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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.
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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
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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.
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