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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09

President Roosevelt says: "There is
not thought in hogshead of beer.
Nothing of merit was ever written
under the inspiration of lager beer.
1t stupeiies and its effect is to stag
nate thought"
y. A. Baker, general superintendent
Of the National Anti.Saloon League,
says the league has received and ex-
pended in its work the past year
S330, 40 an increase Of S72 900 over the
preceding year. Mr.. Baker says within
| that period he has visited u states,
made 2G7 speeches and raised Sl2,365.
Mrs. Viola d. Romans, of Cam
bridge, who is the legislative supcrin-
tendent Of the Ohio w 9. II. T., re-
Gently received petition from Spring
field containing about 1000 names of
men and women asking the legislature
to give women the right to vote in
cases where the liquor traffic is in
issue. Like petitions are coming to
her from all parts Of the state
Those inclined toward the liquor
traffic not nfrequently say that probi-
bition is an expensive policy for a city.
In a given city, for instance, it may be
pointed out that an annual income Of
thousands OF dollars could be realized
| by the license system. And that is
without doubt true. But it we are
proposing TO license crime for revenue
| why stop with saloons? There are
many other evil doors who would
very cheerfully pay large sums into
the public treasury for tie sake OF
legal authorization and protection,
Instead of fifty thousand dollars, in
the city in question, one hundred
thousand dollars, or even double that
sum, might very easily be obtained by
putting two or three other vices or
the license list. If we are To sell our
selves to vice, then let us make
him pay as high price as possible
The consideration that should perhaps
make us hesitate is the fact he stands
ready TO make the purchase at any
moment. He has been in business il
this world long while, and long be
fore he bought Judas Iscariot, down
to the present, he has had the reputa
ton, whether he buys long or short
of being a very shrewd dealer in the
moral stock market.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
No Problem at All.

DR.. Fairfax Irwin OF Philadelphia
the cholera specialist whom the gov.
eminent is sending to study the ChCl.
era outbreak In Germany. was at his
club when someone praised the excel
lence of the reed bird season.
THE last time ! went after reed
birds DR.. Irwin said my mpanion
was a greenborn. An admirable oph.
thalmOlogist he knew no more about
the sight OF a gun than | know about
picture writing. II is a fact that, in
the course of an exciting day, though
he got no birds, he wounded slightly
two men. a COW and a horse
"As counted my own string at sun
set | couldn't resist saying to my com.
panion with sneer:
80 wonder how 1t is, George, that
you managed to hit so many men and
cows and horses and never single
reed bird?'
"Georgn smiled and answered mild
ly:
81 sILrCse It was because the cows
and ECrsCs and men were so much
larger t an TIC birds
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09

| lose the roll. For the cigarette habit
no argument can possibly be made.
Ask the fiend about IL and he will
smile silly supercilious smile out Of
his gamboge face and feel for his cigar
cite box.
Cigarette smoking Is not periodic
it is continuous slow, insidious,
sure poison,
Cigarette smoking begins with an
effort to be smart
For the young man who has grown
so calloused that he smokes cigarettes
in the presence of his mother sister,
or sweetheart, there is little hope.
Hope is only for the youth who is
ashamed OF his lapses
The cigarette smoker is not degen-
crate because he smokes cigarettes.
Quite often he is a cigarette smoker
| because he is degenerate.
Cigarettes stupiIy the conscience
deaden the brain, place the affections
in allegiance and bring the beast to the
surface.
! / soon becomes a pleaSure-a salts
faction and serves to bridge over a
moment of nervousness or embarass.
ment.
Next, it becomes a necessity of life,
a fixed habit.
lie invariably discovers that clever.
ness, trickery, astuteness and untruth
are good substitutes for frankness,
sympathy, and plain, common hon
esty.
The difference between mine and
thine is very hazy line to the cigar
etist meum aud teum are not in his
leXicon-larccny and lying are sprouts
that grow from the same soil.
The man who quits the cigarette
vice must discover his own folly. The
trouble is in his own brain, and there
is no salvation outside of himself.
The choice between cigarettes anC
daily doses of cocaine, morphine OF
bromide, is very slight-all and each
lead downward to the grave.
1 Place no confidence in the cigarette
iend Love HIM If you can, pity hin
If you will, but give him no chance tC
clutch you with his nicotine finger:
and drag you beneath the wave.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
Experiments with Weak Children.

