Loup City Northwestern
A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN
VOLUME XXXV.
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17,1916
NUMBER 35
WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington. D. C. Aug. 15.—Con
gress will adjourn some time in Sep
tember, but in December the institu
tion will be at again at work. In the
early days of the country a few
months wrere all that was necessary
to fix up the laws and make them
workable. Now there is a constantly
shifting condition of affairs, and great
interests and units of population are
constantly in need of some immediate
legislation. The result is that con
gress must be in session eight or nine
months out of every year in order to
'lfc ep up with the progress and growth
*f the nation.
The Threatened Railroad Strike.
Of course nothing could be more
disastrous to the interests of the
country than a general railroad strike.
M'he Washington administration
stands ready to employ drastic mea
sures to prevent a tie-up of the trans
portation of the country. But natur
ally. as in all cases where there is
a struggle between labor and capital,
the responsible heads of the govern
ment hesitate to act until all masures
are exhausted between the contending
parties. However, a general railroad
strike would paralyze every phase ot
commerce and industry, and it will tre
prevented by Uncle Same, if it be
comes necessary for him to take a
hand.
Coercion of Congress."
Senator Cummins, in a speech made
a few days ago. accused President
Wilson of coercing congress. When
Mr. Roosevelt was president. Senat
ors and representatives were accus
tomed to arise regularly and make a
similar charge. Even in the days of
Mr. Taft, who was as gentl a Cni
tarian as ever missed morning ravers,
the congressmen occasionally said he
tried to be boss. Senator Cummins is
a mild-mannered gentleman. and
quite unaccumtomed to saying sharp
things about anyone. His remarks
raise a nice point as to whether the
president really ought to “coerce” con
gress and order it around, or await
natural results, and hope for it to see
'.he light of national wisdom. Pok
ing up the slow-mdving legislative
body occasionally with a sharp-pointed
instrument seems to be the surest
route when* it comes to making stat
ues. A good many people will enter
tain doubts as to whether President
Wilson has really done any “coercing”
during the last year or two. The
argument with reference to the course
of the national government is exactly
what one finds in local governments
where a mayor or town chairman is
accused of “running everything,” and
usually all the more respected by the
voters when he makes a clean job of
it.
Will Congress Ever Vote Right.
It seems to be very difficult for some
of the old-fashioned members of con
gress to comprehend that this is the
day of automobiles, moving pictures,
flying machines, electricity and rapid
ways of doing things. It takes prac
tically two months of the time of
congress during a session like tho
present one, to do the voting in the
house of representatives. And still,
when a man like E. L. Bobroff. of Mil
waukee, comes along with an entirely
feasible plan which will make it pos
sible to save at least forty minutes on
every roll call, some congressmen
whose minds are running on ox-team
schedules, cannot see the point. How
ever. it is more than probable that
the house of representatives will soon
do its voting by electricity instead of
“by hand.” The Wisconsin legisla
utre has already adopted the device.
Chilton, the Man Who Saved Brandeis.
There have been a lot of factional
differences to divide the political par
ties and units of West Virginia. Or
dinarily Senator Chilton, who has six
. vears of successful achievements to
P his credit, would win in a walk be
.'V-ause of his recognized ability and
f his strong personal hold upon the
(people of his native state. These same
1 characteristics have been instrumental
in helping Senator Chilton to achieve
splendid results in Washington. He
is popular in the District of Columbia
because of his interest in the legisla
; tion affecting the welfare of the capi
tal. He belongs to the group of men
who are known to stand for honesty
of purpose, and who may be depended
upon to safeguard the Interests of the
public at any and all times. One of
the most notable achievements to the
credit of any senator in the present
session, was the forcing of the con
; firmation of the nomination of Louis
D. Brandeis as justice of the supreme
court by the West Virginian. Mr.
Chilton was chairman of the sub-corn
mittee of the judiciary having the
nomination in charge, and when the
hosts of the opposition, headed by the
forces of big business and the enemies
of the Jews, seemed to have stamped
ed the friends of Brandeis, Chilton
led the administration forces on to vic
tory. and secured the confirmation of
the nomination.
HURRAH! RINGLING
DAY ALMOST HERE
Big Circus and Great Spectacle Occupy
Five Trains Crammed With
Wonders.
