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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10
Our Erienda the Rlrda.

Another bird most friendly to man
Is the jolly, lively little house wren.
whose song bubbles and tumbles all
over itself In its haste to get out
He will appreciate a box for a home
also. but make The hole only an inch
wide. Ninety-eight per cent of the
wren's food is insects. The barn
swallow, most useful bird. can also
be persuaded to live near US II we
will encourage him little; sometimes
a small hole cut in the gable of the
barn Is all the invitation he needs.
In the lilac bushes in your yard you
may find nests Of the yellow warbler.
the cat bird and the brown thrasher,
that long cinnamon-brown bird with
the glorious voice, and in your naples
and elms the robins, orioles, and vi.
reos, the rose-breasted grosbeak and
the cedar birds may build, or perhaps
the wood thrush, our finest singer.
All Of these birds are invaluable,
even though some Of them may eat
few Of our cherries. They all pre-
fer wild fruit, II they can find 1t, and
1t is a good plan to plant some Of
our wild fruit trees near our cherry
orchards. The beautiful rose-breasted
gvosbeak Is one of the few birds that
will eat potato bugs in quantities.
The oriole eats the grub of the click
beetle, one of the most destructive
worms known.
In the fields you will hear the
sweet. loud whistle OF the meadow
lark. There are also the red.winged
blackbird and the gay bobolink. The
latter is destructive bird in the
rice fields Of the South, where 1t Is
called the reed bird, but here it lives
mostly on weed seeds, and Is benefi-
cial. The red-winged blackbird de.
stroys weevils, one of our worst in
sects. The stomach Of one meadow
lark contained thirty-seven grass
hoppers. This bird is, unfortunately,
sometimes shot as game bird, but
he Is too valuable to be spared. Out
in the wood lot we find the chickadee.
that friendly little gray and white
fellow, with black cap. In the
stomachs Of four chickadees were
found moths Of the cankerworm con.
tanning 1,026 eggs, from whicn It has
been estimated that during the TWEEN.
ty-five days In which these female
moths crawl up trees each chickadee
would destroy 13S.750 eggs.-Ellen
Drummond Farwell.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10
The Pear Orchard.

The Pear Orchard.
Among many of our western farm.
ers growing pears Is considered in
tha light Of speculation. Pear blight
Is the deadly enemy that has set at
naught the efforts Of our orchardists.
especially when they try to grow most
OF the old standard varieties. Re-
Gently. that Ia, within q few years,
new varieties have been brought Ior-
ward that are more or less blight.
proof. Some Of these are inferior in
quality. but may prove to be a valua.
BILE foundation for hybridizing with
the other varieties. Thus a pear Of
good quality that can resist the
blight may yet be produced. II q
man wants to grow pears, about the
only thing he can do Is to keep on
trying. His soil should be heavy,
quite rich, and the trees should have
good start. When he comes to the
question Of cultivation he will receive
a good many different kinds Of advice.
Here and there are men that declare
that trees will not blight II kept in
sod. They think this because they
have not travelled far enough to find
the orchards that have blighted to
death on sod LAND.
But what Is true Of sod land Is also
true Of cultivated land. 80 far as the
blight Is concerned. Evidence points
to the fact that cultivation and non.
cultivation have little effect on the
blight. The cultivation Of pear orch
ards is followed by some of the most
successful growers Of pears in the
East. Other things being the same.
the orchard that is cultivated has the
best chance to resist the attacks Of
blight, just as a well-fed person has
the best chance of escaping disease.
The poorly fed tree, and the tree that
has its nourishment stolen away from
1t by the roots of grasses, has not the
thrift to resist attack.
As to varieties, the man that at
tempts to grow new and untried ones
In large quantities Is very certain to
make failure, because among GER
tain number Of new varieties only an
occasional one proves to be as good
as the standard varieties. It has
been found that hardness and high
quality Of pears do not 60 together
This is true also Of other fruits. 1t
is fact that the pears Of medium
and poor quality are more often sue.
cessfully raised than are those Of high
quality. Thus Keiffer Is not very
excellent pear, but 1t is more success.
fully raised than any other.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10

