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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
ENOUGH FOR TWO LOADS.
Senator HaIe's Story Gives Neat Re.
Duke to Congressman.


Senator Hale had been inveigh.ng
at a dinner against long speeches.
But, senator" said a congressman,
you can't accuse me of ever having
made too long a speech. can your"
Senator Hale smiled.
Perhaps not" he said; land again.
Bvt did you ever hear about the tenn.
perance lecturer? No?
We'll. you must know that there
was a temperance lecturer In Maine
who came to Ellsworth and lectured.
He hit out pretty hard from the shout
der at these so-called moderate drink
ers and at the end Of his remarks an
Ellsworth man took him aside and
said in an aggrieved tone:
Look here, Jim; I am q moderate
drinker, as all the town knows, and
to many people 1t Is going to seem as
II a good part of your lecture was
pointed at me. What did you want
to do It for. Jim? You never saw me
with more on board than could
carry
whats that" said the temperance
lecturer.
"'You never saw me with a bigger
load than could carry, did your
"The lecturer frowned.
Well, no. he said, slowly. but
have seen you when thought you'd
have done better to go twice for It, F"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Hot-Weather REFUGE,

Rev. e. w. WeSser, a Maine minis.
ter, who was located for a while IN a
Georgia town as pastor, of Universal.
list church, occasionally relates this
story:
He was talking with William Dod-
son, ex-president of the Georgia SEN
ate.
II suppose you feel the heat greatly
down here In the summer, don't your
queried Mr.. Weber of the southern
man.
! well, it does get prett. warm here
sometimes" admitted Mr.. Dodson
"but every time feel too warm
think of the visit once made to Bos.
ton, and 1t sends the cold shivers' all
over me."-Boston Record.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
A caIumny on Anglers.

1--WE fishermen" said Havelock Nor.
ton, California's famous fly caster. ARE
continually being accused Of intemper-
ance. The accusation Is false. No
Incorporate man could ever cast fly.
Yet yesterday friend of mine had
the effrontery to say to me:
"'You fishermen! You fishermen!'
whats the matter now?' I asked
scornfully.
with a chuckle he declared that,
out walking in the country, he had
met an angler beside brook and had
said to the man:
How can you tell the good places
from the bad when you come to a
stream?
BY the bottles the man answered.
Wherever the most empty bottles are
scattered is the best place.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
MORGAN AND THE SUFFERER.
Former Relaxed at the Clever Retort
Of the Latter.

A young reporter on the New York
Sun, who suffered fearfully, was sent
one day to try to get statement from
Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan.
who and what are your" demanded
Mr.. Morgan.
In moments Of surprise or nervous
excitement the reporters stammerins
always became acute, so he stood with
Jaws locked. vainly trying to speak.
Mr.. Morgan began to fume, and
finally he sputtered:
what In the devil are your"
The reporters sense Of humor did
not share the clogging up of his
speech, and. after much facial con-
tortion, he managed to gurgle out:
"II-I-aaaaam an elocutionist"
Mr.. Morgan saw the joke, he grim
ly relaxed and when the reporters
observation-disclosures returned he got
the MISUNDERSTANDING Evening
Post.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
German Industry Threatened.

The passing of the German meer.
schaum trade seems inevitable. Prac-
tically all the known deposits Of meer-
schaum have been exhausted. In the
last Ave months the price of the raw
material has gone up so per cent.
IN single town, Ruhla, in the Thur
ingiah forest. over 1900 workmen have
been employed in this industry. The
only place where meerschaum is now
found is IN the mines Of Eski.Schehir.
The output there is small and most
Of It goes to England and America.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
L.us roc LONG to Be a soldier.

Columbus, O.-Jasper Combs. SOL
der in the regular army, was dis.
missed from thee service on order of
the department because of peculiar
physical disability 1t is officially re-
corded that Jasper's legs are too
long" 1t makes him very awkward,
and the drill sergeant found that, he
would never be able to drill and march
In an acceptable way. Combs was a
recruit and had been trying to learn
to drill for several months.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Modern ArtlficlalltY.

