First National Bank of Loup City. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $50,000 Better Be Safe Than Sorry / It takes but a moment to write a check-not so long as to make change. It costs you absolutely nothing for we provide you with the check book. Then you are SAF E from any ques tion regarding bills, and you will never have the SORRY experience of hav tc pay a bill twice. Come In and Talk It Over W. F. MASON, L. HANSEN, C. H. RYAN, President. Cashier. Ass’t Cashier. . » Does ThisAppealto You? We can offer you at this time some First Mortgage Investments that are absolutely safe—pay a satisfactory rate of interest—and are Tax Free. This is one of the few forms of in vestment which is Tax Free. If you have any idle money awaiting in vestment why not call and see us? Trusts and Estates Insurance Farm Loans Mortgages FIRST TRUST COMPANY Loup City, Nebraska -\ ,bVr *«d»a * \ , _*<■ c» *»« y°" \ -,~'l ***«"• \ Vl<’rU1' y noa\ VroposUvon. 1 nu®ey. TietBtotageL « 1 _ cintutuer ^ ■ v V about our v . iers c°a^ 1 -nO^t ^ frOlU US- M ro \ “ * «« itfMBfc* c0, \ When truth is your guide you never ieave the track. The Michigan peach crop, they say, is never a failure. And, to be sure, neither are our feminine peaches. But Mexico, of course, has forgotten the lesson learned by Spain. One-third of the employees of shoe factories in the United States are wo men. Of course they ought to vote. Try Chase's first—it pays. Daily Bells tor less. Henry M. Eisner for glasses. L. H. Spalir for roof and general repair work. Call at once. W. S. Waite was a business passen ger to Schaupps last Thursday. T. E. Gilbert made a business trip | to Arcadia last Thursday evening. j E. G. Taylor was an eastbound pas senger for Lincoln last Friday morn ing. C. A. Clark, of the Ravenna creamery i company came over Thursday evening j on a business trip. Mrs. Fred Dunker and son. of Rock j ville, visited in our city between trains last Saturday. W. B. Flanders and wife moved to ! Sweetwater, where Mr. Flanders has S secured employment. Miss Lucile Tavlov left last Friday ' for David City for a visit with her j aunt, and other relatives. Henry Horseman, who is attending school at Kearney came home Satur day to visit over the fourth. Mrs. L. B. Polski and baby and mother, Mrs. Froehlich, visited with relatives at Ashton last Friday. A. Speltz returned home on Satur day evening from Omaha where he had been with a shipment of stock. Mrs. A. E. Bruce,- who has been here visiting at the R. F. Campbell home left last Saturday morning for Denver. Mrs. W. B. Owen and two children, departed last Thursday morning for Toledo. Iowa, for a months’ visit with relatives. Mrs. Charles Briggs and daughter. Charlotte, went to St. Paul last Thurs day to visit with her sister, Mrs. IT. O'Bryan. Ed. Radeliff departed last Thursday for Sumner, Neb., being called there on account of the serious illness of his sister. Miss Blanche Fletcher returned last Friday evening from Aurora where she had been visiting With friends the past week. — Miss Ruth Levy, who has been visit ing at Gresham. Neb., and Hastings the past three weeks, returned last Saturday evening. Miss Vida Cowling returned home Friday evening from Aurora where she had been the past week visit ing with relatives. Miss Lillian Johnson left last Fri day morning for Sioux City, Iowa, where she has accepted a position as stenographer in a law office. Bert G. Travis and son. Paul, re turned home last Friday from Aurora where they had been to attend the races and visit with relatives. The Misses Klea McNulty and Ada Smith were passengers for Ashton on last Friday morning to visit with Mrs. Albert Anderstrom and family. Closing out my entire line of ladies', Misses and children's shoes at less than cost as I am going to discontinue handling shoes.