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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04

The Investigation of life insurance
companies by the now famous Arm
strong committee OF the New York leg
stature has brought to light remark
able family. The head OF the family Is
Richard A. McCurdy, president OF the
Mutual Life Insurance company. IL is
seldom, indeed, that a man is able TO
take as good care of his relatives as
President McCurdy has taken Of his
numerous and thrifty kinsmen. He is
seventy years of age, was once law
partner of Lucius Robinson, afterward
governor of New York, and is a grad
uate Of Harvard. His connection with
the insurance company of which he
Is now the head dates from 1860, when
he became its attorney. Five years
later he was chosen vice president and
In 1886 became president. Mr.. McCur-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04
EXCEEDINGLY THRIFTY
FAMILY IN NEW YORK
R. A. McCurdy, the Life Insurance Magnate
and His Interesting Children.

secret OF making money out of life in
surance. The testimony taken by the
legislative committee has shown that
the firm Of Raymond & Co. helped the
relatives OF President McCurdy great
deal. 1t controlled all Insurance writ
ten for the Mutual In New York and
vicinity. Robert II. McCurdy was a
member Of II for some years, and when
he left il in 1893 to go abroad his broth
er-in-law, Mr.. Thebaud, took his place.
The latter inside of four years was re-
celving more than $4,000 a year from
his share in the business, and In 1904
his part in the profits amounted to
$147.OSI. President McCurdy's broth.
er in law, DR.. Elias J. Marsh, is med
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04

ical director, with a large salary; &. A.
Gillette, cousin, located In Texas,
gets about $4,000 year in commits
sions; Ellis j. Moore, another brother
in.law, draws $4,000. and Z. Stuyve.
SAINT Pilot. cousin of Mr.. Thebaud. is
inspector of risks. Since their connec-
ton with the company President Me.
Curdy, his son and his son-in-law have
drawn In salaries and commissions S4,-
534, 12O,49.
The McCurdys. father and son, and
Mr.. 'rhebaud are members of the lead
Ina social set In the ealthy colony Of
Morris Plains, y J The elder McCur-
dy has handsome -sidence there said
10 have cost ubout $1,000,0O0. The
homes of the son and son-in-law are
near by. Robert III. McCurdy is a hand
some, manly appearing man OF forty
five, popular in clubs and society. After
graduating from college In 1881 he
spent six months in travel and then en-
tered the employ Of Raymond 4 Co, az
first drawing only $1,000 a year. Ten
years from that time. when he was
thirty-One. his income reached the hand.
some sum of 100000
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04

dy was for some time content with II
salary of $4,000 year, but after
awhile his wages were increased to
100000 year, and four years ago n
raise of $4,000 Il year was granted
him. so that he now draws $150.00O per
annum and is the highest paid insur-
ance official In the world. His son.
Robert IL. McCurdy, is general man.
ager OF the company and received In
salary and commissions In 1904 to-
tai OF Sl21, JIl.39, while in the year
1896, when he represented the Mutual
abroad, he got S127,52
Another member of the McCurdy
family who has fattened on the profits
OF Mutual Life business Is Louis The
baud. He married Gertrude McCurdy,
daughter of President McCurdy, in
1886, and there was romance about
the affair, as the pair had to elope In
order to be made one. They We're
speedily forgiven, and the son-in law
was shortly afterward initiated Into the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04
A Mon-yed Exception.

you mustn't eat so fast, Willie"
said his fond mamma.
you wouldn't talk 10 me like that IL
had money like Uncle George" re
sponded the terrible infant. 'He eats
twice as fast as do, and yea can hear
him a mlle"-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04

Biffkins-l wish | could get rid of
this horrible toothache.
Splffkins-When have II get rid of
1t simply. A kiss from my sweetheart,
and it's gone.
"Is that SO? Do you mind giving me
her address Fliegende Batter.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04

DO not be deceived by counterfeits
The name of u. G, Dewitt s. Co, Is on
if you will apply DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve night and morning. Best
for cuts, burns, boils, letter, Eczema,
etc. Sold by Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04
A Disastrous Calamity.

IL is disastrous calamity whe n
you lose your heath, indigestion and
constipation have sapped it away.
Prompt relief can be had in DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They build up
your digestive organs, and cure head
ache, dizziness, colo, constipation, etc.
Guaranteed. At Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
Price 25c.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04
II Thank The Lord. 4"

cried Hannah Plant, of Little Rock,
Ark, "for the relief got from Buck
lens Arnica salye. 1t cured my fear
tul running sores, which nothing else
would heal, and from which had suf-
Tered for years" 1t is a marvellous
healer for cuts, burns and wounds.
Guaranteed al Ritter Bros. Drug Co
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04
After Worms.

