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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18
REP. HENSLEY ENDORSES
NAVAL HOLIDAY PLAN

Washington, Nov. 15-That the
United States should join the naval
holiday proposed by Winston Church
hill was urged in the house today by
Rep. Hensley, Democrat. Of Missouri
who asked immediate action on his
resolution to commit this government
to the plan, in the interest Of univer-
sal peace.
Mr.. Hensley declared leading men,
bers OF both sides of the house sup
ported the plan. He declared a naval
holiday Of one year practicable and
feasible, based on common sense and
common honesty among nations, and
that the United States was ready to
join the powers to save hundreds OF
millions OF dollars for purposes more
beneficial to mankind.
Mr.. Hensley said years naval
holiday, meant the death knell Of
reckless, wanton, nonsensical and al
most criminal waste" OF the peoples
money. He eulogized Churchill and
declared that his heart was right. He
| spoke Of influences brought to bear
by armament and naval supply inter.
/ ests in favor OF a powerful navy.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18
SKELETON OF MAMMOTH
DUG UP IN WEST SEATTLE

Seattle, Wash, Nov. IA The
skeleton of a mammoth was uncover
ed yesterday by workmen sluicing out
the excavation for the municipal sta
.dium at West Seattle. The bones
were found $50 feet below the top Of
the hill embodied in a clay bank. One
tooth measured ~ inches long, eight
inches wide at the base, six inches
wide at the top and three inches
thick.
There have been several skeletons
of mammoths uncovered in this re-
gion," said Prof. ]. II. Bretz Of the
University of Washington. "The
bones found yesterday show the ami.
NAL to have been full grown. The
Joint sections are immense and the
tusk and tooth are Of a mammoth,
there can be no mistake In that"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18
HOW BELFAST
VIEWS IT

What effect the new tariff viii
have upon American industry and
commerce 1t is impossible to forecast.
Probably It will not have so great an
effect, one way or the other as po-
litical partisans hope or fear. 1t may
as its supporters believe, give a
fresh impetus to American trade and
industry and it may to some extent
reduce the cost of living but, on the
other hand, its tendency must OBJ
viously be to lower the rate OF wages
American manufacturers will have to
compete on keener terms with foreign
rivals, and will therefore, require to
cut down expenses.
AT present the American workman
receives from two to three times
greater wages than are paid IN this
country in similar trades. This has
been rendered possible only by high
protective tariff, and he cannot ex-
pect the same rate OF wages to con.
tinue under a lower tariff. The city
editor Of the Daily Citizen, n Labor
organ, OF September 20, states a ba-
sic truth, which is too apt to be for
gotten, when he says
Wages, it is true, are the first
charge on profits, but II profits are
insufficient to return any yield on the
capital, no proprietor or board OF d.
rectors will yield to wage demands.
THE success and high profit earn.
ing power OF Industrial undertakings
is. then, clearly matter of the first
importance to the wage Garner.
In other words, high wages are
only possible where there are high
profits; reduced profits must mean
lower wages. This is a fact with
which we are only too we'll acquain
ted in this country, where, under
free trade our manufacturers have Il
meet the competition OF the surplus
products OF all other countries. Higl
wages, under such circumstances, ar
out OF the question. Irish Dali
Telegraph, Belfast.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18
FREE TRADE WITH
A BIC STICK
Five Per Cent Shipping Clause lnten'
ded AS a Weapon To Be Used
In MAKING New Treaties

