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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-24
BEAR RIVER VALLEY, UTAH.

A monopoly or trust is combina-
ton of individuals to control the sale
of certain articles or commodities so
they can raise or lower the prices at
will. Nature has formed the Utah
farmers into natural monopoly or
trust. The farmers of Utah are on an
oasis in the centre of the Great Ameri-
can Desert The farmer of the eastern
or middle western states looks around
him and sees nothing but farms in
every direction for hundreds of miles;
he sees millions of farmers raising the
same crops that he does and Compel
ing with him in the same market.
While the Utah farmer has practically
no opposition for seven hundred miles
in any direction, he sees over two hun
aired million acres of grazing land upon
which Craze millions of sheep, cattle
and horses, whose winter hay and
grain depend largely upon him. He
sees thousands of coal, iron, gold gill
yer, copper, lead, salt, sulphur as
phalt and onyx mines, whose miners
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-24

depend almost wholly upon him for
food. He looks upon the many groups
OF health-giving hot springs, the slim
ulating Utah climate, the energisine
and invigorating Salt Lake baths, and
these elements coupled with a salt
sea breeze at an elevation of 1920 #
above the ocean (and the Salt Lake
Valley is the only spot on the globe
where a person can enjoy a rareTeu
salt sea breeze at so great an ereva.
tion). This valley is truly an Edo
radcliffe great sanitarium of the
world, and the thousands of people who
flock here each and every year for
health, wealth and happiness depend
upon it for their food.
When we know that tons of alfalfa
25 tons of sugar beets, 400 bushels Of
potatoes, 100 bushels of oats, IS bush
els of barley and so bushels OF wheat
to the acre are not uncommon crops
in the Bear River Valley, we can read
lily see how the Bear River val ey
farmers are so prosperous and con
tented. Nature has given the Bear
River valley farmer a good climate. Q
deep, rich, sandy loan soil, AMI plenty
of water for irrigation and when he
adds to these three elements coed seed
brain and muscle, he will reap each
and every year a bountiful harvest.
There never has been a crop failure
in Utah. The high mountains that
surround the Bear River valley afford
a protection against any cold or hot
winds. Sudden or extreme changes in
the temperature are rare. Billiards,
tornadoes and cyclones are unknown.
Grasshoppers, potato bugs. army worm
and cut worm are also unknown. The
millions of sea-gulls from the Great
Salt Lake are the scavengers that rid
our farmers from these insect pests.
The elevation of Bear River valley
(4210 feet) is one of the reasons why
hog or chicken cholera never made its
Every tree, fruit, grain, vegetable,
shrub and flower that grows in the
zone grows to perfection in
Utah.
The Eastern States farmer, if he
wants a few days recreation or rest,
goes to Watkins Glen in New York or
Glen Onoco in Pennsylvania, and he
looks upon the ravines as wonderful
works of Nature, and they surely are;
and yet if Watkins Glen or Glen OnocO
could be placed in Bear River Can
yon, it would look like baby carriage
in a Union Pacific passenger coach.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-24