Our news press together with job
Der is guaranteed to be here by Octo-
Der LIST, after which we will be in shape
to do all kinds of job printing.
The Republican Office is In the
Eccles Hall, Main street, above the U.
o. Don't forget where we are and
that you are cordially invited to call
in and see us at any time. This is to
be "the peoples paper" and we want
you to take a personal interest In it.
The following four or five issues of
The Republican will offer an excellent
opportunity for advertisers who desire
to reach the people. During this time
1000 copies will be issued and circu-
lated, and inasmuch as the paper is
new institution, somewhat Of nov
city, every one will be interested in it.
The getting out Of an edition this
week on such short notice after receipt
of type, ETC., has been a rush matter
and placed us under such difficulties
as to make 1t impossible to do justice
to ourselves in any way. When mat
ters shape themselves up properly we
we shall have no excuses to offer and
the assertions contained in the circular
recently got out by us will be fulfilled
to the letter.
In attempting to get out an edition
on such an early date after the receipt
of but part of our material, the Re-
publican bit off larger bite than it
could chew properly and as a result
the paper is of little value so far as
news is concerned-merely serving
the purpose mentioned elsewhere,
that of letting its friends know that
it is living proposition. Type was
not i'm the Office until Wednesday,
cases not laid until Friday, and work
commenced only on Saturday. mas
much as the entire work connected
with first issue-that of soliciting
and setting of all adds, the writing
and setting of all material for the
news columns, together with number
less other necessary things that con-
sumo time--had to be done between Sat
urday and Tuesday afternoon, with
Sunday Off, the imposibility of doing
Justice to this issue will present itself
to those familiar with newspaper
work. This issue is not paper by
which you may judge of future issues,
except as regards typographical APP
pearance. You will observe that it is
presented to you in a neat, clean,
readable shape, and thus will 1t ever
be.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10
Irrigation In Wisconsin.

For some years irrigation has been
carried on experimentally in Wiscon.
sin under the direction Of the state
university. Some of these expert.
ments have been conducted at Madi.
son and some at Stevens Point. Last
year the drouth in Wisconsin being
very severe, the results in favor of
irrigation were very marked. In the
potato fields alone the yield was 100
bushels Of potatoes In favor of those
irrigated. This difference does not
exist in most years. bit irrigation is
always an insurance against loss from
drouth.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10

Lee o. Devine, Logan boy appoint
ed to a cadetship in the navy year
or so ago, is circulating among old
friends here.
John Stoddard of Wellsville has
been committed to the State Insane
Asylum at Provo, and was taken to
that institution on Sunday.
DR.. Philips of Wellsville is back
again into the Republican ranks after
a short trial with our Democratic
brethren. It's too tough PROPOSE
ton even for physician to stand.
The A. G. opens on Tuesday the
10th, and the b. Y. on Thursday the
18th. Already students are beginning
to arrive and in a short time Logan
will present a more populated appear
ance.
On account of the Republican con-
vention to be held at Ogden Septem-
Der IL, the o. S. L. will sell round trip
tickets at one fare. Selling date
September 10, good returning to Sept
ember ID.
c. Amussen h ths latest patron
Of the automobile and can now be
seen quite frequently in splendid
looking vehicle of that description.
1t is one Of the latest machines, hav-
ing all the up-to-date frills.
Free delivery can only be obtained
by the numbering of your houses. If
you want it, see that your residence
has the proper number upon it i'm
mediately. If the matter is attended
to promptly, free delivery will probab-
ly be ours in about two months. This
is one of the steps onward and up
ward, so it is hardly consistent with
progression to not take the step.
The city schools opened Monday
morning and by this time pupils are
saying to themselves: $50 many weeks
until Thanksgiving, and then not long
until Christmas-two weeks holidays.
Then comes Washington's birthday,
few more weeks of school and then
we're out again" A school term
doesn't seem long when you know how
to figure properly.
In Logan at the present time there
are very few idlers. In fact there is
an absolute scarcity of men i'm many
lines of work. If you want something
done the chances are that the man
whom you ask to do it, will tell you he
hasn't time. But you can find men
all over the county that can tell you
how 1t should be done, and have the
time to tell it, too. Anywhere you go
you will find it vastly easier to get
man to tell you how a thing ought to
be done than to find man to do it.
Robert Murdoch, Jr. is having a fine
new sidebOard placed in his "Kandy
Kitchen" and other improvements
are being made that add to its already
pleasing appearance just at the pre-
sent Rob issuffering from the reopening
of wound caused by the explosion
of a soda tank sometime ago. When
the injury was first sewed up portions
his clothing were not properly re-
moved and on Sunday it became nee
essary to cut the stitches in the arm
and do what should have been done
originally. His arm is very sore and
he suffers considerable pain.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10

