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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-08

night. eliminating with his open in.
vitation 10 a challenge from the most
desperate duelist in Europe, had in
spired a volatile vivacity such as not
even the excitement Of the Casino had
been potent to create In him. or all
mad conjectures imaginable the mad
degt was too weird for him to credit in
his humor OF that hour Eliminating
all else that had happened, In the
course Of that short evening his heart
had been stirred, his emotions played
upon by recrudesence or passion
which he had striven with all his
strength to put behind him for time;
dearest one-have pity on me II only
for little while"
And suddenly he had caught her &c
him, and she lay in his arms. her
young strong body nodded to his, her
lips to his, her eyes half-veiled, the
sweet fragrance of her-too well re
embered-intoxicatin him; lay su
pine in his embrace. yet held hin
strongly to her, and trembled in sym
pathy with the deep, hurried pounding
Of his heart
In the south the horizon famed
livid to the zenith, revealing a great
black wall of cloud that had stolen
up out of Africa; beneath II the sea
shone momentarily with siekly silk
en- luster. Then the dense blackness
| of the night reigned again, as pro
found as though impenetrable, eternal
Later a dull growl Of thunder rolled
| in across the waste. With II came the
first fltful warnings of the impending
wind storm.
Twas We who sang to me, dear
est?"
Who else, you great silly boy
And when you followed me tt
the door, making as much noise as
young elephant, Terence was mind
ed to punish you little, very little
my dear. So / merely opened min'
and closed It sharply"
There was a woman In the hall
II saw her, dear, and laughed, think
ing how puzzled you would be.
Was ! cruel, my heart? But did no
mean to be, I'd planned this surprise
you know, from the minute | foun'
our rooms adjoined."
And this letter"-O'Rourke tumble,
In his pocket and got 1t out-"y
brought It to me?"
1T came to me in London, dear, tw,
weeks ago; we were together-Clar
Plinlimmon and lat the Carlton
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11

SUFFRAGE N THE CHURCH.

Woman may not yet vote for the Admins
r&tye Board, but III North Carolina she can
in several dioceses east a ballot for vestrymen
AS the yestrymen select the rector. it may be
expected that The Episcopal clergy will COM
mence 20 pas attention 10 its hair think
sweet thoughts for sermons and otherwise
Turkish up the easy habit OF ministerial negll-
eence,
In Diocesan convention in Durham, the
question of votes for women in the church
came TO a square issue before laymen and
clergy. The result was significant Led by
Colonel Charles e. johnson, of Raleigh. who
has been yard broken. for some years, the
militant esreit4eteen were CARRIED to an easy
victory Twenty-one rectors and nine laymen
utterly showed under the protests Of nine mem
hers OF the pulpit aud three. lay surviyais of
he old order. Votes for women~-so far as
church management is ,eoncerned--beeame the
palprattng fact
We are frank to say that this result meets
cur hearty approval We hope to see the
significant conception inpregnate the whole
body of all the churches In matters religious
the women have been for years bearing the
brlmt. Nothing in history has equaIled the
tar'or with which they have gone church
wards, or the resignation with which. as a
large majority OF the congregation, they have
stood aside while gentlemen OF ii Burnside
vhiskers prediction took the material and
Spiritual business in hand. 1t is the women
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
"ONE John SHOULD "FIND A WAY"

One John Crutchneld showed himself
something more of a lawyer than he ought to be
when he refused to arrest smell which came
into his jurisdiction from Henrico county.
The police justice is as is well known. not
aversc to taking jurisdiction III fact. he
frequently takes it by the neck aud does not
turn loose until tho breath is choked out OF it,
Wrestling with smell. is, however, an exer-
else both futile in result and intangible to
catch-as-catch-can methods The Justice was
wary when he side stepped the Elusive 1t is
not every man who can thus reconcile the habit
OF Car with the boundaries of power
Something should be done about the smell
which Justice Jeifh refused to recognize 1T
seems that il originates In Henrico county and
comes floating on the prevailing breezes into
Richmond. AS the baseball players would say
II has the stuff on it, all the time Ii smokes.
and shimmers, and shines, not to mention other
things ike the fabied herring in the moon
light. 1t leaves it's home and comes to town
all doed up, healthy, vigorous Its coming
empties homes. wakes happily sleeping chill
reverse English on the atmosphere Accord
ing 10 all the testimony, the smell from the
Henrico slaughter house is the most coloric
thing that walks abroad in Richmond
learned court once went into blue funk
tccause man standing In one State shot arl
killed another man asleep in another that is,
another Commonwealth. After number OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
CURRENT COMMENT
Guilty Natulc.