the wheat producer, in which the &C.
retl grows best, produced SSS,620
bushels of the total of 3,413,470. The
hay crop of this state is also a good
one, and for the year quoted was 49,
S62,820.00, an average value of $11.99
per acre.
Here are a few figures taken from
government reports, showing the
amount of stuff we sold in the year
1899, and since that time business has
increased over 25 per cent in this limo.
We disposed of 170,S34 cases of toma.
toes, which medical journals declare
the finest and best canned in all the
world. We disposed of $500 bushels
of sweet corn, 14,5OO bushels of car.
rots, 10000 bushels of edible beets,
1,4S3,570 bushels of potatoes, and 5000
bushels of sweet potatoes, $4,000 bush
els of parsnips, 1860 punches of rad
ishes; 255,000 bushels of tomatoes;
10000 bushels of cucumbers; 100000
watermelons, 516,500 muskmelons,
100000 pounds of rhubarb, one mill.
ion heads of cabbage, $4,000 heads of
cauliflower, $4,000 punches of aspara-
gus and 10000 punches of celery.
Other garden sass" not mentioned I'M
der these heads was classified as hav-
ing been sold for $410,531.
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Statistics on fruit sales are so I'M
reliable and so out of proportion to
what they are now, that we refrain
from publishing them. But apples,
pears, plums, peaches, grapes, cur
rants, apricots, nectarines, and in the
south, figs, grow in profusion and are
marketed. English walnuts and al
monds flourish in the southern coun,
ties. In short, we have the temperate
zone in the north and the semi-tropi
cal in the south. Dixie farmers grow
cotton the same as their brothers In
the states south of Mason and Dixon's
line. But that this is a great agricul-
tural and fruit state no one will deny.
Cattle, horses and sheep thrive here.
The forage crop is lucern, which
yields three crops per year on irri-
gated soil and two on dry" farms.
The wool clip this year was 100000
pounds, and the price ranged from Is
to % cents per pound. Utah sheep
are in great demand in the east as
feeders, while Utah cattle are hardy
and command good figures.
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1t is a good state to come to. 1t Is
new, and as a result lands are much
cheaper than elsewhere in older COM
munities. Subduing the soil is easy,
consisting of uprooting the sage brush
and getting water on the land. There
are no boulders, no 'niggerheads," no
hidden rocks for plowpoints to catch;
all is easy. 1t is the colorado of the
agriculturist, the natural home of
the farmer, and the stockman; the
elysium of the miner; the land of
promise to the manufacturer. Mar
kets are good, and money is plentiful.
Come and see u.s.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
NICHOLAS j. WEAVER

this remarkable freebooter lived by
virtual piracy when he circumnavigat.
ed the earth with his yacht Norma five
or six years ago. Starting originally
with the novel idea of taking such
writer's as Kipling and Frank r. Stock
ton on visit to remote corners of the
world and having them write month
ly magazine of travel, six months after
sailing the New York company got
weary of meeting his drafts and went
out OF existence.
Nothing daunted, Weaver kept
bravely on his way, and for three
years managed to keep not only him
self afloat but yacht, a sailing mas
ter, mate, eight sailors, steward
and a cook. Quite a goodly company
TO be supported by the wits of one
man! For Weaver had nothing else
to draw on. and yet contrived to con-
tinue as far as New Zealand, via Eu-
rope and Asia, simply by means of the
depredations-bogus drafts and so on
he committed at various ports along
the way.
Reaching England, the Norma an.
nexed another gentleman adventurer,
named Frank Tarbaux, who had risen
from comparative commonplaceness to
the upper regions of society and
finance. Tarbaux, who was seen in
New York few months ago and fed
to South Africa before his arrest could
be negotiated. was sort of buccaneer
even before meeting with Commodore
Weaver.
Nice. Monte Carlo indeed the entire
Rlyieran coast, are strewn with
wrecks In the wake OF this marine
highwayman. Having for several sea-
sons, a handsome yacht in the Medi.
terranean, to which gaming lambs
were lured and shorn, Tarbaux and
his accomplices piled their piratical
craft so profltably that no Spanish
Main ever yielded richer booty than
the Mediterranean to them. Only
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
Cosmopolitan European Cities.

There are many quarters of central
London in which almost every word
heard spoken in the streets is French,
German or Italian. But II is said, on
the authority of statistics quoted by
a French newspaper, that the number
of foreigners in London is not half so
great as the total of those residing in
Paris, where there are said to be 200.
900. There Is no other capital nearly
so cosmopolitan, st. Petersburg com
ing next after London with an esti.
mated total of $4,000 The Germans
are the most numerous foreigners in
Paris, and their numbers have of late
been largely increasing The number
of French in Berlin, on the other hand
is small, though an important part in
the life of the Prussian capital was
played for many generations by the
families encouraged to settle by the
great elector, who long preserved
their Independent national character.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
Costly Dreams Of Empire.

The dream of empire is doubtless a
pleasant diversion from the stern real.
tiles OF the ordinary rulers life, but
when IL becomes something more than
a dream It is usually a costly expert.
ment. The czar has found 1t so in the
Ear east and Germany is beginning TO
realize that the kaiser's vision is al
most as much as it can bear Millions
Of Russian rubles have been spent in
vain attempt to make Siberia and
the Pacific coast productive part OF
the Russian empire, while the kaiser
has spent 5O,O00,O00 on his African
wars, with no prospect of return from
those colonies for half century. The
public debt of Germany has increased
s300,000.OO0 in ten years, and there is
no prospect that It will be decreased
in the immediate future.-Pittsburg
Dispatch,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
Seek Buried Treasure.

