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Loup City Northwestern A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN VOLUME XXXV. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12,1916 NUMBER 43 BUSINESS MAN OBJECTS Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, United States senator from Nebraska, ad dressed the voters of Sherman countv at the opera house Tuesday evening, a good sized audience being present. The following article concerning Mr. Hitehcok's address was contributed by a Loup City business man. who was one of the auditors: Before the patrons of the Garland theatre had time to leave their seats after the show Tuesday night, our lo cal band began playing and quite a i*-w who had come to see the pictures mnained to hear an address by Gil %■ -rt M. Hitchcock, democratic candi date for re-election as United States senator. While the speaker received quite a >- sendoff by our local democratic talent in the introductory remarks, it was evident from the lack of greeting ap plause that those in the audience, who were not women, who had re mained over from the show, out of curiosity, were repub icans. The •report.” as the talk was termed by the speaker, save for a few hand claps from those loyal ones "up stage.” did not seem to awaken the audience to anything like a spirit of enthusiasm. Several times he en deavored to lead up to one of those tinued psychological oratorical open ings where the audience is supposed to fill in with deafening applause.” only to finish his wait with a bow. The “report” attempted to show that the present prices of food stufis is something to shout with joy over and that all credit for satme is due the democrats. me nrst citation was to snow me difference in the price of horses now as compared with that of four or five years ago. We wonder if democrats can get satisfaction in having a man stand up and try to gain votes with such childish prattle. Is there a man who knows anything at all about the conditions of the world market who would believe for one moment that these prices are due to a democratic administration? With afients from warring countries bidding against one another among us all the time, can In man who has been to the senate think people so blind? It does seem so, and more, for the price of food stuffs w".s next quoted, and the same comparison made of prices now and four years ago; and it was shown that everything had gone up in price high er and higher and that the democrats did it. Nothing was said or hinted that the now great worlds’ war. tak ing boatload after boatload of these products away from our county was having any effect on the present price. Nothing like it was mentioned as a prime’ cause, only the democrats. But perhaps he considered the for eign buyers “democrats." Sometimes we wonder if they are. The income tax and the great good brought to the Philippine Islands BY THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRA TION in the way of self-government and schools, etc. No mention was made of the years of labor in these islands by the republican party and the world-recognized ability of Mr. Taft, who went there and began the job in the face of opposition and criti cism. and whose work was carried out by his party. Even most of the democrats settled down in their coat collars as with shame when the speak er used utterances smacking of de ception. when he endeavored to make it appear that Theodore Roosevelt had so dt- lared himself that, had he been president the United States would have been at war. We do not like deception of anv sort and when it is so evident that a democrat smiles his understanding we feel that such attempts to gain or even retain votes will prove in vain. It is reported that Rosevelt said that the United States should not stand idly by and see any ‘country ignore the agreement of the nations by marching through Belgium. Was that right? We think it was and is the spirit that is just and right. If an agree ment is to be worth anything more than the paper it is written on what SHOULD happen when any country breaks its part of the contract? We believe from that statement the man could have had a healthy desire , for "peace” and a very high respect for an agreement which had been made for that very thing. Again, we were informed that wa were living in a great and prosperous : country, that the eastern factories were running day and night (no men tion of the war orders and what will happen when the shooting is overt: we were told that the high cost of living is a thing to throw up our hat I about, but nothing much was said i about the great threatened strike I which has happened in the midst of j our prosperity and which scared the j democratic lawmakers to their seats; to prevent. All of this we were told: but for some reason not given out' as yet. nothing at all. not one little j word, was uttered about THE SPEC! j