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ooc let/ Loup City Northwestern A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN VOLUME XXXV. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 NT MBER 40 WASHINGTON LETTER Washington, D. C., Sep. IS.—The irony of fate was never so apparent as in the workings of the democratic party. Had any one been found so bold as to have ventured a prophecy that the time would come when the union soldier would see the entire government which he saved, under full control of the states which at tempted to destroy it. he would have been regarded a candidate for the asylum, declared Representative Si meon D. Fees, of Ohio, chairman of the publicity committee of the na tional republican congressional com mittee in a statement here today. ' That time is now reached. The south rides at the head of the pro cession. The president and his fam ily are southern in birth and sym pathies. ^ His cabinet is also southern, the five controlling heads are from the states that have less than one-fifth of the population and bear less than one-half of the taxation. The senate in leaderships and working committees is southern. The house from speaker to doorkeeper is southern. Seventeen out of eighteen great committees are headed by southern men. as follows: Ways and Means, Kitchin, North f'arolina. Appropriations. Fitzgerald. New York. Banking and Currency, Glass, Vir ginia. Judiciary, Webb. North Carolina. Interstate and Foretgn Commerce. Adamson. Georgia. Rivers and Harbors, Sparkman. Florida. Merchant Marine, Alexander, Mis souri. Aguiunure. uever, auum caruima. Foreign Affairs, Flood, Virginia. Military Affairs. Hay. Virginia. Xaval Affairs, Padgett. Tennessee. Post Offices. Moon. Tennessee. Indians. Stephens. Texas. Insular Affairs, Jones. Virginia. Railways and Canals, Dies, Texas. Public Buildings, Clark. Florida. Roads. Shackelford. Missouri. Rules, Henry, Texas. Here are eighteen committees whose heads represent nine states— one northern and eight southern. Of these the Ways and Means. Judici ary, Banking and Currency, Inter state and Foreign Commerce, Foreign Affairs. Merchant Marine. Insular Affairs, and Rules, all have to do with governmental attitude on ques tions of policy; in a word, their func tion is policy determining. The heads of these come from southern states, Xorth Carolina. Virginia. Georgia, Missouri, and Texas. These states determine the government's attitude in policy. On the other hand, the Appropria tions, Military Affairs, Xaval Affairs. Post Offices. Public Buildings. Agri < ulture and Rivers and Harbors have to do with not only policy but appro priations of public money; very largely the latter function. All these except the first is controlled by the south. The other large committees are more generally administrative. It will thus be noticed that what the country's policy will be. is out lined by the sixty-fourth congress will depend upon the influence of the chairman not one single one of whom comes from a state north of the Ohio river line. The committee on Ap propriations is not a policy determ ing committee. If it be our naval policy, the chairman is from Tenne see. If it be our military policy our chairman is from Virginia. If it be our insular policy touching the Phili pines. our chairman is from Virginia. If it be our interstate or foreign com merce. he is from Georgia. If it be our immigration policy, he is from Alabama. If it be our merchant mar ine. he is from Missouri. If it be our roads, he is from Missouri. If it be on railways and canals, he is from Texas. An analysis of the situation of the south in the saddle is interesting. The eight southern states here enu merated which have charge of these important matters contain: First. In population, both white and colored, less than 20.000.000, ac cording to the census of 1910. which is about one-fifth of the country's people. Second. In wealth they have less than $25,000,000,000. or about one seventh of the country’s wealth. Third. In representation in the house. 97 members. It will be noticed that the State of Virginia controls four committees of the most significant possibilities. This state, with a population in 1910 of 2,062,000 and wealth in 1912 of $2, 890.000,000 with ten representatives upon the floor of the house, has four times the importance in this congress than all the New England States, the Middle Atlantic states, the East and West states, the North Central states, and the Mountain and Paciiv states, combined, with a population in 1910 of 60.000,000 and wealth in 1912, amounting to nearly $148,000, 000. This state, with ten represents fives, by virtue of the organization of the sixty-fourth congress, exerts more influence, four times over, if chairmanships of committees have any significance than all of New Eng land, with thirty-two representa tives; New York. New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with ninety represen tatives; Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Mich igan. and Wisconsin, with eighty-six representatives; Minnesota. Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska and Kan sas. with forty-one representatives; and all the states west of the Rocky Mountains; making a total of thirty one states with 282 representatives. These same states will cast in 1916 in the. electoral college 344 votes, or 75 more votes than are necessary to elect a president. It will be noted how these important committees are assigned; to Vir ginia. 4; to Texas. 3; to Tennessee. 3; North Carolina. 2; Missouri 2: Florida 2; Georgia 1; 6outh Caro lina 1. These eighteen committees, including the rules committee, ex cept 1. go to eight southern states. ui me remaining tmrty-nine less important committees, the chairman of twenty-three go to southern states. This leayes sixteen committees no including the appropriations, for the rest of the country. The revenues or the eight southern states that control seventeen com mittees amounted in the fiscal year of 1913, according to the govern ment reports, to *53.000.000. Thar is a trifle over one-half of the re ceipts in the single state of New York in the same year, that amount reaching *101,000,000. The receipts of Virginia, which control four of the greatest committees, are $9,330, 000, while states which show receipts to the amount of $315,000,000, or thirty-five times as much, have con trol of no important committee When the last treasury report is ex amined with reference to the taxa tion for the support of the general government, some striking facts are disclosed. The corporation and per sonal income taxes produced slightly over $80,000,000 revenue. Of this amount $41,000,000 was personal in come and $39,000,000 from corpora tions. Of personal and corporation income the eight states last enu merated, controlling eighteen com mittees. paid $4,222,444. while New York alone paid $27,683,743, or near ly seven times as much. The States of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and Illinois, paid $23, 585,447. The eight states that con trol these committees cast for presi dent in 1912, 1.858.169 votes, or 400. 000 votes less than were cast in the two states of Ohio and Pennsylvania and only 270,000 more than were cast the same year in the State of New York. Sectional in policy the Underwood bill removed duties from twenty products of the north, corn, oats, wheat, wyool meats, dairy products hay, potatoes and etc. * Left duties on southern products, rice, cotton, tobacco, and angora goat hair. Imports increase, revenues de crease. Import duty collected last republi can year, three hundred and twenty million. Import duty collected 1915 demo cratic year, one hundred and ninety eight millions. Loss, one hundred and twenty eight millions. Ill Just Received We have just unloaded a number of cars of some of the finest LUMBER ever seen in Loup City. Clean, Bright, New Stock. Call and look this LUMBER over as it is bound to please you. • We Serve You Right Mims ■■ . . . FENCE varnishes Hansen Lumber Co. “tes LADDERS KLEAN KOAL ■ PRICES RIGHT ^ TANKS Concert Orchestra playing the special orchestration written for this photo spectacle. Two and one-fourth hours of compelling spectacle. Starts prompt at 7:00 o’clock. Doors open at G:30. Manager’s Note—I positively guarantee this to be the greatest stage attraction Loup City has had since I have been here.—A. B. YOUNG. YOU HAVE SEEN “THE BIRTH OF A NATION” Now come and see “The Battle Cry of Peace.” The greatest and most expensive pictures ever produced. Some of the things you will see: 16-inch shells crash into the Hearts of Manhattan Island. The American fleet destroyed by a fleet twice its size and many times its power. A foreign foe. efficient, deadly, march with brutal and amazing powers through familiar New York streets. You will look down upon New York from the air and see its frots fall in the face of the greatest danger ever encountered, that of an at tack by the long range guns of Foreign Battleships. Loup City Opera House TUESDAY, SEPT. 26 Seats Now on Sale THREE SHOWS Three performances: Afternoon 3:00 o’clock. Admission, 25 and 50 cents. Evening: 7:00 and 9:15 o'clock, with concert orchestra, 50-75 and $1.00. All seats reserved. Orders for reserved seats by mail will be promptly attended to if accompanied by cash. Money spent last republican year, 1.000 millions. Money spent first democratic year, i 1,120 millions. One hundred and twenty millions more spent, one hundred and twenty eight millions less collected. Last year four southern states paid one million. Last year northern states paid 1 forty-two million. LTnder present estimates next year, all southern states will pay ten mil lion and all northern states will pay 200 million. Special legislation:— Nitrate plant. mu»«e shoals, 20 million. Rivers and Harbors, mostly south, 43 million. Flood control. California. t>V2 m:> lion; north, 3 million: south. 42 mil lion. Rural credit—especially for the south, unlimited amount, 24.000 new offices, mostly southern democrats.! 