experiments with weak CniIuren'
Interesting experiments are in prog.
ress at Berlin and Charlottenburg,
Germany, with physically weak child.
rem ard others for whom fresh air is
regarded as a necessity. These exper.
iments are attracting attention and
are receiving notice from the English
papers. Barracks, sheds, kitchens
etc, largely open to the wind and sun
are erected in the pine forest, anil
l2O boys and girls between the ages
Of and IA years, are brought by
street car to the woods at 8 in the
morning and remain there until 1880
In the evening. 1t is stated that nc
lesson Is longer than half an hour
and that the lessons are interspersed
with ample time for recreation. The
girls are taught to raise flowers and
vegetables and the boys are instruct
ed In tillirg the soil and building. The
kitchen arrangements are under the
charge of a Red Cross nurse One
liter of milk day is allowed each
child and all are furnished luncheon
dinner and supper of a wholesome
plain type. The promoters are report
ed to be very well satisfied with the
results.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
Roman Ruins Of Africa.

The entire coast from ChCrchel, the
ancient Caesarea in Algiers, to Bone,
the ancient Eippone, Is r'"h in Roman
relies above and below the surface
writes Dwight J.. Elmendorf, in Serb
ner's. The grandest monuments OF
this period however are along the
northern edge Of the Desert of Sa.
hara, about two hundred miles from
the coast. This district consists OF
great plains rising gradually from a
low level In the east to an altitude OF
over three thousand feet in the west
at Timgad.
Very little rain falls in some sec.
lions of It, while in others enough de.
scends in some years to afford fair
crops. In th"7c more favored places
the Romans founded great outposts
for their armies, some of which be.
came wealthy cities, fourished for a
while, and then disappeared as II by
magic, and were forgotten for cen.
turtles. When the Frerch occupied this
section they at once began to explore
these ancient strongholds. and al.
though but little real excavation has
been accomplished, yet it is possible
10 gain some Idea OF these forgotten
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
Get an Explanation.


90 OK here. Nogklns," began Smith.
rs e e." -o. on the street, 81 WAS jugt
thi2aing e. he jokes they used to
have in the papers. One Of them was
about the motherin-aw, Don't you
remember
Yes"
They had her bossing the sopin.
laws house-arriving Unexpectedly
advising the wife to get divorce. and
all that. You'd see that mother-in.law
joke in the papers at least once a
week
u remember"
well, what has become of It? What
has become of the joker? What has
become OF the joke? What has be.
come of the"
Il can explain that" said voice at
his elbow, and Mr.. Smith gave start
and turned pale as he confronted a
female of GO, with an iron Jaw. 81
don't know where the jokers and the
Joke have gore 10, but the mothcr.in.
law remains. She Is here The coal
is out the -four Is out and the two
children are down with the measles,
and you hump for home and helm TO
straighten things out, or I'll make
You think a cyclone struck YOU"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
Called to Save Postanc.

She had had a quarrel with her best
young man and in winding up the az.
fair wrote him a letter which called
for a reply After he had abased him.
self on paper she intended to forgive
him, but as the reply had not come
at once, she retired TO her room for
the usual feminine cry Presently the
bell rang, and as the maid was enjoy.
ing her night out she dried her tears
hurriedly scrambled her hair into
shape and opened the door. There
stood the young man.
Come in she said, rather ungra.
ciously, thinking that she could no
be very dignlfied under the circum.
stances, Il wasn't looking for YOU"
with accent on the you
"Oh, ! thought I'd come instead OF
writing and save a stamp. You're
always telling me to practice econ
omy."
As this was true, she had to for,
give him.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
A Mothers Story.