In Making NeW lTedtleS
The American merchant marine, 10
get the benefit Of the five per cent
tariff subsidy, 1t has been made clear,
would he required to spend more than
four times as much in qualifying, so
II the SOD is absurd to the marine, for
what purpose is 1t included In the
tariff law? Is it to promote more
harmonious trade relations with for
eign countries? Hardly, else bust
ness interests in France, Japan, Ger
many and Great Britain would not be
sending protests to Washington, set
ting forth that the subsidy Is dis
criminatory. Is II to strengthen the
bonds in treaty form that now exist
between the United States and each
foreign nation? Hardly, else three
or four foreign governments would
les expressly forbid such favoritism.
not have called the attention of Wash
ington to the fact that certain treat
If, then, this clause Is in violation
of certain treaties, what purpose can
It possibly fulfil?
II is reported from Washington that
majority leader Underwood sees no
reason why this rebate clause should
be repealed. That Solicitor Folk, Of
the State Department, has found II
to be in conflict with several treaties
does not impress Mr.. Underwood.
Nor does the scorn with which the
merchant marine received II dismay
him. II Mr.. Underwood has been quo
ted correctly, he recognizes that the
subsidy is d mockery. But herein lies
its intestimable value It Is designed
to give the State Department a weap-
on to be used in making new treaties
and thus obtaining concessions from
other countries.
What a laudable purpose, judged
from the old monopolistic ideal which
REGARDED a club in the hand as the
most alluring inducement to Compel
itors to approach and submit to dis
cipiine! We did not demand tariff
revision in this country to obtain
bludgeon for our industries. The
way to get foreign business is not
to go after it with a club. But If
It were-if 1t were ideal to make
friends by first threatening them
then we may believe that We are pro-
crossing famously. What with tolls
subsidy at Panama abrogating a treaty
with Great Britain and with a tariff
subsidy conflicting with other treat
ies We may well expect soon to have
all the business world admiring and
respecting us!-Indianapolis News.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18
HENRY SPENCER
DECLINED TO BE SWORN

Chicago, Nov. 14.-Ilenry Spencer
confessed slayer OF Mrs, Mildred AL
lison Rexroat, carried his cratic be-
havior on the witness stand today
when he was called as the first wit
ness for the defense In the trial at
Wheaton, Ill. He declined to be
sworn, saying that he believed only
10 the devil. r>.,. an. .Et
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18
A, F. OF |. MEETS
IN SEATTLE

Seattle, Wash, Nov. IA. The
American Federation of Labor re-
fused today to accede to the recon-
mendation of the executive council
TO change the annual meeting day OF
the conventions to the second Monday
of June. The conventions will con-
tinue to meet on the second Monday
of November.
The convention ordered a message
of greeting and good will cabled TO
the international conference on SAFE
~ at Sea, now meeting at London.
The report of the executive council
recommending full observance OF
Labor Sunday, the fourth Sunday OF
May and Labor day, the first Monday
of September was approved, the
convention also declared in favor OF
the unions observing the second Sun
day of May each year as Mothers
day.
Delegate Samuel Gompers Of the
Cigarmakers International union mas
introduced a resolution declaring In
favor, of national holiday from war
ship construction. The resolution de-
clares that such naval holiday from
battleship construction would estab-
lish a precedent and tendency that
could be made a beginning of gradu-
al disarmament.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18
. WARREN JENKINS EXECUTED

Rawlins, Wyo., Nov. Al. War
rem Jenkins convicted wife murderer,
was hanged at the state penitentiary
here this morning at 2:45 o'clock.
cath was almost instantaneous. The
last words the man said were: II
did not kill my wife and do not
know who did" The murder occur
red at the Jenkins home in Cheyenne
April IA, 1912. Mrs. Jenkins was
formerly Miss Jessie Root Leffingwell
of Brighton, Colorado.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18

Stop coughing! You rack the lungs
and worry the body. BALLARDS
HOREHOUND SYRUP checks irrita-
ton heals the lungs and restores COM
Portable breathing. Price 25c, soc and
81 per bottle. Sold by Ritter Bros.
Drug Co. Advertisement.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18

"My child was burned terribly about
the face, neck and chest. / applied
DR.. Thomas Electric Oil. The pain
ceased and the child sank into a rest.
full sleep. Mrs. Nancy NJ. Hanson,
Harrisburg, n. Y.-Advertisement.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-11-18

Do It now-subscribe for the Re-
nnblican.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
OCCUPATION AND DISEASE.
Paris Statistics Which Show the ReIa-
ton of One to the Other.