—Vic Swanson. Miss Amelia Hansen and brother, Chris, who are attending the Kear ney normal, came home Saturday to spend the fourth with relatives. H. S. Conger and wife passed through our city last Thursday morn ing enroute to Aurora to visit with their son, A. B. Conger and family. The Misses Florence and Edna Nel son came up from St. Paul last Fri day and visited over Sunday at the O. A. Woods home, returning to their home Monday noon. Miss Grace Daddow came home on Saturday evening from Kearney where she is attending school to spend over the fourth with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Daddow. Mr. and Mrs. William Sehneidereit left today for Dixon, Iowa, w’here they will spend the next three months visit ing with their daughter. Mrs. Emil Schneck, and family. Miss Barbara Sobiesczyk came up from her home at Schaupps Thursday evening and visited over night with her friend. Miss Emma Janulewicz, re turning home the next day. We have 30 acres to plow and sow to alfalfa at once. Also have 160 acres we want plowed and sown to wheat. Will pay for the plowing or furnish seed to sow on shares. Come and see us. —First Trust Company. H. E. Willis accompanied Mrs. Wil lis and Master Tommy to Ravenna on last Thursday afternoon where Mrs. Willis and son took the train for Sturgis, S. D. going from there to Cooper, S. D. to visit with her father a month or six weeks. The Camp Fire Girls held an open kensington in the basement of the Presbyterian church last Friday af ternoon. The kensington was fol lowed by a program which was en joyed by a large number of people. Refreshments were served. J. A. Arnett left on Monday for York county to spend a couple of weeks with a son. Clarence Arnett and his mother left Wednesday morn ing in their auto for Missouri where they will visit with relatives and later be joined by Mr. Arnett and make an extended trip through Mis souri and Blinois and as far east as Ohio. They will be gone about three months. A third barber shop evidently does not pay in Loup City, as Bob Tooker, who opened up a shop in the Peter son building north of the First Nation al bank a couple of weeks ago packed up his outfit' last week and moved to Genoa. Neb. Mr. Tooker purchased a complete new outfit and was in busi ness here less than two weeks. His parents, who moved here from Genoa, have also left Loup City. ^I AT VIC SWANSON’S le is very seldom you can buy sum mer dress goods at cost and less at this season of the year. I am very heavily stocked and if you want good up-to-date merchandise, you have the j last chance for the next 10 days at these low prices. Take advantage of these exceptionally low prices on good merchandise. VIC SWANSON Daily sells for less. Try Chase’s first—it pays. Change of program every night at the opera house. Henry M. Eisner for glasses. Satis faction guaranteed. . . W. T. Gibson was a business visi tor at Austin Monday. Judge Aaron Wall was an eastboutid passenger for Omaha last Saturday. Miss Mable Hansen went to Hast ings Monday morning for a visit with her parents. V. L. Johns returned home Satur day evening from Ashton where he had been on business. Miss Nellie Bower, of Comstock, was a passenger for North Loup Sat urday to visit with relatives. Mrs. Ethel Wait of Osceola, came in Saturday evening for a short visit here with relatives and friends. The Misses Fay and Tena French left Monday morning for Omaha for a months’ visit with relatives. Miss Clara Kwiatkowski, who has been working at the Frederick hotel, returned to Ashton Saturday morning. Miss Carrie Amiek and little ne phew. Billy Hansel, visited with rela tives and friends at St. Paul last Sat urday. For lightning rods, eaves, troughs and sewing machine repairing, see L. H. Spahr at James Bartunek’s Hard ware Store. Miss Thressa Dzingle arrived home Saturday evening from Omaha for a two weeks’ visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dzingle. For Sale—A ten-own e. double-filled white duck tent 12x24 feet with 6 foot walls. Good as new. only used twice. E. M. Steen, Loup City, Neb. Lost—Child's gray sweater on Sat lay evening between opera house and R. H. Mathew’fe residence. Finder please return to James Bartunek's store. Two hundred and eightv-three boys tn the pork and crop production club of Washington borrowed money at their local banks on their personal aotes to purchase pigs. On March 20 jverv note had become due and been paid by these young business men. Liberal provisions for tbe coming :welve months are made by the Bell relephone system for its employees, who have been called out for service with the National Guard. Full pay is granted for the first three months anil the fraction of the month in which the men are called