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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
The Universal Fruit.

The strawberry Is coming to be con-
sidered the universal fruit and called,
such, though we must acknowledge
that there are places on the globe
where It will not grow. However, 1t
has a wider range Of habitation than
any other fruit known to Americans.
not excepting the apple. From the
Gulf to British America 1t is grown
abundantly. 1t Is easy to propagate.
easy to protect from the cold of win
ter and Is easy to transport. 1t Is all
the more popular, as 1t is the first
fruit to appear on our tables In the
spring. Every year the strawberry APP
pears little earlier in the northern
market, and 1t looks as II before long
1t would be on our tables the year
round. In fact strawberry enthu-
siasts are predicting that when the
great international railroad that Is to
connect the United States with the
South American countries Is con-
structed, strawberries will be con-
tinually purchasable in the United.
States, as the South American sea-
sons run the opposite of ours. This
is a dream very likely to materialize,
as the transportation companies can
be depended on to encourage a trade
of this kinda trade that has always
yielded the railroads good deal OF,
money.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Fresh or Rotted Manure.


There was a time when all advice
given on the manuring of land for al.
most an'thing was in favor of apply.
ing "well-rotted" manure II had been
observed tnat the results from such
manure was very good. especially
when the results were judged few
months after applying But in time
the chemists took hold of the uues.
ton and examined manure both at
time of its being made and successive.
ly month by month for year. Both
the volume vas considered and the
amounts of fertilizing matter left in
the manure at the various times OF
analysis. 1t was proved without con
tradicton that in the course of year,
even under good conditions, tho ma.
nure pile decreased in size fifty per
cent, and mat the manurial contents
decreased from 80 to 40 per cent.
There was not only loss of fertility,
but of humus, which seemed to be
burned up in the chemical operations
gCing on. We know from other scien'
tiflc Investigations that these chemical
NhduEtS arc bOlhb Oh "a
dead matter, whether vegetable or am
NAL. We further know that the humus
is one of the most valuable elements
entering into the value of the manure
pile.
The old idea of composing was q
good one, but we have now an i'm
,provement on that idea in the quicl
application of all manure to the land
as III that way the land gets the mos
benefit out of II. We are gradually
awaking to tie fact that the land need!
TO be improved physically as well a.
in other ways, and this is somewhat
new fact in the minds of American
farmers. BY putting the manure int
the land as soon as made, we get thu
full benefit OF its mechanical enects
We now LOOK for the influence the ma
nure is to have in a course OF year
rather than its immediate effect a
seen during the season OF its appnca
ton. IL should be remembered tina
one of the chief reasons for the US
OF barnyard manure is now seen TO b
the keeping up OF the supply or dt
caying vegetaDIe matter in the soil.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Five Thousand Distinct Languages.

Mr.. j. Collier, writing on the SUBJ
ject. says that over 5000 distinct Ian.
guages are spoken by mankind. The
number Of separate dialects is enor-
nous. There are more than sixty vo.
cabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico the
Nahua language has broken up into
700 dialects. There are hundreds in
Borneo. In Australia there is no elias.
styling the complexities, and generally
the number of dialects is in inverse
proportion to the intellectual culture
of the population. Assume that only
fifty dialects on an average belong to
every language, and we have the CO.
lossal total of 100000 linguistic va.
rieties.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
What Limits the Height Of Trees.