A new family had come to stay
next door to us, and our houses were
so close together that their three
children played under my bedroom
window a great deal.
One morning, as | sat there sewing,
they got into wrangle over some
thing, and the first knew the two
little brothers were both Shaping the
older sister as hard as they could
| leaned out to remonstrate-the
were all just babies you know-and
what | saw was the little girl, in a
perfect fury. shaking first one and
then the other of her small brothers.
while she said savagely, with shake
TO emphasize each phrase
LET love-through all-your actions
run,
And all-your words-be mild"
Weekly Scotsman
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
A Model i1Ishl and.

Where did vow get that dreadful
black eye, Ms. Hawkins?" said the
East End district visitor, as she seat.
ed herself on TIE extreme edge of the
least dirty chair in the room.
1T were the result OF trinln hal.
tercatlon wiz usband, num-" re-
piled the lady house.
Dear, dear, dear!" cried the visitor.
holding up her hands in horror. How
dreadful What a bad. wicked man
your husband must bel"
Not at all, num-" retorted the
other with dignity. "Awkius is 'asty.
but e's pufiect gentleman at cart |
can hassure you that after ed Civ
me this black eye e sat 'olding cold
fryin-pan TO It for upwards Of a
hover a-tryin' to deduce the swelliu'.
A little hattention like that goes a
long wy towards maxim married life
Apply, mum, as J dessay you've found
yourself, "-Tit,Bits.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
Help Your Wife.
lam Wanted TO Save Tba,o

Sam wilkins was messenger to n
firm of solicitors in Salem. One thing
which puzzled Sam greatly was the
telephone, How the wonderful appar.
atus worked was more than he could
fathom.
Recently a fire broke out in one of
the offices, and soon became so serious
that everybody was ordered out of the
building. Sam went with the rest, but
suddenly an idea struck him and he
rushed back through smoke and flames
TO the telephone room. Frantically he
knocked on the mahogany box. Hi.
Hi! Come out of that" he cried, "the
place is all on FIRE and youl be
roasted alive if you don't hustle out. "
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
The Liquor Traffic

fight against aoonkeepers ndividu
largehearted in LIBERAL
gessve THE REPUBLICAN ii AS fight against the liquor tracha
against and in this column will from time time
sale and liquors The
liquors for other than medicinal purpose harmful TO all good
lives homes and families than
If of anything has been printed
that has caused drinking man reflect or kept young man
addicted habit then the effort will
worth the while THE REPUBLICAN, will appreciate short contri
interested be clippings
the subject
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
In Mad Chase.

Millions rush in mad chase after
health, from one extreme of faddiSm
to another, when, IL they would only
eat good food, aud keep their bowels
regular with Or. Kings New Life
Pills, their troubles would all pass
away Prompt relief and quick cure
for liver and stomach trouble pc at
Ritter Bros. Drug company; guaran-
tppd
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
Furious Fighting.

For seven years. writes Geo W
Hoffman, of Harper Wash, IL had a
aud liver trouble, but at last | won,
Electric BitterS, | unhesitatingly re-
commend them to all, and don't in.
tend in the future to be without them
in the house. They are certainly a
wonderful medicine, to have cured
such bad case as mine" Sold by
Ritter Bros. Drug Co, at SOC a bottle
Try them today.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
For Cracked Hands.

Rough skin and cracked hands are
not only cured by DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, but an occasional appli-
cation will keep the skin soft and
smooth. Best for eczema, cuts, burns,
bOils, etc. The genuine DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve affords immediate
relief in all forms of blind, bleeding,
itching and protruding piles. Sold by
Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
A Liquid Cold Cure.

Group, coughs, colds, Whooping.
cough, etc, have no terrors for chill
dren or adults who evacuate the bow
els with Keunedy's Laxative Honey
and Tar-the original laxative cough
syrup and liquid cold cure. This REM
edy cxpels all cold from the system
and STRENGTHENS the throat. lungs and
bronchial tubes. The mothers favor
tie and children's safeguard Sold by
Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09

The mission Of Early Risers" is TO
clear the way and give Nature fun
sway. These famous little pills rid
the stomach and bowels of all putrid
matter, thus removing the causes of
headache, constipation, sallow com.
pleXion, etc. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers never grippe or sicken. Asafe,
pleasant, pefect pill Sold by Ritter
Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
The Season Of Indigestion.

