W F MASON. President. L. HANSEN, Cashier. C. H. EYAN, Assistant Cashier. | WHY? | hy risk loss and misunderstanding by paying bills in currency-. t Why inconvenience yourself and in trying to make change— W hy Ik* old lashioned and behind the times in this regard? \\ hen the h irst National Bank of Loup City '•ill suppl. . .vith check books free of charge and do your bookkeeping for you? \K hy not come in and talk it over. first National Bank of Loup City, Neb. ■ ---- - —- - - - - — — -— - It. icmiliitiiinillMIlilMllllllllllillliinitllilllilllllllllllllllllillllltIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi: f New Goods Just Received I | All kinds of Brass and Steel Beds, priced | | from $3.00 ana up to $40.00 | 4B» “ | 1 Liggett & Platt Bed Springs: I $3.30 buys a bed spring that is guar- | anteed to last a life time. | | Mattresses: \ Priced from $3.30 to $20.00. Our | S|>ec lal is a good all cotton felt mat- j= | tress for $ 10.00. | I COME IN AND SEE THESE l | GOODS | I £. P. Daily Furniture Co. I | FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING I rr< Friday visiting with Miss Beth Sharp Plain sewing done by Mrs. T. M. Ward North of high school building. 35 4 Airs E J Pug ley and children went to Arcadia Friday to visit with rela rives. Vic Hum spent a couple of days in Grand Island ’this week taking in the sights. Alonzo Rentfrow arrived front Oma ha Alonday to visit with relatives and friends. Clarence Arnett went to Omaha on 1 Tuesday to attend the merchant's con vention. Mi§s Mable Young returned from Omaha Tuesday where she spent her vacation. Mrs. Anna Bechthold is building a cozy residence north of the Catholic parsonage. School teachers—A new* line ot bracelet watches, at the old prices.—H. ' M. Eisner. Mrs. Viva Gilbert went to Grand 1 Island last Thursday returning Fri day evening. The knitting class of the Red Cross will meet with Mrs. Bennett Friday at three p. m. Mr. Hunt returned from Omaha Sat urday evening where he spent several days on business. Floyd Janulewiez and Charles May went to Hastings Sunday to bring back an auto truck. For sale or rent:—My restaurant and rooming house is for sale or rent —Mrs. Minnie Jung. Mrs. Dwight Willis went to Grand Island to visit with her husband Fri day. returning Tuesday. Miss Grace Conger returned from Lincoln last Saturday, where she spent a three weeks' vacation Mrs. F. M. Henry returned from Omaha where she purchased fall and winter millinery. Monday. Miss Emma Rowe returned from Shelton Friday, where she spent sever al days visiting with friends. Edith Anderson came up from Grand Island last Friday to visit with her un cle, Wm. Dolling and family. Mrs. Reiman and daughter, Mrs. S. E. Thrasher, spent Monday visiting with relatives at Dannebrog. Miss Faye French returned from Omaha last Friday, where she spent twro weeks visiting with friends. Miss Bessie Roberts came over from Hazard Friday and visited over Sun day with Miss Effie Cunningham. Envelopes with the flag printed in the lower left hand corner—10 cents a dozen at the Northwestern office. Donald Zimmerman visited with rel ' atives here this week, returning to his! home at Arcadia Tuesday evening. For Rent:—About 150 acres for; wheat. Have plenty of seed. Come [ early if interested.—V. T. Wescott 34-tf Mrs. Mary Bitner returned to hei home at Hastings after a visit here with her son, C. U Bitner and family. Several good residence properties in Loup City for sale on the install ment plan. See R. H. Mathew. 25 tf _ Mrs. Joe Thompson went to Omaha Monday, to be with Mr. Thompson, who is very ill in one or the hospitals. Miss Hazel Sutton, of Ashton, visited v,rith relatives here this week and took in "The Melting Pot" Tuesday even ing. Daily sells for less. P. O. Reed for repairing. Try Chase’s first—it pays. Mrs. G. W. Fent returned to her home at Hastings la*t Thursday, after a three weeks’ visit here with reia tives. Tiie report that the Ford auto Las raised in price is mot true. Order a Ford now at the same old price.