Loup City Northwestern A LIVE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN A LIVE TOWN V*i! ME XXXVI LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917 NUMBER 24 _ . --————————————————-—————————~——— ■ ——— — --- _ - — _ IMPORTANT TO VOTERS |i i the de-i-e lit the authorities a' Wi-httieto* acid the Governor a* * *1! • -.at the Hoard ut Keiti*t ration. should u»e their he*t endeavors to t*e as wi» i, •axal a* possible, in rerard to ex pa-sjew tti i otfdvt* tin* the repist ratio! •c the J»th dav of June. at:d liiasi.iip i c* the If* * • ars and the press al> t.ave mhmtarfi J their service in * on ductsac th« r« *..►• ration. 1 don't think would i out of place for the dif h#M e-hnd I »tr.( is to iet “Unci* San. " have the school house* tone if ca*h preaitot* free, to hid tile reyiis •rat. *i i* Thera- are several that hat utrtved to do *».* already. Th* rejcistra . t kun board a ill pet very little fo: i.eir M-rvi»e», 17 id. each in all. aid to wfi; ► to donate rnv tini have it said that loyalty and ja oticm still .- deemed to have had adequate no tice of this registration day by pub i i item, and failure to present them • f. r registration subjects them to the | ■ twilty prescribed without de : • of ignorance. The penalty is ini ■ tn tit or not less than one year in a !• '.- nil prison. 1 would say fur ri'.-r t! .it tlie orders from headquarters i quire that everybody are required to a-'ist the Registrars and other of t.• or- if .ailed o:i to do so. Now let everybody do their hit in some way that will do the most good. I*. A Williams. Sheriff and Chairman of Registration Board. NEBRASKA PATENTS. Official list of letters patent of in vent .ti i-sued from the Cnited . S'atcts i at. nt Office at Washington.' I> c . to nhabitatits of Nebraska, for tie- week ending May L’C. 1917. as re port.-l :!i •••.mli th> office of Sturgess a Stum -s. registered patent alter ■ :;:!2 Bee Bldg. Omaha. N. b. i'h:..p P. liuerr. Alvo. self cleaning currycomb. ciiarl* K. Hause. Eustis, dirigible automobile headlight. Edali Claussen. Oshkosh, anti-theft automobile lock. Alexander MacDonald. Lexington, iMical aeroplane. A mi- ellaneous shower was given ii Mi-- Fsy«> Callaway last Friday evening at the home of Miss Eunice | Chase About thirty young folks were -•■ist and all thoroughly enjoyed themselvi -. Miss Faye was the recipi ent of many beautiful as well as use . fui. presents. Washington. May 31 An immedi . jump in volunteer enlistments in the I'niti d States marine corps is ex I" ■ 1 li> officials of the corps as a ill' of the sending of a regiment of "S tdiers f the Sea" to France with • . fi*'-t expedition and the assurance that further contingents will be sent a ’ sportatkm can be pro* ured. M. v young men who had previous tint wanted to c: list with a prob • of leing kepi :n this country inditinite time and perhaps never dotting to the firing line will, it is behoved, now enter their country's rvi "Soldiers and Sailors, too." Th* marine corps expects to re a ?h it: full war strength of 30.000 men by the fourth of July. „ HOW TO KNOW AN OFFICER'S RANK Ni ' ( : • civilian out of a hundred < an t 11 an officer's rank by his in k:. i In these war days when an r is required to wear his uni form at all times, it's easy to tell the rank if you will remember the sim t>!• - allegory: (Jenerals have stars on •!.- r shoulder straps; colonels have eagles; lieutenant colonels have a maple leaf; majors an oak leaf; cap p. i:s. two bars; first lieutenant, one bar and second lieutenants have no ■ i~ aT^* 1 The allegory: The se at lieutenant enters the service at t!i>- bottom with the future before him, hence he has no designating The first lieutenant has climb ! .me bar of the ladder, hence one, ! ,ir on his shoulder strap. When the captaincy is reached, he lias climbed rher bar and wears two stripes. Over the two bars comes the oak leaf ’ 1 above it the maple. Soaring ma j " t it ally above the trees is the eagle and in the blue vault of the heavens above are the stars—the leaves the maior and lieutenant colonels, the . : the colonel and the stars the sreneral.—Ex. TAKEN UP. Three red shoats. average about 70 pounds were taken up about a month ago Owner can have same by prov in- property and paying advertising and feed bill.