46 million. Here’s some facts iff Public Build ings bill also reported July 17. 1916: Billings, S. C., $25,000, population, i 1,757. Eminence. Ky., $40,000, population, j 1.274. Falmouth, Kv„ $25,000, population, j 1,180. Forest City, Ark., $25,000, popula- j tion, 2,484. / Huntsville, Tex.. $30,000, popula- ! tion. 2.072. Huntingdon, Tenn., $30,000, popu- ( lation, 1,112. Mt. Grove. Mo., $40,000, population, j 1.722. Mt. Olive, N. C., $50,000, popula tion. 1,071. Rogersville, Tenn., $25,000, popula tion. 1,242. When the country needs defense who responds? August 1, 1916, militia on border: From New York. 16.000. From Massachusetts. 7,000. From Pennsylvania. 9,000. From Illinois, 11,000. From South Carolina, 3,000. From North Carolina, the home of house leader and head of navy de From Georgia, the home of the sen ate" leader, none. From Florida, the home of the chairman of Rivers and Harbors, and j Public Buildings committees, none. From Kentucky, none, Tennessee, none. Arkansas, none, Mississippi, the home of chairman of Flood con trol, none. From Alabama, the home of the Underwood bill. none. Louisiana. 500. It will be galling to the union sol diers to know that on March 1, of this year, this democratic house by a vote of 74 to 5S rejected the ele ment of loyalty as essential to col lect southern claims against the government arising out of the war. A motion was then made to recom mit the bill with instructions to in clude loyalty as essential to a claim. This was carried by a vote of 1S3 to 170. Every republican save one from Tennessee, and one from Vir ginia. voted for it. Every southern man voted against it and a few nor thern democrats, including McGili cuddy, of the 2nd district of Maine. Vote is recorded August record, page 3877, of the present session. The committee which has charge of these claims is under control of a member from Texas, and spends. The south governs, appropriates and spends. The north obeys, pays and defends. This is the irony of fate-flfty years after. It is the meaning of demo cratic control. Change of program every night at the opera house. FAIR APPEARS SUCCESS Fourth Exhibition of Sherman Coun ty Society Draws Big Crowds. The Sherman County fair is in pr;> press and the attendance seems to be fully up to the expectations of the management. Yesterday was en trance day and exhibitors put in the day arranging their exhibits in the most attractive manner. A large crowd is in attendance to day and tomorrow will probably see a large turnout present as it is school children's day and the chances are that every school in the county will be represented. The attractions arc said to be about the same as usual, nothing out of the very ordinary in the entertainment line being staged. If the management ot .t£v fair would put a little “pep” into the fair and stage a few attractions that would compete even in a small way with those offered by other fairs, they would probably get better crowds and receive more support from the local business men. a support that is now sadly lacking. In these days the fairs that are successful are the ones that have at tractions that attract and give the visitors something to remember from one year to the next. If the manage ment cannot put on a racing program, it at least could secure one attraction that amounts to something and that would compare favorably with the offerings of other associations. HOODLUMS SHAME CITY Crowd of Young Wen Disturb Show Wednesday Night. We have frequently remarked that Loup City was blessed with a prettv gentelmanly bunch of boys and young men and have always believed that to be the case, but it develops that the behavior of some of the youths at the show Wednesday was anything but gentlemanly, strongly bordering on ruffanism. The Applegate shows came to our city guaranteeing a good, clean pro iuction and. while we did not see the performance, we understand that the above has lived up to its guarantee. But, during the performance last evening a erod'd of boys went out of their way to disturb the performance, cutting holes in the tent in the part where the ladies' dressing room is located and otherwise disturbing the actors. The manager of the show called for protection and Mayor R. H. Mathew, who was present, called cn the police officers to arrest the of fenders, but they succeeded in escap ing. Anything of this kind is the poor est advertising matter that a town can get, as a show troup does not hesitate to inform other attractions Jf their reception and treatment while in a city. The most regret able part of the affair is that the young gents were not caught and ?iven a fine that would have had a moral lesson attached to it. CHURCH NOTES. Presbyterian. The pastor will preach Sunday morning on the subject: “Sin—Its Standing Demand." He will have something to say upon the moral con ditions of things in Loup City. In the evening we will all join in a farewell service for Brother Slocumb at the Methodist church. Baptist. Preaching