—A. C Ogle. Mrs. R N. Prichard returned from St. Joseph, Missouri, Monday where she purchased her fall and winter line of millinery. A. E. Chase and daughter. Miss Mu riel, and Miss Jane Sutton are attend ing the merchant’s convention at Oma ha this week. The Ford automoble has not raised in price. I am selling Fords e :erv da? at the sairm old rri'-'’ Gct yours now. A. C. Ogle. — Misses Emily and Ida Steen re turned Friday from Grand Island and other points .where they spent severa days with friends. The county superintendent v-as a busy man last Friday giving teachers' examinations. A large number of teachers were here. Mary and Clare Gleason have re turned to their home at Monroe. Neb raska, after spending two weeks visit ing with relatives here. Mr and Mrs. Seih Richmond re turned from their auio trip to eastern Nebraska and Missouri Saturday eve uing They report a fine trip. Miss Anna Leschii sky went to Sco lia Thursday where die will meet her friend Miss Mamie O'Conner and then go to Greeley to visit with friends. Mrs. Hansen and daughter. Dorothy, returned to their home at Hastings after visiting here w ith her daughter I Miss Mahle, and son. P. E. Hansen. The week old child of Mr. and Mrs i. \V. Dougal died last Wednesday and ,vas buried Thursday The family has lie sympathy of all in their bereave nent For Sale:—A good 10 h. p. Minneapo is threshing engine for sale. If taken t once will sell cheat* Also one second land Studebaker car for sale.—A. C. 3gle. Wm. Larsen and sons Wm. and "hamplain. went to Fort Riley. Kansas Monday to visit a few days with For •est.. They will mane a business trip ;o Omaha before returning. A number of ladies went down to \ustin in autos last Thursday and a lumber went down on the train to ittend a meeting of the Industrial so iety held in Couton’s grove that after join. Mrs. B. E. Borden and two grand children, of Chimney Rock and W. E. Wagner, of Bayard, Neb. came over from Litchfield with their brother.%cv. E. E. Wagner, and spent Friday with their sister. Mrs. Ward V>r Valin and family. j “Tailoring First” in Palm Beach Suits j — 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 nit, one who would enjoy mid summer comfort, should buy a “High Art AVe have all sizes and models including sport backs. Cast off that woolen suit and know what real hot-weather comfort is. Gus Lorentz Daily sells for less. Try Chase's first—it pays. Our glasses make satisfied custo mers. —H. M. Eisner, Optometrist. 1 can accommodate two school gills for this winter —Mrs Anna BeehthoAd j phone Biue 5d. __ Misses Rose Topoiski and Angelia Warminski returned to their home at Sehaupps Tuesday Miss Helen Fisher is visiting with her friend, Miss Eugenia Cat ton. vvlu resides near Austin. I will do sewing of all kinds at m> home. Call and see me or call Blue 59.—Mrs. Anna Bechthold. 36-S Ed Oltman was up from Ashton on Tuesday visiting with friends and a» tending to business matters. Mr and Mrs John Cvnova returned from Crosbyton. Texas. Tuesday where Biey have been since May. John work ing in a garage there. They expect to make their home in Loup City in the future. T D. Wilson returned from Ro Chester. Minnesota. Monday where he had accompanied a daughter to the hospital. The daughter resides at Mor rill. Nebraska, going to Rochester from there. Tuesday and Wednesday were busy days with the draft board, forty men being examined by the board each day Full proceedings will be published in next week's Nortwestern. being eriwd ed out this week. Four of our soldier boys were up front Grand Island Sunday. The boys are getting to he real soldiers—their soldiery bearing and walk being quite noticeable. 'The boys expect to leave for Fort Denting, New Mexico, this week. __ I The Chautauqua closes today. It has been well attended, and the program has gi^er universal satisfaction. “The Melting Pot“ made a big hit. The Ha waiians close the program tonight. Arrangements have been made for a Chautauqua next year. Fred Amick has gone to Moberly, Missouri, to visit with his brother. Frank, who is a second lieutenant in the army. He will also visit with rel atives at Nevada, Mo., and on the way iome will stop off at Omaha for a visit with his brother Jack, who has a good position in Omaha. Advertising is the modern method of communication between the business man and the consumer Shrewd busi ness men who have desirable proposi tions to offer know this and advertise If you want to know what these de sirable propositions are read the ads in this paper each week. They tell the story and name of the merchant. A. L. Bailee, of Clakamas, Oregon is here visiting with Ills son and other relatives and old time friends. Mr. pnri Mrs. Bailee moved to Oregon from here five years ago. and are well pleas ed with their home in the far west. They are old settlers here, locating in this country in 1873. Mr. Bailee is enoying the best of health and is get ting the most out of