For some months past a number OF
laborers have been digging in the dis.
trict of the Black River mountain on
the island of Mauritius, for a treasure
valued at from twenty to thirty mil.
lion pounds, supposed to have been
buried at the time of the British con.
quest or some time before by the
French officials. Laborers are work.
ing under the direction of an oyerseer,
who Is himself the employee of a com
pany formed for the purpose of dis
covering the treasure. The pirates
who at one time infested Mauritius
and made II their headquarters buried
their treasures in various parts OF the
island. Some OF these have been
found by the islanders from time to
time. II Is, however, believed that
many people at the time of the British
conquest buried whatever money or
valuable goods they possessed. Part
of the treasure which was buried at
Black River was placed there by some
French officials. Documents exist
showing that it was buried. Work is
proceeding with feverish despatch on
the spot.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
AMERICAN VOTERS IN CANADA
Possible Annexation Of Western Part
to the United States.

Now the American immigration
question in Canada has reached eli.
max. II takes only three years for
an immigrant to earn vote in Canada,
and $4,000 former American voters
will soon come into their Canadian SUI.
frage. There are in round numbers
10000 males more than IS years of
age in western Canada who formerly
lived in the United States, $50. 900 of
whom are old enough to vote. There
are now between 100000 and 800 900
settlers, with possible voting popuIa.
ton of 100000, a high percentage be.
cause many cattlemen without families
are emigrating from Montana and WV.
oming. BY the end OF 1905 the Amer.
lean vote in the Canadian west will be
overwhelming. In eastern Canada
thousands of people believe that this
invasion means the ultimate annexa.
ton Of western Canada by the United
States. II is called the coming ma.
ton. Worlds Work
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
Senator pIatt's Responsibi,l,v

Before Senator Plat OF New York had
been shelved practically great many
persons appealed to him for help of
one kind or another. On one occasion
a young army officer had been denied
promotion because of some defect in
his eyesight. His mother wrote 10
Senator Plat asking him for his as.
sistance, closing her letter with the
words; II leave 1t all to you and the
Lord" The senator forwarded this
appeal to the secretary of war. saying
In MS own note; Il have noticed that
when matter is left to me and the
Lord am held responsible in case OF
failure; therefore beg that you will
assist me-"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
SEEMED PURSUED ~ rAh
Killed by Cars After Having Three
Times Escaped Terrible Death.

After having passed through three
accidents, in each ono OF which he
escaped a terrible death, Stephen Cal
Jewell settled down to live the rest OF
his life quietly at Phillipsport, Sulli'
van county, N. Y. Fate still pursued
him and he is dead from injuries re-
ceived by being struck by the cars
near his home. He was Sc years old.
Callewell was in the rush to Cali
fornia gold fields in 1S49 He made
fortune and was returning by sea
when the vessel burned Though many
were lost he was picked up. He was
in a room on the fourth floor OF the
United States hotel at Newburg when
Il burned and chung by his fingers to
the window sill until rescued.
Later he returned to California and
was badly injured in mine disaster,
lying between life and death a long
time. Having no desire to die with
his boots on" he returned home to
live in quiet He was killed while
walking on the railroad track on his
way home after visiting a comrade
who had been in the burning ship
with him.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
Some Unblazoned Heroes.

Among the heroes OF the day must
be counted the Louisiana physicians
who are fighting the battle of the peo-
pie against the dreaded scourge, and
who will not give up the fight, even
when stricken themselves. IL often
takes more courage to face plague and
pestilence In the sickroom than dan
ger on the field, for in the former case
there is none of the excitement of the
fray nor the prospect of glory to win
In the end II is simply the sacrifice
OF life and all that makes life worth
living at the call of duty, and many
hero OF the battlefield would shrink in
fear and loathing from the danger
fearlessly faced by these nameless he
roes In humanity's Baltimore
American.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
Experience With an umbr.ll.

One stormy day last winter | was
struggling with an appraised umbrella
against the wind in one OF our down
town streets, says a Chicago writer,
when a sudden gust snapped the han.
die close to my hand and the UNI
brella went soaring up and out of
sight over the adjoining buildings.
With an imprecation | cast away the
part of the handle that remained in
my grasp, turned up my collar and
went my way. Three minutes later,
having passed into the next street
and being half way down the cross
block, saw my umbrella gently des-
cending toward me. 1t dropped light.
ly at my feet | picked 1t up, and
when later l tried to tell of its ad.
ventures I was jeered at.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
Nevada Town obIIterated.