We certainly should be downcast at
the wholesale artiilciality Of the age.
Most of the people one knows are in
reality entirely different from what
they seek to appear. To take anybody
seriously is well-nigh heinous of.
tense, and 1t seems to be regarded as
a much greater triumph to produce an
imitation that "defies detection" than
an enduring work or art. The classes
are compounded OF shame; the middle
classes delight In them.-Woyld.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
A Happy Mother

will see that her baby is properly
cared for-to do this a good purgative
is necessary. Many babies suffer from
worms and their mothers don't know
It'll your baba Is feverish and doesn't
sleep at nights, 1t is troubled with
worms. Whites Cream Vermifuge
will clean out these warns In a mild
pleasant way. Once tried always used.
Give 1t a, trial. Price 25c. Sold by
Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Greatest Barber story Vet.

A wonderful family Of BARRIERS is
that OF Benjamin NJ. Youells, who lives
a. Easton, Pa, and who. although 81
years old, still yields razor. OF his
nine children, all Of whom are living.
the three sons are BARRIERS and two Of
his six daughters can handle a razor
as skilfully as man. The other four
daughters married BARRIERS. Nine Of
his II grandchildren are BARRIERS, and
his seven great.grandchildre say they
will become knights of the razor.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Eneourauer1ent,

It is a great mistake to take a good
action performed by some one else as
matter Of course. If people would
but realize that they are better served
when they themselves are lind and
considerate the world would be the
better.
Never be toe careless or too su
perior to give word Of praise, for
word Of encouragement has the effect
~ tonic upon dropping spirits and
adds new incentive to the worker.
OF course, injudicious praise Is a
mistake. but II work is badly done try
to find some good point about 1t or
point out the mistakes as kindly as
possible.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
washinaton's Irish Army.

In a volume Just Issued by Man.
haitian publisher. statistics compiled
by the cleric author indicate among
other data that three-fourths of Wash
ington's army contained only Irish
men or those of Hibernian descent.
The statement is made that authorize.
tive records prove that in single
regiment upward of $50 fighters each
bore the Christian name. Patrick.
The claim is also set forth that Gen.
Warren. of Bunker Hill tame, came OF
Celtic ancestry.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Ss,ooo,ooo WALLPAPER DESIGN.

A new design in fancy wallpaper
patterns comes from Kansas City;
also way to utilize Cancelled checks.
A Arm has had all its Offices papered
with old checks, placed neatly edge
to edge. The face figures Of the
checks vary from $4,000 to $1,000
and the total for one room is $4,000.
600. As gilt molding runs around
the edges of each check panel, the
general effect is rather pleasing.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Liuht That Ia Real.

A happy man or woman is a better
thing to find than five-pound note.
He or she is a radiating force Of good
will, and their entrance into a room
is as though another candle had been
lighted. We need not care whether
they could prove the forty-seventh
proposition. They do better thing
than that. They practically demon.
strate the great theorim of the livable.
ness Of life.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
A Bio Sturgeon.

The largest sturgeon which has ever
been landed at Aberdeen. was ex-
posed for sale recently, at the fish
market. The fish was caught by a To-
cal trawler, at the northern fishing
grounds. and when weighed at Aber.
deem turned the scale at $50 pounds.
It was nine feet three inches in
length. by about Ave feet in girth, and
was sold by auction. Bidding was
keen. and at SO 5s the sturgeon was
knocked down.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Then and Now.

In the days Of old when knights
were bold and wore sheetiron shirts
and vests, they battled for the right
to hold fair maidens to their manly
breasts. They went to war and risked
their lives to get the girls they wished
to win, and when they'd claimed them
as their wives. supported them through
thick and thin. But in these days
when every man appears to think he
ought to try to get as wealthy as he
can, and love is something he can
buy, his wife's partner that he takes
In bizness for year or two; then one
or else the other breaks the ties and
looks for something new.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
A Fortunate Break.

An Italian named Ventura. who, in
1865. was condemned to death, has
been liberated by King Victor EN-.
manuel III. He was about to be ex.
ecuted when piece of the machinery
broke. The spectators were so affec-
ted that they obtained the commute.
ton of his sentence.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-06-19
Health Note.