AL WAR STAMP TAX ACT put on to meet the awful democratic defi. !; : and why now, just before election. IT ; HAS BEEN CALLED OFF. But we did hear about "How Wood row Wilson kept us out of war.” Noth ing is greater in our hearts than th; desire for peace. But at Vera Cruz, shots were fired and men were killed. What is war? But we leave that to you. Mr. Reader. And surely we must not be reminded that <$ur armed forces line the boundary lines of our countiv with another, and that the troops were sent there AFTER watchful waiting bad failed and Americans had been killed in the meantime. Right sometimes includes quick ac-1 tion and the man who must change his mind several times before a de ; cision is reached might prove costly; so that such a peaceful advocate who : changes course does not favor pr> i paredness. then turns to it, changes i from watchful waiting to an armed, force after great damage is done, i sends soldiers into the other country J on a mission and calls them back be-! fore they capture their man or per form the duty intended they should j do. But the speaker referred to noth- j ing like this. The zig-zag. go-ahead! and back-up system was pictured as j a straight line toward everything; which was right. Not at war? When j our forces went to Vera Cruz we lost j nineteen men. killed and. if w-e remem ber correctly, there were altogether 120 killed and wounded. Several hun dred Mexicans were also killed and wounded. The objects for which we sent ships and troops to Vera Cru was to get reparation for the in.-.ult to the flag. The reason for the great . celerity demanded in dealing with the j resolution was to stop the landing of a cargo of arms. If anyone knows what became of the reparation for the insult to the flag they still have it as a secret for no one seems to have heard of it. A cargo of arms, after a i little zig-zag work, got by and landed j the arms as desired. Since the taking of Vera Cruz we; have been fighting Mexican soldier* and American soldiers and citizens have been killed. Declared war could have done no more. But nothing of! this. Now. however, as indicated in; Maine, and other eastern states, this zig-zag policy had had its effect and the voters of the country are turning' to Hughes as the man of decision and ; action. BOY HIT BY AUTO. Jake Slominski has bought an auto and has been having the usual run of hard luck in trying to make the thing run where he looks without using the steering wheel. Last Friday he ran into and knocked down the young son of John Golus. Fortunately, the boy was not much injured. Some time after that the machine j went on another rampage and took! after a young lady, who sought refuge j behind a tree. The auto stopped when i i it met up with the tree and after I several attempts to climb it gave up i the job in disgust. New drivers of autos usually have: some experiences that makes their hair raise, but so far there have been j [no accidents here that have been seri-] ous in any way except damage to the ■ . machines. — Mrs. J. A. Trefney, of Alliance, ar-' : rived in our city last Wednesday and i visited until this Wednesday with her I brother, W. P. Taylor, and wife, re ! turning home Wednesday morning. INSPECT NEW PLANT. M. F. Loomis, of Cleveland, Ohio, accompanied by H. H. Henningson. of Omaha, were here Thursday to in spect the engines being installed in the plant of the Loup City Light * Power company. Mr. Loomis is the president of the Johnston & Jennings company, the manufacturers of the en gines. Mr. Henningson is the Ne braska representative of the compan; and who sold the machines to Mr. Taylor. Both Mr. Loomis and Mr. Henning son expressed their admiration for the new building housing the eouip ment and stated that without any doubt the patrons of the Loup City company would be satisfied in every i way with the service possible with ;the new engines. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. J. 1. Depew was a business passen j ger to St. Paul, Wednesday. Dr. A. S. Main was a business visi tor to St. Paul, Wednesday. L. A. Williams was a business pas i senger to Rockville. Wednesday. — Mrs. W. P. Tayio^was a passenger j to Grand Island. Wednesday morning. ___ Mrs. Mads Lyhnne came in Wednes- j day from Boelus to visit a few days ; with friends. — Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Willis came to Loup City Tuesday to visit a few days with relatives. Clarence Peterson returned home I Wednesday from Omaha, where he | had been the past week. Mrs. E. A. Shipley was a passenger j j to Sargent Wednesday evening for a • few davs' visit with relatives. --- Vallie Koeffler returned Wednesday evening to her home in Arcadia after ■ having visited here a few days. Miss Ruby Johnson went to Grand Island. Wednesday, where she will I visit with her parents several days. Mrs. L. Bechtold was a passenger tc [Grand Island. Wednesday noon to ; visit