W. F MASON, President. L. HANSEN, Cashier. C H RYAN, Assistant Cashier. Economy, The New Profession PRESENT world conditions • • rasing us to think U'ly along thi> lint*. Thi> nation is notoriously ex • .v.m.i*;* It i> -.-ii«l that the average American wastes mli P k. p tin* average Frenchman. French habits ‘ *'.r ft o' ’ii" matehle-s oportunities offered by Amer ica could accomplish wonders. F v. -■ pc came and establish a new standard of f**r > ’li - |f. Tat‘11 you will wear a broad smile \t»u watch y.uir hank account grow. First National Bank l your tractor costs money JUt if is moner that will return a big yield if you safeguard y ur inrestment. You can lengthen the life and increase the cadency of your tractor by using STANOLIND GAS ENGINE TRACTOR OIL For the lubrication of cylinders and external gearings. • her running tractor, more power at the draw-bar, and le-s time out for repairs. Best for the tractor because it‘s made for the tractor. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Nebraska) Omaha Good Lumber == al - ■ ■ Loicest Prices KEYSTONE LUMBER CO. Ya a: I.; ; City. Ashton. Kockville. Schaupps and Arcadia New Goods Just Received All kinds of Brass and Steel Beds, priced from $3.00 and up to $40.00 Liggett & Platt Bed Springs: $3.30 buys a bed spring that is guar anteed to last a life time. Mattresses: Priced from $3.30 to $20.00. Our Special is a good all cotton felt mat tress for $ 10.00. COME IN AND SEE THESE GOODS fe. P. Daily Furniture Co. FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING Daily sells for less. Try Chase's first—it pays. All kinds of hardware at Bartunek's. Cecil Hancock was a Rockville cal ler, Monday. Flag envelopes at 10 cents per dozen at The Northwestern office. J. G. Pageler was a business passen ger to Ashton. Tuesday morning. Mrs. Kate Stelmock was an Ashton caller. Monday, returning in the even ing. Sheriff L. A. Williams was a busi ness passenger to Rockville last Sat urday. School teachers—A new line ot bracelet watches, at the old prices.—H M. Eisner. The Misses Emma Anderson and Eva Ericson visited one day last week with Miss Judeth Johnson. Now have on sale the Wetter steel range cook stove. Come in and see them—James Bartunek. Miss Cecelia Krakowski went to Rockville last Saturday to spend a few days visiting with friends. Fred Rein and family autoed up from Ashton, Sunday, and spent the day visiting with relatives anti friends. The big tractor show at Fremont has drawn a great many from this part of the country down there this week. Mr. and Mrs. Detlef Peterson left Wednesday morning for Kansas City where Mrs. Peterson will take medical treatments. Mrs. R. E. Dale arrived in our city. Monday evening from Nehawka. Neb., to visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs W. T. Chase. Mrs. John Stanczyk was an east bound passenger to Omaha last Satur day morning to visit a while with her two daughters. -. Mrs. Bullock returned to her home at Rockville last Saturday morning, after spending several days in our city at the John Fisher home. Mrs. Elmer Chaffee and daughter re turned to their home at St. Paul last Friday after a few days' visit with her mother. Mrs. Hansel. Miss Mildred Ling was an eastbound passenger to Aurora. Wednesday] morning to spend a week or ten days visiting with relatives. Miss Neva Moore returned here on Wednesday from Chicago and othei Illinois points where she has been for some time visiting with relatives. James Gilbert came up from Lincoln Monday evening to visit a few days with his mother and many friends. He returned again Wednesday morning. For Sale:—A good 16 h. p. Minneapo lis threshing engine for sale. If taken a once will sell cheap. Also one second band Stndebaker car for sale.—A. C. Ogle. A large number of people from Ans ley, Broken Bow and other places spent Sunday at Jenner's Park About fifty autos were required to carry the pic nickers. Harry Gardner came home last Sat urday morning from Doris Lake, where he has been working, to spend Sunday with his family, returning on Monday evening. For sale or 'rent:—My restaurant and rooming house is for sale or rent as I believe I would like to take a rest after seventeen years in the business —Mrs. Minnie Jung. Mr and Mrs. Wm. Huss and children returned to their home in Lincoln on last Saturday morning after spending a few days here visiitng with the lat ter’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. O Dubry. Wm Brandt was badly burned about the face and arms