—A. Spelts. 22-3 “If rice is served, omit the potatoes,” ■ says an expert. We do. LOUP CITY NEWS NOTES. John Johns left Monday for Cedar Rapids. Iowa, where he will take med ical treatments and undergo an opera tion. Miss Carrie Cole wet to Grand Is land and Cetral City. Tuesday morn ing for several days" visit with rela tives. Rev. Shultz and August Jaesrhka left Tuesday morning for Wayne. Neb . to attend conference of the German church. Miss Meroe Outhouse, who has been teaching at Spencer, returned home Monday evening for her summer vacation. Mrs. Henry George was an east bound passenger to Aurora last Satur day morning to visit for a while with relatives. C. Oltjenbruns and daughter. Elsie, went to Hallatn. Tuesday morning where they will visit for a while with relatives. J. W. Liggett of Alrnena, Kas.. who has been here visiting at the Irvin Barrick home, returned to his home Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Jung and chil dren of Arcadia, were visiting in our city. Monday, returning home on the evoning passenger. Miss Klea Lee went to Grand Is land Tuesday morning to meet her friend. Miss Marie Cooper, who has been teaching at Niobrara. Miss Lucille DeCamp. who has been here visiting with her sister. Mrs. S. A. Allen, and family, returned to her home in Lincoln. Tuesday morning. Tlie Misses Evangeline and Geral dine Waite and Lucienne and Muriel Chase went to Ashton. Tuesday morn ing to visit at the R. I). Sutton home. Mrs. Ezra Myers, who has been here visiting with her daughter. Mrs. Ira Timson, went to Aurora, Tuesday morning to visit with another daugh ter. Joe Smalley and family have moved back to Loup City. Mr. Smalley will work in his brother’s barber shop. They have been in Ord for several months. Mrs. Chas. Brahm. who has been visiting at the Dan McDonald home, left Monday morning for Lincoln, to visit a while before returning to her home at Talmage. Robert Hinsdale shipped two cars of cattle to the Omaha markets, Mon day. A. E. McCullough accompanied the shipment. C. Biemond also shipped a car of hogs, Monday. Miss Florence Depew came in last Saturday evening from Kearney to spend a week visiting with her par ents and many friends. She was ac companied by Miss Ruth Smith. Mr. Jenner has announced that park opening day will be on Thursday. June 7th this year. Park opening day is a holiday in Loup City and a big time is always enoyed by all. Mrs. T. A. Rupe and baby returned home Saturday evening from Frank lin and other points, where she has been for the past few weeks visiting with her relatives and friends. Mrs. W. D. Garner left Tuesday morning for Johnston, Brown county, where she will stay with her daugh ter, Mrs. H. M. Hartman. Mrs. Hart man has been here visiting at the Garner home. Bishop Beecher of the Episcopal church will preach in the German 'church next Wednesday night at S: 00 I : o'clock. The Bishop is a favorite I speaker in Loup City and sh ntld have a good house. The bundles of the Northwestern go j ing to Ashton were caught out in the rain last Thursday night and as a ! result the people of Ashton and vicin j ity received papers that were pretty ; thoroughly soaked. Fred Robinson, who has been em ployed at the Swanson drug store for ; several weeks returned to his home at Litchfield and will probably enlist ' in the army or navy in a few weeks Cash Prichard is back on the job and will remain with Mr. Swanson until called to the colors. The patriotic meeting and flag rais I ing to be held at Loup City last Sat urday afternoon was indefinitely post poned because of the rain. Lieuten ant Barret, of the navy, was here and returned to Grand Island on the noon .train Saturday He probably will re ) turn to Loup City in the near future ■ to get enlistments for the navy, as several of our young men are content plating joining. I ---- I Cp to the present time the country i as a whole has been practically sleep ; :ng with regard to the war. But we i will awake with a sudden start when 'the selective draft begins to draw our town sons and brothers to the trenches j There will be no lack of interest from then- on. Once thoroughly