Physicians say that laughter is an
aid to digestion. Therefore, be mirth-
full; the more the merrier. Young
men should grin and young girls
should giggle as much as possible.
You may be thought silly. and this
will occasion some concern on the
part of your friends. but they will not
be urprised.-Bohemian
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
pension for a year and a half and a
loss OF five numbers, but also asked
for leniency.
Wealthy Men Are Indicted.

CHEYENNE, April At has been
learned here today that the special
federal grand jury, called at the re.
quest OF Assistant United States At.
torney General Burch, returned five
indictments last evening against b.
M. Holbrook, of the Wyoming Coal
Mining company; E. T. Mccarthy, q
former business associate Of Holbrook;
E. E. Lonbaugh, Sheridan attorney,
and Robert McPhilamey, q real estate
dealer of Sheridan.
The indictments charge conspiracy
with intent to defraud the government.
Holbrook and Mccarthy are reputed
to be million aires. Mccarthy Is en-.
gagged in zinc and lead mining enter.
prises in Missouri.
Lonbaugh and McPhilamey are
charged with taking up coal lands and
selling them to the company. They
are now in this city and have been
held in IS, 600 bonds. The other two
men have not been apprehended.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
A Livestock Commission War.

KANSAS CITY, April 4.-The live.
stock commission men who are men,
bers of the livestock exchange at the
stocky ards have declared war on
the Cooperative Livestock Commits
sion company, an independent con.
cern, and boycott on all packers
who purchase cattle, sheep or hogs
from the Cooperative company. The
reason given for the boycotting is
that the company sells cattle below
price quotations and sends out circu-
lars to shippers charging the commits
sion men and stock exchange with
dealing unfairly with the shippers.
The Cooperative company's repre-.
sentatives say that the organization
of the independent company was
brought about by the action of the
commission in advancing charges for
sales of livestock.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Chinese Famine..Is Serious.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-To correct
an erroneous report that has found
general circulation with harmful re-
suits, the Red Cross issued the follow
ing statement today in regardcto the
Chinese famine:
"The famine in China is unpreced-
ented in severity and the lperiod of
greatest agony is yet to come. Many
weeks must pass before there will be
relief from new crops, and millions to.
day are kept alive only through the
contributions Of the American people,
who have sent their don ations to the
National Red Cross at Washington
and to the Christian Herald OF New
York. These two great organizations
are working together for the common
cause, and have furnishedI more than
two-thirds of all relief suppliesIsent to
China. The large amount of money
and shipments OF supplies already
made have only partly relieved the
stu uation. While hundreds of thous.
ands of lives have been saved, hun
dred7 OF thousands yet must die unless
large additional sums and shipments
OF food are at once provided.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Clark's Carriage Upset.

TRINIDAD, Colo, April 6.--Former
United States Senator W. A. Clark
of Montana, while on q tour of in.
spection Of his coal properties, 20
miles west of Trinidad, met with an
accident yesterday, in consequence of
which he is confined to his bed in bis
priv ate car today, in care of a physi-
clan. When crossing a river his car
riage broke the ice and upset, plung.
ing the senator into the stream. He
was rescued by other members of the
party as he was being washed under
the ice. The senator was hurriedly
taken to ranch five miles away, and
when he arrived there his clothing
was frozeu. After being furnished
with dry clothing the party proceeded
to Weston, eight miles distant, where
the senator's private car was waiting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Buffalo Herd Goes To Canada.

DENVER, April 5.-Howard Eaton,
of Wolf, Mont, the famous guide and
personal friend of President Roose.
welt, announced here today that he
had received information that the
herd of of between 400 and 800 bison
owned by Michael Pablow, and at the
Flathead reserv alton, 30 miles west of
Missoula, Mont, is about to pass in.
to possession of the Can adj AN govern.
ment, to which Pablow has given an
option for the purchase of the ami.
mails. Some time ago Mr.. Eaton se-
cured an option on the herd at val.
uation of $500 head and presented it
to the United States government.
President Roosevelt was desirous of
preserving to the United States the
herd comprising one.half of all the
bison surviving in this country, Mr..
Eaton said, but no appropriation was
made for the purpose.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Big Suit For Back Taxes.

