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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
euRAl DELIVERY A BENEFIT.
No Fear rhnt the CITY Daily WIN Snip
pIhnt The Country Paper.


plant the Country Paper.
Some of our good friends OF the
Eastern Michigan Press Club are wax.
ing pcsSInistic, says the Detroit Free
Press, about the consequences of rural
free delivery. They fear that the city
daily viii grow in circulation at the
expense of its rural rival and that
eventually the country editors lot will
b. rs unhappy us that OF the policeman
in Mr.. Gilbert's ballad
Within our day aud generation many
Innovations were to ruin the country
editor ana yet be increases in wealth
and power. We can remember when.
FOR the most part. he lived prccarlous-
~. and sollcd his only pair of trousers
IN making his own rollcr1.
To-day he Is likely to be one OF the
most prosperous persons in his com
munity. His trousers are creased, and
he Is not obliged to patronize one Of
! the places where they crease them
while you wait either. His children
! are sent to the university. the daugh'
/ ters have Il piano aud stylish gowns
and the family is not expected to keep
! fat Ivy taking the cod liver oil received
| IN exchange for advertising
! In fact there are not few metro
| noltnn newspaper men who envy the
! rrral editor his independence. his free.
dom from the more merccnary cares,
and his general happiness and good
! fortune.
And we suspect that he will continue
| 10 harvest his share of the good things.
The rural free delivery may enable the
metropolitan daily newspaper to In
wade his field. but It cannot compete
with him in recording the more per
sonnl affairs of the locality. and less
and less will It attempt to do so.
The great daily cannot he q local
newspancr for every community In
which It clrculates. II can only keep
the public Informed MS to the greater
affairs Of the world in general. Every
community must derend on its local
paper for reports of those more inti-
mate events which II always reads
with the greatest eagnrness.
As the population increases there
will be more of this local news 10 print
Hnu " corresponding ih'l'"Se !" '"c Wv
mand for the paper. This circulation
will bring more advertising, and the ru-
raj editor Is likely TO find thar he has
lost nothing in pocket or In prestige
by the competition of the city daily.
We cannot compete with II In report.
ing the great events of the world. the
more important history Of the nations
from day 10 day: but the demand for
what simple. pastoral people calls
nome news" is not likely to pass
, away. he there n hundred rural routes
where there Is now one.
The rural editor must adjust himself
to altered conditions. but once adjust.
ed his status Is likely to prove secure
Besides, society cannot spare him
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

The Literary Digest reports two new
wonders that can be accomplished by
electricity. 1t appears that a Munich
engineer has discovered that If cur.
rent of electricity is sent through the
ground 1t will drive out all the worms
and insects that are hiding IN the
earth. If the current is strong 1t will
kill them. The discovery was made
by accident. The engineer, Hugo Hell
berger. was allowing the electric cur
rent to run into the ground, when he
noticed scores of worms coming hurry
scurry out of the earth, as If they were
being chased. On looking more closely
at the ground he noticed that hundreds
of smaller worms and insects were run
ming for their lives away from the
deadly current The other discovery
was made also by German, an cleo
trlcian Of DarmStadt. Impossible as
it may seem, he has succeeded in trans
forming air into fertilizing material
BY means of Il large electric sparkling
machine" he mixes the nitrogen from
the air with substance made Of lime
and carbon, SO it Is now possible to
send an electric current through the
soil and free the roots of plants from
the worms, snails, beetles and other
insects that are injurious to the plants
1t is also possible TO feed plants, veg
etables, grain, etc, with food that is
obtained from the air. Both these
miracles are accomplished by the same
power that causes the lightning. which
has always been the farmers terror
The electric current, which used to be
known to the farmer only az an enc.
my, may now he used to free his land
from insect pests and 10 enrich the soil.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