At last rock bottom Fundamental explana-
uoh OF the nigh prices OF foodstuffs has been
reached Its not ease of too much profits to
hiadl1fien, or any question Of "corncrin1' o.
/ pt1ducts 81 the farm and the ranch, or artificial
multiplication - markets and prices hX beef
/ trust or butter trust Far from IT, Anybody
VINO tries to reach satisfactory solution OF the
problem prcsened by the high cost of living
iaaong those lines viii have oniy his trouble for
ms pains, and he adachc the neXi time he scans
ms biils AS the latest bulletins on the subject
present the case. 1t is nature herself who's at
fault Buttor and 2ggs and potatoes and the
spttns Ia about month behind time. Nature is
guilty
This discovery win lie gratifying to the ultl-
mate consumer. lie has not been helped by tae
Ponferous Investigations of legislative commits.
sions and governmental inVestiga TORS The cor
neF grocer ttSthed that he was hardly making a
llNing, even IL his prices We're mounting year bS
year The commission merchant and the whole
saiers in various linfs testified that their bust
ness was going TO the dogs. and they really
weren't making enough 10 pay them for their
work. The beef barons testified that they
Nc. emf proitng by sudden ana amazing rise in
prices of meats, for they had to pay SO much
more to the ranohmen tor meat the hoof.
And The ranchnon and farmers In turn testified
that they were being squeezed in the economic
press and that The profits were being distrn-
uted among the dealers. Now. all this has
prov ed disquieting TO the who pays the
ills. He hasn't been able TO reason il out to
his sattsf Ctton. or even to take comfort in
cufstEg his fellow mortals who swear they re
IA slS had ease 4S he l+ru4hling has been his
only resource. Hence the advantage OF the new
light on the prOblem.-New York Tribune.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11

who build the churches in the first place and
keep their doors open in the second. 1t is the
women who see that sunday breakfast is held
al an hour which will permit the sunday
schools 10 be filed with smiling faces and clean
hands II is the women, in short, who largely
make it something more than bitter Jest
for Christian nations TO call themselves Chris
tian The North Carolina idea OF woman
suffrage in the Church should spread among
all denominations, in every State 1t is only
in church matters that the condition exists
where the element that does the work, that
suffers, and tolls. and plans. has no voice. It
is Que thing to think that woman ought not
to be mixed mp with the election of alder
man; it is quite another thing to concede her
the right to pass the sartorial fitness Of the
gentleman who passes the plate.
Now that women have commenced to vote in
the churches, we can confidently expect an
Increased attendance OF the masculine por-
tion of the population. There will be less
sleeping of mornings on the first day in the
week The corner drug store will lose some
what Of It's attraction. Preachers will be in
all ways more careful. In the conflict. we
expect TO see women win. We expect TO see
them not only vote for officers, but take the
Offices. While no woman would 90 to hear a
woman preach. and while the pulpit is thus
left to man, there is no reason why she should
not secure the offertory In that case. fate
could equal that of the forgetful man who
enters a house of worship without the proper
change Colonel Johnson, who seems to have
started this movement. may look well to his
yestrymanship. He may yet find that he has
started In motion a schism in church elections
which will not favor third term.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
m INSULT To TIE MILITIA.

Amendments to the Pepper bill. which origi-
halIy provided for tn" pay and recognition of
the National Guard evidently designed to
Kill the measure by loading it with provisions
which the militia Of the States will not and
cannot accept.
II the Pepper bill can pass Congress in
trrt1fs of t1rY
State troops: If it could become a law which
would do justice 10 the only reliance which the
country has in the possible need OF putting u
large standing army quickly into the field II
would do at one stroke thing for the lack Of
which The United states has been Tor years the
military Jest OF the world.
The Pepper bin originally drawn provides
for the military establishment the needed re-
serve. II provides y quickly assembled Eff
cient force. ready AT inhtant's notice for
active service II provides means Of making
the militia servieeabie and dependable
But amendments which do not recognize the
State organizations at the times when they are
needed; amendments which assume that officers
who have given years OF time and study to
the service are useless soon as war is de-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11