to the colors. For the remaining nine months salaries will continue in full force less the imount received from the government, i'pon the return from duty, employees will be given employment as far as the needs of telephone service will permit. At the end of twelve months further consideration of these pro visions will be made. Young Wilcox, who was held here it the county jail for several weeks jn the charge of attempted forgery it Hazard, departed for the home of his parents at Seymour. Iowa last Friday morning. His father put up 5200 cash bond and supplied him with 'unds to return home. Several weeks igo Wilcox and his wife started for Billings. Mont, with a cash capital of 575. They stopped off at several joints enroute and landed at Mason Zhty flat broke. He left his wife at Mason City and started to walk, shortly after getting into trouble. He is a very young fellow arid probably lid not know how serious a crime he tried to commit to secure a little money. Are You Efficient? — in these days of herce competition, to succeed requires all our talents. Many an earnest, ambitious person falls short of complete success because of something that holds him back. Very often the cause is eye strain. You car be a better stenographer, salesman, mechanic, baker, housewife —if you will remove the handicap of eye strain. Eye strain can be removed —remember that. So that puts the matter squarely up to you, doesn’t it? We are eye strain experts. Let us examine your eyes and supply glasses that will give you an equal chance with others. We have installed the dark room, which is an absolute necessity to do this fitting. W7e invite you to inspect our optical parlor. Eyes examined free of charge. Guaranteed glasses at reasonable prices—$3.00 up. Kryptok:—the efficient bi-focal. Everloct:—The screwless mounting. Toric:—the modern lens. HENRY M.ELSNER REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST Daily sells for less. Try Chase’s first—it pays. C. C. Carlsen made a business trip ’ to York Monday, returning in the evening. James Johansen and family spent • the fourth at Palmer, returning in the evening. Ed. Anderson, who has been in York working, returned home Sat urday evening. Miss Belle Burwell left Tuesday morning for Lincoln for a short vis!' with relatives. W. J. McLaughlin visited at Auroia several days last week, returning o Saturday evening. Mrs. R. D. Sutton came up from Ashton Monday evening to spend th< fourth with the T. D. Wilson family. Mrs. Chris Domgaaid and Mrs. It. P. Prichard and baby, visited at Ash ton Monday, returning in the even- ] iug. T. W. O. Wolfe returned Saturday morning from Arcadia and ComstocK where he was looking after business 1 ' matters. Mrs. H. G. Bashford and little daugh ter, of Sargent, were passengers to Ord Monday noon for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flynn and baby came up from Dannebrog Monday noon to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ol-. son. at Arcadia. — M. C. Mulick returned from Grand Island last Saturday where he had j been visiting with his daughter, Mrs. j Lawrence Costello. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Itaddow and children came up from Farwell Mon day evening to spend the fourth and j visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Tapolski came up from Schaupps Monday evening to spend the fourth and visit at the j Barney Rojewski home. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wilson came in | Monday evening from Giltner. Neb., for a few days’ visit with the form- \ er’s uncle, T. D. Wilson. L. B. Polski and R. H. Mathew left j Monday noon for Omaha to attend the golf tournament and also to attend the Stecker-Lewis wrestling match. Mrs. Albert Anderstrom and baby came up from Ashton Saturday even ing for an over Sunday visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Corning. Miss Emma Outhouse, who has been attending school in Albany, N. Y., the past year, returned home Monday evening for a visit with her parents. — Mrs. E. J. Scott returned home on Saturday evening from Aurora where she had been for some time visiting with her mother who has been quite ill. Mrs. D. R. Twist and son, who have been here visiting with her mother. Mrs. Mary Gardner, went to Aracadia Saturday evening to visit with her son. i ('. H. Ryan and son. Frank, returned home last Saturday night from Los 1 Angeles, Calif., where they have been j for the past month visiting with his | parents. The Misses Hattie Froehlich. Mable Hansen, Carrie Cole and Miss Dud den, autoed to Boelus Sunday to see the big power plant and spent the day sightseeing. Having sold out our hardware store we request all parties -owing us to make settlement. Our accounts have been left with J. W. Long for settle ment.