Minnesota farmers sell each year
about $16,OOO,0O0 of live stock, and
an equal value in milk and its prod.
ucts.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10

The Republican is Entered at the Post Office
at Logan. Utah. as Second-Class Matter.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10
Inside and Ovt

A box of our selected ChOcO-
lates and Creams Is attractive
inside and out. They are the
best careful hand work can
make. They have that touch
of excellence so desirable and
unusual. The price, 40 cents,
gives you the best creams you
ever tasted. ........
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10

ID. E. hurley, G. P. & II. A., Salt
Lake City, Utah. 80.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-09-10

Lee o. Devine, Logan boy appoint
ed to a cadetship in the navy year
or so ago, is circulating among old
friends here.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
LIBERTY,

Mrs johnson, Correspondent
Aptil %. Anna Booze has quit house
keeping for Mr. Cornell and his grand
daughter Lizzie Cornell is staying
with him. Anna is visiting with Mr.
Thorman's west of Piqua atpresent.
The masquerade at Lu Roush's was
well attended and there wasn't anyone
who knew anyone else until after the
masks were. taken Off. They had a
good time.
7 o Dennison and family of lola
visitedW Hillbrant's over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Johnson visited at
Curtis Cornells Sunday.
George Townsend and family visited
Ira Townsend Sunday.
Pearl and Susie Townsend are
taxing music lessons of Miss Bruce.
Mrs Kramer is papering and kalso-
mining this week, also several of our
neighbors are house cleaning at pres
ent.
Mrs Mollie Cornell leads in the
poultry business this year she has
about 80 chicks and II hens setting.
Mrs Alice Townsend who has been
sick is taking treatment of DR.. Bolton
of lola.
Mrs Jones will leave on an extend
ed visit at her home in Ohio as soon
as she is able to stand the journey.
Silas Malcom is on the sick list.
James Townsend of lola is at his
son Georges setting out young or.
chard.
Mr. Murphy John Sicka and Mr.
johnson were to Vernon Monday
where they obtained pasture for their
stock for this season.
Mr. Runer started west Monday
with three wagons a buggy and his
car he recently made on wheels. The
most singular thing about the outfit
being only three drivers and five teams
and rigs.
Will it ever rain or just blow, blow
until we are tired out and then turr
cold.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
GENEVA.
A. II. WOODRUFF. Corresnondent

A. IL. WOODRUFF, correspondent
April 2l-Our school closed la ST
Tuesday and an entertainment was
given Wednesday night and well at
tended. We have heard no complaints
and believe the Misses Knowlton have
given entire satisfaction.
Alec Linn buried an infant here Sun
day.
A brother of the Denneys' up from
Oklahoma visiting friends and rela-
tives reports crops looking fine in the
south and relatives we'll
The play given by the Royal Neigh
bors was well attended and we under
stand that organization has now quite
a sum of money to their credit as a
result of their work.
If our brother correspondent who
wishes to get rid of English sparrows
will try corn meal and that prepara-
tion of phosphorous known as phos-
phorous cheese he will no doubt get rid
of some of them. Keep out of the way
of chickens and other pets. This has
been successfully used in the East.
Died-April 18th at her home few
miles northwest Of this place Mrs.
Monroe Settlemeyer. Buried at this
cemetery Saturday April 10Th. The
deceased had lived around this place
for number of years and leaves a
husband and several children to
mourn her loss. Among others baby
only few days old. The acquaint-
ances extend to the friends and rela-
tives of the departed their sympathy.
A division was over the branch Sat-
urday bearing the division officers
and some other officials Of the road.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
GOLDEN VALLEY.
MRs. HATTIE GuLLErr, Correspond