Few people die of old age. DR..
Jacques Bertillon, head of the Paris
municipal statistical department, points
out this fact in statistics compiled
from the study of mans diseases in
relation to his occupation.
Consumption, DR.. Bertillon shows, is
most frequent in the liquor trade and
among those whose occupations expose
them to lead poisoning. Next on the
list under the same head come the oc-
equations which entail the breathing
Of a dusty atmosphere. On the other
hand, consumption is very rare among
shopkeepers and all the liberal profess
siOns.
Very few farm laborers die of con-
sumption.
Cancer is rarest among farmers, rail-
road men and miners. Cab and wagon
drivers frequently are attacked by can
Ger. This disease is extraordinarily
frequent among chimney sweeps, brew
ers and sailors in the merchant ma
rine, but only the average number of
fishermen die of it.
Diabetes especially abounds among
the liberal professions. Lawyers, doc
tors, druggists and clergymen are the
greatest sufferers, and after them come
in order butchers, printers, dyers and
commercial travellers.
The liquor trade is at the top of the
list in the affections of the nervous
system.
According to DR.. BertilIon, clergy
men have fewer diseases and live
longer than any one else.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
FEEDING Potatoes to Hoas.

When potatoes are cheap the surplus
can be used to advantage i'll feeding
to hogs. -Four bushels of potatoes are
worth rs much as a bushel of wheat
best way is to cook them and then
mix little grain with them after they
are cooked. adding Il little salt. Hogs
like salt the same as other animals,
and it will not hurt them, as some are
led to believe. Milk is good to feed in
connection with the potatoes. The
grain should be ground to get the best
results. If the pigs can have good al
falfa hay which is not too coarse they
will make good gains on the potatoes
and hay alone without grain.-Farm
Progress.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
Grow Strawberries In Hills.

The hill system of strawberry culture
is not as generally practiced as il
should be. The plan is ideal for the
production of large fancy berries With
this system of culture it is important
to plant varieties which are adapted
to the plan; not to plant more than can
be fortified and cared for properly; TO
apply before planting not less than
one-half ton of complete high grade
fertilizer: to see that the soil is we'll
filled with humus before planting; to
apply two or three inches Of rotten
manure between the rows every year;
to keep all runners removed; to mulch
i'll the fall after the ground is frozen
and to remove the mulch next spring
before it has damaged the plants: to
give whatever tillage is necessary to
destroy all weed growth and to keep
the soil i'll proper physical condition.
National Stockman and Farmer
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18

S THE WICKED GLASS EYE 5
E By THOMAS A. MAxEY s


and | invited him to have small
game with me. Before we sat down l
put a patch over my glass eye.
wanted to lure him with the heav-
emily blue of my natural one into a real
noble game. | proposed to let him win
for awhile, but that wasn't necessary.
1t was just as easy for him to hold
five aces as pair of threes. / just let
him go on, betting light, till he had got
half my pile. Then | got up between
deals to find a match for lighting
cigar and before I returned to the Ia
bic took out my devil spyglass, as
the boys called it, and laid it on a ia
bic Oh Ting Ling's right, letting down
the patch over the empty socket in my
head the same as before
1T was Il half hour before the rascal
turned and saw it. At first l was
afraid | had scared him off. / called
his attention back to the cards by max
ing a bigger bet than usual, but not
for long. He kept looking sideways at
the eye, and, as had placed it just far
enough behind him to look into his
hand, I saw him holding his cards in
a position to escape its glance. For
awhile he kept on with his rascality,
being very careful that the eye should
not get glimpse of his hands, but he
at last got ratified and stopped cheat
ing entirely. Every time he looked to
| his right there was that eye. with its
devils expression. staring at him.
1.-The oftener he looked at it the more
he got ratified. When | saw that the
! proper time had come | did little
sleight of hand myself and held some
fine combinations. Ting Ling was hard
to draw in, and | didn't win much
money. but somehow he took it into
his head that us Melicans had got on
to the Chinese delicate methods, and
after that game there was no more
yellow sharping for Il long while.
managed to rake 5000 out of him, when
! he got so ratified that he settled up as
the game stood and got away from the
eye.
1T was sailing out on to the street
when who should come along but Jim
Rogers, who | supposed was off pros
pecting. Hello, JIM. says l. Hello,
| Tom says he. where you been|
asked. In Calaveras county all the
WHILE says he. Any luck" says I.
Not q bit Got a few specimens, but
| don't suppose any Of 'em is worth
anything Let me see EN- says /.
| He pulled out lot of rock clippings,
and [ looked 'em over. That one is
live rock" says l. No says he-is
it" Yes says l. I'll bet that will
assay from $500 to $500 to the ton
Jim was fiat broke. financed, en-
tering the claim with the money | had
won, and we established the celebrat-
ed Glass Eye company, of which l
| owned half.
ut was long while after the game
played with Ting Ling before any
| Chinaman would play with white
man."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
GENIUS AND EYE STRAIN.
Masterpieces Due to Odd Sight, Ac-
cordinq to Scientists.