What Limits the Height OF Trees.
While the young trees are making
clean trunks so rapidly during the
period of greatest yearly height growth
they are also making their greatest
annual gains in diameter, for these
two forms of growth generally culmi'
nate about the same time, says Gif.
ford PinChot in report on forest
trees A little later, If there is any
difference, the young forests highest
yearly rate of growth in volume Is
also reached. For time these three
kinds of growth keep on at the samei
rate as in the past, but afterwards all
three begin to decrease. Growth in
diameter, and in volume also, II thel
trees are sound, goes on until ex-,
IRENE old age, but height growth sinks
very low while the two others are,
still strong. For many years before,
this happens the struggle between the
trees has not been so deadly, because
they have been almost without the
means of overlapping one another.l
When the end of the period of princi-'
pal height growth is reached the trees
are interfering with each other very
little, and the struggle for life begins
again in different way. AS the
principal height growth ceases. and
the tops no longer shoot up rapidly
above the side branches, the crowns
lose their pointed shape and become
comparatively fiat. The chief reason
why trees stop growing in height Is
that they are not able to keep the
upper parts of their crowns properly
supplied with water above certain
distance from the ground. This dis
lance varies in different kinds OF trees.
and with the health and vigor OF the
tree in each species, but there is
limit In every case above which the
water does not reach. The power OK
the pumping machinery, more than
any other quality, determines the
height of the tree.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
National LEAGUE News.

Pitcher Frank Corridor of the Chi
lagos is violin virtuoso
McGraw is said to be angling for
one of the Cincinnati pitchers.
Manager McGraw is now giving his
Giants regular morning batting prac-
tice.
Frank Selee says that Mordecai
Brown is the greatest fielding pitcher
he ever saw.
The Pittsburg club has purchased
Pitcher Pat Flaherty from the Chicago
American league club.
Ace Stewart, the Boston National
league pitcher, is booked for a long
stay at Hot Springs
You can't make Charley Nichols be-
lieve his st. Louis team hasn't good
show for the first division.
Jake Beckley, now with st. Louis,
is about the liveliest old-timer cavort-
ing around the diamond this season,
Frank Selee says that Chance is the
greatest first baseman in the world
to-day, excepting only Harry Davis.
Manager Buckenberger denies hav-
lub Sdlu thcJ lNhhNS, NihSih anu
Pittinger must play Sunday ball next
year.
Pitchers Ewing and Walker, Catch
err O'Neill and Third Baseman Stein
feldt are not with the Cincinnatis on
the present trip.
Walter Gamffer, a Cincinnati pitch.
err, six feet three inches tall, and
commended to Pittsburg.
Manager McGraw says he had nc
idea of releasing Pitcher George
Wiltse, and will not do so under any
circumstances this season.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Western Wlnnowlnls.

Sioux City has a growing battery In
pitcher Jarrett and catcher Hess.
The Sioux City club has signed out.
fielder John Lawler, late of st. Paul.
Sioux City has a good catcher in
Hess, and Kostal and Lindaman are
both good pitchers.
The Omaha club has laid pitcher
Schaftstall off without pay until re
gets into good condition.
An Omaha dispatch states that
catcher Tom Messit had to have his
arm amputated to save his life a few
days ago. He had finger split in q
game and blood poisoning set in.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
The Presence Of Sorrel.

Soil students are divided as 10
whether or not the presence of soTrel
indicates acidity in the land. There
are many things to show that II does,
and perhaps some to show that it does
not. The first opinions were doubt.
less formed on the fact that sorrel is
sour in taste. The cultivators quick.
ly jumped to the conclusion that land
that would grow sour plants like sor.
rel must be sour. This reasoning is
not good, as we grow rhubarb on the
best and sweetest of land. But the
early students, though founding their
opinions on wrong premise, came
near to the truth. One of the reasons
why we believe that sorrel land is
sour land is that the soil on some
such land has been tested and found
to be acidy. or course, this does not
prove that land to bear sorrel must
be acidy, but 1t Is an indication point.
ing in that direction. Another proof
that this land contains too much acid
is that lime when applied has a good
effect and often after its application
the sorrel disappears. Here. too, the
opposing theorists would say that the
case is not proven. They would say
that the lime stimulated the other
plants so much that they grew and
crowded out the sorrel. 1t Is safe
however, to assume that land that will
bear sorrel in profusion is sour and
needs lime to neutralize the acid.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13

team. There has been complaint in
the way Sullivan has been handling
the team, and 1t resulted in his re-
lease.
On May ~, Pitcher Schaub Of Of
tumwa shut Burlington out without
hit or run. On the following day
Pitcher Nicholson of Burlington dis
posed Of Ottumwa without hit or run.
This is an unequaled record for two
successive games.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13