CHICAGO, April "a. B. Jones,
Chauncey Keep and the Merchants
Loan Il Trust company, executors of
the estate of Marshall Field, are de.
PENDANTS in a suit for 81, 76S, GAG. 40 for
personal taxes from 1899 to 1906, be.
gun by County Attorney Harry A.
Lewis, who declares the suit will test
the rights Of his Office to collect back
taxes on large estates after the death
of the principal.
The personal property taxes of the
estate for 1906 have been paid by the
executors, but they refuse to pay the
back taxes, contending they have no
authority to do 80. The amount OF
taxes due was estimated by County
Attorney Lewis and his assistants by
studying the inventory of the Field
estate filed in the probate court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Railroad Trouble Adjusted.

CHICAGO, April 4.-The differences
between the western railroads and the
members of the Order of Railway
Conductors and of the brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen were adjusted
today. The men abandoned their de-
mand for a nine.hour work day, and
the railroads made an advance over
their previous proposition in the pay
of baggagemen, Aagmen and brakemen
OF $3.50 per month.
The new agreement, which goes into
effect dating from April l, follows:
The pay of conductors in the pas
senger service to be increased $40 per
month; that of baggagemen, $3.50, and
that of Aagmen and brakemen, $3.50
per month, as applied to the schedules
in effect November, 1906.
The railroads are not to make any
reduction in crews or increase in mile
age for the purpose of offsetting the
increased wages given the passenger
trainmen.
Overtime in the passenger service is
to be allowed on the basis of Is cents
per hour, to be computed for each
part of the run separately. Time is
to begin at the scheduled time of leav.
ing.
Roads on basis of more than ten
hours per day for helper or construc.
tiOn train service are to make no in
crease in the rates paid for such serv.
ice.
The brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen were also granted today by
the railroads an increase of ten per
cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
A Deadly Southern Tornado.

New ORLEANS, April 5.--Probably
30 lives were lost today by a tornado
which swept across portions of three
gulf states and which was traceable
for a distance of 300 miles. The tor.
nado moved from west to east, com.
prising the southern extremity OF
Louisiana and Mississippi and strik.
ing into Alabama for short distance
Portions of four towns were devastated
and damaged approximating $500, 600
was done.
The death list from today's torn ado
will reach 20 and the injured will mum.
ber so in Louisiana alone, according
to reports received late tonight. A
remarkable report comes from the
state asylum at Jackson, La, where
nearly all the patients were left with.
out shelter, and 20 of them seriously
injured. Several cases of chronic
hysteria are reported. Some have
been shocked into what their physi.
clans declared may prove permanen,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
A Much Indicted Banker.

CHICAGO, April S. - The federal
grand jury returned an indictment
containing It's counts against John
r. Walsh, the former president of the
Chicago National bank. The counts
charge misappropriation of funds and
credits of the bank, and also alleges
that he made false entries in his re-
ports to the controller of the currency
Between so and 60 transactions are
covered in the indictment. the aggre.
gate sum involved being about 50,
5OO,O 900.
The specific charges are that sums
of moneys were credited to the per.
sonal account of Walsh as the result
of "memorandum nOte' trans actions:
that other sums were placed to his
personal credit as the result of sales
of coin bonds to the bank, and tn at
payments Of money were made by him
from the sums credited to his account
following the transactions in "memo.
randum notes. and the sale of bonds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
CONTROL TIMBER LANDS.
Lumber Barons Will Be Investigated
BY Government Agents.

