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just What He Wanted.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: "A
young minister settled over a small
country parish was instructed by his
parishioners 10 procure a piano for
their use. He did so, telling the
dealer to charge the bill for rental to
the secretary of the parish. When
the bill amounted to SIS, the society
being unable to pay it, as well as the
salary of the pastor, the music dealer
dunned the minister for the money,
telling him that he assumed the re-
sponsibility. The latter replied th&t
he never assumed the responsibility OF
another, having all he could do to pay
his bills, ~whereupon the dealer
threatened to sue him.
A short time after our friend re-
ceived a letter from a New York COL
lection agency, to which, as well as
several following, he paid no attention
Until the following short but definite
letter came:
Dear Str-Unless you remit at once
we shall publish you all over the couu-
try as a delinquent debtor
TO which he replied:
"Gentlernen-Ever since I entered
the ministry ! have been struggling
for the title OF ID. d. Go ahead
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Want LAND IN
NORTH DAKOTA
COMMISSIONER eILRREATH HAS
RECEIVED A LETTER FROM
WISCONSIN MAN WHO IN
CURES AFTER TRACTS. OF
LAND FOR A COLONY.

Commissioners Gilbreath is in re-
ceipt of the following letter from S. j.
Reign, Elkhart Lake, Wis:
Several parties including myself i'm
end to come west this spring and buy
land for general farming. We will
probably want from two to three Sec
tons of good level land for raising
grain, that can be farmed with traction
engines. We prefer good prairie land,
or may consider land that can easily
be cleared. free from stones. that can
still be bought cheap.
IL the land is good and conditions
are right there will be more people
from our part of the country to buy.
In the past few years. ! have taken a
great many people TO Texas and have
made a good number of sales. But
many Of BUR good and thrifty farmers
do not wish to go south and prefer
to go west IL they can get the right
kind OF land at the right price. Now,
/ am looking for some good sections
of land in You state where to take
these people and sell them land"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-12