The big event for which the young
sters and grownups have been im
patiently waiting is drawing near for
on Friday, August 25. Ringling Broth
ers’ circus is to exhibit afternoon and
night in Grand Island.
Expectancy never ran so high be
fore and it is likely that this district
will send a large delegation to feed
the elephants. Unusual interest cen
ters around the gigantic spectacle.
“Cinderella.” with which the famous
showmen are this season opening
their wonderful main tent program.
“Ciderella” is probably the best lived
of all fairy tales and to see it pro
duced by more than 1.000 persons, hun
dreds of dancing girls and glorious
I pageants indeed gives promise of
making “childhood's golden dreams
! come true. ” In the same great tent,
. will come marvelous circus numbers
: in which 400 men and women perform
[ ers, scores of trained animals and a
j galaxy of special features are intro
| duced. The majority of the acts are
entirely new to America the Ringling
Bros, having secured the pick of those
European performers who have been
j obliged to seek engagements in this
country because of the war. The all
new street parade will take place
show day morning.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Quite a heated argument took place
in the grandstand during the ball
game last Sunday afternoon. It con
cerned the identity of the portly party
guarding the outer trenches of the
battlefield, some contending that it
was one of the Bloomer girls and
others vehemently maintaining that it
was Mique Mulick. The controversy
was settled without bloodshed, how
ever, when the Bloomerette came in
to bat and Mr. Mulick was discovered
peacefully ambling about among the
spectators. Miquel says that the story
was inspired by Lee Arthur, Clint Out
house. Dar Grow and others who are
under his instruction in the rummy
game and are failing to win many
games lately.
RETURNS FROM MARKET.
Miss Hattie Froehlich returned
Tuesday evening from her summer
trip to Kansas City. St. Louis and Des
Moines. Miss Froehlich spent five
weeks in these millinery centers and
announces that her fall and winte of
fering will far exceed in style and
price any stock that has ever been on
sale in Sherman county.
Daily sells for less.
THE PUBLIC SHOWER
NEW FIRM MAKES SALES.
Grassmuech & Maus. the hustlers
who recently opened a Buiek sales
room here, report that they are more
than pleased with the reception ac
corded the Buick cars here. Several
sales have been made by the firm in
the past two weeks and several more
will be closed up as soon as they are
able to obtain the cars.
The Buick is a fine looking car and
appears to have the power to nego
tiate the hills of Sherman county to
the satisfaction of all who have been
favored with a demonstration. The
Buick is claimed to have a number of
desirable features not found in other
cars, which we are not familiar witn
and cannot enumerate at this time.
PUBLIC SALE.
I will sell at public sale on the Ma
rius Pedersen farm, one mile north
west of Rockville, on Tuesday, August
22. commencing at 1 o'clock p. m..
sharp.
Three head of horses, consisting
of 1 sorrel gelding, smooth mouth,
weight about 1.400; 1 sorrel mare,
smooth mouth, weight about 1.400; 1
brown gelding. 4 years old. weight
about 1,150.
Twenty-four head of cattle, consist
ing of 7 good milch cows, .1 to 8 years
old; white-faced bull, 2 years old; 2
heifers, 2 years old; 1 steer. 1 year
old; 1 heifer. 1 years old; 12 head
of calves, coming 1 year old.
Farm machinery as follows: Binder,
lister, cultivator, two-row go-devil,
hay rake, corn planter, press drill,
corn binder, wagon, carriage, set of
work harness, and a lot of other ar
tides too numerous to mention. All
the above machinery is nearly new
and in first class condition.
Terms of sale: Nine months' time
with interest at ten per cent.
MRS. ELSIE PEDERSEN. Admin.
HANS SMITH. Auctioneer. t
E. DWEHUS. Clerk.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Roseeoe Arbuckle in “Fatty’s Tin
type Tangle,” a two-reel Keystone
comedy, with "The Girl and the
Game,” next week.
Vic Swanson—the house known for
good merchandise.
TANKS
GATES
STEEL
POSTS
HOG
TROUGHS
FENCE
BARB
WIRE
NAILS
STAPLES
FENCE
ANCHORS
CEMENT
PLASTER
Better Lumber
for less money
We can save you money on lumber and building ma
terial. Have us figure on what you need.