This is the story of city made by
decree-Dalny, the remarkable sea
port of Russia in Manchuria, which in
barely twenty-four months rose from
nothing to a substantial city of more
than forty-one thousand inhabitants
and to-day probably exceeds fifty thou
sand.
The decree came from the imperial
government at st. Petersburg. which,
acting through the Chinese Eastern
Railway Company, spared neither ex-
pense nor labor in the development of
this vast project.
The city of Dalny is picturesquely
situated in an extensive valley which
slopes gently down to the deep and
we'll protected bay of Talienwan, and
is surrounded on three sides by a
range of hills rising to height of 800
feet. It is divided into three parts
the Administration city, the European
and Commercial city, and the Chi
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Central league Gossip.

The Terre Haute club has released
pitcher Edward Reed.
The Marion team will henceforth
be known as the Peoria team.
The Evansville club has released
third baseman and captain Berryhill.
Grand Rapids has weather the flnan.
cial storm which threatened to wreck
It,
The Evansville club has released
Jack Wentz and put O'Rourke back on
second base.
The Dayton club has released
first baseman Callahan and signed
first baseman Blixsen OBrien, from
Charleston, S. c., and outfielder Hub
Knoll, late of Toledo.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Don't Wait for the Weed.

Weeds will make no trouble II the
farmer will but cultivate before they
make an appearance. A good many
people cultivate for the apparent pur-
pose of keeping down weeds. They
never begin to cultivate till they can
see the weeds starting by the thou
sands between the rows Of the grow
ing crops. The cultiyator should be
run at frequent Intervals, whether the,
weeds have app6Afea or not. This is
the surest way OF Keeping them from
making trouble. The ground too when
free from weeds is very easy to culti-
vate and the cultivator slides through
it with very little effort on the part
of the team. Don't wait for the weed,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
pitcher Edward Reed. late OF Terre

pitcher Edward Reed. late OF Terre
Haute.
Neil Ball, the Cedar Rapids second
baseman, is also very good pitcher.
The Bloomington club has suspend
dination.
Manager Hines of Dubuque has start.
ed contest with Minneapolis for
Rusty" Owens, who has been farmed
to Duluth.
Victor King, the eX-shortstop OF
Davenport, has been appointed umpire
by President Holland, succeeding John
Beedles, resigned.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
American Association News.

Toledo has released outfielder Hub
Knoll.
Columbus leads all other cities in
the Association for big attendances.
Pitcher Lundboam has been reinstat-
ed by Toledo and is now on his good
behavior.
Tebeau is blessed with having good
hitting pitchers, with the exception of
Swormstedt.
Minneapolis fans are urging Wat
kins to sally forth and get some hit
ters-men that can lace out clean
drives.
Big Ed Walker, formerly of Column
bus, is pitching for Coshocton. o. Nc
Cord, the former Louisville twlrler,
jumped the team and Walker took his
place.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Motors In Scotland,

There are now about 1000 motor
vehicles in use in Scotland. At the
beginning of 1902 there were only
$50. A man who made tour Of the
country on a motor car in 1900 had
stones or vegetables thrown at him
by men or boys nearly every day; but
since the speed was regulated by law
to twenty miles an hour in the country
and twelve in the cities, tho opposi-
ton has gradually died out.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Bitter on United States.

Only one book on geography was
used IA the Spanish schools nj Manila.
This was small volume, printed in
Barcelona, and only two pages are de-
voted to the United States. This brief
description closes with the assurance
that "the most conspicuous products
OF the United States are millionaires.
advertisements and eccentricities.'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13

year. and with its railway and steam
ship connections, the excellent facili-
ties for handling and reshipping car
goes, the low harbor dues and the
present absence of customs duties. 1t
Is bound to increase rapidly.
A census taken Of Dalny on Jan.
l showed population Of 41,260, divid-
ed thus: Russians, 3,113; Japanese
and Coreans, 367; other foreigners,
80; Chinese, 37,760.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
American League Notes.