on Monday morning when a gasoline stove exploded at his home. Mrs. Brandt also suffered severe burns on her hands while attempting to put out the fire. C. F. Beushausen was an eastbound passenger to Omaha last Friday tc see his little daughter who is in the hospital at that place. He reports her as not being so well. He returned home Monday evening. Mrs. A. E. Zartman and children who have been here visiting at the J. X. Ling home several days, went to Aurora Wednesday morning to vsit a while with relatives before returning to their home in Pittsburg. Pa. C. M. Coltrane left for Hot Springs, South Dakota, Tuesday, where he will remain for about three weeks and rest up and take treatments in the hopes of benefitting his health. Clarence has worked hard for some time and no doubt the rest will be of great benefit to him. “The L’nweleome Mother” is a new photoplay with an interesting problem behind it. Should a man sacrifice his wife's love or his children's? Wm. Fox presents Walter Law and an all star cast of Fox players in this remarkable | drama that every woman should see. Opera house, Saturday. | Daily sells for less. — P. O. Reed for repairing. Try Chase’s first—it pays. Harry Hinman was a Rockville busi ness caller. Wednesday R. F. Campbell was an easibound passenger to Omaha last Friday. Miss Beth Shaip went to Rockville] ia^t Satuiday to spend the week with] friends. -—. A. Sutton came over from Ord. Mon day to visit with the Waite and Chase families. Carl Dieterichs went to David City Monday morning, where he will work for a while. J. W. Conger went to St. Paul. Mon day to have his arm dressed, returning in the evening. Several good residence properties in Loup City for sale on the install ment plan. See R. H. Mathew. 25 tf W T. Draper returned to his worli at David City last Saturday morning aftei spending a week with home folks. i Envelopes with the flag printed in the lower left hand corner—10 cents a dozen at the Northwestern office. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Weedin and child, came up Saturday from Aurora and spent Sunday visiting at the .1 X. Line home. -- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Critel returned home. Monday evening from Rochester where Mrs. Critel wa- taking medical treatments. Miss Winnifred Ga^teyer left Tuts ' day noon for Excels! >r Springs. Mo., j where she will remain for some time! on a sick case. Miss Emam Ro\y returned home last Saturday from Austin, where -he had been the past week visiting with Mrs. Lula Burke. Col. E. A. Keeler. Leo John and F. B Hartman were business visitors at Ashton. Tuesday, and incidentally tak I ing in the land sale. __ Mr. and Mrs. E. H Robinson and I Mr. and >ffs Hennis nd daughter of Hazard, were in our i ity last Frida> visiting with friends. Mrs. L. M. Williams returned home last Friday with her mother, Mrs. F F. Foster, who has been in the hospital in Omaha for some time. Mrs. Edith Blizzard and children re turned to their home In Giltner last Friday morning after a short visit here at the Newcomer home. The Presbyterian Sunday school had1 a picnic at the river last Friday after noon and evening. A large number a* tended and everybody had a good time. | Mrs. James Johansen and son re turned home Tuesday evening from 1 Galesburg. 111., where thev have been * " I the pas: three weeks visiting with I relatives. _ I Mrs. E. Falkers and two sons who j had been here visiting with their daughter and sister. Mrs. H. R Snider, returned to their home in Gohenburg, last Thursday morning. —-- — “Tailoring First” in I n The genuine Palm Beach Cloth has merit—that is an established fact—but the first essential to satisfaction in clothes made of this fea ther weight mid-summer cloth, is tailoring. There is hardly anything cooler than a Palm Beach suit, one who would enjoy mid summer comfort, should buy a “High Art Palm Beach” A\ e have all sizes and models including sport backs. Cast off that woolen suit and know what real hot-weather comfort is. Gus Lorentz --—: --t Daily sells for less. Try Chase’s first—it pays. Ten per cent off on fly-nets at Bar runek's. _ \ Our glasses make satisfied custo mers—H M. Eisner, Optometrist Rev and Mrs Smithberg spent Sun-' day with Alfred Anderson ana family V. E. Johns was a business passen yer to Grand Island, Monday morning Jas Depew and Fritz Leschinskv ar* in Norfolk this week attending to busi ness affairs. Roscoe Owens was a Grand Island passenger last Thursday, returning in the evening. Nelson Smith of St. Paul, passed through our city. Monday evening en route to Sargent. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Coltrane and baby visited at- the J. K. Ward home at Arcadia la-=t Friday evening. Miss Grace Conger left Wednesday morning for Lincoln, where she will visit a week nr so with relatives. Miss Grace Daddow was an east bound passenger to Aurora last Sat urday morning to spend a few days. Arthur Hunt has joined his company at Lincoln. Arthur belongs to the hos pilal unit of the "dandy” sixth regi ment. Miss Dorothy Hansen came up from Hasting-. .Monday evening to visit with her brother and sister. P. K. and Mable Hansen. Mrs. Eric Johnson and daughter re turned to their home at Rockville last Friday, after spending the day in out city with friends. Miss Emma Fowler left Wednesday morning for Aurora. Lincoln and Oma ha. where slit will visit a couple of weeks with relatives. Mrs. P. T Rowe and son. Ronald were eastbound passengers to Linco’n Tuesday morning to spend several day visiting with relatives. The Misses Ida and Hilda Steen re turned home last Saturday evening from Boelus. where they visited seve ral days with friends. Miss Dora Ohlsen was a westbound passenger to Arcadia, Tuesday even ing to visit a while with her sister. Airs. Jas Marvel, and famly. AA D. Garner was over from Gib bon, Sunday. Mr. Garner is working in a garage at Gibbon and has been there since the first week of July. Miss Lucille DeCamp came up fron. her home in Lincoln last Friday even ing to visit with her sister. Mrs. S. A. Allen, and family for a while. Mrs. McCartney and Mrs. Stewart Ware and daughter returned to their home at St. Paul last Saturday after visiting a few days at the John Fishes home. Mrs. A. E. Reed and children went to Dannebrog last Saturday to visit several days with the C. R. Conger family. They returned home AA'edne day noon. Seth Richmond and wife left Sunday in their car for the eastern part of the state and northern Missouri points, expecting to be gone about two weeks on the trip. The public land sale at Ashton, Tues day was attended by a number of buy ers, though but one farm of the three offered for sale was disposed of. Thos. Jamrog bought 160 acres, paying $38 an acre for it. -- Wra. Doner and family. C. P. Me-1 Laughlin and wife and Mr. and Mrs. j Orin Goodell autoed to Aurora last Sat-; urday evening and spent Sunday visit ing with relatives. They returned home Sunday evening. Miss Lucille Bartunek returned home last Saturday evening from St. Paul, where she had been visiting with rela tives and friends. She as accompanied by Miss Minnie Suntych .who visited until Tuesday in our city. Mrs. W. J. Fisher and son. Fred, went to Grand Island last Saturday to meet their daughter and sister. Miss Blanche, who returned from Illinois, where she has been the past few weeks visiting with relatives. Mrs. Ida Ogle and daughter returned to their home at Austin last Friday af ter spending the day visiting at the A. C. Ogle home and doing some shopping. Miss Bessie Ogle accom panied them home for a short visit. J. B. O'Bryan was taken ill very sud denly Sunday morning at nine o'clock and for several days was in a very iserious condition. We are glad to state that Mr. O'Bryan is Improving and hopt to see him on the streets again soon. His trouble is hemorrhage of the bra;n C. C. Cocptr has opened up a gene ral flour and feed store in the Ohlsen building south of the court house square. Mr. Cooper is handling Hear ney and Boelus flour and feed and has a complete stock on hand. He will be glad to supply your wants in that line. Give him a call. Solve The Problem lb w to carry money safely when traveling is no longer a problem to our customers. They purchase American Bankers Association Travelers checks. They solve the problem because they are as practical as cash when mak ing purchases. But better than cash as regards safety for they must he countersigned by the owner before convert ible. Travel with American Bankers Association Trave lers checks. LOUP CITY STATE BANK LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA O. S. MASON mplements, Hardware. Farm Seeds, Machine Oils, Windmills, Pumps, Pip*>s Plumbing and Heating a Specialty ——-j CORN MACHINERY The Agricultural College of Nebraska shows corn fod der cut and cured at right time carried 012 per cent fat or as much nutrient as prairie hay, sorghum or millet, almost as much feed value as alfalfa hay. You can sell .your alfalfa hay from $14.