The United states district attorney IN New
fork has investigated and reports that there Is
nothing In the Federal statutes to fit the eases Of
the anarchists who trampled under foot the
American flag. Congress should lose no time
in providing severe punishm5 Mt for sucn OF
tenders such traiturous .oGtburStS should Pc
headed off Without further delay Anyone who
cannot respect the flag is a menace to all the
INV -;TffIffTfE tftfErFS
be treated as such by society. Puhhc sentiment
would insure the enforcement Of q drastic law
against the undesir9bie& whose treason w q.
menace 10 every patriot" citizen.
4 Tacoma judge. in the absence Of any statute
bearing directly upon the nag Dissertation OF the
kind that characterized the May-day ceiebra-
tfons OF the Industrial Workers Of the World,
has uud 0rtAkcn Ia revoke the citizenship pers
If one alleged offender his action offers valu-
lhle suggestion, Why not diSfranehise anyone
who may be convicted of such ofenae? \ man
who faV0rs subyerting the government is not a
fit person to have part in its managemen NJ
one who will tear down the flag has no com
plant to M. ke II he is denied he privileges he
would have taken from all.--St. Paul Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11

When the Goddess Of Luck went TO the
orphan asylum in search of a new child, she
saw likely youngster with prominent teeth.
and forthwith took him home.
II is needless to call the name Of young
Fortunatus, who grew to be the special despair
of Chief Justices and Dentists.
Suffice it to say that, after everything that
las hean done for him by Fate after every
possible Kindness has been heaped upon him.
glittering pile at his feet, it has been reserved
in the womb OF time that he should be attacked
by Secretary of State Knox
Richer guerdon could no politician wish.
Speaking at Los Angeles the Secretary Of
state attacked MIR. Roosevelt man Of
whims" Of 'fmperious ambition" OF ',yanites,"
who would break the rule Of his party and
his country and his word to gain the seat
+ of a friend. "-----
This is about as original Knox ever is,
What he knows he got from Roosevelt Daz-
Jed by the rough readiness with which the er-
President grabbed a piece OF land from Colon
bia, the Pennsylvania has been making holy
has muddied the waters till the world wishes
IN a spirit of bellicosity to know why the
United States does not occasionally try to mix
It up with somebody near its own size. An
utter disciple of Roosevelt, Mr.. Knox can now
do nothing which would help the candidacy Of
the Rough Rider more than to abuse him.
Whatever may say about Roosevelt, his
reputation is that of a fighting man. He is a
/ bully, but a bully boy at the game. Knox, on
the other hand, is that sort al bully who needs
a back 2" A back" for the uniformed was
that thug whom cld-time dandies kept in their
pay 10 aveuge their insults With blows. Knox,
who is about five feet and a fractional inch
high is dipIomatoally about what he Is physi-
cally Having made the country ridiculous in
International policy, he now proceeds TO spread
rldicule over Mr.. Taft, his chief.
Teuosevtft mas ~rrsrry -vrifres sinseyt.-
but Knox is not among them
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11

trials II was decided finally that he must lot
have committed any crime at ALL since the man
died in one place and the bullet came from an
ether The only evidence of guilt was the
corpse, and that was buried. II would seem
that in this matter of a smell Justice John III
the smell is very much alive. What is the
matter with the ordinance making it a mis-
cemeanor TO have no visible means of support.
1t the City OF Richmond is unable to arrest a
yagraht that fsrcibly assaults the sensitive
olfactories of Springtime?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
VETERAN CRANE Ill RIas.

Nany good people have bean seriously per-
tnsbed because OF The fact that of the seven
grand jurors who Viii pass on the election
~caatlsi itt jefferson Ward feaF ara we'll known
politicians
Thes have heea more pefturled as it has
become known that the grand jurors in ques-
lion have constituted a sort OF endless chain
for more wears than the average citizen with
cat visible bald spot cares to admit that he
tan remember.
Perturbation of this character is natural, but
ineffective 1t is trne that the grand jury is
tae s-eat inqusitor OF the public morals 1t
~ the recognized and organized recording
angel Of the commuulty OF every community.
Being such, it is desirable that there be no
trust IN indictments 1t is the part of safety
that the grand jury, selected by the people 10
pass on the peoples shortcomings. he men
w'ith nothing u ayenee and nothing TO favor.
II fact, something VERY much Ike that Is IN tbs,
oath Of the grand inrv which has come down
from the Common Law they to present
80 one for malice or revenge; they are 10 fall
- present no one by reason OF prejudice or
favor. It is manfestlY much harder for a
geri5e,oa grand jury 10 tiYr up to the let1er
OF its du2 thar oee which is 5resb IRON the
people
II is the system and MOI the symptoms Of
the aystom that attack Tia personnel Of
The grand Jury at present N session Is above
rcproaeh Il dees NOT follow thar 1t VIII al
rass he fortunatel9 constituted Whep d
{3d4.n as fndeo Gafth.N ,ff. - T.. .trr t-,,,,,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
How Mont Gets Rich.