It seems that at last genius is dis
covered not to be allied to insanity,
but that rather all it's eccentricities are
due to eye strain.
English brain specialists, for in
stance, are asserting that If Carlyle
had had properly adjusted glasses and
good electric light to work by in
stead of a skylight over his desk and
that illumined by a London fog during
much of the time, he would not have
been such Il grumbler and dyspeptic.
In fact, eye strain was the cause of
all his eccentricities.
All geniuses, in fact, would have
been optimistic, says science now, if
they had only had bifocal glasses at
the right time. The same unnormal
eyesight is given as the cause of many
tragic paintings. That famous artist,
Turner, would never have painted the
slave ship in a storm, but would rath-
err have depicted the peaceful land
scapes that so many American artists
paint when their eyes are properly fit
ted with glasses.
Wagner, too, if he had worn the cor
rect spectacles and had had that decid-
ed tilt to one eve remedied, would
probably never have written about
Walkyrie and dragons, but would have
written pleasant dances and even rag
time instead, says the Chicago Trib-
une.
Darwin also was another victim of
eye strain. Doubtless he would new
er have given to the world his theory
of evolution which stirred society up
if his eyes had been normal.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18

cents IL pound. Wyand0tte or Ply
mouth Rock cockerels will do this;
Leghorns three pounds. The same
fowls in October or November would
not bring more than 10 cents Il pound
and sometimes not more than 9.
| always try to sell my cockerels to
private families, says Il correspondent
Of the Orange Judd Farmer. dressing
them to suit the purchaser Some will
want them drawn and others only have
the bird fat and plump by shutting up
for a few days and feeding on cooked
Cornmeal. If the fowls do not seem in
good condition, it is wise to shut the
cockerels by themselves. The flesh is
much more tender if they are thus sep
arated at the proper time.
While one should have the retail
price for birds dressed to order, it is
wise to be generous in weight An
ounce or two extra thrown in to Il good
customer is not lost. III fact, little
fads that please ones patrons are al
ways profitable.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
DOES YOUR HORSE KICK?
Don't Shoot Fiin-Read Directions
Here For Breaking the n abit.

4 contributor to the Farm and Fire
side says that his horse stopped kick
ing when he gave him the following
treatment:
I'VE filled Il stout gunny sack with
sand and suspended it from the ceiling
with Il rope directly III the rear of the
kicking horse in such a position that
its heels could have Il good play upon
it. This mammoth pendulum, needing
but Il forceful touch, would swing
with clOckWOrk precision as soon as
the horse began to play its gymnastic
stunts upon it. At the first kick the
bag would swing away only to return
with great momentum, giving the
horse as good as it sent OF course
this unexpected state of affairs result
ed in Il general miXup between the
horse and the bag of SAND for few
minutes, but the bag held its own. re-
turning all it received with interest
till the horse. coming to the full real
iZltion that there was no use to com
bat. was perfectly c0Wcd.
The bag was allowed to hang for
about Il week to insure an absolute
cure, and up to the present time there
has been no need of repeating the
process
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
HOW A SOIL MULCH WORKS.
Layer Of Dry Soil Prevents the Evap
grafton of Valuable Moisture.