several days with her daughters. Mrs. R. L. Arthur left Wednesday i morning for Lincoln and St. Joseph. [ to purchase her winter stock of dry f goods. Mrs. Annie Kmecik and Miss Valaia j Zelasny went to Central Cty to visit a few days with relatives, Wednes l day' morning. R. F. Campbell returned home on Monday evening from Omaha, where ! he had been the past few days visit 1 ing with relatives. j Mr. and Mrs. I. >1. Polski, who have i been here visiting with their son. L. ’ B. Polski. and family, returned to i their home at Ashton. Wednesday. M. D. Payne has installed a barber chair and fixtures at the Central Pool hall. Mr. Payne is from Omaha and formerlv run a barber shop at Ashton. ; __ | Mrs. A. B. Outhouse arrived home j Wednesday from Lincoln, where she had been visiting with her daughter. Alberta, who is attending school at that place. Last Tuesday, while playing foot ball, John Brown was struck on the nose causing it to be' broken. Dr. Bowman dressed the wound and he is | getting along fine. i Wm. Drier, who has been here em i ployed at the Union Pacific depot i for some time, left Tuesday for Grand j Island, where he will visit a few days before going to work again. Miss Ruth Taylor came in from Omaha last Thursday and is here visit ing with her brothe*. and wife. W. P. Taylor. She went to Dannebrog Wed nesdav to visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Marlow and little son : autoed up from Giltner. Saturday, and visited over Sunday with their daugn |ter, Mrs. Earl Mcllravey. Mrs. Mell ravev returned with them, returning home again on Wednesday evening. STEPPED ON RUSTY NAIL. ! E. G. Taylor had the misfortune to step on a rusty nail this week, run ning the same into his foot and caus ing an infection that has since con i fined him to his home. FENCE BARB WIRE STEEL AND WOOD POSTS GATES TANKS PAINTS OILS VARNISHES STORM SASH LADDERS ROOFINGS COAL COAL . TO THE VOTERS Or SHERMAN COUNTY. i was nominated at the primary on the republican ticket for treasurer of Sherman County. I will endeavor to see as many of the voters as I can but as it is im possible for me to see all of you per sonally, I take this means of asking erch and every voter for his vote a -_t support. I wiil not o»*!y appreciate your vote and support but wiil do my very belt if elected as your treasurer to please you and to give you a most efficient and careful administration of your af fairs as treasurer of ycur county. Thanking you very kinoiy for your vote and support. I am. Yours sincerely, D. C. GROW. CHURCH NOTES. Methodist. Last Sunday was a good day witli us. There were 317 at Sunday s- hool. That was fine. Everybody stay ne\t Sunday and make it bigger. Mr. Wil liams led a very interesting Epworth League meeting. More of our young, people ought to be there next Sunday at 6:30. The official board spent a social evening at the parsonage Tuesday night. We had a fine’time adopting plans for the immediate future. The pastor and wife enjoyed the congenial I company of these leaders in the church. A program prepared by the pastor was heartily jjnd jinanimously voted. Everybody will soon* have' something they will be glad to do. j Romeo S. Conger was elected treas- j urer of the budget fund and Mrs. Ed- j gar Foster treasurer of the benevo lences. Mr. Conger is secretary of the official board and H. J. Johansen was elected vice chairman. The: Ladies’ Aid society met with Mrs. Geo.' McFadden Wednesday afternoon. Sermon by the pastor next Sundav at 10:30 ofclock. Subject. “Love Tests.” At 7:30 o'clock, subject, “Hir ting the Mark.” We want the atmos phere of each service to bo that of a big family reunion. Let us each con tribute something to make the spirit' of our gatherings homelike. We will be glad to welcome the public at all services. Let us have continued loyalty, enthusiasm and appreciation in all of our fellowships. Pray for the preacher. He needs ycur help and wants it. Presbyterian. The pastor will preach on Sunday morning at 10:30 and Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The morning subject will be. “Sin, its Deceitfulness.” The members of the church are urged to be present, and all who have no regular church home are cordially invited. ORGANIZED ATHLETICS. A county athletic association will be organized at the office of Coun'y Superintendent. Currier on Saturday evening, October 14. The member ship of the association will be limited fo • the schools of Sherman county. Field meets and also indoor events are planned for in the near future. In addition to the county association it is planned to organize another ath letic club with membership open to ail. A great deal of enthusiasm is being manifested and a good attend ance is expected at the initial meet ing to be held at the county superin tendent's office on Saturday evening at seven o'clock. RECEPTION FOR TEACHERS. On Friday evening. October 13. a reception will