N = zsi54Yn rs1pe tn15sszy' ft1H,Rf
named Mont, who buys and Kills his own beef
cattle.
lie knows his business SO we'll and sells suQA
good meat that. despite tbe fact that his PRICK
are always a shade higher than those OF his
rivals, he does q big trade.
But mis- customers frequently grumble. one
OF them WAS protesting the other day, When.
Mont, trying to jGstity his prices, said; II Jose
money on every beef ] kin
THAT can't be true, said the customer; I'VE
all know you ara getting rich Only the other
slsa- y>rs, 4soHe ut ~en%%kaer ,l't.;'i ne>
We'll l make out alt right" rep}ed Mont IN
all seriousness, because / KIN many New
Work Mail.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11

Dec larins he has no jurisdiction Ia
the case as the alleged nuisance lies
iast outside the corporate limits. JUS
tice Crutchdeld yesterday dismissed
in Police Court a comrleint brouTn'
o"airst 6. L. Braner. charged with al
lowing a slauchterhouee to be a nui-
SARGE and menace to the community.
As the SLAUGHTER house ~ In Hen
~'co county. the cortieintants we're
advised 70 appear before the county
grand jury.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
INVITATION To E,ANCHING.

lher" Is a peculiar folly which seems to be
rae" WIN hardiF TO period OF peace let 1t
come TO the point whore it seems to be pros
peFing let sanity succeed dementia-and some
body somewhere generally somebody IN
church throws the fat into the fire
f'o~t' IN Charlotte Neftft-eafe4tha'- thea
". y. zion church proceeded TO have IA con-
ference. ~ we know anything OF Charlotte
The citizens undertook to make the coiored
men comfortable and TO AFFORD them every CON
venience. What was the result? Practically
"A free tight on the floor over some matter OF
bishops. and resolution memoralizing Con-
gFess ana asking that it assume supervision
OF Iynchins.
Had the a. NJ +. Zion conference desired
TO promote lynching bees for negroes, it could
minute it followed the lead OF some fre-hrands
now holding forth in Ohio and endorsed this
ridiculous movement in ridiculous language. it
admitted what every tough white charges, and
what every self-respeeting negro owes the duty
to his race TO refute: in other words, 1t took
the ground that negroes are peculiarly given
r. the crime which Southern mobs punish with
summary violence. and by indirection It e&-
cgsed the crime itself
In common with almost everybody who
does not get hs ideas of Justice from the poll
teal porridge pot ot Theodore Roosevelt,
are against iynebine of all sorts, no matter
what the crime. We do not even believe in
ynching corporation because it has grown
tttrv e7ttte-+4f tho ftet-betiere
~ tyHching the dollars which some man,
smarter than other men, has laborously gath
ored together We do net believe in lynching
anybody's property. for any reason Of envy or
govetouaneSs. Less than all, do we believe in
cutting of mans Wind 81 ropes end be
cause Of personal ideas on how the courts
ought tQ conduct their business.
/ But lynching is thing which must be
practically considered, II exists in all sections
.! ths country. II raises its head In the pop
I ''iet'e ard THE spurseir settled community, II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
School Exhibition On.r

The exhibition Of work OF the p,n,,s
cf the Richmond training schoui for
kinderrartners Is now on 1T the viz
ginia Mechanics Institute The exhi-
b'tion will be oran to the public ali
today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-11
Thirds Women Should 3. Ha..

yONKERS. May 10.-Surrouate
Frank =. Willard. although recentlv
tNtoTed Nv tire women fer ~e,ection q.
sse trustee. s:id from the bench
l9t re wer'nn should be the boss Of
the household"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-24
Cursed Celestial: Jailed.