We have called attention several
times recently to the good work done
in Louisiana in the matter of better
roads. especially in Ouachita and Nat
chitochcs parishes. a better feeling
has been aroused throughout the State,
and we may look for continued inn
proyement from year TO year; that Is,
the more miles of good roads construct
ed the more clearly their value will be
seen.
The chief difficulty in the South in
building roads is the expense. The
Southern counties have not the money
to spend on expensive rOads, MOVIE 5er
much they may be desired, as ley
have so many other heavy burdens on
their hands in the maintenance of the
schools. levees, etc. If they are to do
much in the way of road building IT
must be done cheaply.
South Carolina has been experiment.
ing in this matter, and we learn from
the Charleston News and Courier that
it Is doing splendid work in building
good roads mt small cost. Some of the
facts aud figures given by the South
Carolina paper are most encouraging,
showing that good roads can he con-
structed ut cost far below what we
have believed possible. Thus, in New.
berry County n road eight miles long
was constructed at n cost Of only $3.50,
the chain gang being used. 1t is
claimed that this road Is the cheapest
ever constructed in the United States,
and this claim will not be disputed.
The Newberry road has been graye!led
from six to twelve inches thick. In
Sumter County, where there is no
gravel, good clay and sand roads are
being constructed Mt cost Of $500 a
mile. including the material and all
other expenses except the maintenance
of the cOnvicts employed.
If we can do In Louisiana any where
near as well ms South Carolina is do.
ing in this matter, there Is no reason
why any portion of Louisiana should
be without good highways Or
leans Times Democrat.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

We are at the dawn of day OF
prosperity such as has never been
measured out to this land. Looking
ahead is always more rational than
looking backward, and for farmer ii
is just now more attractive. We are
in a very good position for more COM
handing progress. We have the
worlds market, we have the transpor-
tation, and we are developing the wit
to solve new problems. We shall in
troduce on the farm more economic
habits as we'll as more enterprise and
skill; we shall concentrate sufficient
labor of an educated sort TO keep pro-
duction equal TO the enormously in
creasing demand. The one greatest
lesson Is TO make our brands unim-
peachable and our word as good rs
our bond. \ wise citizen OF the great
est republic that the world has seen
has said truly: The word Yankee
must cease to mean sharpness and
stand for unblemished honor. Tact,
honor and industry are the trinity Of
human thrift. American agriculture
will not be able to dispense with any
one of the three"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

The reasons which make it impossl.
bic for the locomotive 10 compe,e sue.
cessiully with the trolley in one or an
other form IN iu,ramural trathc and n
suburban service will gradually narrow
the sphere of its usefulness, and it re-
qures 10 great stretch of the ina gina
ton to predict that it will ultimately
disappear altoge ,ner, prophcsizes the
New York Times. This will be grad.
ual. 10 doubt, but it seems to be in
evitable. Its last useful function will
be in drawing trains over long sire ches
of country furnishing little traffic but
separating popuious and important
sections. The locomotive has per-
formed service of incalculable value
in the world for something over II cen
fury, and may last well into its second
century of life, but with all its modern
reiinements it is at best crude and
wasteful device, and neither crudity
nor wastefulness has permanent
place in the economics of modern in.
dustrial organization.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

General Brisbin has a chapter on ia
nous trees of the world which Is full
OF curious information. The African
bubbab is known to reach the age OF
5000 years. At Chapultepec, Mexico.
is Il large cypress under which Cortes
and his troops rested. In the garden
OF Semiramls, at Babylon, is willow
supposed to have been there when the
Queen was alive. The Neustadt linden
was 500 years old when it was wrecked
in 1882. England has oaks 5000 years
old. \ walnut tree in Balaklava. 12OV
years old, Is owned by i've families,
who gather from 1t annually about
100 600 nuts. The Wadswortb oak ~
{ eneseo, n. Y, is 800 years old and
twenty.seven feet In circumference at
the base,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

Cotton export sales continue record
breakers. For the first nine months Of
1908 they ran $lII,OJO,OO0. against
$lGJ, 0OO,OOO for the corresponding
niue months OF 1902. and only SIR
100000 for 1873. The high price for
this year is shown by the fact that the
SIT 100000 came back TO the country
from the expectation of 1,SlO,0OJOOJ
pounds of cotton. whereas in 1873 we
had to send away over 20OO,0OO,OOO
pounds to bring US back the $l22 $780,
OUJ,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
The First Hunting Dog,