be given by the Prot estant churches for the teachers of the Loup City schools. The reception will be held in the basement of the Presbyterian church, and the public is most cordially invited to attend. The teachers will be greeted by J. W. Long and Superintendent C. XT. Bitner will respond. Mrs. Elizabeth Owen will give a musical selection and others will contribute to the pro gram. after which refreshments will be served. PROHIBITION TALK. A temperance lecture of unusual merit was given at the high school au ditorium last Monday evening by Dr. J. D. M. Buckner of Aurora. Dr. Buck ner is a pleasing and forceful speaker and brought many points out with good effects. He was greeted by a large and very alternative audience. Several selections were rendered by the Loup City band before the speak ing. Try Chase’s first—it pays. ROCKVILLE HAPPENINGS R. W. Sundstrom went to Omaha o;: Monday afternoon of this week. Mr. and Mrs. E. Dwehus returned from Omaha. Friday of last week. Mrs. R. W. Sundstrom went to Oma ha on the morning motor, Wednesday * Olaf Nelson and Peter Jensen, oi Boelus. were in this burg on business Thursday. Wm. Karel, of Ravenna, was « Rockville visitor Thursday forenoon of this week. L. A. Williams.• the county sheriff, was a Rockville visitor on business on Wednesday. Peter Jensen. Olaf Nelson and E. Dwehus autoea to Loup City Thusday on business. Jungle Bros, from Ravenna are go ing to furnish the music for the dance tomorrow (Saturday) evening. Peter Jensen went to Omaha Frt day of last week, returning again on Monday with a new Grant six car. Garret Lorenz, of .Ashton, demo cratic candidate for county treasurer, was a Rockville visitor. Wednesday. The Earl C. Brink motion picture show is showing pictures in "be opera house on the forepart of this week. Rimer Strom returned from Omaha Tuesday forenoon, where he had been to visit friends and to take in the Ak Sar-Ben. Miss Alice Tangerman is reported as being on the sick list this week. School was discontinued in her rom Wednesday. Chris Nielson, L. C. Weaver, S. E. Sorensen and W. R. Henkens autoed to Loup City in the latter’s car on Thnsrday. Don't forget the public dance in the opera house next Saturday the I4th. The senior class of the Rockville high school will serve a midnight supper. The basket social which was held in the opera house last Friday even ing by the school, was quite well at tended and everyone seemed to ha’ e had a good time. Before the social started the school rendered the au dience a program which they had prepared. It was very good. After supper the remaining young people danced for a short while. OLD GAS PLANT QUITS. The old acetylene gas plant thrt formerly supplied gas to quite a num ber of firms in Loup City, and owned by A. E. Chase, has quit the manu taucure -of gas - on account of the plant needing extensive renairs 'hn'8 the small amount of gas supplied to consumers not justifying the expend! ture. As a result, a number of bus! ness places that have been using the gas for light are now being wired for electricity. DROUGHT ON FORDS BROKEN. There has been a scarcity of Ford cars for some time, notwithstanding the fact that the assembling plant at Omaha has been turning them out at the rate of 70 per day. However. A. C. Ogle announces that he has re ceived a carload of the “universal cars” and now has the same on sale. Quite a number are already sold and what is left will not last long. OLD LANDMARK GONE t Another of the old landmarks of Loup City has been removed in the l wrecking of the A. C. Ogle garage, to make room for the modern building that will replace it. At the time it was built it. too. was modern, but with the swift strides of time, it passed from what was once a modern hotelry to a shelter for the more mod ern vehicle. The St. Elmo hotel, so named by Mrs. Krichbaum. was erected by C. L. Drake in the year 1SS6. The lumber for the building was hauled from Kear ney and sold by J. D. Ford, who was then in the lumber business, it being the last bill of lumber ever sold in Loup City by Mr. Ford. The building of the St. Elmo also is incidental with the coming of the Burlington to Loup City, the road being constructed to this town the same year. Mr. Drake was a hotel man of the old school and was one of the most po’pular landlords in Nebraska, and there are doubtless many of the old knights of the grip that have been the guests of the old hotel when Mr. Drake was manager, who will recall times that they were guests of the house, jin 1S99, the same year that what is now the grade school was built. Mr. Drake sold the 9t. Elmo to Tony Era zim. Mrs. Gus Lorentz's father, who leased it to George Hotchkins. who managed it for about two years, j Mr. Hotchkins then sold the lease and furnishings of the hotel to Rufus Wilson, who was landlord for abottT a year. Mr. Erazim then took charg of his property himself and conduct ed the