"Why did you fly down so close TO
that man reading on the benchf'
asked the mother robin Of her OF
spring.
Somebody told me II was book
worm" replied the hungry young bird.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-04

II can recommend you to good law
yer"
"All right, but don't let him be too
good am trying to conduct my bust
ness so as to keep out Of jail, not 80 as
TO go to heaven. ~ Houston Post.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

County Superintendent Williams has
S3,9i9IG. county schoo,
tnnd I" TIC varions districts rs foLlows:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

Did You g, ST hear Of nan tryiir to
ltt I'M unfortunate woman when she
Tails from the pedestal OF honesty and
virtue? Nary lift. Too much Adaniic
blood still creeping through oar veins.
when once woman trips aud falls
if"uI h"r hI-h Iu,ition. shn stand in n
nell which no human will stop to lift
her out; hrsb mi, bro her. ta.hcr, are
All deaf Ia her cries from that hour.
But ON tie other hand hos hc IL? We
have seen men rs low rs possible for
men 20 fall. We have se en- tic vie lift
up the husband from the gutter and
press him ;u her heart while tears and
sympathy, love and anguish triciile
down her checks III profu-iau. We
nave seen the wife fullow the husband
through life in ono constant wLirl Of
misery and misfortune and when at the
natcs OF hell they are separated, would
stand and wiring her hands in moral
agony bccnus" the curtain has fallen
between them and she coulI 20 no
further. We have seen the mother
iOll"w her son through the paths of
crime and vice, shame ana desrrdut!on
thro 'gh Which man was never kuonn
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

b. local applications ms they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There ie only one way To cure deafness,
aud 'hat is hy constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is "aLsrd 10y IN inilamcd con-.
ditiop OF the mucous lining Of the Eus.
tichiun tube. When tins tube is i'll
famed, You have rambling sound or
inperfgct hearing and when it is entire
iy closed, Deafness is the result, and
unlcas the inflammation cHn be taken ont
and tE'7 tube restored to it's normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever: n!ne cases out OF ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but IN i'll
namcH condition .! the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
Tor any case Of deafness (caused 10y
cat"rrhj tha; cannot be cured 10y Hall :
Cat hIh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY IL Co, Toledo, y.
Sod by drug Iis.s, ~ cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

lhursdav afternoon Il small sized
cyrI,mc struck, Gold Hill. uuh for Tim"
IT WAS feared great damage Ould result.
\ Nhriwrnd started in front OF the pest
O'lirr. IN Il fnw nome ItI 1t assume Il
funucl shape. aud II cloud uf dust and
debris fully 2JO feet in height WIS blow
ing toward the V. u Il. dcIo'. Agent
Cahill euw the tornado coming and shut
the door just ~ II Int the buIlting,
which rocked ns though 10y mn tarlh-
quake. and fn'ngic= were r'rptd off tine
rof like Il bundle oi iuuthpicls. Tho
wind vccrrd in tho detection ot Fred
Strauss rcGidcncc and the rhinGlcs on
on Tie roof wore sent flying IN every
direction. An old building near Tom
Williams rCsilcucc was the next place
III .ho path Of tho s;Crm, aud u OricH
chimney was lifted bodily from the roof.
The tornado passed Ia thc rear Of tie
rcsidrnrca ~ James Cahill and Henry
rohcucr. aud ,wo.inch rlanks were lift
ed from u pile ~ lumber III the yntd Of
the latter and whirirl IN the MR. bui
luckily no one waR injured. The cyclone
then passed away iownri the mountain.
Men working at the dCIot hoard the
roar nf the wiuI nnd took Ia flight aud
found phclicr ia black shop nearly
opro'iic, InrrIy crraping shower of
Shingles which cninC of the depot.
Tho unusual phenomena WAS witnessed
sigh of r"li"f went ny Hs 'hr whirlnr
cloui 1t dust, tin cnno, boarla and
o'hcr movoahlo articles disappeared
bchind tho mountain. 1t 10 estimated
TINT the damage done in the few min
ute will amount To about 500. En-.
,crpfisc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