Coal! Coal!
Coal is cheaper now than in years. Buy your
winter s coal now and get better coal for less money.
GENUINE
NIGC-ER
HEAD
YAMPA
VALLEY
ROUTT
COUNTY
CANON
CITY
Steel Posts 25c each
8 ft. Tanks $12
Special Prices on
Everything
See Us Before You Buy
HARD
COAL
COKE
PEA
COAL
THRASHING
COAL
HANSEN LUMBERC O
PAINTS
.HOUSE
AND
BARN
PAINTS
VARNISHES
STAINS
LINSEED
OIL
GLASS
PAINT
BRUSHES
ROpFING
SHINGLES
POSTS
LADDERS
MANY SIGN THE PETITION
Voters of Sherman County Declare
Themselves In Favor of New
Court House on Levy Plan.
A number of petitions have been j
circulated all over the county during |
the past week, asking the county board
of supervisors to make a levy of not
to exceed five mills and to run five
years, to create a fund for the building
of a court house.
The levy proposition met with
hearty approval of the majority of the
voters and it was no trouble to secure
more than enough signers in order to
meet the recuirement8»j^.the law and
to enable' the board TrT act favoraWe
upon the same. As the hoard of super
visors were compelled to adjourn un
til August 22. because the state levy
had not been received from the board
at Lincoln, the petitions were not j
acted upon the l*th of this month,
but will come before the county boa>’d
on the 22nd of this month, and no
doubt the levy will Tie made at that
time.
More than 1,250 voters signed the
petitions and many more signatures
could h%ve been secured if more time
had been given to the circulation of j
the petitions.
The levy asked for will raise enough
money to build a a court house such
as Sherman county is entitled to.
WheifThe present eyesore of a court
house is removed it will be a great
relief to a majority of the inhabitants
of the county.
A PAIR OF WEDDINGS.
County Judge E. A. Smith officiated
at two weddings this week. On Mon
day. August 14. Herman E. Taylor,
of Berwyn, and Miss Angeline E.
Jenkens, of Arcadia, were united in
marriage.
On Wednesday, August 16. Louis
Psota. of Bristol township, and Miss
Catherine E. Herveit. of Ravenna,
were married. Mr. and Mrs. Psota
will make their home on the groom's
farm, southwest of Loup City.
CARD OF THANKS.
We sincerely appreciate the sym
pathy and assistance of the kind
friends of Grand Island and Austin
who so kindly aided us in the death
and burial of our beloved daughter
and sister and. therefore, return our
heartfelt thanks for the alleviation it
gave us in our great sorrow.
—Mrs. Rachel Hults.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fletcher and
Family.
—Mr. and Mrs. H. Hults and
Family.
MRS. SCHLOTE DEAD.
Correspondence has been received
from Dunning. Neb., that Mrs. L. W.
Schlote, a former resident of Loup
City, has died.
Mrs. Augusta Wilhelmina Schlote,
nee Pobanz, was born on August 3rd,
1859. in West Prussia. Germany. As
an infant child of one year, she came
with her parents to the United States.
After living one year at Geneseo, 111.,
they moved to Dodge. Neb. On June .
30th. 1878, she was married there to
L. W. Schlote, of which happy union
of 38 years. 14 children were born. 8
boys and 6 girls. Two of the boys died
some years ago. For many years Mr.
Schlote was employed in farming
and at times in business. Living
many years at Dodge. Neb., the
Schlote family moved to Tliden, Neb.
After two years stay there they moved
to Colorado, farming there for three ,
years, when they came to Loup City,
January 6, 1913. On February 22nd,
of this year. Mr. Schlote, wife and part
of family moved west to Dunning,
Blaine County.
Always healthy and strong, for
some time Mrs. Slote complained ol
heart trouble. On July 11th, last. Mrs. I
Schlote, accompanied by her husband, i
went to Breslau, Neb., the home of
her youngest daughter, to consult the i
doctors there. Failing to find relief. |
she rapidly became worse, dropsy of |
the heart set in and on July 18th she
quietly faded away.
As she lived a good Christian life,
attending to her family duties as a
good wife and mother, and actively
engaged at all times as a church |
member of the German Evangelcial i
church, she ded as a Christian, in the
faith of our Lord Jesus.