life. The ladies of Sherman county be longing to the Red Cross will spend two afternoons each week after Sep tember 1. doing sewing and knitting for the soldiers at the front. The meet ings will be held on Thursday and Friday afternoons in the basement of the Loup City Township library. All ladies are invited to attend and assist in the work whether members of tht Red Cross or not. Jas. Bentine living northwest of Chappell was in town the first of the week and stated that, a portion of his grain this year was threshing out at about thirty-four and one-half bushels per acre. The rain had stopped the threshing for a short time the first part of the week and when he was in town the threshing had not been completed. He estimated that a part of his grain would be considerable lighter in yield though he has nearly a hundred acres of grain that will turn out at about the above mentioned yield.—Chappell Register. H. E. Willis and F. B. Hartman auted up to Arcadia last Saturday and butted right into one of the finest dinners that the aforesaid editors have encountered for many a day. The trip was made to see General Steele of the *N'ational Guard reserves, who was in Arcadia on that day, and Mrs. MellGordon had prepared a fine spread for the general, so the two lean and hungry editors bad the nonor of din ing with a distinguished man. which fact didn't prevent them from doing full justice to the spread in the least On the following Monday the North western editor accompanied Cou.ity Superintendent Currier to Litchfield early in the morning. We were sup posed to be back in a couple of hours, but didn't get back until night This time we were entertained by Jack Rightenour and had another fine din ner served by Mrs. Rightenour. The Northwestern editor certainly knows where to go for fine feeds now. and when out of town will probably be found, either at Arcadia or Litch field —i——■u j Our Policy of Service As becomes our policy of service to the farmer of this community, this bank is ready to assume its part in the harvest operations now in progress. If there are any money matters we can attend to for you call or phone us and we will be glad to serve you. I LOUP CITY STATE BANK j LOUP CITY. NEBRASKA E O. S. MASON Implements, Hardware, Farm Seeds, Machine Oils. Windmills, Pumps, Pipes Plumbing and Heating a Specialty 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 $14.00 to $16.00 per ton, prairie hay $8.00 to $12.00. 1 would advise cutting your corn fodder and save your hay. Having bought several I leering corn binders early, can save you $10.00 to $1.1.00 by placing your order now. It is the only binder made that will cut and hind all size,- of I corn. Can see samples at my store. Can furnish you with two and four rolls shredders that will shuck and shred your corn that a six and eight horse power gas engine will run. 0. 5. MASON LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA i... . Electrified Homes Electricity is now fast superceding old methods in many departments of the home. The modern home—the COMFORTABLE home—now has Electric Heaters Electric Irons Electric Lights and many other labor saving and cost saving appliances. It is the ideal force—no danger, no annoyance, no failure. You are losing half the enjoyment of life if your home is not electrieified. Let us wire your house for lights. « We handle the Almo Lighting systems for farm homes. Call and let us explain them to you. LOUP CITY LIGHT AND POWER CO. 3 - MAGNIFICENT STEAMERS - 3 ! The Great Ship "SEEANDBEE”—"CITY OF ERIE”-"CITY OF BUFFALO” ? CLEVELAND — Daily, May 1st to Nov. 15th—BUFFALO Leave Cleveland - 8:00 P. M. / Central i Leave Buffalo - 8:00 P. M. § Arrive Buffalo - 6:30 A. M. \ Standard Time ) Arrive Cleveland 6:30 A. M. Connection* at Buffalo for Niagara Fall* and all Eastern and Canadian points. Railroad ticket* reading between Cleveland and Buffalo are good for transportation on our steamers. Ask your ticket agent for tickets via C. A B. Line. New Tourbt Automobile Rate — $o.00 Round Trip, with 2 day* return limit, for cars not exceeding 127 in. wheelbase. ^ Beautifully colored sectional puzzle chart of The Great Ship “Seeandbee ' sent on receipt of five cents. Also ask for oar 34-page pictorial and descriptive booklet free. The Cleveland A Rnffaln l\ I Transit Company T ^1 tlcvelanv! OMr Tk» KtmI Skl,‘-tlEKAM»IIEE‘* — the largest and ■«! mtlj pa«eager Steamer on Inland water* aft he war Id. Sleeping capacity, 1600 paaneagen. FARE ?