Is turned "n from ;hls t:T5i canal. We
are to have Il new Nuvud, 3, with dcserta
transformed !piu productive valleys and
with men and wularu U2cuvylDu ;h,
places which Lave long SUSTAINED ONLY
cattle and sheep. Tho rxpinripn ni
popula'l"m OH the suil means a cores.
pondmg inCr"H" III towns aud cities.
anu the stimulation q! business for the
bcucli: Di Dnuacrs, merchant, working
men and railroads. In word il means
No" Impulse to the PROSPERITY Of the
entire State and ali elements Of its
people.
believe IT woulI be impossible to
esi'ma'" at this tilnc the influences
which will ultimately ilow from the
attempt which We are celebrating in
Nevada The American people will
learn lessons from this example Of in
iernal development and domestic cx.
phnripm. They will begin tn realize the
ennrm"ur vain" ui their uudcvclOycd
resources, aud h. understand how II is
ia the p.w,r - the nation, =! tie
arp!I':IHuu o.! culiGhtcucd stt!rss nan.
S.nr, To ncr"Is" It's power mud wealth
wI-lIun. gu'rg beyond it, oNu borders.
The! will !sarn ,aH. one remedy for
s''.al unrcst 80 L" ulak" il possible for
the pcopIo Ia liuL new outlets Tor III, il
cnar-y and rnpit,I Finally, they will
test the. fr-si = - r,utl.t u.,rr-i..,.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

Tho Grand Encnmpmcui. |. =. -. i.
uf Ncyndt IN arei,u u Carson M"ndny
elected the following oil'cCra Tor the cn.
suing year:
Grand ,ujrinr.h, &. Il. Curlct; grand
prica,. I. \ wllrms: grand a""i"r
warden. I; Y. IIorlcn, grand rcribc,
William Sulhcriud rra"h ircnsurHr,
4. ", Hes, Grrnd junior warlc", w.
4. BcnrI: Graud representative. q. o.
McNrca. ,ud iru,Icoa. =. Juc"hs. Joe
.Joacpha nni Il. G. h"rp"r.
Tho Enrampmcrt finished it, work
Monday evening and adjourned.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23
Y NOlulllc 40.
THE IRRIGATION Project
It, Hrm'h's nnh Vast H-.uurc,s- Give,
In Detail.

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,,,
Inc '"''o"'h" was write" 10y Senator
" mus 'o' '''o "rto" Appeal from
""''" - ~ '""'h'
!Eo 6cNcnte@nth OF June, long cclc
'r"teh ~ tho Anniversary Of the Battle
4 bunker NM Will he historic III the
Lnnhif "f Nevada Hs th" day on which
'H" Reclamation Act WAS signed and
H-" ~ the ihy on which water is turned
I"r the hr't Tine INTO government
'Ah"' upon tho desert. Tho event
marks uhr inauguration IT "A ucw publ;
i''-'E' "'hch ~ hNc!y To have IL far
''"'"n' "hH'hce upon the future Of
." 'I'o O"i'ei STATES.
III" ""loh httS Its hand, and the
""'r'S "'hch nave formerly wnstei III
'.'e N'''"' "' 'i'o desert How hcr"f" the
'''''.'' ''''N inc ir"cHec mt" ;hc dram
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

II wHa n huge taek Ia undertake the
cur" ~ such Il bad cnsr Of kidney disease
aa that # &. +. Collier Of Cherokee, la.
but Electric BIttcrs did it. IIc writcE:
My kidncys were so far gone | o"~!.,
not sit pu Il chair without Il cushion; and
suffered from dreadful hackachr. head.
ache aud depression. In Electric Bit
tcrs hnwoycr. touud cure aud 10y
'Srm WIS restored tu pcfcct health. !
recommend this great tonic medicine tu
all with weak kiiurys, liver or stomarh.-
Guaranteed by Elko Drug Co., drug
glri. Price 5Oc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23

II ig no rrrrct that Tor cuts, hnrna,
uiccrP. fewer sores, ""rc 'yra, hn'i". etc,
nothing ia nr cite tive na BucHicn'R
Aruirn Suyr. at diln'I take long Il"
cure had sore had, aud il ia nlI .. Is
fnr core ny,4." wrihp - /. Gregory 81
Home. Tex. "ir ni i.Iko Drug co.'s a!orc.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23
Elko. Nevada. Friday, June %, 1905.

to follow woman, yet who is to bIame
for tie downfall OF woman. Who?
LIT the angels OF heaven DO the jury
and God Almighty the judgc.-Ex.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-23
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JULY %. 1905