She was buried on July 21 in Eden
Valley cemetery, at Piercelo. Neb.,
the Rev. Voelski preaching the fu
neral sermon. She leaves to mourn
her death, her beloved husband and
twelve children, six sons and six
daughters, one brother, three sisters
an'd twenty-eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Schlote made many friends in I
her short stay of three years in Loup
City, all of whom learn with the deep i
est regret of her too early death
Mrs. Schlote arrived at the age of j
56 years. 11 months and 15 days. The !
Northwestern, with its many readers,
wishes to express its heartfelt sym- '
pathv to the bereaved husband and
children. May the Good Lord com
fort and strengthen them in the loss | ]
of a good mother and a devoted wife.
NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS. !
The party is known who has been '
tampering with the head gate of the ;
irrigation ditch and any further in ■'
fractions will be promptly prosecued.
Wt S. FLETCHER.
MEDICINE OR FOOD.
You have always bought the bulky
stock food and given to your stock
as a medicine. Why wot buy only
the medicine and furnish your ow:i
food? The medicine will be much .
more certain. In fact B. A. Thomas
Stock Remedy is so certain to |
give the right results that we sell i
it on the money back plan. If it j'
doesn’t straighten up your horse or
cow or sheep, we give your money '
back.—J. J. Slominski.
1
We write $1,000 insurance on grain, .
insuring against fire and lightning for ,
a period of three months for only $4.00. .
Can you afford to take any chances.
Phone us and we will write the policy,
no application is necessary.—First i
Trust Company. i
A. N. CONKLIN DEAD
A. X. Conklin was born at Prince
ville. 111.. May 2, I860, and died at St.
Paul. August 12. 191G. Mr. Conklin
came to Ashton when the town was
first started, being the first depot
agent there. He acted as agent for
several years, but during that time
had formed a partnership with E. (i.
Taylor, and they started a store a*
Ashton, which Mr. Taylor managed
for several years. In 1893 Mr. Conklin
quit the railroad and went into the
store. He lived on a farm, near Ash
ton, for several years and fed cattle
at the same time he run the store.
In 1904 he moved to St Paul and eu
gaged in the grain business, which
business he followed for several years.
Mr. Conklin took quite an active part
in politics, and was postmaster at
St. Paul at the time of hs death. He
was often in Loup City during his
long residence in Ashton, and at
tended! many public gatherings here,
and had many warm friends in Loup
City.
Mr. Conklin had been sick with
Bright’s disease for about two years
and had been to Excelsior Springs for
several months during that time, also
at Idaho Springs, and had also seen
the best doctors in Denver. Kansas
City and Rochester. Minn., but could
get no permanent help. He married
Mattie B. Taylor at Ashton, June 12.
1889, who still survives him. also one
son, Lawrence Conklin, and one
brother and a sister, who live in Okla
homa. Mr. Conklin was a member of
the Presbyterian church at St. Paul,
also a member of the M. W. A. and
the Shriners.
The funeral services were held at
the residence, conducted by Rev. Geo.
A. Ray, pastor of the Second Presby
terian church of Council Bluffs, and
assisted by Rev. E. M. Steen, of Loup
City. Burial was made in the Elm
wood cemetery, near St. Paul. The
floral offerings were large.sliowing the
great number of friends Mr. Conklin
had. A great many from a distance
were in attendance at the funeral,
some of the friends from a distance
being: Theodore Ojendyk and J. M.
Cox. of Lincoln; W. A. C. Johnson and
wife, of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Vande
car, of Ord; Leonard. Harry and Mil
Hard Conklin, of Minitare. Neb.; Mrs.
W. M. Hughes, a sister, from Okla
homa; J. F. Johnson and wife, Uni
versity Place, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs.
Todd Conklin and Mr. and Mrs.
Wilkins, of Grand Island; Rev. and
Mrs. J. W. Curry, of Kansas City. Mo.,
besides a large number, who attended
from Loup City, Ashton and other
near by towns.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
McCormick and Deering sickle sec
tions. $1.00 per box.—E. J. Sohoening.
Mrs. Lula Burke came up from Aus
tin, Wednesday, to visit with friends.
Mrs. Lula Burke and Miss Em
ma Rowe wen to Ashton Thursday on
business.