Files of the Nevada Transcript OF
1860 tell of the visit of theatrical
company to the mining town of Red
Dog. The company, headed by Nc
Kean Buchanan, Virginia Buchanan,
Frank Mayo, Charles Wheatleigh and
Elizabeth Saunders, all of within occu.
by prominent places in the history OF
the American stage, played three
nights in Red Dog to an average bust.
ness Of $1,000 a night The plays pro,
duced were Camille" THE Robbers"
and "The Octoroon." To-day not a
yestige Of a house is to be found on
the former site of Red Dog, which was
about nine miles from Nevada City.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
ENORMOUS COST OF WARFARE
Fighting Has saddled the Nations Of
the World With Debt,

the World With Debt.
Two or three centuries ago 1t was
discovered that money for warfare
could be secured more easily and in
larger quantities by bonding the ma.
ton for 1t and taxing the people to pay
the interest. Wars began to cost
more. In less than 800 years Great
Britain has spent on warfare $685..
100000. The revolution of 1858 cost
$155,000,000, the war of the Spanish
succession, 1920 100000; the Spanish
war, 1925, 100000; the seven years
war, $535, 100000 the American war
OF revolution, $725, 100000; the war Of
the French revolution, $1,000, 000, 900;
the war against Napoleon, 1880 ,0O0,.
900. The Boer war cost Great Britain
in cash more than $S00,000,000.
II Is estimated that the wars Of the
nineteenth century cost the world SIT.
s22,OO0,oO0. A statistician has figured
that there are 3,155,673, 500 seconds In
century. According to these figures,
the world paid out nearly Sc a second
in the last century for war. Adopting
Archbishop Usher's chronology, which
made the world 1904 years old at the
end OF 1899, the nation spent in the
nineteenth century for war an amount
equal to nearly So minute since the
creation. This statistician has esti
mated that the worlds population is
l,5OO,O00,O00. II this Is correct the
amount spent In war between 1901 and
1900 would furnish each man, woman
and child with nearly $12 pocket
money.
The debts OF the chief nations of the
earth aggregate more than 1874, 600, 600,
900. 1t Is believed that three-fourths
OF this sum was swallowed up in war.
rare and preparations for It. Nearly
all the sum represented by the debts
OF Great Britain, France and Germany
was spent for warfare. These coun.
tries are spending annually In interest
on their debts nearly $500, OO0, 900.
This sum is In addition to the amounts
being expended for the support of mil.
itary ornaments The amount appro-
priated this year for this purpose by
Great Britain in round figures is $500.
100000; by Germany, S217,50O, 900: by
France, $200,20O,O 900; by the United
States, $4,000 000.-New York Trib.
une
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
In the Matter Of Ruxlnn.

Congressman Joy strolled into
washington billiard room one evening
and found Comptroller Tracewell play.
ing game with mutual acquain.
lance. Tracewell was just putting
some fine-cut tobacco in his check and
JOY asked for chew. IL don't chew
enough to warrant me in buying any"
ne said, as he slowed away full
grown helping. Said Tracewell dry
~; You've got that the wrong way.
JOY. The trouble with you is you
don't buy enough to warrant you in
chewing any"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
BENEFIT OF ELECTRIC TRAVEL.
Quick Transit Relieves Congestion Of
Large Cities.

Large Cities.
A rather striking phrase was used
by Prof E. A. Ross, a visiting lecturer
at the University of Chicago, in the
course of recent address. Steam
massed people, lie said, but cleo
tricity is dispernsAg them" And, not
quite so happily, continuing, When
the mechanic comes to think nothing
of living ten miles from his work the
Stun will vanish and the city will diff
fuse itself into the country" The OBJ
lection to this is that, in American
cities, the slums are not made up of
mechanics. Nevertheless. the tenden-
cy of the electric railway to extend the
distance between the shop and the
home Is undoubtedly of the greatest
benefit to American workingmen. AS
simple problem in arithmetic a
twelve-mile ride for 5 cents Is cheaper
than a mile-and-a.half ride for cents.
But the difference in standard of liv-
ing made possible by the longer hauls
and uniform fares of the American
street railways, as compared with the
shorter distances and graded fares in
Great Britain, is even greater than the
proportionately cheaper transporta-
tion.-Chicago Western Electrician.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
lndlana's Veteran pbvsicl,,