Lajoie was the first player to make
fifty hits.
Patsy Donovan says Southpaw
Jacobson will do.
Wild Bill Donovan is finding rough
shedding this season.
Wee Willie Keeler is laying them
down in his old style.
The Detroit Journal alleges dissen.
sion in the Detroit team.
Lajoie made his first sacrifice hit
Of the season the 2Sth ult.
Duke" Farrell says he feels better
this year than he has felt since 1879.
Baltimore Is said to be flirting for
Washington's place in the American.
The Detroit club has secured Out
fielder Hulseman from the Chicago
club.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Iowa leauue Notes,

Guy Blair, who played brief en-
gagement at short with the Rock
fords, has been signed for Snapper"
Kennedy's Ottumwa team.
Burlington has let Manager Sulli-
van out and appointed First Baseman
Stovall as temporary manager of the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13
Indlana.IlIinois-lowa League.

Pitcher Raymond has been let out
by Rockford.
Cedar Rapids has signed catcher
Ludwig, late of Minneapolis.
Davenport has released catcher Will
der and outfielder Casslbone.
The Rock Island club has signed
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13

The irrigatlng OF strawberries where
practiced has been found to be very
profitable. The application OF water
at the fruiting season enormously in
creases the crop, as has been DEM
onstrated at Wisconsin, Missouri and
other experiment stations.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13

Putting sand on clay land is In the
nature of a permanent Improvement
1t will not have to be done from
year to year, but its good effects will
be seen as long as the land Is in USE
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13

Pitcher Breckenridge and Catcher
Marshall have been Internationally
released by the Philadelphia club. New
York has claimed Marshall.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-13

Among the principal public works
or industries now established in Dalny
are:
The smaller dry dock, which was
completed in the summer of 1902 and
has been in constant use.
In connection with the dry dock are
the harbor repair shops, with a foun-
dry, ymithy, machine and fitting shop,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
SeIf-Made L0thari0s

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
Especial to The Press.)


PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 22.-Port-
land is in the hands of the delegates
who have assembled to attend the
annual session of the American Min
ing congress, which convened In this
city today. Fully 5000 persons have
already registered and every train
brings in large numbers of visitors.
Il is expected that by tomorrow eve
ming more than 5000 delegates will
be seated in the congress. Many
large delegations have arrived, not
able among which is the Utah delega-
tion, numbering more than 500. The
Colorado delegation is 200 strong and
there is a very large delegation from
Chicago. Others are present from all
parts of this country, Canada, Mexi-
co, Australia and a few from foreign
countries, making one of the most
notable gatherings ever assembled on
the Pacific coast. Portland is taxed
to its utmost capacity to entertain
the visitors. The different COM
mercial bodies, not realizing the i'm
portance of the occasion, had not
made sufficient arrangements for taxi
ing care Of the delegates.
President ]. III. Richards of Boise,
Idaho. called the congress to order
this morning in the armory Much
of the morning session was taken in
seating the delegates, appointing
committees and arranging for the
program and business which will
come before the gathering.
After the preliminary business the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
is HAPPY

Little Eddie Harrington was found
Saturday evening at the circus
grounds crying as If his heart was
broken. passerby inquired the rea-
son for his tears. why, have been
held up and relieved of all the money
had" Eddie's papa had given him
10 cents with which to go to the
side show, having spent the entire
day at the circus. There was the
side show he wanted to see and
wouldn't papa give him just 10 cents
more for that. Papa acauiesced. but
Eddie was punished for his fathers
over indulgence.
Eddie explained that he had the
coin I'm his hand when a newsboy
grabbed 1t from him and ran away.
Between sobs Eddie said he had
changed his mind about going 10 see
the big man in the side show and
was going to get all the pink lemon
ade he could drink for cents and
save the other 5 cents to put in little
sisters bank. Such generosity touch
ed the heart of the hardened business
man of the world and he gave the
boy half dollar. The money look
ed as big as the moon to Eddie and
he gleefully told the giver that he
could go to the side show, have the
lemonade, put some of 1T in baby
bank and pay two kids a nickel
a piece to lick the newsboy "I'll fix
those newsies who are always pick
ing on nice boys" he replied.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22