If one turns over Il board or scrapeS
away some straw lying upon the
ground the ground is seen to be
moist while the surrounding exposed
ground may be dry. If one scatters
straw upon dry ground it will be found
in a few days that the dry ground has
become moist. The upper few inches
of surface will be seen to have ac
cumuated moisture. This moisture
would have been given up to the air
and thus lost to the soil had not the
straw been applied A layer of dry
soil acts i'll the same way when applied
to land.
1t is plain that this layer of dry soil
can be applied to the land from the
land itself by the use of suitable ma
chinery. The dirt mulch can be APP
piled with but little cost, and because
of this and because it saves the mois-
ture so we'll it becomes of incalculable
value to farming.
After a heavy rain one observes the
soil in the garden or in the corntield
to be packed and hard. BY running
over the ground with cultivator the
packed soil is broken and p mulch is
established. The formation of the
mulch prevents in great measure the
loss of moisture. The loss of moisture
is prevented by the stOppage of the cap
Hilary movement of water. 1t would
be much the same if one were to cut
off a lamp wick and fasten the two cut
ends by wires Oil would not pass
from one part of the wick to another.
Forming a mulch on land does not EN-
tirely prevent the loss of moisture but
the moisture saved may amount to 80
per cent or even considerably more.
There are several conditions that af-
feet the dirt mulch. The deeper soil
mulch is the more effective, but the
deep soil mulch is more expensive to
make, and the deeper the mulch the
more fertile soil there is lost for the
plants \ soil mulch becomes poorer
with age, and SO it may have to be re-
newed occasionally. This is especially
true if Il rain should come. Dirt
mulches can he better made when the
soil is mOist.-KanSas Farmer.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18

blessings in Disguise said
81 an old Californian when tell
ing stories of the early days OF
the Golden State. In fact, blessings
usually come in disguise Another
adage akin to it is, 1t is the unexpect-
ed that happens, and still another,
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody any
good This group of sayings when
boiled down means you can't tell I'M
less you bet
when | lost one of my eyes in
fight with an Indian | didn't know
that though | would suffer from not
seeing murderous enemies on that side.
Inconvenience resulting in judging OF
distances and little things like that,
the circumstance would lead to for
tune, with it's consequent comforts, i'll
dependence and freedom from worry.
San Francisco was looming up, and
lots of the attendants of our supe-
rior civilization. such as lOgwood
wines. poisonous patent medicines and
such like, were being brought around
the Horn and dumped on the settlers.
Among other things. Connecticut
Yankee took out Il lot of artificial
limbs, teeth and glass eyes.
AS soon as | saw one of those eyes
in shop window it struck me as a
means of restoring my departed good
looks. for though | was red headed
and freckled. the girls all said that be-
fore my Disagreement | could rake
EN- in every time with the feeling |
would throw into my blue orbs. You
see, after the loss Of one of 'em | had
to concentrate AL the expression into
the other. which only half did the bust
ness. | went ill., ana the Teller spent
half an hour hunting for an eye to
match the one i'll my head, finally be-
ing obliged to give me one of Il few
shades lighter blue than the other-in
fact, it was rather q steel gray. When
| got away from the shop and looked
at it in Il mirror it struck me that the
devil was looking through it. 1t was
the coolest booded thing YOU ever saw.
SO long as | wore it | never ran the
risk Of losing the other one, for all
L
it to wilt him. | kept it for my enc
mics and my real eye for the girls.
The accession of the Chinese devel-
Oped the spirit Of gambling among us,
ut the same time diminishing our
funds There was gradual passing
of our dust into the clothes of these
varmints In fact. it got so bad that
| determined something had to be
done | had Il plan, but no money to
start Il game with. But when stated
the case to two or three more prosper
Gus friends they agreed to put up for
me and give me all the winnings if
succeeded. they to stand all loss up to
81 900 What they wanted was to let
the copper cOlOred thieves know that
they couldn't always win.
"A Chinaman named Ting Ling had
won a lot of money from our crowd,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
Stirring the Alfalfa Field.

The thorough stirring up Of the es-
tablished alfalfa field with the spring
tooth harrow will not only destroy
hordes of small weeds just getting a
start. but will make the surface soil
more mellow and thus conserve the
moisture. The field may look sort of
sick when the job is done, but it takes
something sitter than Il spring tooth
harrow to kill an alfalfa root that is
all the way from Il quarter of an inch
to an inch and a half in diameter
Farm Progress.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-18
EVEN FISH GET SEASlCK.

Human beings evidently are not the
only sufferers from thai most dreaded
of maladies. seaSickneSS. for it seems
that fish when carried for long dis
tances on the ocean become i'll and fire.
quently die.
For that reason many rare and inter
esting SPECIMENS captured in tropical
countries sean4uot be brought alive to
this country. says the Chicago Tribune.
In recent shipment of 400 fish more
than 100 died on the way. and the re-
mainder arrived in such shattered
condition that heroic treatment was