Dr. w, II. Wishard of indianapolis
is probably the Oldest practicing physi-
clan In Indiana, He was born Jan. II.
1917 and Is therefore nearly 90 years
old: Although he is not exerting him.
self to build up practice, he still an.
swers calls and puts In his spare time
gong over his old accounts and max.
ing out unpaid bills. He is one of two
surviving charter members Of the In.
mana State Medical society, the other
one being DR.. P, H. jameson OF In.
dianapolis, who is about eight years
younger than Or. Wishard.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
MODERN CAPT. KIDD
BuccAkEERINo EXPLOITS OF
NICHOLAS J. WEAVER.
Without Actual Violence, This Accom-
pIlshed seoundreI Was as veritable
a Freebooter as the Famous Pirate
Lived Well by His Wits.

While piracy and buccaneering are
generally supposed to have faded into
the past, the career of Nicholas j.
Weaver, the report of whose death re
Gently reached this country from the
antipodes, is as thrilling as ever were
the exploits of Capt. Kidd. Repre-
senting himself as Commodore of the
Atlantic and New York Yacht clubs,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27

The special correspondent OF the
Chicago Tribune at Baku, Russia,
sends the following account OF the re-
cent disturbance at that place:
The worst of the storm of massa-
ere, pillage and incendiarism which
has swept over Baku and its environs
is over, but the picture is one Of deep
est gloom.
It is difficult to describe the hor-
rors of the last six days. Massacre
has followed massacre. pail OF
smoke from burning oil wells, tanks
and refineries has hung over the city
day and night.
The butchery began with the
slaughter of 1900 Armenians while
the police looked on as II 1t were
theatrical display Children were
dashed to pieces before their mothers
eyes. Men either we're cut to pieces
instantly or mutilated in an indescrib-
able fashion before they were put to
death
An Armenian vizier, who barricad-
ed himself in his house, was roasted
to death with his wife and children.
The Armenians who took refuge in
another house we're holding out
against the Tartar soldiers when
magistrate demanded admission. The
latter persuaded them to come out, as
surfing them of his protection. He
then ordered the soldiers to fall on
them, and all were barbarously muir
dered.
Then the troops took up the task
Of suppressing the orgy OF bloodshed,
and in the six days of fighting more
than a thousand persons have been
killed. Several thousands were wound
ed, almost exclusively Tartars, Puri-
tans and Armenians.
Nearly 100000 fugitives are without
work, almost the whole oil industry
being ruined. involving serious conse-
quences TO the trade and commerce
of the whole country. The financial
loss cannot be computed but there will
be loss OF about so 100000 annually
to state revenue from the excise.
Boats running on the Volga will
doubtless have to use naphtha instead
OF oil. The quantity of naphtha on
hand will be sufficient for the river
boats for at least five months. II
will take nearly year to repair the
damage here.
But for the activity of the soldiers
the bloodshed might have been great
er. As it is a great many have been
killed.
There is little left unburned above
the ground in the outlying oil fields
OF Balkan, Roumani, Sabunto. and
Bibiebat, from which the crude oil
supply for the Baku oil industry is
drawn. All the extracting plants, In
Guiding derricks, pumping establish
ments. and the oil reservoirs in which
the crude oil is stored, have been de
stroyed. The breaking OF the reser'
voirs Embossed flood of burning oil
which It was impossible to extinguish
A large portion of the black town"
quarter, in which most OF the REIN
cries were located. was also burned
The financial loss has not yet been
established, but II will run into the
millions. 1t is stated that the loss
In crude oil which will run waste un'
Ill the reservoirs can be rebuilt, and
the refneries again started, will
amount to 100000 daily.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-27
A $50 Beetle.

In Central America the most re.
markable gold beetles in the world are
found. The head and wing cases are
brilliantly polished with luster as OF
gold itself. To sight and touch they
have all the seeming of metal, Oddly
enough, another species from the same
region has the appearance of being
wrought in solid silver freshly burn.
ished These gold and silver beetles
have market value. They are worth
from S25 to $50 each.