The season of Indigestion is upon us
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for 1ndigest ion
and dyspepsia will do everything for
the stomach that an overloaded OF
over-worked stomach can not do for
itself Kodol digcsts what you eat
gives the stomach Iest-relicves sour
stomach, belching, heart burn, indi-
gestion, etc. Sold by Ritter Bros.
Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
A Home Institution.

There are eight pages Of THE
REPUBLICAN and each and every
page contains some news Of a
local character. Despite asser.
tons to the contrary The RE
PUBLICAN is printed ENTIRE.
LY at home, is a "home lnstitu-
ton" and employs as many peo-
pie, If not more than other Utah
newspaper north of Ogden, For
more than two months, The
REPUBLICAN, has printed the en-
tire eight pages at its Logan Of
flee and for a year before that
only one page was printed else
where, and this was done only
because a foreign firm was will
ing to give us what Others boast
OF printing at home. The RE-
PUBLICAN is diStinctiyely a local
paper, and its eight pages is
filled only with that which has
local interest TO il, DO not
pass up" inside pages, as you
naturally will and should on
other local publications, but read
them all and you viii not miss
the item for which you may be
looking.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-09
''DOn't Worry

About what you will buy them for
Christmas, Just call at our Store we
have hundreds Of useful presents suit
able for oys and girls, young folks and
old, consisting Of silverware, carveTs,
table and pocket cutlery, nickle plated
goods, brushes, skates, toy sad irons,
tool chests, guns, rifles, latest novel
ties, and general house furnishings
We have a very large stock, our prices
are the lowest and the same to all.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11

as much money for the scrub in feed,
as much for stable rom, as much for
time and labor in milking and caring
for her, as much expense in hauling
her milk to the creamery, as much la
Dor all the year in raising food for
her as they would for the 3OO-pound
COW. and still they can't see the good
COW. And there are teachers, editors
and speakers Observation-Disclosures
derful consumer of rough forage"
This reminds us of an answer one
of these dual-purpose dairymen MADE
to us once. He was a patron OF one
of the Hoard creameries. and MS
herd of thirty dual-purpose COWS mao
returned barely enough in ten months
at the creamery to pay for the cost
of keeping. We e~xpostulated WIN
him on such folish ideas of cows, and
advised him to sell off one-hait OF
his herd, the poorest half, and then
he could make a little profit. lis
| answer was, "Why, what would L nave
| to eat UP my coarse fodder ouo-
| lime isn't it?-Home and Farm.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
G. G. MOORE.
The Beefy Cows That Keep Their
Owners from Making Money.

T cannot resist the temptation TO
ronrod,ce a short little sermon from
Hoard's Dairyman that hits the
Southern dairy farmer so pat 1or
b;s constant inclination to try ana
make milk from big beef-bred COWS
;nS+ead of using dairy-bred COWS.
Here it is:
can ingenious commissioner from
Indiana plans two pieces OF staIuaty
in the form of cows which ought 10
interest the farmers who visit the
St Louis Exposition. One Will DC
modelled from a mass of butter that
. Hooded Jersey COW produces IN a
veor The other from n years
butter Weld of an ordinary SCRUB
cow The butter nodded Jersey VIII
ha about four times as large as the
figure of the common cow II SIM
Il costs no more to keep a gooo am
| NAL than a poor one, the comparlsoh
of product is expected to be coh-
vincing. u1
~That is certainly a most novel
striking method in which to set the
.nI+;mata truth before the farmer.
Take a little Jersey, weighing say
900 pounds, and yielding 300 pounds
of butter; then take a dual-purposee
cow weighing 1900 pounds; Just such
cows as delight so many of the farm
orS in Iowa and Minnesota, where
their ayerage production is My LIZ
mounds of butter a year judged nnal
~ bv the deeds done in the body OF
IN butter results, where Will theS
stand? ovo.
twice as big in real proportion as O u
dual-purpose COW, as mucn pLgg az
800 is than 14O. And yet tneIe al !
thousands of farmers who tnlnk 'l 4e
are dairymen playing at 1t on u,
. edges; who believe the th ~ so(
: scrub is more profitable than the oo'
:. hound Jersey, and they VIII spen
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
TACTICAL POULTRY TALKS.