Mrs. HATTIE GULLErT, Correspondent.
April 22.-Earl Gullett visited Sadie
Kohler and Clara Rebman Saturday
and they had a fine time gathering
flowers.
Mrs Rebman came down to her
fathers A c Kohler Saturday.
Mr. and and Mrs Kohler attended
meeting at the M. E. church Friday
and report splendid sermon.
A Wisteen and Miss Olgie Hanson
were the guests of Ye Scribe for din
ner Sunday.
Fred Kessler visited his home folks
Sunday. Cy and Rome his brothers
have just returned from Walnut, Kan
sas.
Mr. Wisteen and w Gullett called
on Walter Wood Sunday afternoon.
How fragrant the orchards are.
Plums, peaches and cherries in bloom.
Willard Lytle bought team of
mules of w Gullett and Wood. j
r. Stewart bought three head of w
Gullett. j w Gullett bought mule
and draft mare last week down by
Savonburg.
Mr. and Mrs Kelso have moved into
Rev. Hamilton's 5 vacated house. Mr.
Hamilton is at Walnut. We are glad
to see Mr. and Mrs Kelso here again
Mrs Nellie Edwards has sixty young
chickens.
Mrs Sadie Edwards and family
visited Mrs Ecker Saturday.
j w Gullett and Wood took twenty
head of mules to pasture on Johnathan
Davis pasture Saturday and yet they
have some left. Pasture is getting to
be a pointed question, who can an
swer it.
A number spent pleasant evening
at p Kohler's practicing singing for
the Hall choir
Mr. and Mrs Kohler visited John
Campbell and family Saturday.
Mr. Foley is having eighty acres
fenced with Page wire fencing. j 2
kohler is agent for the fence. Mr.
Farr will also have lot fenced soon
with the same wire,
The schools are closed and the boys
and girls are having big time and
how about their mothers.
Mrs John Brown, Mrs Orve Morri.
son, Miss Lizzie Montbuck Mrs w
Gullett and Earl Mrs Foster Funk
Mrs Ecker and Mrs a Williams went
to LaHarpe Friday.
We spent pleasant day with oul
| friend Mrs II BOeken.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
SILVER LEAF
Mrs wenzel, Correspondent

April 22-As | failed to send lin my
items last week | will now give brief
account Of Miss Vida Fetherengill's
last day of school at Silver :Leaf
which was last Thursday week ago.
A number of ladies came with we'll
filed baskets and a ;bountiful Idinner
served The lchildren did well with
their part of the 9program, Florence
and Mabel Anderson received first
prizes for being neither absent nor
tardy. A beautiful souvenir from the
teacher to each pupil ana she in re-
turn received from the school a mag
nihcent picture OF Longfellow and his
home in a frame of London smoke
Mrs Mccain is indisposed at this
writing.
Mr. and Mrs Walker were out from
lola Sunday and dined with Charlie
Eastwood's.
Mr. Gurley purchased a team of
work horses in Gas City last week.
Mr. McVey was over and got seed
corn from Mr. Wenzel.
Mr. Montgomery purchased wagon
and harness in Gas this week.
We will be grateful for a good
rain.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Fair Exchange
A New Back for an CID One
How 1t is Done i'm lola

The back aches at times with dull
indescribable feeling, making you
weary and restless; shooting pain
shoots across the region of the kid
neys, and again the loins are so lame
to stoop is agony. No use to rub or
apply plaster to the back in this
condition, You cannot reach the
cause. Exchange the bad back for a
new and stronger one; follow the ex-
ample of this lola citizen:
Mrs. Susan Il, Post, of $50 north
Washington street, says: "a dul
aching seated itself in my back and
steadily annoyed me for few weeks.
Naturally anxious to check the trouble
when noticed Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised to stop pain in the back
due to over excited or weakened kid
neys | went to @. b. Spencer g. Co. IS
drug store for box. Under the treat
ment the aching gradually decreased
until it finally ceased"
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N, Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's--and
take no substitute.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
Save the Loved Onesl

Mrs. Mary Al Vliet, Newcastle
Colo, writes; 81 believe Ballard s.
Horehound Syru is psuperior to an
other cough medicine, and will do all
that is claimed for it, and it is so
pleasant to take. My little girl wants
to take it when she has no need for
it." Ballard's 5 Horehound Syrup is
the great cure for all pulmonary all
ments. 25c. SOC and S1.OO at c. b.
SPENCER q Co.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
PRAIRIE DELL.
C. f. BARrH. Correspondent

