school. Mrs. J. A. Bower's neiee. Mrs. Hunt, who has been visiting her, returned to her home at Red Cloud on No. Monday morning. Mrs. E. H. Purcell, of Broken Bow. mother of our townsman, F. G. spent the day with him in Litchfield, re turning on No. 3ft Wednesday. Mrs. Ray Mussieman returned on Monday from a weeks- visit with her parents at Greeley and brought ba. k her sister. Miss Esther Martin. Miss Minnie Gilbert, who is with the Nebraska Saving Home, of Omaha, was the guest cf Mrs. Ellen Righte nour over Saturday and Sunday. John P. Epp. a presiding elder, held the semi-annual meeting here on Sun day and returned to his home at Hen derson. Neb., on Monday morning. Geo. McKenzie came home on No. 40 Tuesday. He has been with Mrs. Mc Kenzie who has underwent a serious operation for tumor. She is reported better at this writing. B. F. Ingold, of Chase county, a cousin of Peter Brundige. who has been I visiting with them for a few days, re j turned home on No. 40 Monday mom ! ing. He reports it rather dry out I there. In the state case of assault and bat tery, filed by Arthur L. Kisling in Jus tice Flint’s court against Orin Spelts, the defence taken a change of venue to Justice Frank Eastebrook's court in Clay township. John Dickerson was a passenger to Omaha on No. 40 Monday morning. He goes as a delegate from the Ma sonic lodge here to represent them at their Grand Dodge held at Omana orcTuesday the 6th o£ June. The case of the Village of Litch field vs. Jack Shadron for disturbing the peace and keeping a disorderly place made voluntary appearance and was fined ?10 and costs or five days in the village jail in defau't of payment j be was remanded to jail -(flay it out. Mrs. Henry Frieser. of Delta. Utah, who has been visiting Mr. and .Mrs. Rolle. of Pleasant Valley, for the last two weeks, returned to her home in i Utah oil No. 40 Monday morning. The Friesers are old time friends and ; neighbors. Mr. Frieser and family ! took land in Utah a few years ago. Andrew Weaver, a son of Stephen Weaver, who lives west of the Sher man county line in Custer county, to gether with his family, was driving his auto near Cairo last Saturday when he ran over a dog. The car turned j over breaking his arm and otherwise j bruising him up. The only other mem her of the family to get hurt was their baby who was rendered unconscious for a time but was not injured. The annual installation of officers of the Eastern Star lodge was held Fri day evening. June 2d. J. S. Pedler acted as Grand Installing officer with Mrs. Lee Arthur as Grand Marshal. The following are the elective officers: Worthy Matron. Mae Myers; Worthy Patron. E. A. Slote; Associate Matron, Blanch Cording; secretary. Ethel Heapy; treasurer. Inez Burt: Conduc tress. Dora Rydberg; Associate Con dustress, Ellen Rightenour. After the regular installation a mock installa tion was held and a number of the men were installed as officers of the An cient Order of abused and henpecked husbands. Chapter No. 13. this being a surprise to the men who did not even know of their election. Among other visitors were: Mrs. Pedler. Mrs. Young and Mrs. Collipriest, from Loup City. After allowing the men to ‘fish” for their partners, lunch was served and the remainder of the evening was spent in ,ganies. DON'T RISK NEGLECT. Don't neglect a constant bachache. sharp, darting pains or urinary dis orders. The dangers of dropsy or Bright's disease is too serious to ig nore. Use Doan's Kidney Pills as have your friends and neighbors. A Loup City case. H. N. Hendrickson, blacksmith, Loup City, says: “I was flat on my back for about three weeks on account of the intense pain across my kidneys. 1 had been following the blacksmith trade for twenty-six years and 1 think had a lot to do with bringing on the trouble in the first place. I knew my kidneys were out of order, so 1 began using Doan’s Kidney Pills. They cured me and I have never been bothered since.” Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that cured Hendrickson. Foster-Milbum Co., Props.. Buffalo, N. Y. NORTHWESTERN DELAYED. The Northwestern is a few hoars late in the mail this week on account of a broken casting on the newspaper press. J. I. Depew welded the broken part, which is now as good as new. Compressed air is used for cleaning complicated machinery. Politically, however, it is only of value when it explodes. List of Unclaimed Letters. Remaining in the postoffiee at , Loup City. Nebraska, for the month ending May 21, 1916. Ladies—Alice Long. Gentlemen— 1. S. Shark. Charles Sclmrz. J. L. Pederson. Rufus Gosnell. T. E. Bedd ing. John Anglin, Gustaf Arkort. Persons claiming any of the above i will please say “Advertised” and give date of this list. C. F. Beushausen, Postmaster. OMAHA TO BE BIG DISTRIBUTING POINT FOR COLUMBIA PHONO GRAPH COMPANY PRO DUCTS. Sehmoller Mueller Piano Com pany of Omaha, Nebraska, has just concluded a deal with the Columbia Grafonola Company of New York, for $300,000.00 worth of Columbia Gra fonolas and records. These instru ments are to be skipped within the next sixty days. This transaction means that coun try merchants may hereafter buy at wholesale their requirements in the taking machine line in that city in stead of sending to Chicago or New York. It is the intention of the piano house to place live representatives for these famous instruments in every city and hamlet in the state of Iowa and Nebraska and an additional sales | force of fifteen traveling representa tives will be engaged at once. The Sehmoller & Mueller Piano ( ompany will devote two entire floors of their spacious buildng at 1311-1313 Farnam St., Omaha, for the exclusive wholesale grafonola business and will carry a complete line of instruments and records with musical selections of all nationalities nor only in popu lar. but also in the classical and opera tic lin^of music. * ALASKA THE NEGLECTED. Alaska, the great store house of the world, which at times has produced as high as twenty millions in gold in a year, and where the numerous sal mon canneries along the coast yield an annual sum of fifteen million dol lars, is the subject of a bulletin ap pearing this week from the Depart ment of Agriculture. While it is de clared that Alaska is a land in which farming may be carried on. yet state ments by the government are very earefully guarded. It is asserted that “in general terms it can be said that most of the cultivated grasses and all of the cultivated root crops can be successfully grown In Alaska, that is to say. they can be grown in certain regons. A great many people be lieve that because of Uncle Sam's new railroad enterprisers, that Alaska is a land of enormous prosperity. How ever. the bulletin indicates that in most places w’here labor is employed there are more men who want jobs than there are jobs to be had. At the present time most of the labor ! employed in Alaska is engaged in ! mining. The population of this won der country has increased slightly since the census of 1910. when, the count showed 64.256 people, of which 36,347 were whites and 28.009 were Indians, and others. The wise man often knows liot of his own wisdom, nor the fool of his foolishness. But ‘tis nature, and will ever be so. ANNUAL EXERCISES The third annual eight grade grad uating exercises of Sherman county public schools will be held June 17. beginning with a picnic dinner in Jenner’s park at Loup City at noon. This dinner is for all teachers and eight grade ; raduates, together with parents and friends of the members of the class, fetch family is expected to bring a well filled basket. At the dinner hour a pjhotograph will be taken of the lass and teachers. Come early. Tic- j rk will be opened at it o'clock. State Sup- !.Pendent. A. O. Thomas will he wit# -.is and will deliver the address to tit class. Every one inter ested in school work should he pres ent anti hear Dr. Thomas. All are welcome. It ; . earnestly desired that all members of the class be present. There will 1 e 140 members of the class this year. Of this class »2 are from the Lot- -i City school, maintain ing a four year high school course. 