quantity, changing it every other day
to stale bread soaked in milk with all
surplus milk squeezed out, and rolled
or pin-head oats.
When three weeks old open the pen
on all clear days and let the hen and
brood run, but be sure to get them
back at night, and do not let them
out until dew is off the grass, for
dampness is fatal to young turkeys.
Watch constantly for droopy
poults, and examine carefully for
lice.
Avoid Dew; and q Storm Is Fatal.
If their wing feathers seem to
grow too fast and seem to weight
them down, do not cut the wing as
some do, but gently pull out the first
three or four feathers, as by only cut
ting them you do not stop the growth
at the flesh end.
Until the young are fully feathered
watch the clouds and if signs of a
storm appear, drop everything and
drive up the youngsters at once. for
if caught out in a storm. it will be
the last of them. When fully feath-
cred they can be taught to roost in
the hen house or on fences until cold
weather sets in, when they should
be well taken care of, if you want a
sumptuous Christmas dinner.
JUNGLE TO-"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
Remedy for Roup.

Messrs. Editors: Tell M. G. B.,
,Anex n. c.. and anyone else who
has roup or cold among his chickens.
to take a S-grain q~uinine pill and cut
it into three parts, and give n part
q grain) each day for a grown
chicken, for three days, and an9llle
with kerosene oil, using a teatner'
the throat and nostrils, getting the
oil we'll into the nostril. l have tired
tbis with almost unfailing success.
J. w. BRYAN.
Goldsboro, n. &.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11

are Mr.. and Mrs. Dotger, and fortu-
nate will be the men who may get a
wife hereD Miss Dorothy, the
fourth and youngest daughter, did
the honors at the table while the
guests partook of the courses from
blue points on spring lettuce, ETC.,
to rheubarb pie, coffee and eli. prin-
cipe de Gales.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-11
WHO STICK.
Mr.. Moore Will Tell of the Methods of
Some Who Have Succeeded.

Messrs. Editors The young man
from Wayne County in his letter to
you said he noticed that men who
had attempted dairy work had given
up in short time and gone to other
work.
i, too, have seen much of thA-sanAA
lines of work also!
For the benefit of your wayne
County correspondent and others
who NAV contemplate dairy work, L
will write an occasional letter about
some dairymen who are in 1T to stay.
I will take Mr.. III. G. Dotger hrst'
as he is fresh in mind.
Mr.. Dotger came to Mecklenburg
county from Philadelphia. Pa, about
eight years ago, and bought a farm
of ninety acres two miles from Char-
lotte. For a year or so he raised COT
TON and grain, then seeing no proht
from cotton growing, he gave that
cron up and tried feeding cattle tor
| beef. then cut in milk cows. He o
milks about thirty COWS and retaiiS
| the milk in Charlotte.
He has a convenient, comtortaple
harm. and KEEPS it neat. Two SHOES OF
sixty tons each furnish a feed OF 81
lage daily for the cows from Septem 4
Der to May. The silage corn last a
was more matured than any he has
heretofore put up. He tells me the
maturer corn makes a better feeo
han when put away just past roast
ing ear stage, as has been his custom
until last filling.
A wind mill elevates water TO
tank. the water is piped to oalt!
rooms, barn. cow lot and dwelling; II
the home all the equipment o wate
Is found same as in a modern cit
!; house The farm is cultivated TO
cow feed, crops are grown OF veto
: and oats, crimson clover, corn o
meas. and other forage. The land
nearly level, but Mr.. Dotger hnds
profitable to build terraces and Kee
them in good service. =,
\ Mr.. Dotger is a member OF tn
Dairymen's Association. The Mare
\ meeting of this Association was ne;
at his house, and the members WI
4 not soon forget the sumPtuous
+ O'clock dinner prepared and serve
o by his three daughters, all your
" ladies who are at home IN the ara
. mo room or cook room. (Fortuna