—J. A. Arnett & Son. Mrs. Chas. Bass and daughter. Miss Florence, were Grand Island passen gers to Grand Island Saturday to see their daughter and sister. Mrs. Amy Roberts, who is in the hospital there. The Loup City ball team has dem onstrated that they can play ball. Give the boys the support they de serve by attending the ball games here. The extremely hot weather the past few days has been fine corn weather. Wheat cutting will commence in a few days. In the southern part of the state nearly all of the wheat »as been cut. Joe Reiman. J. W. Conger. Thos. I Lay and L. H. Currier went to Ar cadia last Thursday evening to at tend a special meeting of the En campment, I. O. O. F. They report a good meeting and had a splendid time. Ira Close, who has been employed in the Johnson and James blacksmith shop in Grand Island for some time, has accepted a similar position here with Emil Schoening. Ira is a good blacksmith and thoroughly under stands the business. Among those attending the celebra tion at Ashtop from here were, Mr. and Mrs. John Oltman. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lewandowski, Miss Lila McNul ty, Mr. and Mrs. John Cynova, Mrs. W. D. French, and The Misses Emma and Katie, and Martin Janulewicz. C. F. Beushausen and family, S. N Sweetland and family, E. M. Steen ^.nd family and Gus Lorentz and fami ly, departed Monday morning in their autos for a months' trip through the southern and western states. They started from here to Denver all go ing that far together and then scat tering for different places to visit. The Loup City ball team played the Ashton team at Jenner’s park on last Sunday afternoon and defeated the visitors by an 8 to 0 score. For nine innings the Ashton boys tried I in vain to connect with the ball which was delivered over the pan by Dieterich, but could not get in a score, hard as they tried. Ashton never even came close to getting a score. The home boys played a splen did game. The - Northwestern in tended giving a complete writeup of this game, but could not secure the score cards in time to do so. 'moneu xufiicfi.ihL'etfuJM' *n\o/n4juk> irfo jOiOv hMdSt fauweat. = WHAT IS THE USE OF REAPING A HARVEST UNLESS = YOU REAP A “RESULT” FROM YOUR HARVEST. BEING = CAREFUL IN GROWING YOUR CROP WILL NOT BENEFIT = YOU UNLESS YOU ARE “CAREFUL” WITH YOUR MONEY = WHEN YOU GET MONEY. | REGULARLY BANKING THE MONEY YOU EARN FROM = YOUR WORK, OR IN YOUR BUSINESS, IS THE ONE SURE = WAY OF GROWINC A FORTUNE. 1 BANK WITH US. | Loup City State Bank njimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimmiimimiimiiiiiiiiiiii:’imiii;iiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimi MEATS Fresh Meats, Salt Meats, Cured Meats, Sausage, Lard. BETTEK MEATS for the SAME MONEY. Better Meats tor the Same Money Prices Never High. Quality Never Low. Shrewd buyers are intimately acquainted with this market. Pioneer Meat Market | 0. L. TOCKEY, Proprietor HAIL INSURANCE 1 write hail insurance in old-line standard companies at from 2 to 4 per cent lower than other agents. Call and see me. JACOB RITZ, Rockville, Nebr. \\ hen looking for a good lunch or short order drop in at the IDEAL BAKERY LUNCHES AND SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS TVe carry a full line of Bakery Goods. Careful atten tion given to all special orders. Bargains at the Loup City Cash Store DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. "Work Shirts .45c Overalls .1.00 Big bargains in house dresses.1.25 Groceries. 10-lb Can Sanitary Jelly .55c K rumbles, 10c Pkg. for .9c Corn Flakes, 4 Pkg. for.25c Fancy Head Rice .7c Dried Peaches .8c Prunes . 10c Karo Syrup, per gal.43c Pure Cider Vinegar, per gal.25c Lewandowski’s Flour . 1.45 Loup City Cash Store WM. LEWANDOWSKI, Proprietor ■