When impelled to curse a fellow
citizen, beware the proximity of the
cop. This is the motto which one
Jesse Obray will regard closely here
after for he came to grief yesterday
when he undertook to berate the Chi
nese proprietor of the Horseshoe res
taurant when that slant eyed caterer
refused to see the argument that
when a man Is broke he should be
fed gratis. Officer Mannins happen
ed to be standing just outside at the
time and promptly took the trouble
maker in tow and 1t was lucky for
the latter that the interference came
when it did for the celestial was max
ing for his abuser with blood in his
eye. Though Obrey declared this
morning in police court that he was
cursing his pal "Rattlesnake Pete
Judge Fitz Gerald failed to see the
distinction and administered a three
day sentence in Jail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-24
Would Procure a Divorce.

Mildred Emma McFadden has com
menced suit for a divorce from her
husband, John Henry McFadden, al
leging in her complaint that the de-
fendant has been guilty of cruel and
inhuman treatment for several years
is an inveterate drinker and has now
deserted her. Besides the decree, she
asks for the restoration of her maiden
name, Mildred Emma York, full IT,
tie to the fixtures and lease of the
Golden Rule hotel and such other re-
lief as the court deems just. johnson
G. Skrable are her attorneys.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-24

waste being drawn off by fan. From
the drum 1t passes into another ele-
Vator, and through a series of screens
until 1t is segregated into six differ
ent bins, A big hopper sets upon a
scale Immediately underneath these
bins and levers are pulled, allowing
a certain number of pounds of grad
ed rock to issue from each bin until
the thousand pound beam is tipped.
Then from "A huge vat where great
quantities of the black bitumen is
boiling, 50 pounds of this liquid is
forced by air pressure into a mixer
with the thousand pounds of rock. A
certain number of revolutions of the
mixer is necessary to properly mix the
substances which is then Jumped
steaming hot into wagons and hurried
to the street being paved.
Already this street has been plough
ed, reduced to grade and rolled hard
and smooth, and covered with six
inch layer of crushed rock rolled
down to-fuur. over this a coating Of
hot bitulithic cement is poured, a gall
Ion to a yard, binding the loose rock
! together and enabling the "hot stuff
| " ltthG IlOiNs y lNO ana Il Ildil luCll
layer of this latter preparation is
then spread on and the steam roller
Immediately reduces its thickness to
| two inches. A flush coat of bitumen
is then spread over the surface, filling
the voids and making the pavement
waterproof, and over all is sprinkled
stone chips to give a rough surface
Immediately this is done, the pave
ment is ready for traffic for it hardens
/, as soon as laid
J To do all of this work requires much
labor and last week the company EN-
, ployed here in Pendleton 1875 mer
and 20 teams, the men divided as fol.
lows: Sixty at the quarry, 20 at the
pant, % on the surface gang and q
on the grading crew. The satisfactory
part of this to Pendletonians is tn,
fact that of all the men employed, onl!
; half dozen. officials and eXper
2 workers. are foreign, the others being
: residents of the city. The payroll ha
| run over $1,000 each week and thu
it may be seen that, while the prop
erty owners pay good money for th'
= street improvements, great part o
2 this money is left here in the city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-24
wants Photos to Illustrate Story.

Major Lee Moorhouse is in receipt
of letter from Ella Royal Williams,
an oregon woman who has a govern
ment position at Washington, in which
she states that she has written a story
centered about northwest Indian le-
gends and is desirous of securing good
illustrations for it. She names over
a list of pictures she would like to
have and asks the local photographer
if he has any in his collection which
would answer or whether or not he
could procure them. The major will
endeavor to satisfy her desires, espe-
cially as a lette of high recommends
ton has been received by him from
Senator George E. Chamberlain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-24

payment of his claim. Hinkle and
Warner are his attorneys.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-24
J-matilla Convict Escapes

Sheriff T. d. Taylor has received
word that William Spangler, who was
sentenced to the penitentiary at a re-
cent term of the Umatilla county
court for passing a bad check upon a
local Chinaman, has escaped from
the custody of the guards and is now
at large.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-24
\ Mistake of 500,

In news story in this paper Mon
day relative to the contributions to
the Christian church building fund,
the amount set opposite the name of
w. f. Matlock was $500, whereas it
should have read $500. This correc-
ton is made in justice to the mayor
upon the request of members of the
church.