M. Worlock came home Wednesday
from Kearney, where he had been on
business.
Plenty of nice, smooth potatoes at
FI.00 per bushel.—Robert Fulliton.
\ustin, Neb. Phone 9720.
Mrs. O. M. Bond arrived here from
Iresham. Tuesday, to visit her daugli
:er, Mrs. C. H.. Ryan, and family.
Mrs. B. W. Flanders, of Sweetwater,
irrived Wednesday for a few days' |
tisit with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clark of Olivet,
Mich., are here visiting with Mrs.
"lark's sister, Mrs. H. M. Mathew.
Miss Mable Hansen came home
rom Hastings “Wednesday evening,
vhere she had been visiting her par
!lltS.
“Damaged Goods,” the greatest j
noral picture ever produced, will be
;hovn at the opera house, Tuesday,
August 29.
C. W. Trumble. Myers Benson and
. F. Roberts, of Hazard, were in Loup
’ity, Wednesday, transacting business
it the court house.
Mr. and Mr§. J. H. Curry came here
rhursday from Kansas City for a few
lays' visit with Mrs. Curry’s brother,
5. G. Taylor, and family.
A fine rain, amounting to about an
neh, fell Wednesday night, reviving
he jaded corn and doing great benefit
o the alfalfa crop and pastures.
Miss Elva Ohlsen and Henry Ohl
sen returned to their home at David
"ity, Thursday, after a few weeks',
tisit with their uncle, John Ohlsen, j
ind family.
Dr. Marcy has been confined to his
lome the past two weeks with rheu
natism. He is improving and will .
;oon be able to attend to his practice i
it his office.
—
H. L. Huelett and wife, of Cairo,
topped in Loup City, Wednesday, for .
i short visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Eisner. Mr. and Mrs. Huelett were
enroute to their ranch in Blaine
county.
The state board of equalization has
raised the valuation of Sherman coun
ty real estate 5 per cent. T he board
first raised the valuation 10 per cent,
but upon a protest from some of our
citizens, the increase was cut dowm to
5 per cent.
Warren Davidson, of Cozad. was
elected principal of the Loup City
schools at the board meeting Wednes
day. The faculty of the schools now
is complete and all members are pro
paring for_their work, which wrill soon
begin.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lorentz and chil
dren motored to Ravenna last Sun
and visited relatives there. Thev
were accompanied home by Mrs. Lor
entz's sisters, Misses Elizabeth and
Lucille Erazim. who will visit at the
Lorentz home for some time.
A petition is being circulated around
town for the purpose of raising money
to buy benches for use in the court
house square. The carpenters of the
city wifi do the manufacturing free of
charge, the money being necessary
for the purchase of the lumber. It is
thought that enough money will be
subscribed within the next few days
to place all the benches in the park
that are needed.
COMING SOON!
Burk's Big Uncle Tom's Cabin Co.
Under a Mammoth Canvas.
One of the many events of the sea
son will be the coming of Burk’s Big
“Uncle Tom's Cabin Co,” which will
exhibit at Loup City, Wednesday
night, August 23.
A modern feature of this organiza
tion is a monster Street Parade like
a Circus, consisting of more men.
Women. Children, Horses. Ponies,
Donkeys and Dogs. Chariots, Tab
leaux Wagons, Floats. Bands of Mu
sic. etc., than any other similar ex
hibition on the road. This magnifi
cent Free Street Parade will be seen
daily on the principal streets and
^thoroughfares of our city during the
day of their exhibition here and it
is worth coming many miles to see.
Some folks would give anything if
they could get rid of constipation.
Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea will
do the work and do it quick, lake it
once a week to be regular, happy and
free.—Graefe's Pharmacy.
The Rexall Fountain
Dainty Drinks for
Chautauqua Week
ORANGE SUNDAE MOCO NUT SUNDAE
RED RASPBERRY SUNDAE
PEACH SUNDAE BUTTER SCOTCH SUNDAE
STRAWBERRY PHOSPHATE
LEMON PHOSPHATE
ORANGE PHOSPHATE
CHERRY PHOSPHATE
ORANGEADE
ORANGE JULEP
THE REXALL FOUNTAIN
GINGER ALE
GRAPE JUICE
MALTED MILK
COCA COLA
LIMEADE
LEMONADE