1t Is, by the way, II curious thing
that the setter should not have been
used with the gun till long after the
pointers utility in this way was rec
ogniZed. The sportsman of Edward
Ills time who sought pheasants and
cartridges in nets depended for assist
ance in finding his game ON II dog of
some sort which was taught TO sit
or set but not until the middle of
the eighteenth century or Whereabouts
was the setter much used with the
gun. The pointer, on the other hand,
was imported from Spain somewhere
about the beginning of the eighteenth
century, at the time when progressive
gunners We're beginning To realize that
they could shoot birds dying; and the
Spanish pointer, or doublenosed point.
er as he Is called by old writers, be-
came the gun dog at once. Colonel
Thomas Thornton, Of Thornton Royal,
who devoted his life to field sports,
was the man who rcmodeled the an.
cestor of the modern pointer. He con
sidered the dog of his day too slow,
and by crossing the Spanish pointer
with the foXhound. obtained greater
speed and stamina, but at some loss of
nose and docility
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
Sleep and Dreams.

In recent report to the French
Academy Of Sciences on his expert
mental researches on dreams. n. Vas
chide remarked that there is rela.
ton between the sleep and the nature
of the sleeper's dreams. In light sleep
the dreams are BASED upon events oc.
curing Immediately before the act
OF falling asleep. but In profound
sleep dreams have no reference to re.
cent occurrences.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
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a National Mcnsur. Needed.
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a National Mcnsur. Needed.
At the recent session of the National
Grange Mr.. W. pierpont White, of
Utica, \. y, connected with the good
roads movement, spoke rs follows up.
Oh the subject:
'ln the past ten years the nation has
expended the sum of StTG OOOOuO for
river and harbor improvements. what
has the nation done In the past ten
years TO aid the farmer In getting his
produce TO the shipping centres? Moth.
Ing. Is there any reason why the ma.
ton should not aid the farmer IN cheap.
ening road transportation TO the con.
sumner? No.
"Why has not the farmer hNd this
aid before? Gecause he has not iutelli.
gently asked for II through reprcsen.
tativr body such Ms the National
Grange.
"Ccutlomcn. the Federal Government
Is sncndlng SlioOnO, 900 II year In pen
sionS, as 1t ought, TO those who defend
ed tho nation. II is spending millions
OF collars year In great public i'm.
provcmcnts. such rs posiotlicrs and
court houses, all of which money Is
sNont in cities and not IN the country.
Tho ration, Ivy protective tariff. has
huilt I'M Il manufacturing interest IN
this country that has created wealth
drawn farm labor away from The
farms to the cities: and II Is time that
the National Grange should intelligent.
" sunrOrt n national measure asking
for national aid In the interest of
cheancuirg tran snortatlon from the
farm to the shining centres, Just MS
II honors and aids the veteran. and the
steamship simmer. You gentlemen
here are representatives OF the most
importAnt interests IN the nation: your
occunation lios Mt the foundation Of
the success of this great republic. In
the industry of agriculture are engaged
~ OOn 600 of pponle of the United
States. and Won provide food for the
entire so 600, 600, and have surplus
product 10 send to foreign nations OF
exports which range In value from
500 10000 to 81. 100 100000 annual
ly. and with these interests Mt the
very Foundation of the nation Is II not
proper that you should intelligently
advocate the cheapening OF transporta.
ton of your farm roads with national
aid?
az ask your mid in behalf OF the
Brownlow bill. introduced in Congress
last year and defeated: 10 be intro
duced again this year and we hope
| passed. ms 1t IL drafted on lines OF
sound policy based on the best expert
| ence OF States which have granted
State aid. The $4,000 600 sought to
he appropriated by this bill will cal
for an appropriation of S20,O0OnO(
more on account of the States and the
counties using the money, making O
total expenditure Of s4O.O000OO. capa'
BILE Of building 5000 miles Of '.ghway
In the nation. This country has not
yet developed Mr.. McAdam or Mr.
Telford. Road building Is an art &C
qulred by experience only. and toe
much money easily possessed by an
earnest. energetic. honest but inexpe'
rlenced road builder, will not bring
you the best results"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
THE FOOD OF LOVE.