April 2l-Elmer Barnett is plowing
for Mr.. Sarver.
The McClelland boys have their der
rick up and drilling will soon follow.
We understand that Frank Perry, a
son of John Perry and one of Prairie
Dell's old times will do; the drilling.
Laura Fankell is at home on an eX-
tended visit.
The Kansas City Journal man was
around taking subscriptions and SELL
ing rural mail boxes in connection.
1t seems that our mail wagon isn't far
away.
Ben Sheriff. is about the eisame, no
better or no worse.
Deer Creek, we heartily endorse
every word you say in regard to the
English Sparrow. They are nothing
but a pest, ia nuisance" never was
and never will be. We have not only
found them miscnievous in the garden
but if you will notice in the spring
they eat the young fruit buds with
relish. They are not an insect eating
bird but live on grains, fruits, etc.
They drive of our valuable birds and
are an enemy of the farmer every day
in the week and worst OF it is the
rapidity with which they multiply
One pair will raise from two to four
broods n season and from four to six
birds at brood. AS to the best way
to rid them it is hard to tell we
think every way the best way. They
are ready to adapt themselves to CIR
cumstances and will build anywhere,
strawsheds are very favorable FOR
them as they burrow back in the
straw to make their nests. Trees,
hedges, hollow trees, bird boxes etc.,
are all their haunts. We have tried
poisoning with corn meal and arsnic
but they were cunning and would not
eat it. Tear down their nests, shoot
them or just any way. You can get
good many by watching where they
roost then go after dark and put your
hand on them. Some states give a
bounty for their heads which we think
would be good inducement to the
small boy with his "niggershooter. "
But whatever is done must be united
effort on the part of everybody as
there are millions of them and few
can accomplish very little.
Chas w Smith candidate for sheriff
from LaHarpe was in our ward Mon
day lecturing.
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
WEST COTTAGE GROVE.
NORA STEWART. Correspondent.

April 2l--Grace Puckett is staying
with Mrs c A Stewart this week.
Dora Adams is very badly afflicted
with pink eye.
Ira Noyes and family visited their
daughter, Mrs John Helle Sunday.
Tom Adams and wife visited the
latter's parents Sunday.
Mrs Irene Lynch came home Sunday
so she would be with her parents in
case they took the smallpox. They
we're all quarantined last week.
AL Noyes was removed to lola last
week and wesare glad to report him
getting along nicely.
There are no more cases OF small
The Iola register., 1902-04-25
MORAN.
Mrs. fl. L. Bassett, Correspondent.

April 2l-Mrs Hodges has been
visiting relatives In La Grande.
Charles Richards of lola was in
town last Thursday.
Rev f w Mitchell attended presby-
terry at Parsons last week.
Mrs Mclaughlin went to lola last
Wednesday and again Thursday.
DIR L Drake and Rev Mr. Culbert-
son passed through Moran on their
way to and from presbytery.
AS the final monthly examination
will be held this Friday, Miss Keith
had her public exercises last Friday.
An interesting program was well rem
dered by her pupils and a goodly
number of guests were there to enjoy
it. Miss Keith is one of our best
teachers and her work commends
itself.
Last Friday Mrs Thomas and the
little folks under her care enjoyed
their annual picnic. The parents of
quite a number of the children were
there and every moment was filed
with pleasure. Those who have not
participated in these annual picnics
do not know how much they have
missed.
DR. Ewing of lola and Mr. Nash of
Allen Center were guests at DR. jewell S
last Tuesday week on their way to
presbytery.
Almira Bassett went to Gas last
Wednesday. The next day she went
to Allen Center the guest of Mrs
Crowell. She returned home Tues
day.
&C Smock has rented E d Rapp's
building south of DR. Jewell's and fit
ted it up for sample room,
Messrs Wilcox and Ridenour, State
Temperance Evangelists, are conduct
ing series of meetings at Mendell's $
Hall this week.
The NJ p church has been torn down
and will be rebuilt on the old site.
When completed it will be much en-
larged and improved and will face the
north. While these changes are be-
ing made their regular Sabbath SER
vices will be held in the middle room
of the Fisher building.
Last Tuesday evening J NJ Collins
entertained the Sth grade and if reports
are trustworthy they spenta delightful
evening. The time passed so happily
and swiftly that they nearly forgot to
go home. The next evening he invited
the seventh grade, and only Jake Ken
nedy, who has the typhoid fever, was
absent. Games contests, fun and re-
freshmeuts we're abundant, and it
would be hard to find happier set of
girls and boys than those who had
been the guests Of Mr. and Mrs Collins.
Mrs Richards and Bessie came over
from lola last Saturday ifor a short
visit with relatives.