,,s in various wavs That the triumph OF ~
brown man over the white is certain % infaro
the whole East, nobody but a fool can doubt n,
ultimate effect upon India IS question VbicL
concerns us only Indirectly and is yet distant Br,
its effect upon China IS question of the utnos,
importance at the present time
The relation between China and Japan Is -
extraordinarily close one. United by descent b
Geographic writing by religion and by tradition
they are and will prove to be one single natio,
as against the rest of the world and Corea IS ~
third party to national union. The Chinese desnis
the Japanese the Japanese despiSe the Chinese I'm,
these are merely the superficial national concai,-
that never for a moment will stand in the .vav
of an alliance for mutual interest as against ~.
Western Barbarians" as they call us In lana,
the foreign devils" as they call us in Chin,
Japan has now eliminated all foreign oacials in
her employment and her industries, she IS abia
she thinks to stand alone.
That the Chinese, properly drilled and armed
make excellent soldiers, Gordon proved 10 he
satisfaction of all What an awakened Chin.
organized and armed by Japan can do in The East
it needs no imagination to picture And what
she will do is so certain that rati0ua. man -.
tempts to deny it. Asia for the Asiatic- is M,
only a natural cry it would be difficult to saw TIA,
it is not just cry. The two most importart thing,
which we have taken to China We're equally IN
desired opium and religion, poison IN one land and
religion in the other.
And so the reckoning IS coming and rr,- come
Russia to-day is the bulwark of Chris. 7itv in
Europe, fighting against the Rennas nee 81
paganisn. As long as she viii fight a1s are
we'll. But should she make pusillaniraas peace
with Japan-Japan uncOnquered. nor e.lalsted
nor defeated in a single battle-au civilize nations
will have to take the consequences, and t.e con-
sequences viii show themselves with.-. DELAY
Germany, France Holland and Anerica u learn
what is coming TO them in clear terms .1qland
as Japan's ally Will learn the lesson las I from
all present indications will be the last and -vies.
sufferer.
Russia IS the natural ally Of Japan. Rus
Continued "a fzgs II
New-York tribune., 1905-07-23

it seems to have remarkably large proportion
of them, though this ever has been TACT char-
acteristic of mixed races. But 1T should never De
forgotten that however broad and brilliant they
may be mentally they are Japanese at heart'
and no small element of their greatness IS thelr
devotion to their country, their people and their
traditions Baron Kaneko. the emissary OF the
Emperor is an able man, and he told us, between
the lines of his New-YOrk speech, exactly what
we may expect in the future from his country
''The effect of this war upon the Asiatics, he
said, lis this The East has certain strength
which it unite with the strength OF the west.
If the East welcomes Western civilization, she can
stand upon the plane with Europe and Amer
lea. AS to the East and the West, in future there
will be two types of civilization the Oriental and
the Western; Japan the side, Europe and
America on the other. These three can become
assmilated without the necessity OF Oriental cul-
ture and Western learning coming in conflict,
but united in harmony, sharing the inheritance OF
the civilization of both hemispheres.
| doubt if any thoughtful student could find
any absurd statement than this in any national
pronOuncement that ever was made As an instance
of the insane Japanese ConCeit of which have
spoken it is unsurpassed. The evolution of civil
ization, the measure and the standards of civil
ization, clearly defined the evolution OF
the measure and standards of naval construction
That the Japanese, a nation of idolators, with
moral code in exact correspondence with their
religious evolution should call themselves civilized
and their condition civilization is so insane an
idea that it makes wonder at their intelligence
Our state of civilization leaves much to criticize
but it is as distinctly and undeniably high above
theirs has been every scientific attainment of
which they have been eager to obtain and
adopt But this honest view, this insane COnCe1t
of theirs, is impressive fact which never should
be forgotten. 1t will count for much when the
the clash comes which must come inevitably. That
the two civilizations as he is pleased to call them
can never comminge Kaneko and all the Japanese
as clearly and practically they do
That China is awakening, the daily dispatches tell
New-York tribune., 1905-07-23