business for about two years, then leasing it to Jack Harper. Mr. Harper managed it for two years and sold his lease and furniture to C. E. Lundy, who had -charge of it for five or six years, then dip>osing of it to Ernie Milbura. who was the landlord until the erection of the Frederick in 1913. when the old St". Elmo was pur chased by A. C. Ogle, who. since that dime has used it for his auto business until an ever-increasing patronage made it imperative that Mr. Ogle have more room. | Such is the history of the old St. El mo. as related to the writer by sever al of the old timers of Loup City. The j old building was the scene of many j occurences and events, some of which are history and some that probably | will never be told to any great extent. Fb'erv Nebraska tpwn now has or 'has had just such buildings—old land marks that are almost sacred in the hearts of the men who took pride in their erection at the time and wipe away a tear of regret for their de Tstruction. They call back the memor ■ies of the bygone days when the pio neers toiled and struggled to make the towns that are now monuments to their untiring efforts, t Many of the oldtimers have passed awa since the first register was opened on the desk of the St. Elmo, but many are still among us and tell us of the days when they were guests of the house. Charles Drake, the first land lord. is now proprietor of the Drake hotel at Alliance, while Rufus Wilson is a mail carrier at Giltner. George Hotchkins is in the milling business at Minden and To«y Erazim siiil gets his mail at Ravenna. Landlord Lundy and his wife have both passed to the great beyond. .. Few of the business houses or firms that were here when the hotel was built are here today, the Keystone Lumber company being the only busi ness firm that is still in business in Loup City. Such are the changes of thirty years and probably the next thirty years will show the same pro gress, if not more, than the past. SCHOOL NOTES. Miss Helen Hunt visited school on Tuesday. The gymnasium girls had their first basket ball practice Tuesday. Mrs. Waite and Mrs. Henry visited school last Thursday afternoon. A portion of Superintendent Bitner's normal training class visited the 5th and 6th grades last Friday morning. Agriculture IX will now be given some lab work. Since Mr. Clark came the class can be divided and work done in the labratory. Katherine Curtis taught the fir-t grade Monday and Tuesday. Miss White taught Wednesday. Miss Dad dow was ill with tonsilitis. The freshman and sophomores . played a ga,me of foot ball with the juniors and seniors last Friday at the park. The game went 12 to 6 in favor of the freshman and sophomores. Superintendent Bitner announced that he would not grant any excuses for anyone but the team to go to Ord Friday afternoon. It interrupts school ; work and the boys play two games at home soon, when all students will get a chance to see them play. The high school foot ball team plays Ord Friday at Ord. The lineup has been changed somewhat and we look I forward to a good game, with a fight ! ing chance for a victors'- The boys [play North Loup here the 20th. Every . body boost for the home team. School work is going along very nicely and every student is interested ! in school work. We are to have ex aminations every six weeks and our report cards go home for signatures j every six weeks instead of every nine. This gives the parents a better check on their children's work. » Ray Clark of Pawnee City ^v’eb.. has been employed as a new high school teacher. He began work Wednesday morning. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. Ills father is superintendent of schools at Pawnee City. Mr. Clark comes well recom mended and strenghthens the high school faculty greatly. > ENTERTAIN SENATOR HITCHCOCK Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Beushausen en tertained Senator Gilbert M. Hitch j cock and his party at a 6 o'clock din ner Tuesday evening. A large num I her of local democrats were also guests of Mr. and Mrs. Beushausen to meet Mr. Hitchcock. Telephone Equipment Costs Have Doubled in Two Years Material used in the manufacture of telephone equipment that couldjiave been purchased for $50 two years ago cannot be bought for less than $100 today. The following figures show the per cent increase during the last 20 months in the market price of several of the more important items used in the manufacture of telephone equipment: Material. Increase. Aluminum .•. 108% Batteries . 68% Brass ...174% Copper .126% Crcssarm bolts.. 175% Crossarm braces . 274% Material.. Lead . Lumber .... Platinum ... Rubber . Tin . Wire (Iron) Increase. .1.. 94% .... 20% .... 98% .... 39% .... 66% .20% These advanced pnces are caused principally by the European demand for war materials and to the curtailment of foreign im ports into this country. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY