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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1916)
LOOK WESTWA Are you or your sons using proper energies towards finding land, industrial or professional opportunities in localities adja cent to the Burlington lines through 'Wyoming, Western Ne braska, Northeastern Colorado or Southern Montana? I can put you in touch with excellent prospects in any of these sec tions. Mondell lands are going fast—so are the irrigated lands. Deeded lands in Western Nebraska are steadily increasing in value. The towns of the North Platte Valley and the Big Horn Basin are all growing and offer good business chances. The oil industry of Central Wyoming and the Big Horn Basin is very extensive. All this new money is greatly widening the scope of business openings. The Burlington now has through service between Nebraska and Casper, Central Wyoming via Alliance ■ If you have before you the problem of the future, _either for yourself of for your sons, let me help you. S. B. HOWARD, IMMIGRATION AGENT, 1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Keeping Everlastingly At It "We keep at it, summer and winter, doing our utmost to give you tlie very best that the country affords. We don’t close out when hot weather comes to save the ice bill, as some markets do. We serve you all of the time. Won’t you stay with us? Pioneer Meat Market O. L. TOCKEY, Proprietor I Ht MOSPHERE in. clothes for men and young men ki V : * The value and sendee of “High Art* j Clothes” have become “Buy-words” in the world of men’s and young mens clothing—but— |[ • With value established and fitting quality I: known as excellent, there still remains a super-factor which well nigh defies •' description. h I “Atmosphere” it is labeled by those who know jj and it stands for the quality of tone—ultra vet | refined—which surrounds MADE BY STROUSE & BROTHERS, BALTIMORE, MD. j With Fall ’round again—we have in stock a wide collection of these handsome garments at prices j| well within reason. GUS LORENTZ CLOTHIER Fish Where the Fishing Is Good! The best fishing is in this town. If you don't believe it read the home paper for bargains. You'll get the biggest returns for your money right here in town. Besides, you’ll boom the town by keeping the money at home. Confessions tf a Mail Order Man By Mr. M. O. X. Revelations by One Whose Experience in the Business Covers a Range From Office Boy to General Manager m i , . | WHAT YOUR MONEY HAS DONE FOR ME. You can’t possibly realize what it meant to a pleasure-loving and self satisfied man of mature years to real ize that you, my beloved contributors of the past to my prosperity and com fort out in the small towns and in the country, were getting up early in the morning and were out in the cow barns milking, and out in the fields plowing, planting, harvesting, shock ing wheat or husking corn while the fingers swell and crack and while the chilblains bum and throb so that you could send your quota of coin to the concern that paid me the dividends that permitted me to lie abed in the morning until my servant came and told me that my coffee or chocolate was ready and that my bath had been fixed so that I might make the toilet of the morning luxuriously and with befitting pleasure and comfort Dear reader, all this was done with the help of YOUR money—the money that you sent to the big concern that paid the dividends on my securities. I acknowledge that when you awakened and aroused yourself to a feeling of anger and honest indignation—for which I did not blame you in the least, because you had been a long and steady contributor to my idleness— then you had me on the hip and 1 was compelled to seek some other method of subsistence, although it did go hard w-ith me to be compelled to go to work after so many years. , But you must not be too hard on me, because I had merely taken advantage of the existing conditions. I had cheer fully and joyfully taken your money. I had written you such optimistic and jollying letters that you quickly and generously responded by sending the cash w-ith your orders and we had taken the toll that we figured you would stand without a "holler.” We had studied you, gentle reader, and we had figured out to a cent just what you would stand when a “touch” was made. You must acknowledge that we did not fail to weigh you con sistently and advisedly, because we had succeeded in exacting the toll which made us prosperous. The people are awakening to a re alization of their condition, and the in habitants of the small towns and of the rural districts are beginning to realize that they are simply killing the future of their communities by sending their money away to the big mail or der houses in the cities. We hear all sorts of recriminations and hard words addressed to the peo ple in the villages and on the farms who send their money away to the mail order houses in Chicago and else where, but the masses have consid ered it their privilege to do as they please without regard for the interests of their communities. The country merchant pays his taxes and he tries to do a business with his fellow men that will permit him to pay his taxes regularly and also give him a living profit on his sales. In many cases he gives you credit, and he carries some of you for months and even years on his books. Do you appreciate it? You do not. You run up a credit bill with your local merchant, and during the lean months you take full advan tage of his friendliness and his hope that you will remain a customer when the prosperous months come around. But what do you do? As quickly as you get some money in hand, so that you can pay cash for your necessities, and a few luxuries, you send the cash away to one of the city mail order houses, and buy from strangers, rath er than from the man who has helped j you in your extremity and who has ! trusted you when you were in need. There are very few readers of this i publication who have not done exact- | iy this thing. There are very few per- I eons living in the country, away from the centers of population, who have not preferred to substitute the shadow for the substance by sending their money away from home when they i wanted to buy something. And you know what you got. You know what treatment you received. You must acknowledge that, in the long run, the stuff that you bought through a catalogue was not all you had expected. What in the world can the attraction be to cause a sober, intelligent man or woman to deliberately select a stranger as the repository of their confidence and their money? Why should the local man be outraged in spirit and mulcted in pocket because you respond to that peculiar attractive ness of the unknown—that desire to gamble, to take a chance, with a stranger? This preference for trusting in a stranger, rather than to have confi dence in a neighbor, reminds me of a little incident that occurred when I made a trip into Texas a few years ago. I stopped at a little town, and at the station I asked the agent which was the best hotel. “There’s two of ’em,” he replied, “and if I was you I’d go to the second one up Main street” "Is it better than the other one?” I inquired. "I dunno,” he replied, shaking his bead, "but I live at the first one. I know iust how bad that one is.” Which goes to show that human na ture prefers, at times, to trust in the ■nknown, rather than in that with which we are familiar. But, when you come to think of it, there is a responsibility dealing with our own fortunes, and the fortunes of those who will follow us in this life, which does not permit us to always follow our inclinations. We must think for the future as well as for the present We live in a community together with a iot of neighbors. We meet them. In. connection- with, our everyday j affairsTand we have opinions that dif fer with our neighbors. There is no one subject in the whole world upon which we all agree, therefore it is but natural that we have many differences. We can condone the differences of opinion and decline to enter into con troversies, or we can argue whenever we have the chance, and engage in constant strife. Which is the be6t way to get along? The man who argues all his life has little time for other affairs. The man who declines to become In volved in wordy discussions has plenty of time to attend to his own business. And in this world it is the man who i attends to his own business who pros pers. This life Is made up of disputes and arguments. You can argue with your best friend until you become a pest and an unwelcome visitor. You can spend your time discussing the affairs of others until, no matter if you win your arguments, you will discover that you have made yourself unpopular. Fnpopularity is not an asset in the business of life. It never paid a divi dend. It never brought in any wages. And it is strictly your business to try to make the best of everything in your community, to help create har mony, to “boost” your home town all the time and to help those who can help you. Harmony creates peace, and peace engenders prosperity. Your town wants peace and harmony, especially between the people and the merchants. It is peace and harmony that make business good—that add a value to your own house and lot. Envy walks hand in hand with mal ice down every village street, and when this pair appears on the street the white dove of peace flutters into a corner and hides. PUBLIC SALE. I will sell at Public auction on the S. M. Smalley farm, six and one-half miles south and west of Loup City and 2 miles west of Austin, on Wed nesday, November 29. commencing at 1 o’clock p. m., the following described property: 12 head of horses, consisting of 1 black mare, smooth mouth, weight 1,050 lbs.; 1 black horse, 9 years old, weight 1,050 lbs.; 1 sorrel mare, smooth mouth, weight 1.150 lbs.; 1 gray mare, smooth mouth, weight 950 lbs.; 1 gray horse, smooth mouth, weight 1,505 lbs.; 1 suckling mule; 4 suckling colts; team of 4-year olds, weight about 2.200. Two head of cattle, cow and calf. Eighteen head of hogs. Farm machinery, etc., one corn sheller, 1 wagon and rack, 1 walking cultivator, 1 lister. 1 hay rake, 1 cul tivator. 1 disc. 1 feed grinder, 3 bug gies in good condition, cook stove, heating stove. Lay-by go-devil. Six dozen chickens, some corn, household goodss and other articles too numerous to mention. Terms of sale; All sums of $10 and under, cash. Over that amount a credit of 8 months time will he given on approved notes bearing 10 per cent interest from date. No prop erty to be removed from premises un til settled for. MRS. WALTER GREGG, Owner COL. J. G. PAGELER, Auct. W. F. MASON, Clerk. MOLDY GRAINS KILL HENS. Feeding moldy grain to hens is not a paying proposition, according to the experience of an eastern Nebraska farmer who recently asked the uni versity poultry department what was causing his hens to di .e T pon visiting the farmer’s poultry yard, a member of the poultry depart ment found that 75 hens had died dur ing the summer. The livers of dead hens were found to be enlarged, fowls were overfat, and the yard in which they were kept was bare. The owner stated that when he shut his birds up they did not die. but that when he turned them out he would lost one or two hens each day. Moldy grain was found to be the source of his trouble. His wheat was grown on lowT land that was sub merged during rains at thrashing time, and the grain molded rapidly when put into the bin. Also, as the comcrib had no door, sun and rain could beat in freely, and the corn looked dry and bright on top though it was moldy underneath. Conse quently his flock received nothing but moldy grains, with the result that many hens died. THE BIG NOISE. Some people talk much and do little. Others talk little and do much. A few are betwixt and between and never succeed in setting themselves or the world afire. There is. however, a happy medium which will afford us the necessary outlet for our thought and yet serve the good of the community at large. Don’t be a clam, and don't be a big noise. Talk when you feel like it, but talk sense and talk to people who have sense. When we do that we will grad ually bring to the surface the good points in each other; we will open up opportunities for the development of the community, and will be able to hit upon the means of pushing our town along. The man who talks little but says much when he does talk is often si lent when a little talk from him would accomplish wonders. On the other hand, the big noise is known as a noise and commands about as much atten ton and remembrance as a passing gust of wind. Talk up, but speak gently and to the point, y ou will be both heard and heeded. If there is anything on earth you want to know and don’t know, just ask us. If we can’t tell you we won’t. Some are crowing and others are eating crow, but it will all come out in the wash just the same. .11 -=====5======== - - -—— _ E. P. DAILY FURNITURE CO. Sells for less and pays the freight ii 1 ' ■ . — . . . - CQ. T^:— ^ SLAT FABRIC BeJSpnijg Liggett & Platt Spiral Spring These springs are the products of two of the largest exclusive bed spring factories in the world. Guaranteed for life at a price within the reach of all. We also have a complete line of brass and steel beds, steel couches and cots. Come in and inspect our rugs and linoleums. We carry a complete line of all grades. Get our special prices on porch and lawn furniture. E. P. DAILY FURNITURE CO. Your mjrtei, s v'orth or your money back -.— ( IT’S LIABLE TO HAPPEN IN QUILTING TIME WHAT in SAM HILll 1$ (OWIN' Off _I AROONO HtRCj r ANY WAV ?« [p CORN IS KING Portable Corn Cribs Slat and Wire Cribs_ Get our prices on Storm Sash and Doors, Roofing, Screen Doors, paper, Ladders, Gates, Hog Fencing, Barb I Wire, Hog Troughs, Posts, House and Barn Paint, Var nishes. Coal Coal Coal Clean, Bright Coal—Routt County, Rock Spring, Nigger head. Lump, Nut and Pea Coal, Hard Coal and Black smith Coal. Have us figure your Lumber Bill. Good Lumber at Right Prices. Phone 67. Hansen Lumber Co.