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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24
KNIGHTS OF PYrHiAs
CELEBRATE GOLDEN
JUBILEE OF ORDER

Washington, Feb. 20.-Welcomed
by President Wilson and praised by
Secretary Bryan as one of the great
est influences operating in the world
to hasten the coming of the univers-
al brotherhood, the supreme council
Knights of Pythiss. began its annual
convention here with delegates at
tending from every state and province
of the North American continent.
Celebration Of the orders golden iu-
bilee marked the opening sessions,
and in the convention hall here and
in nearly 5000 lodge rooms scattered
throughout the United States and
Canada commemorative services
were held tonight.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24
What Are the
Best Bed Books?

are in my minds eye have attained
the popularity of q shilling edition
and the bed reader need not be trou.
bled BY. ponderous tome which
makes his arms ache to hold It.
The discerning reader will have no
trouble in choosing his literary med
icine and II he takes Il for half an
hour last thing at night It IL on the
cards that he will have one less all.
ment to complain Of.
Let me take this opportunity Of re-
futing the light Of q guttering candle
fallacy SO dear to the heart Of nov
elists who depict the humble but am
bilious hero pursuing his studies in
such an uncomfortable way.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

ton of costs there. But II more than
makes It up by cheaper rents. Then
there is the fact that the larger a
business center is, the more 1t costs
to run a store there. Almost every
item in the expense account is at a
higher rate. All this Is charged to
the consumer. a r
For such reasons b well advertised
home store is about as eficient ma
chine for serving the public % you
can get. The buyer for stores the
size Of ours is close enough to the
counter so that he makes very few
mistakes. sg+ = s.i
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

CONCENTRATION 4A
The man who makes good is the
man who can shut out Of his mind
all but one thing. An unsuccessful
principal Of school once said that
every teacher ought to be able to
do three things at once. OF course
he was wrong. The teacher who
does one thing at h time and does
Il we'll is giving the pupil the best
possible object lesson in concentra-
ton.
We have to learn to think clearly
amid distracting noises. to go for
ward on a straight and narrow way
without diversions and excursions
that waste our time and. our sub.
stance and to keep at work regard
less of the tired feeling, the spring
feeling, and whether the fishing is
good or not. When the soft breezes
come in at the window we must stiff
fen the moral fibre against its al
lurement. We must pin our attention
firmly to the turgid and dry geome.
try of legal brief. or the serried fig
ures Of the day book or the busy sys-
tenn of a mercantile establishment,
and let every other thought await its
turn at the end Of ONCE hours.
You may have heard the great law
yer in action in a crowded court
room. What was the secret Of his
power? It was that he would not let
the jury's attention or the witnesses,
tongue wander from the relevant
facts. He kept insistently to the
shortest distance from point to point.
He CURLY dismissed. all that was SUI
perfluous, immaterial and calculated
to blur the salient outlines Of the
matter in controversy.
So every mans mind. ought to work.
II ought to fly like an arrow to the
mark. 1t ought to seek always the
pith and the marrow Of an issue. 1t
ought to be able to include the es-
sential phases of every considerable
matter and exclude the superfluous,
the non-essential. That faculty Is
| developed only by long and arduous
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

Why is It that the habit OF read
ing in bed is SO often condemned!
Surely 1t is only taking ones recre-
alton in the pleasantest possible way
and that is what we all strive after
II we do not always attain Il.
Taken in the right way It il an ex.
cellent cure for insomnia. but taken
in the wrong way It forms an insidi-
GUS root for that disease.
The fundamental point is to choose
ones bed books with as much care
as one would expend in selecting a
house. Nobody should read novel
in bed II they wish to pass sound
undisturbed night. The incidents Of
the story force themselves into our
mind until we become an actor in
the tale itself, and eventually wake
with a brain that has had no rest.
Then, again, a good novel or for
that matter a bad one. tempts us to
go on reading until we have reached
the end and know the best, or the
worst.
Then the noxious influence begins
to work, for no person, even the most
clear headed, can read novel Of
the usual length at one time and feel
better in mind for doing so. Moder-
alton extends to reading as to every
thing else, and those who like to
take their literature in gulps are
rarely able to appreciate its finer
qualities.
My own opinion is that the best
bed books are those which are usu-
ally classed as serious works. Under
this heading come essays, reminis-
cences, descriptive works and philo-
sophy.
Best Of all these are "reminiscences
or recollections. One can open the
book at random, skim the cream of
the stories and directly one feels
drowsy, close the book without any
concern for chapter or page and close
ones eyes for immediate sleep.
By this reading the brain has been
gently exercised but not excited. II
is kind of mental massage which
soothes and rests, just as b physical
massage gives our limbs feeling OF
tired comfort.
1t may be a doubtful compliment
to an author to single out his books
as being the best to make one fall
asleep, so l will refrain from giving
| individual names. Yet all those who
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24
THE ECONOMICS OF
COLD WAVES