", nat little things are those
That hold our happinessi
a smile, a g,ance, rose
Dropped from her hair or dress
A word, look, touch
These are SO much, so much.
An air we cans forget,
A sunsets gold that CLEANS,
A spray of mignonette,
Will fiji the soul with dreams
bfore than all history says,
Or romance of Old days.
For Of the human heart,
Not brains. is memory;
These things it make part
OF it's own entity;
The JOYS, the pains whereof
Are tn very food of love.
-Sa4Arday Evening Post.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
ular morning. however. she rang the

ular morning, however, she rang the
bell for breakfast to be cleared while
the hundred and thirty soverelcns We're
still lying gllstening in the sun upon
the table.
Daniel answered the summons as
usual and began to clear away. As
he did so his eye fell on the money
and he gave little. quick. sharp
gasp. Mrs. Trapaud heard It and
turned to look at him.
"Yes," she said. tits n lot Of money,
isn't It, Daniel? One hundred and thir.
ty pounds. The bay mare and her foal
fetched It,"
Daniel murmured some reply. and
went on removing the breakfast
things. Mrs. Trapaud rose. folded her
napkin leisurely, and gathering up the
gold pieces. crossed to the fireplace
mantelplece. Then she walked into
the conservatory that opened out of
the room TO see how her pointscttia
was coming on. Suddenly her pulses
stopped aud her heart stood still to
listen. She heard voice distinctly
speaking in weird. mad whisper
from the breakfast room behind.
make man rich for life" II said,
and repeated the phrase like litany.
She turned.
Daniel was standing near the mantel.
piece. his face white MS death. great
drops of sweat standing ont upon his
brow. His fingers twltched nervous
ly. his eyeballs We're painfully distpnd.
ed. Covetousncss avarice. greed, were
looked horrible. Instinctivcly Mrs. Ira
paud shrank back among the greenery
to watch.
"Make n man rich for lfc" re'tcrnt.
ed Daniel with curious sihilAnt
sound. snake n man rich for life
rich for lifew With one swift look in
the direction Of the conservatory he
put out his hand. and with stealthy
touch noiselcssly took the gold. You
| could have heard min drop. Mrs.
Trapaud stepped quickly forward.
"Daniel. what ere you doing? Put
that money down"
She spoke sharply-perempto
Daniel turned An ugly look came over
| his face: he was dangerous.
"Put It down this minute" she snid
snake n man rich for life" he nut.
| tered. backing to the door.
"Daniel. are you mad? Put 1t down
ut once I say"
| She had re.entcred the room now and
! her hand was on the bell. With n quick
movement Daniel reached out TO the
| sidehoard and seized n knife: In his
other fist he still clutched the gold.
81 see" she said. quietly. "Then we
have been housing n thief and n muir.
derer for five-and-twenty years"
The knife dropped from his hand. A
violent trembling shook him In every
limb. the wild. weird look died ont of
his eyes. and he stood for n moment
gazing dazedly at the money in his
clenched palm.
"Daniel. put It down"
He crossed to the mantelpiece rs
though in a dream and put the money
back where he had found II in the
spirit of n little child. Then he stood
there silent. his head bowed upon his
| breast.
at Is the first time have ever
known you drunk DANIEL" said Mrs.
,--'repaud. slowly. She laid great stress
upon the word "Do not ever let me
see you drunk again. or I will have to
dismiss YOU. Now you may 60"
Ho turned and walked slowly To the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
A Sensation, But No Suicide.

A man who says his name is Horace
Wingate tried TO commit suicide in a
highly spectacular way near Joplin
the other day, If the reports are trust
worthy. He wanted simultaneously
to kill himself and give the newspa-
pers sensation. He got some kero.
sene. a rope and boat from Il farmer
named Hawley. who lives on Turkey
Creek. The farmers curiosity was eX-
cited and he slipped into the woods TO
see what the stranger was going to do
with his miscellaneous lot of stuff.
Wingate padded the boat to a pictur-
esque place where weeping willow
hung over the water. Then the farm.
er saw him tie the end OF his rope TO
branch and the other around his
neck. Having done this, Wlngate
poured oil over his clothes, lighted n
match and instantly he was mass of
dame. Then he pulled pistol and
fred at his head. The bullet which
was to have ended his life saved 1t.
1t cut the rope with which he meant
TO hang himself when he Jumped from
the boat. aud he plunged kerplunk in.
to the water, which eNtinguished the
flames. Farmer Hawley, seeing how
things were, dashed to the creek,
jumped in and lowed Wingate to shore.
Wingate Is glad now he is alive, but
he is awfully sorry he didn't give the
newspapers that sensation, Kansas
City Journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
Large Chinese Fish Tale,