services morning and evening. Morning subject. Fire. B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6:30. Everybody cordially invited to all these services. CASTING THE FIRST STONE. The local gossip fac tones are re- j veling in a fresh supply of raw ma terial. the same being supplied by the misfortune of a young girl of Loup City. As is usual in such cases, the girl in the case gets it good and plenty, while the male that is the cause of her humiliation and suffer ing is alluded to merely as a fast young man with the ladies. It is surely a shame that in cases of this kind that the woman victim is made to suffer for her weakness and the 'male of the species goes un scathed. The woman listens to the | empty promises of the man and when her downfall is finally accomplished, j the gossips of a town finish the job. if I possible, by shunning her when she - needs a helping hand and words of ! kiB<»n»«ia end with their creel ai l | vicious taunts often send her to a j life of shame. This is the way of the world. When . a woman commits a sin such as this ! girl committed—and she was prob j ably more sinned against than sin j ning—the gossips immediately take j ihe matter into their own hands, magnify the enormity of the offense. | damn the woman and let the man go his way rejoicing. How much better it would be if these busy bodies, instead of adding to the misfortune of this girl, would display the same amount of .ambi tion in prosecuting the cause of the girl's downfall and helping her to get back into the esteem of society. There is no mistake that it is not possible to rectify and because a girl commits one act of indiscretion there is no reason on earth that she should be hounded and shunned until she welcomes the close of her earth ly existence. GAS TANK BLOWS UP Welding Outfit Generates Too Much Pressure and Blows Up. Last Monday noon an acetylene gas tank in the blacksmith shop of James Kay became restless and blew up the small building in which it was stored at the other side of the shop, to pieces. Mr. Kay was washing near the tank at the time of the explosion but was not injured. Pieces of brick and iron were thrown high in the air, one chunk of iron narrowly missing Ora Tockey, who was in his meat market next door. The small buildng in which the tank was stored was completely wrecked by the explosion, which was loud enough to be heard for a con siderable distance and attracted a large crowd. LOSERS IN GOOD GAME Loup City Team Puts Up Fast Game But Can’t Win. Arcadia came here Sunday and trimmed the locals by the score of 4 to 2. The game was exciting enough to satisfy the handful of fans who were present, but who hated to see the game go to Arcadia when it seemed that- we could win. Gilbert was on the mound for Loup City, with Prichard acting as re ceiver, while Pyrell took possession of the hill for the Arcadia team. Both ! pitchers worked well and. while hit quite freely, did well in not allow ing more runs. Next Sunday the Loup City team is scheduled to go to Ashton and put on a nine-round exhibition with the team there. Lost, at Jenner's park on Wednes day, a gold locket and chain. “Mae” engraved on locket. Finder please leave at North western office. BEGINS NEW GARAGE Ground Broken For Large Brick Building on Main Street. A. C. Ogle on Monday morning commenced the erection of a garage and salesroom on the site of his present building. The structure will be 75x110 feet, of brick construction, with press brick front. The new building will contain 6,050 square feet of floor space, which will afford ample room for the storage and ex hibition of cars. The repair plant will be installed in the rear of the building. A part of the building, adjoining the Hotel Fredrick, will be two stories high, the second floor contain ing 16 modern rooms, which will be used by the hotel management. Mrs. Odendahl had contemplated adding another story to the hotel, but with this arrangement, it will not be necessary. The new building will certainly be a decided improvement for that part of Main street. It will cost approx imately $13,000 and the construction work will be under the supervision of E. J. Ohlsen. of the John Ohlsen & Sons Company. WHERE EXPERIENCE COUNTS. Somebody advertises that the ap pointment of a young man to the su preme bench was a good thing be cause it put “pep” into an otherwise slow court. Maybe it will#be worth while to look at the records which show the following number of opin ions written by the respective judges during the last tow terms: Morrissey, C. J.29 Barnes, J. 40 Letton, J. 42 Rose, J. 31 Fawcett, J. 43 Sedgwick, J. 4g Hamer, J. 17 VOTERS MASS MEETING Question of Ways and Means to In crease Water Supply Discussed. Mayor R. H. Mathew called a mass meeting of the taxpayers of Loup City at society hall Monday eevening to ascertain the sentiment of the voters in regard to the apparent de ficiency of water supplied by the lo cal plant for a couple of months dur ing the summer. The meeting was largely attended