Support of Banks and the Dividend
Payer of Railroads; Chancellor E.
Benjamin Andrews, University Of Ne
braska. 1.-The Promoter. His Advance
ment to Development: F. G. Schaf-
fer, Colorado, statutory Protection
for Mining Investors; ]. J. Guther-
odt, California, "Padium"; F. H. Pro-
bert. Los Angeles, Cal. "Concentra-
ton OF Copper Ore in the Southwest"
Alfred Won der Ropp. The Smelling
Of Ores. Orlow II. Brown. South Da-
kota, THE Cyanide Ores, Ragged Top
District, Black Hills: James W. Abb
bott, Denver. Col. Mining Men for
souri,. Functions Of State Geological
Surveys and Bureau of Geology and
Mines; F. Wallace White. Ohio. "The
Investor in Mines; w. l.. Wilson,
Denver, Col. Mining Stocks and
Their F1otation"; John s. Crawford,
The Relation of Electric Force and
Conditions to Geology"
Besides the above Senator Perkins
of California, T. A. Richard Of New
York, Eugene Hannel and A. e. Bar
low Of the department Of the interior
and James Galley and John Hays
Hammond of the Dominion of Canada
are present and will make addresses.
The fight for the next session of
the congress Is growing warmer
with the chances favoring an interior
city
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
MARKETS

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
Diamonds Getting Cheap


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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
AMERICAN MINING
CONGRESS

congress was formally opened by
prayer. after which Governor Cham
berlain extended a welcome to the
visitors on behalf of the citizens of
Oregon and Mayor Williams offered
the hospitality of the citizens OF
Portland to the visitors.
Representatives of % of the lead
ing mining states of the country re-
piled by presenting papers on the
mineral resources of the respective
states, as follows: Professor c. H.
Petite, New Hampshire; Colonel F. V.
Drake, Oregon; Fl. c. Beeler, Wy
oming; R. N. Bell, Idaho; Professor
H. H. Nicholson. Nebraska; Hon. H.
c. Hamlin, Colorado; DIR. George E.
Ladd, Missouri; Professor j. c. Nor
wood, Kentucky; DR.. 1. G. White,
West Virginia: DIR. A. S. Draper, New
York; ]. d. Hyde, North Carolina;
Hon. R. A. Shift, Tennessee; Hon.
E. ]. Watson, South Carolina; Hon.
Thomas Gregory. South Dakota; Pro-
fessor William Bullock, Maryland; R.
v. Brewer, Minnesota; F. NJ. Life.
Indiana; Professor E. Haworth, Kan
sas; Hon. G. w. Conner, Virginia;
Hon. Thomas A. Hanna, Michigan;
Fisher Harris. Utah; Professor s. w.
McCallie, Georgia; II. r. Kunnel, New
Jersey: G. II. Perkins, Vermont; sec
rotary of Illinois labor bureau; Iowa
state mining and geology depart
ment; California state mining bureau.
President Richards, in his annual
address, gave an extended resume of
the conditions surrounding the min
ing industry of the country and Of
fered many statistics showing the
progress made during the past year.
Many prominent men will appear
on the program, among the most not
able being II. w. Goode of Portland,
who will make an address on 1.-The
Lewis and Clarke Exposition; Hon.
w. A. Sulzer of New York, Depart
ment of Mines and Mining; Hon.
Maurice d. Leahey, Seattle, Mining
Laws; Hon. II. w. Scott, Portland,
Relation of Mining to the Worlds
General Advancement Hon. J. II.
Mitchell. United States senator from
Oregon. Government Branch Mint or
Assay once in Portland; Hon.
James A. Gibsob. Los Angeles, Mines
and Mining: Hon. r. w. Richard
son. Washington, d. c., Mining the