14-foot silos this 2-inch depth
will weigh about 1880 pounds and will
provide thirty pounds of silage per
head for a herd of thirty-four. To
feed this herd for six months would
require a little less than 100 tons. or
a silo 80 feet high.
The cost of constructing a concrete
silo varies with local conditions. Some
times the sand and gravel ear be had
for the hauling; in other cases it will
cost 50 per yard and over. Averaging
all the reports at hand the cost per
ton capacity is near $3.50, or the cost
of a 100 ton silo is approximately
$3.50, This includes every item OF
cost, even the farmers time and team.
The concrete silo is particularly at
tractive to many farmers because Of
the fact that they are able to do all
the work themselves, and the actual
cash expended needs to be very small.
The actual cash expended for eight
silos OF IL and 14-foot d.
ameter was less than $125 each. These
statements Of cost, of course. include
the cost of forms. The materials used
in making forms should not exceed
$50. The highest cost of a set Of forms
complete was S42 for and 1s-foot
form. The forms are ~serviceable for
a number OF silos of the same d.
ameter.
Farmers in North Dakota, expecting
to build a silo should correspond with
State Dairy Com. r. F. Flint. or the
United States dairy division, Wash
ington, d. c., and secure bills of ma
terial and other information they de-
sire. In so far as possible. I under
stand the commissioners office con-
templates personally assisting pros
pective builders.
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The following paper was given by
A. K. Riser, senior dairyman, in
charge Of the u. S. dairy farming in
vestigations in the northwest, at the
state dairymen's convention, Mandan,
Feb. 10 and 16:
The principal objection made to the
silo is its initial cost. This is par
ticularly true where the power can
not be hired. The first cost of the
silo itself is not SO great as most
farmers believe. The ready-made
silos on the market are uniformly
high in price, but the average farmer
can build a homemade structure that
is superior to any wood silo offered
by the manufacturers, and the cash
outlay, in the majority of cases. need
not be as great.
Homemade silos are built Of VAR
ious materials: Stone, brick, hollow
tile, cement block, cement plaster.
concrete, and in cases where a tenn
porary structure is satisfactory, they
are built of wood, Before deciding
IN the material to use it is wise to
consider the essentials Of the ideal
silo. These points are four: First
Efficiency: the walls should be water
and air-tight so as to retain the moist
ure, smooth enough to permit even.
easy settling of the silage and stout
enough to stand the bursting pressure.
Second - Durability: the structure
should be storm proof, should with
stand the elements Of decay, and If
possible, should be fire-proof. 1t
should require a minimum OF atten-
ton and expense for repairs. Third
Ease of construction: the ideal silo
requires a minimum ST special mater
ials and a minimum of skilled labor.
Fourth--Cheapness: other things be-
ing equal, the best silo is the n that
costs the least.
All of the materials before named.
except wood, meet the first two re-
Observation-Disclosures and durability.
Wood Is not durable and the tendency
of the present time is to build for
permanency and the day Of the stave
silo is rapidly passing. On the third
and last points-ease of construction
and cheapness, there is q wide yari-
alton. Because of the skilled labor
required, stone and brick silos are
usually too expensive. The cement
block and the hollow tile are similarly
expensive as to labor of laying and.
to a certain extent, are special mater
ials, often making the cost prohibitive
The metal-lath and plaster silo, all
though a good structure. requires both
special materials and skilled labor, ana
for this reason is always expensive.
Concrete Silr Fest.
In the last nine years ! have had
considerable experience in building si-
los of various kinds and have reached
the conclusion that the concrete silo
best meets the requirements of the
ideal silo in the majority OF eases
Concrete has come into such general
use that the average farmer has a good
working knowledge of how to Ak and
place it. The materials required are
such as can be purchased in any gem
eral supply store. The feature most
dificult for the average farmer to
understand is the construction of the
forms.
After trying out various styles OF
forms I find that for the inside q very
satisfactory form can be made by
mailing lis or 20 rage iron, 80
inches wide, on two supporting cir
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sressive legislation advocated by the
greatest president who has been in the
White House since Lincoln.
The DoIliver Hepburn railroad act
was the first step In the direction of
actual and bonafde control OF rail-
roads. The national irrigation act Will
eventually bring under cultivation mil-
lions OF acres of u public domain
and provide homes for millions OF peo-
pie. The employees liability act, the
safety appliance act, regulation of the
hours of labor Of railroad employees
and the settlement of the great an
thracite coal strike represent only a
part OF the important work which ne
did in the interest Of American labor.
The suits begun against the Standard
oil Co, and the tobacco trust for the
violation of the anti-trust laws, his
fight against railroads giving rebates
to shippers. the establishment OF the
department of commerce and labor n
the Northern Securities decision. the
conviction of postofice grafters n
public land thieves, together with the
Investigation of the sugar trust GUS
toms frauds, the prosecutions which
resulted, all indicate his tireless efforts
in the interests of giving the people a
square deal.
The pure food and drug acts and the
federal meat inspection law are pro-
gressive measures invaluable to the
American people.
The settlement Of the Russia-Japan-
csc war was by the treaty OF Ports
mouth, the keeping open OF the door OF
China to American commerce and the
increased tonnage Of the navy, the ac-
curing of the canal one and organ
izing the work of digging the big ditch
and connecting the Atlantic and Paci-
fo oceans thereby bringing American
commerce thousands Of miles nearer
the markets Of 700, 100000 people In the
east prove beyond doubt the world
grasp which the great man has OF
commercial, industrial and financial
conditions.
But over and above all these things
the most valuable service that Theo-
dore Roosevelt has rendered to the
American people was to put publicity,
daylight and sunshine into American
politics and raise the moral and POI
Iatical standards of our national life
higher than they have ever been be-
fore.
The greatest declaration Of human
RIGHTS that have been made since the
days 81 Lincoln liz contained in Rcose-
veltss address to the constitutional
convention in Columbus, o.
Theodore Roosevelt is The very in
carnatiom Of the best thought, highest
ideals and hopes OF the American peo%
pie and for these reasons he would
receive practically the solid republican
vote Ia Kansas and q very large share
Of the independent democratic vote Of
this state which would give him q
tremendous majority in the Kansas
November election.
President Roosevelt has recommend
ed the reform Of the banking currency
system, an inheritance tax law, the
passage Of q new employers Aa-
bility act to meet the objections raised
hv the supreme court. q postal saw
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METHODS OF
SILO CONSTRUCTION