The winter now coming to it's close
has seen two cold waves of excep-
tional severity that spread over most
OF the United States. Usually the
weather is a minor matter Of CONVEX
sation, but sometimes temperature VI
tally affects economic life. Physiol-
ogists claim cold revitalizes human
beings, but there are losses that
make the balance at least doubtful.
The cold waves mostly come from
Canada, and are great overflows of
dry air chilled to a very low temper
AZURE. They either follow along the
Great Lakes and st. Lawrence River
or may go as far south rs Colorado.
and then turn eastward.
Thus they envelope for the most
part population that is trained to
undergo their rigors. Old Boreas has
to take 1t out in splitting unprotected
plumbing, in which he joyfully gets
away with many millions of dollars
every winter. Agriculture being sus-
pended, the farmer does not suffer
much.
An enormous tax is held on the
community for coal and wood. If
the cold is recharging the human dy-
namo the operation is for the time
provocative of friction. Extreme tenn
peratures get ON the nerves and pro-
duce feeling of the hostility of ma
ture.
The worst damage Of cold comes in
the infrequent instances when wave
goes well down toward Texas and
sweeps eastward. In 1890 the farm
values of Florida were computed at
$S1 ,OOO, 900; in 1900 they were called
but $4,000, 900. This WAS the result
OF several frosts. reaching In some
instances zero temperatures.
These sudden shifts are an illogic-
al kind Of enemy for the truck far
mers of the South TO meet. They
are too infrequent to be considered
much. yet when they do come they
seem to upset all energy and fore
sight. ...
Still by comprehensive weather fore
casts, by the spread Of information
by telephone. burning Of fires in fruit
orchards, by protection OF fruit and
vegetable trains. ETC., Southern pro-
duce dealers and growers are enab-
led to avoid many losses that once
would have proved crushing.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

where their fathers left of. They
must swap social favors and buy
minimum Of style, all which costs
good lot Of money.
Still an ambitious young man hates
to take a family of children into
neighborhood Of non English speaking
people, which in many growing towns
proves the only quarters for wAich
he has the price. The liking for emu
lation of style is meretricious ou'
the desire to consort with refined and
educated people Is praisewothy. II
sometimes costs money to butt your.
back yard up against people with
whom you can swap poetical quota
tons.
There does seem to be decline IN
thrifty fore thought in money mat
tiers. Old time bousekeepers were
wonderful planners. Every expense
was thought ahead. They never wore
their Sunday best when the knock
about would do as well. In the at
tic were reserves against many hous"
hold needs. Nowadays people buy
what they need when they need 1t.
and some of them do not even wait
for the bargain sales. All which has
vital relation to the marriage rate
j. i
THE oLAMoR OF
DISTANCE
Distance lends enchantment. No
proverb is truer to real life than this
sententious saying, which packs into
three words whole philosophy of
business.
To some people the fact that an ar
ticle of goods was made in England,
Paris, or elsewhere, is prima facie
evidence that It Is better. II they
stopped to think about 1t they ought
to know that the United States what
ever its political and social faults, is
as supreme in materi-
al achievement.
Our compatriots build the best
bridges. provide the most convenient
railroad travel, and the most comfort
able homes. The chances are at
least more than even that the output
Of their mills Is better adapted to
meet home needs than those Of some
distant foreign producer.
Similarly there are a good many peo
pie who feel an instructive prejudice
against articles bought In their home
town. Something secured in some
distant store looks better TO them
until they actually test its qualities.
Yet II this feeling is analysed, 1t
is seen to be about as well founded
as the fancied superiority of foreign
goods. The home store does small
err business than some distant de-
partment emporium. 1t loses frac-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

Canada has established forest
products laboratory in connection
with McGill University at Montreal
on the lines of the United States in
stitution Of the same sort at the
University of Wisconsin.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

Juniper from the Indian reserva-
tions of New Mexico and Arizona
may prove an excellent source Of
material for lead pencils. Manufac-
turers are searching the world for
pencil woods.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

Minnesota has q forested area or
twenty-eight million acres, the lars-
est Of any state east Of the Rocky
Mountains.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24
LOVE IN A COTTAGE