52 from schools maintaining one or two year high schools, and 56 from rural schools. If you da not attend the eighth grade gradun ion exercises you will miss one of the big events of the year. Be present a >d help to make this a day of pleasure for all and an occasion long to he remembered. L. H. Cl KRIER. County Superintendent. Dist. No. .1—Eunice Steen. Geral dine Waite. Ruth Henry. Esther Hosier. Belle Burwell. Livingston Sharp. Fred Amick. Hal Chase. Harold Noyes. Julius Gross, Lizetta McNeil. Blanche Winkleman. Adelbert Ward. Clinton Conger. Christian Christensen. Cornell Brown. Irene Warrick. Helena Janulewicz. Emma Bartunek. Gladys Hosier, Hugh YerValin. Dorothy Hil sabeck, Martin Ilile. Raymond Slo cumb. Harriet Galloway. Elsie Reed. Hattie Cole. Estella Oltmann. Law rence Graefe. Walter Christensen. William Anderson. Hans Eggars. Dist. No. 2—Willie Couton. Mae Hendrickson. Dist. No. 7—Maud M. Green. Ray Isaacson. Rudolph Henkens. Amy Yancov. William Bartunek. Atlin Elizabeth Dunker Herbert Hansen, Fay Nielson. Mary Anderson. Soren E. Anderson. Olga Sehersberg, Adlie Reimers. Chris Dethlefs. Paul A. Heisner. Dist. No. !•—Herman K Piatt. Dist. No. 10—Fay Hatch. Dist. No. il—John W. Kuhn. Mahle M. Kuhn. Maude Adams. Dist No. 12—Dora Carstcns. Dist. No. 13. Hemple Hancock, Al ma Thomsen, Otto Hansen. Annie Lar sen. Ella Johnson, Mathilda Hansen, Dist. No. 15—Alfred M. Burt. Byrel j Lang. Floy M. Porter. Fay Violet | Marsh. Rosa Worley, Lola A. Porter. Charles C. Farnsworth. Glen S. Dun ! can. Dist. No. 16 Joseph Brozinski. Nina : Aletha Nelson. Catherine Zochol. Fern 'Aletha Ault, Mike Gappa. Elizabeth Maiefski, Anna May Mills. John Garts ka, Ruth Rein. Alta Sutton, Laura Belle Smith. Martha Gappa. Ague.; Jakubowski. Peter P. Jezewski. Thresa Kwiatkowski. Helen Maiefski. Thos. Jankowski. Helen Gartska. Michael Rewolinski. Dist. No. 17—Verna B. Halbeison. Dist. No. 20—Ella Goehring. Etle'l Trump, Freddie Owen Brookshi'-r. Mable G. Mead. Helen Eastebrook. Dist. No. 27—Alma T. Pierson. Gladys E. Leininger, Victoria A. Lind. Hilma Lindell. Dist. No. 28—Alma Irene Jack. Win. T. Talbot. Mable Elnora McFadden. Dist. No. 29—Lovell Traffer. Dist. No. C2—Francis Reynolds. Gladys Olson. Alice Jacobson. Marie Hennis. Oscar Larson, Benedick Lar son. Homer Cunningham. Valborg Longseth. Dist. No. 36—J. LeRov MeBeth. Elva A. Rousli. Dist. No. 37—Margaret Neisner. Dist. N. 39—Clara Rebhan, Anna Rebhan. Miller Nelson. Dist. No. 40—Blanche Wiseman, Anna Kipp. Dist. No. 43—Leonard G. Kiiidell. Helen Lindell. John Minnie. Lewis Minnie Clara Peters. Mae Camp. Dist. No. 46—Edith M. Alleman. El sie M. Garner. Dist. No. 50—Mary Doou, Dixie At kins. Mary Stephens. Dist. No. 52—Fern L. Quartz. Dist. No. 60—Johnnie Welty. Dist. No. 63—Emma McGriff. Duane Dudley. Williard Eroy Dudley, Francis Whittington. Dist. No. 67—.Maud Green. Dist. No. 72—Louisa Schwaderer, Helen Draper. Dist. No. 75—Bessie Kolar. Emil Karel. Dist. No. 78—Annetta Peterson. Any correction of names should be reported to the County Superintendent at once, so that they may appear cor rect on the diploma. Any names omitted should also be reported at once. The Junior class play given at the opera house last Friday evening was greeted by a packed house. The Juniors showed that theV had prepared carefully for the giving of the play and every member of the cast showed real talent in its production. The re ceipts from the sale of tickets was about $110. A Problem Solver For Men In offering men and young men this dis tinctive suit, we call attention to the refinement of its design. This model is one for him who desires smartness tempered with the conservative. This suit will suit the hard-to-please, and our many other HlGwARx€l0TH£S MADE BY STROUSE h. BROTHERS, BALTIMORE, MD. $15.00 to $25.00 will combine in helping you find your suit if this does not repre sent your taste. The value and service HIGH ART COTHES give is unchallenged. GUS LORENTZ Loup City, Nebraska