cles. The circles should be built
Of Ike fencing doubled so as to break
joints, and sawed to fit the inside cir
conference Of the wall. At one point
this form is out and by means of bolts
that act as set screws the form may
be expended or contracted to meet the
requirements of raising and setting.
For diameters of II feet and over
the wall is built s inches thick and
is built only 5 inches thick. For
the outside the same kind of iron
is riveted together into one long piece
equal to the length Of the outside cir
cumference Of the wall. The ends are
Joined by means Of bolts and Jugs that
permit adjusting. In raising the forms
they are allowed to lap from two to
three inches over the old wall and by
using iron SO inches wide 1t
is possible to build thirty-three to
thirty-four inches of new wall with
each setting of the forms. In actual
practice we find 1t unwise to attempt
mor than setting Of the forms
per day. To raise and I'LL the form
on a 1e foot silo win require a
crew Of four men.
The location.
In locating a concrete silo, care
should be taken to have it built in
the right place as 1t cannot be moved
later to suit a new arrangement of
buildings and lots. The foundation Is
an-important and should be laid on
firm earth and built strong. Usually
it Is found desirable to excavate about
three or four feet of earth and lay a
footing of concrete "a to 36 inches wide
and not less than / foot thick. A
number OF strands Of barbed wire
should be laid in this footing
for reinforcing. The 6-inch wall
can be started in the center of
this footing by setting both the in
side and outside form on top OF it, but
in practice it is usually found cons
venient to use only the inside form
for the first course; the dirt wall be-
ing used instead OF the outside form.
Before raising the inside form the
first time a s~caffolding should be start
ed. Al 2x4 Is set in the exact center
OF the siIo and depending on the di-
ameter, seven to thirteen 2x4's are dis
DuI dlONE LIIG wall. lu6GC AAa 3
should be set plumb and braced in
position. Then. like the spokes of a
wheel, supports are nailed to the CEN
ter and outside posts at a proper
height on supporting the inside form
after raising. These pieces should be
long enough t reach from the CEN
ter post to the wau and should be
nailed at exactly the same height so
that when the form is lowered il will
rest perfectly level. For lifting the
forms the rope wire stratcher with lock
pulley has been found very conveni-
mt.
Al Common Fault.
A common fault in the first concrete
silos built was lack Of proper and
sufficient reinforcing. Cement. in it.
self, has low tensile. strength and can
not Withstand the Bursting pressure OF
a silo. one Of the best materials for
reinforcing is the common hog fencing.
about "a inches righ and with
No. 5 or No. 9 horizontal strands. The
purpose of this reinforcing lis to Oft
set the bursting pressure of the sill
age and serves much the same pur-
,,ara nr IA the hnnt4R ~ d afaxA eiln
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Although the weather bureau makes
occasional mistakes, in announcing
that January was a record breaker II
seems to have the goods.
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were authenticated by signatures but 1t
is not every man who can identity an
advertisement on sight.
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TELLS Why
ROOSEVELT
IS The Man

Continued From Page one.
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WESTRUMlTE MAKES GOOD
City Of East Chicago
c. K, WALLACE, City Engineer

IA January 1910
E CmtaLwenmieo lB Fisher BUILDING ..
Chicago Ill.
Il. ao indiana Hans W@uumrah has proven itself be vya tmor,n not only to myself but to the property
holders Tsn fact is demonstrated the increased number of Nauumhe streets ahdO or W@Tunh street
s. wenow have svhan streets paved with W@uumne Among them our principal business street. which
We contemplated paving with brick but vase changed to WGuunHe upon the petition fhe fonhgehd holders
our Engineer the present writer think Of hssw system paving will say however, M hed ulssH and oads
features appeal to us as does the ftu ah pavement is never slippery
and h@pnes with uhhhr repairs are made are also fully appreciated Tmsu streets are xmmeya lightly and smooth
in brief our experience with them has given us no reason whatever for ceiling that you claim too much for our
We believe from observing our streets here and from observing others that have beer aid Igr and have
received more uamc. @Raa that the mh Of life this mmtB as long If mott longer than that any
s. other pavement now being use remain @ Yours truly,
#-I0 0nDn G. K WALLACE .
WesHumhe Asphalt is manufactured from best Ntna Aphatumh those that have prov
n. sure an absolute uniform product an is the most efficient ashNc cement O Che m
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Guelph Likes Westrumite
After Thorough Investigation the City Council Awards the Contract for About 10000 Yards of Pave
a@ mnt to the WetumieC Company
From Herald ecu elph, July 80. 1909.