Some days ago an enormous nsh
thirty-six feet long, was caught in the
vicinity OF Peitang, near TLngku. Chi
ma. 1t was cut up and sold in the sur,
rounding villages. The fish was prob
ably poisonous. as 800 Inhabitants who
had eaten of 1t are dead and many 9th.
ers are ill.-TieDtsin Courier.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
Linpuisti, Railway EnpIov..

The administration OF the Swedish
State railways has ordered that all the
passenger guards be taught English
and German at the expense of The
State. this being one of the several
methods adopted to attract tourists
TO scsndina via.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

Antwerp has been making wonderful
progress as great centre of COM
merce. 1t is now ahead of Hamburg
N tonnage, and ranks third among the
harhOrs Of the world New Yo"k is II
close second to London. and there is
ample reason to believe that IN few
years at most the American metropolis
VII surpass the English in that Gle.
mcnt of greatness
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

In these days Of automobiles and rap.
Iii transit street cars the poor pedcs-
TRAN seems to occupy the position Of
Il standing Joke. comments the Los An.
geles Tines. lie is make ridiculous by
his efforts to got out of the way. and
is even laughed at when he Is ruin
over. Yet the Fights of the pedestrian
are paramount TO all others, it being his
own fault If he does not assert them.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

The largest diocese IN the world is
that of Bishop Warren, of the Meth,
odist Episcopal Church. 1t extends
from the Afghanistan border and the
Himalayas, through and including In,
dia, Burmah, the Malay Peninsula,
Borneo, and the Philippines.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

The German Empire is divided INTO
ii5 Chamber of Commerce distpSctA
Each Chamber of Commerce has con-
troll OF it's own finances and IL VoTu-
PEELED by law to appoint an able and
experienced man Ms Secretary.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
Es Salvation
Of Daniel.
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MS. TRAPAUD was in high
good feather; her bay mare
and foal had fetched one
hundred and thirty golden
sovereigns between them.
Arizona republican., 1904-12-30
GEOGRAPHY
Too Much of 1t in the Grammar Grades
Opinion Before the County Institute That Greater Attention Should Be Given to Fundamentals.

This mornings session of the in stitute was called to order by Super intendent Fulton and opened with singing led by J. w. Todd. A class of first grade pupils from the Linviile school. sang a Christmas song. Sup erintendent Fulton asked the teachers to consider the advisability of adopting resolutions protesting against joint statehood.
 In the advanced section the subject of geography was discussed Prof. J. A. Higgins of Cartwright opened the subject with a paper on the Basic Work for the Study of Geography.
 NIT. Higgins made as a basis for this work the study of surrounding physi cal forms and gave as the main ob- jects in teaching home geography, to acquaint the pupil with his home sur roundings; to teach him to observe closely and carefully: to teach geo graphical concepts; and by means of these points to lay the foundation for gave as methods in this work colIeC- tions of geographical material and field trips to be begun in the lower grades and carried on in connection with the text in the upper grades. thus making the child familiar with fOrms he studies in detail when he takes up the regular required work.
 MT. Charles Alexander of Buckeye read a paper on the subject, Shot Id Geography Be Taught in the Eighth Grade?" He took the attitude that it should not, giving as his reasons that there is too much work to be done in the prescribed course of study, es- pecially in the last three years fl the grammar grades. Our high school teachers complain that pupils sent them from the Sth grade have an mad equate knowledge of the fundamentals of arithmetic so essential to 1iPler work in mathematics. The same ob- jection is made in regard to Engli 5h. If we fail to give pupils ground work in these two subjects, they are tor ever handicapped. We must therefore continue our interest in these subjects or even extend it beyond the present status If this is done, other work must be eliminated from the Sth grade,