and extreme self-conceit of which | have spoken
book has just been published in New York by
DR. lnazO Nitobe, professor in the University of
KiOto which is full of interest as much from its
revelation of the Japanese conceit as from its
description of the Japanese view of things. In
its preface the eminent doctor describes his surprise
when first asked by Belgian urist to religious
teaching. The bland frankness with which he
admits that he never had had any is the Japanese
conCeit its best After thought he discovers
that all the ethical training he ever had came from
Bushido, and Bushido is the subject of his book.
His description of Bushido thereafter becomes
interesting, because it bears directly upon the
subject in issue the moral condition of the Japanese
and of Japan. The more one studies Bush1do,
the surer one becomes that devotion to its pr1n-
ciples must leave any nation without honor and
without honesty, and this fact the eminent doctor
does not even attempt to deny Artitc1al1ty, a
veneer of sympathetic poteness, these are Bushldos
virtues, and these to-day the virtues of Japan
and of the Japanese. Altruis, in our sense of it,
is unknown, though sympathy for the weak and
the dOwntrOdden is prescribed as lordly virtue OF
the strong and lordly Samurai.
The love of woman is not a worthy thing and
must not be dwelt upon, woman being an inferior
creature who ministers to the appetite. And this
view of woman, except the mother of warriors, IS
the actual prevailing view of an exceedingly sensual
and brutal race BushidO is the handbook OF chivary
and of the Chivaric virtues 1t pedestas not love,
but and all the virtues of the warrior The
profession of the highest and noblest In the
descending social scale first the knight then the
tiller of the SOIL then the mechanic and last and
lowest the merchant. "A loose business morality
has indeed been the worst blot upon national
reputation, blandly remarks this undeniable au
thority. And he is indOrsed by all the foreign
merchants who deal with his people in a way that
naturally must be gratifying. Lying and cheating
the rule in all Japanese commercial transactions
"A Chinaman's word is as good his bond. A
Japanese will break any contract that does not
happen to suit him this is the dictum of every
foreigner who deals with these two peoples
Japan has its great AS a matter of fact,
New-York tribune., 1905-07-23
BY III u b e rd MI S

of public attention the royal lover.
For four hundred and sixty years all the princes
and the boy Kings of Spain have had for the
ruling of their lives a singular code of precepts
unlike any other in the world. This literary treas
ure was placed by King John in the hands of his
son Henry in I444, just before the invention of
printing. Henry then exactly eighteen years
of age and the manuscript his birthday present
1t had been written, at the Kings request, by
Santiana, the ''Sir Philip Sidney of Spain" 1t
is a poem of one hundred stanzas, of eight lines
each, and so singular in its construction that
one has dared to attempt its translation into
English
his sixteenth birthday, the queenregent his mother
placed in his hands this quaint book of precepts
which in Spain is almost sacred the lessons
OF Scripture. a few of the stanzas which relate
to marriage have been thrown into English in such
a way to illustrate the weird verse-form of the
original; and these will to show how the
present boy King like his father (who became
King at seventeen), is to make his choice of a life
partner
In the first place. the young man is soemnly
warned that he must be pure in life-in thought
we'll as in act. Then his must be love match"
He is to choose with and discretion; but he
must choose absolutely for himself regarding not
the advice of anyone in such a question. Nothing
is said to the religious faith of his Queen-to-be
for these preceptS were written before there We're
any Protestants. But its author took care that
1t never should be extended by anv later hand
adopting the "centiloquy" form and name from
earlier writer's, and it thus has remained poem
of one hundred StanzaS.
However, despite the efforts of King Tohn the
more or less general belief that the King of Spain
is at liberty to marry a Protestant princess re-
quiring only the Pope's dispensation to satisfy
the church, is a mistake. The civil law of the land
New-York tribune., 1905-07-23

provides that both the King and Queen of Spain
shall be Roman Catholics; and so, should AlfonsOs
choice be a Protestant she must become a Catholic
before becoming his Queen.
Here is stanza XLIV. of the centioquy, with it's
earnest admonitiOn:
Woman is the of man,
If her mind
Unto reason be inclined.
Let plan
Let policy control;
Choose with
Choose, yourself, the jewel
Of your soul.
Then the young King is cautioned that beauty
is often only skin-deep. Stanza XLVI is follows
loneliness of form and face
Is fair see,
If in company it be
With inward grace.
Sense and beauty often part,
And It's late
Ere they haply meet and
In the light heart.
How is the young to look upon womanhoOd?
The centiloquy was written before the good Queen
Isabella had reigned in Spain or the great Eliza
beth in England In fact, there had been scarcely
an instance of female rule in Europe. One might
expect to find a narrow definition of ''wonan's
sphere in a poem of the middle ages. But no.
Listen to stanZa NLVII.:
Never would | say the sphere
OF wOmanhOOd
Has a lesser need of good
Or honor dear.
HOnored by the greatest men,
Loved and admired
Woman has inspired
The ablest pen.
Then the poem cites the mother of Jesus whom
sacred art and poetry have invested with every
grace of personality.
1t does not follow that beauty OF person is to be