aroused to [ the seriousness of the situation, the 1 American people will wade in with j sleeves up and stick until the last j dog is hung. Rev. H. S. French and wife arrived here from Denver. Colo., to visit with Mr. French's parents. Mr. and Mrs. C H. French and Mrs. French's brother. Willis. Holcomb and wife, and other relatives. Rev. French is pastor of j Merritt Memorial M. E. church, one of ] the leading churches of Denver. Both Mr. and Mrs. French wt-re born and raised in Sherman county. Mr. French worked here at the printers trade in both the Northwestern and Times of (ices many years ago. This is the first visit to Loup City in three years. The graduation exercises held at the i opera house last Thursday evening ; was attended by a large crowd and , the speaker “Sunshine" Dieterieh of Lincoln, delivered a very pleasing ad dress, though not vei^ forceful nor in structive. being mostly in a humorous vein. The class consisted of twenty three young men and women, whose future doings were chronicled in last week's Northwestern. G. W. Collipriest presented the diplomas and Superin tendent Bitner made a few well chosen remarks to the class before the presen tation of the diplomas. Jack Amick | won the class honors. — Jack Amick is now working for ! Unde Sam. having accepted a position i with a government surveying outfit I that are surveying the railroads of i the state. Jack went to Sargent Mon day night to take up his new duties I From there he will go on the main | line of the Burlington and work up j through Wyoming and Montana. The ! position pays $fiO a month and all ex I penses, including washing, etc., and j offers every opportunity for advanee j ment. Jack will make good and we S expect to see him in the very near fu | ture, advanced to a high position. The j job was offered several Loup City youths, before Jack was offered it. but they would not accept it, probably not liking the idea of getting so far away from their mammas. There are a few rich young men who are deserving of special commenda tion. At the reserve officers’ training camp in Illinois it was discovered that quite a number of young men with ! out means were in danger of having to return home for lack of funds to continue their course of instruction. Hearing of this, the young men of wealth in the camp quietly dug down. I handed a large sum to the mess of | fleer with strict injunctions of secrecy as to names, and as a result a number of brilliant young men of limited means will continue to serve their ! country- This action is quite in con trast to that of the long haired Wil | lies who tear around the country with 'American flags conspicuously display j ed on the front of their automobiles PARK OPENING JUNE 7. Park opening will be on Thursday, lJune 7. this year. Mr. Jenner has been 1 working all winter and spring in mak i ing improvements at the park and the j visitors at the park this spring are I all of the opinion that it is in better J condition than ever before. Pretty ! flowers and foliage are in abundance. The collection of curios has been ad ded to and many articles of great in terest are on exhibit for the edifica tion of the visitors. Many new animals and birds have been added to the col lection, or menagerie, at the park. Bigger and better even- year is evi dently Mr. Jenner’s motto in regard! to the park, and as a place for rest and recreation it cannot be excelled in any town the size of Loup City. On park opening day music will be j furnished by the Loup City band all j day. Dancing in the evening, and vari ' ous sports and contests will be con ducted during the day. All the sur rouding towns will be well represent ed here on park opening day and something will be doing all the time to entertain the crowd. OLD RESIDENT IS DEAD William Henry Hughes was born ir Scott County. Indiana. May 12, 1m He moved to Iowa at the age of eight years. There lie grew to manhood and was united in marriage to Alice E. Bowers. September 10. 1S71. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes moved to Clay county. Nebraska, in the fall of 1S72 where they homesteaded and continued to reside until April. 1902 when they mov ed to their farm at Wiggle Creek. Lat they