Los ANGELES, April 4.-Frederick
E. Weyerhauser. the lumber king. has
offered the Southern Pacific people
81, ,O00, 900 for 81, 900 acres of timber in
the Klam ath River country. Part of
this tract extends over the border line
into California, but the bulk OF 1t lies
in Oregon. Weyerhauser's offer is
little less than 1923 an acre.
The railroad people have refused
his offer and are asking $40 an acre,
or total OF SO, 100000. The lumber
king balks at this figure and has tried
in vain to close the deal at his origi.
nal offer.
WASHINGTON, April 4. - "How
many acres of timber lands have been
bought by Frederick Weyerhauser, 7.
B. Walker, the Bradleys, the Smiths,
the Wentworths and the other vastly
wealthy men who have consolidated
the forests of the western states in a
few hands?''
The federal government will endeav.
or to answer this question by virtue of
the authority vested in the department
Of commerce and labor by the Kit.
redge senate resolution directing that
the lum ber trust be investigated. At
the present time, twenty young men of
the bureau of corporations are study
ing the timber and lumber and saw
mill business as faithfully as though
they intended to organize corpora
tion to control the business of the ma
tiOn.
The original object of the investiga-
tion was to analyze the reputed lum.
Der trust. Preparations were made to
begin the inquiry by Chief Smith of
the bureau of corporations. Incident
ally came the proclamation OF the
president on March 2, creating forest
reserves from Il, $780, 900 acres OF tim.
ber lands in the public domain. There
was outcry by opponents of Forester
Pinchot. The president said, and Mr..
PinchOt reiterated, that the creation
of the reserves was largely to forestall
the timber barons. who were gathering
in the forests until they have virtu al
control of the future of the lumber in.
dustry in a few hands.
Report has it that Weyerhauser and
associates own l50,0O0,O00 acres of
timber lands on the Pacific slope.
And it is asserted that Mr.. Weyer-
hauser owns the majority of this hold
ing. He has been reputed in some
quarters to be the richest man on the
American continent, exceeding John
D. Rockefeller several times. 1t will
be 90 arranged by the head of the
corporations bureau here that Mr..
Weyerhauser will have the oppor.
tunity to say under oath how many
square miles he owns OF western for
ests. 1t is anticipated that he will be
loath to answer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Bryan's Views On Tainted Money.

KANSAS CITY, April Wv. J.
Bry an, In q lecture here tonight at
the Grand Avenue Methodist church,
praised churches and other institu.
tions that have refused gifts of 'taint.
ed money!" and said
81 am glad to see this question agi-
tated, | am sanguine enough to be.
lieve that this struggle over accepting
money which has been amassed by
questionable means will yet be settled
ON the side of ethics and morality.
~ believe the time is coming when
great educational institutions will re.
fuse to give responsibility to great
criminals by going into partnership
with them. We are too prone to meas
ure morality at the door of the peni.
tentiary. We forget that there are
many criminals outside Of prison
DOORS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10

BILLINGS, April 6.-F'orty individ-
uals OF the hobo species were rounded
up in various parts of the city this
morning and escorted out of the town
by two mounted police. Several of the
number were desperate in appearance.
Chief Talgo has declared that he will
in the future make Billings the most
undesirable place on the map for
species of this kind.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Irrigation Contracts Awarded.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The secre.
tary of the interior has awarded con-
tracts for the construction of the later
ais and the waste bitches for the low
er Yellowstone irrigatio project in
Montana, as follows: Schedule l,
consisting of about ten miles of later.
ais and about 4.5 miles of waste
bitches to d. A. Freeman & Co. of St.
Cloud, Minn., S25, 2O5.5O: schedules =
and ,, consisting of seventy -four miles
of laterals and about thirty miles OF
waste bitches, to Arthur j. Coates &
Co., st. Cloud Minn., at $lll,84S.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-04-10
Coffee Imports Decline.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-A report
issued today by the bureau of statis-
tics OF the department of commerce
shows that cocoa importations into
the United States are now averaging
more than million dollars month,
against an average of q quarter OF a
million dollars decade ago. Mean.
time importations of coffee show q de.
cline. during the last two years. In
the eight months ending with Febru.
ary, 1907, there has been an increase
OF S6, 800, 600 in the importation of CO.
Goa and decline of 81 500, 900 in the
importations Of coffee, and an in
crease of 81, 100000 in tea importa
tiOns.