FROM Herald Guelph July So 1909 .
w@mmhe pavement was the whole talk of the City cmcn last night The City Endner and the Mayor,
muse the aldermen seemed to have no hMnyu upon thu City EnnMrsr recommendation passing the bylaw
for @tmme for the whh@ upper wodwEhT street for that long stretch from the Wellington Hotel to Clark
sut This a big contract hut as the MM~ and Engineer saw no reason m not letting the contract the
w@Hmte people, and the residents the street, Gea a anxious to hweh here vas no objection raised in con
nnn with passing the bylaw There was some discussion certainly. put this was with reference the cost
and how it should be oe Some bought the Street Railway Commissioners should pay for the paving of the
part of tn road taken up by hr racks but it ws cMd they would mot do this whneuona after bta dis,
cMnn til lNhw went through providing for hep paving thu whole thing on the locals improvements PLAN
in the paving industry for thirty years. It manufactured with such care as to in
hHnninousn OF tar roads have To- De hmt and renaned hot This not ohu renirs
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-04-11

sinks to the floor wounded or dead,
while the one holding the gun sobs
bitterly, Il didn't know it was loaded"
Now lamenting the fact that he did
MT know the gun was loaded is high.
ly creditable to the fellow who lid
the shooting, inasmuch as 1t shows
that his intentions were of the very
best. But-what good does that do
the victim of his folly? or the heart.
broken relatives Of the deceased? Win
regret or remorse bring back the dead
to life again? VIII the maudlin cries
of repentance restore things to their
former condition? No! year in and
year out pain will abide in the
hearts Of all concerned in the trag-
edy. The father and mother in falter-
ing tones will discuss, at times, the
hopes now broken, which they at one
time entertained for their boy. And
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OPPOSITE THE THBERNHGLE

in the midst Of Joy and frivolity the
face of the unfortunate participant in
the tragedy will suddenly blanch and
grow serious as the memory of the
sad event rises up to disturb him.
Now it is not our purpose to take
up valuable space in crying over
split milk" We desire to draw a
lesson from the foregoing words and
1t is this: IAN ounce of prevention is
worth a ton of cure" Acknowledging
this as truism come we now to the
point. THERE ARE TOO MANY AU-
ToMOBILES SPEEDING THnoUGH
THE STREETS NOW NIGHTS
WITHOUT LIGHTS. Almost daily
reports are coming to this office OF
narrow escapes of pedestrians from
being run. down by reckless automo-
bilists. Some night IL proper precau.
lions are not speedily adopted, some
man or woman, or perchance some
little child now living happy and
hopeful here in our midst is going to
fall victim to the thoughtlessness OF
careless chauffer.
And at such time--which please
God may never comet were small
palliation to cry out in the sorrow Of
our heart: 81 didn't know 1t was load
ed Il forgot to light the lamps"
How infinitely better to exercise
proper care in protecting others!
Most owners of automobiles are men
and women of intelligence. To such
a suggestion is always acceptable. To
the few who refuse to be governed
by a consideration for the rights of
others we commend the services of
the city Marshal. Somewhere on our
statute books there is a law govern
ing the matter Of light on automobiles
and now-before the community is
upset by a tragedy, is the time for
its enforcement.
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The Hub

Utah, Cache County will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash
the following described real estate
to-wit:
Beginning at the Southeast corner
of Lot two (2), block twelve Q2) plat
&c" Logan City Survey, and running
thence North IS rods; thence West
rs rods; thence South IS rods; then
ce East rs rods to the place of be.
ginning.
BY order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Witness my hand and official seal,
this 18th day Of April, A. d. 1912.
r. w. JAMES,
(SeaD County Clerk.
Date of first publication April ll.n
1912. mil
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odd avoirdupois is taken into consid-
GRAFTON, he is certainly going some"
That the attitude of the Colonel is
far from admirable we are free to
new departure in the way of pre-
election primaries, and now he pro-
tests in his usual strenuous manner,
that the primaries are not being con.
Quoted fairly. The Taft forces accord
ing to the Colonel are STOPPING to
methods unbecoming the Chief Magis-
trate of the Republic. Voters are
bomboozled out of exercising their
real choice, and the primaries are
being 'loaded"with Taft supporters.An
of which comes with poor grace
from the man who, above all others,
has done most to bend the opportun.
ity of the occasion to meet the exig-
ency of the situation.
To be candid 1t smacks just
trifle Of peevishness, for few men
have SO far forgotten themselves as
to accuse President Taft of STOPPING
to an unfair act in order to perpetu.
ate himself in office. Even his avow-
ed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of all shad-
es and stations, credit him with hon.
esty, regardless of what his mistakes
of judgement may be in their eyes.
And now for the man who was so
largely instrumental in electing him
to office to accuse of resorting to the
methods of Boss Tweed and others
of like stripe-No, no, Theodore! You
surely don't mean it. Haven't you
got your fingers crossed while you say
It?
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CALL MEETING
OF LAND OWNERS
Continued from page 1.

Continued from page l.
Of their property by trespassing fish
ermen and hunters. Some suits were
brought during the year to prevent
trespass on the partof fishermen and
1t is expected that this year the mat
ter will be carried to the Supreme
Court.
All land owners in Cache County
interested in protecting themselves
against trespassers should be present
at the meeting on Saturday and join
the association. With good big
membership much good to the land
owners my be realized from such an
organization.
M. C. HARRIS,
Secretary.
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GENTLY, THEODORE!
oENTLYl
II

If one is to Judge the attitude OF
the people from the returns of the
pre-convention primaries now being
held in several of the states, Colonel
Roosevelt is in much the same posi-
ton as kid Burns" in George NJ.
Cohan's "Forty-five Minutes From
Broadway'-that is, he can see his
job getting furder and furder away
every minute"
In the New York Republican pri-
maries Of March Goth about 10000
votes were cast. Teddy got 10000 and
President Taft $1,000 OF the New
York delegates to the national con-
vention Colonel Roosevelt is conced-
ed Z, President Taft the comfortable
little sum of SO. On the self same
day Indiana Endorsed Taft and sends
four Taft pledged candidates to the
gathering at Chicago and 1t is esti-
mated that of the 80 delegates elect
ed Taft will get Is and Roosevelt IL.
Colorado held its Republican State
Convention on March 81 and dele
gates-at-large are instructed for the
President.
AS the matter stands at present New
York, Indiana, North Dakota, Colo
RADIO, Wisconsin, and Iowa have al
ready registered their choice and 1t
is not for the colonel. And while
the majority of the states are yet to
be heard from the loss Of such states
as those enumerated above makes
the outlook for Teddy extremely dis
couraging.
However. Roosevelt states that the
fight is not over yet; evidently taking
comfort in the thought that 1.-The race
is not to the swift nor the battle to
the strong" though it must be con-
coded that when President Taft's $50
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DIDN'T KNOW
1T WAS LOADED!

Every little while we are startled,
and Mortified, by the newspaper &C.
count OF some life suddenly shipped
out of existence through the careless
handling of gun.
1t may be some man has gone up
the canyon for a load of wood. His
gun is lying in the wagon bed. He
reaches for 1t, drags 1t toward him,
when suddenly the trigger catches and
puff, bang, another subject for the
undertaken
Again couple Of boys are playing
together when they come across an
old yoger that has been lying around
the house for years. Suddenly one
points II at the other. A deafening
report follows, the one aimed at
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NOTICE

On Saturday, the 18th day of May
1912, at the hour of two o'clock pm.
at the front door of the County court
house in Logan City, Cache County,