and many took the floor and voiced their sentiments, and recommended various ways of overcoming the shortage. Mayor Mathew called the meeting to order and briefly stated the sit uation in regard to the water supply, stating the amount of the deficiency and the probable causes of the same. He stated that a committee from the council had visited the plant at Grand Island and were favorably im pressed with the system in use there, that of pumping directly into the mains and using the reservoir as an overflow. He said that the cost of installing a well and pumping plant of this kind would be about $2,600. W. F. Mason, declared himself an ardent advocate of oiling the streets and saving the water that is now used in an attempt to keep down the dust. Mr. Mason stated that he had visited several towns in eastern states the past summer where the | streets were oiled and that everyone j was pleased with the results ob j tained. A vote was taken on the question of installing a new electric pumping plant down town and it was almost unanimously defeated, the consensus of opinion being that the money spent in increasing the water supply should be expended on the present plant. Since the meeting the city council j has entered into a contract with the J Lincoln Hydraulic Company for a j well at the present plant, to be j equipped with a pumping jack oper ated by the gasoline engine. This pump will have a capacity of 53 gal lons per minute, more than doubling the present capacity and it is hoped that -it will be adequate for many years to come. The last legislature provided a court commission which was not re quired to write opinions in the cases decided by it, and required the com mission to pass upon motions for re hearing. The cases submitted to the commission were to be selected by the court. The supreme judges construed this statute to mean that unimportant cases were to bo dis posed of summarily by the commis sion. This commission has during the past two terms, since September 20. I court itself has during the same time ; filed opinions in 501 cases. The new statute also provided that the court should dispose of cases in w’hich no I new principle was involved without writing opinions, and during the time • state- the court has so disposed of sixty-four cases. During that time 793 cases were disposed of by court and commission, besides a large num ber dismissed by the parties or by the court upon motion. During the corresponding time of the preceding year Judge Reese, who was then chief justice, wrote thirty seven opinions. The assistance that experienced judges are required to give to beginners in writing their opinions it will be seen that it the court could always be assisted by judges of ability and experience the business could be kept up to date under these new statutes. — State Journal. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK at Loup City in the State of Nebraska, at the close of business on September RESOURCES: ^oans and Discounts .$238,068.21 rotal Loans . Overdrafts, unsecured. $710.29 .................... l? S. bonds to secure circulation (par value) . 7,000.00 rotal U. S. bonds. Securities other than U. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned unpledged . 514.65 rotal bonds, securities, etc.'. Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve Bank V^alue of banking house (if unencumbered) . 8,708.61 Equity in banking house . Furniture and fixtures . Vet amount due from Federal Reserve Bank Set amount due from approved reserve agent in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis . 7,869.47 Set amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities ... 7g Qyg -yi 3ther checks on banks in same city or town as re porting bank ... . Dutside checks and other cash items_............. 399 04 Fractional currency, nickels and cents_.”!!!!!!!’ 93 77 Votes of other national banks .. ?oin and certificates . ..egal tender notes .*. L.egal tender notes . $238,068.21 710.29 7,000.00 514.65 1,500.00 8,708.61 1,852.70 11.222.41 85,947.64 824.27 492.81 130.00 10.982.50 3,380.00 350.00 Total . LIABILITIES: Capital stock paid in . surplus fund . Jndivided profits . L,ess current expenses, interest, and taxes paid Vet amount due to banks and bankers ... Circulating notes outstanding .. udividual deposits subject to check ............. Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days rotal demand deposits . certificates of deposit . rotal of time deposits .. $ 4.855.99 2,462.89 206.422.06 102,000.00 $371,684.09 $ 25,000.00 25.000. 09 2,393.10 3.868.93 7.000. .00 149,255.11 57,166.95 102,000.00 Total *•••••••••••••••••• ••• v AQ State of Nebraska, County of Sherman, ss:. I, L. Hansen, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemenly swear that the ibove statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. HANSEN Cashier ?a£S»Crribed and 8Worn t0 before me this 20th day of September, 1916 Correct—Attest: K H MATHEW- Noterj Public. C. H. Ryan, A. B. Outhouse, W. F. Mason, Directors,