II the marriage rate is low, the
scramble for licenses at the Ford
works in Detroit tells one reason
why. When the profit sharing
scheme was announced, seventy.flve
employees reported marriage engage.
ments. Others are coming.
Love in a cottage, still exists. The
oretically it is ideal and poetic. In
Mrs. Burnett's latest story, T. TEN
baron, everybody admires Tenn and
Little Ann for their longing for the
Harlem fat on SIS per. But the av-
erage reader of polite fiction would
secretly commiserate them, had not
good fortune averted that fate.
Philosophers say there is too much
Keeping up With Lizzie. Delayed
marriages is attributed to the feel.
ms that young couple must start
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

training. The worldly, windy, vague
individuals who cannot come to the
point are many in number. The pre-
else and concise ones are in minor
ity. In talking, or writing, in the
days work the man who can put his
mind exatcly on the business In hand
is the man who prevails. Exchange
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-02-24

f.
IN A HURRY
He jumped into his motor car
And opened up the gas;
He hadn't journeyed very far,
Before he tried to pass
Someone who drove a buzzing six,
And though at last he did,
He barely missed q pile Of bricks
When he began to skid.
He almost ran b woman down,
But faster still they few;
He struck the center Of the town
While doing thirty-two.
A horse took fright and ran away
When he whizzed by his nose,
And everybody stopped to say,
See how that fellow goes!
II must be life and death with him,
The way he tears along!
Suppose h tire should jump the rim
Or something should go wrong!
But in and out he squirmed and
turned,
Still putting on the power,
And down the crowded street he
burned
At forty miles an hour.
At forty miles an hour he sped;
He seemed in dreadful haste.
As one, along the road he fed,
Who had no time to waste.
But with a final whiz and whirl
He stopped before fiat,
And went to call upon his girl, :.
And there he sat and sat.
REVENGE
And II we do but watch the hour,
There never yet was human power
Which could evade II unforgiven.
The patient search and vigil long
OF him who treasures up = wrong
byron
i !.
Tree planting on national forests
has to be confined to comparatively
short intervals in spring and fail
In spring 1t starts when the snow
melts and stops with the drying or
of the ground; in the fall 1t comes
between the fall rains and first snow
fall.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
Strike Has Lasted Seven mo,,s.

Denver.-Colorado's present labc
trouble began just seven months Am
On September 20, 1913, the stib
called by the United Mine Workers a
America became effective. ADumb
mately 1900 men were employed h
the mines. The number who answers
the strike call was estimated ysrims
ly at from 5000 to 10000, the oUerst
ors claiming a considerable nuubg
had left the camps previously raths
than become involved in the couty
versy.
Almost from the first the strike va
marked by violence. Marshal Rober
Lee of Segundo was killed, supposed
ly by Thomas Larius, a Greek. and
three companions. Clashes betvea
guards and strikers continued until
October %, when Governor Ammm
called out the national guard ir
strike duty. This followed a sena
of battles at Ludlow, Forbes and
other camps. Attempts to diar
strikers resulted in the militia gath
ering a small quantity of arms, NOS
ly of antiquated pattern, and ANN
milton. The ban on the importatr
of strikebreakers was raised after
few weeks and the companies per
mitted to bring men from outside b
state to work the mines.
Intermittent clashes continued, nl
on February 8, 1914, a house coz
mittee, headed by M. D. Foster, begu
an inquiry, which continued to Msd
Z. Hearings were held in DenVs
Trinidad and Walsenburg. DurH
the stay Of the committee diplomat
relations were established betEss
operators and union leaders
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
snIroNs PRAISE AMERICANS.

Vera Crug-The British officers
expressed themselves In terms Of UNI
stinted admiration regarding the per
Election Of the organization OF the
American landing. Rear Admiral
Fletcher Of the United States navy
sent a wireless message TO the com.
manders OF all warships here Thurs
day night. saying.
Division commander desires to ex'
press his admiration and appreciation
OF the splendid and efficient worR
of the naval brigade In the capture OF
Vera Cruz, and OF the efficiency OF
the cruisers and the accuracy OF the
gunners' FIRE.
Thursday night some Mexican climb
cd TO the top OF the cathedral spir,
and opened FIRE on a detachment o
the United Slater marines. They wer'
dislodged and captured. The mum
of American marines and bluejacketl
now ashore is 1900.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
REBEL GENERAL
MAKES WAR THREAT
NOTIFIES PRESIDENT WILSON
THAT ne CONSIDERS SEIZURE
OF VERA CRUZ UNLAWFUL.
Invites United states to Withdraw
Troops From Mexican Soil and
Deal With constitutionsIists Re-
asrdlng Insult to the Flag.

Washington General Venustiano
Carranza. first chief OF the Constitu-
tionsllst army. has notified President
Of Vera Crrz unjustinable. He in.
vites the United states TO withdraw
It's troops from Mexican soil and to
deal with the constItutionalist govern
ment in regard TO our demands of
PREPARATION for insults to the American
flag at Tampico.
This Is the most serious develop.
ment uf the Mexican situation. 1t in
dicates that the United states will
have to fight, not merely the follow
ers of Huerta, but the whole OF Mex
leo.
Following the receipt Of Carranza's
message Wednesday night a council
Of war was held, after which orders
we're Issued to confiscate ell ship
ments OF arms into Mexico until FUR
ther notice.
II Is Understood also that the gov
errors of the border states we're no
titled to have the reserves ready to
move.
Secretary Bryan received the Car
note at his home Just before
midnight Wednesday. He did not
on II. Secretary Garrison
and Assistant Secretary Breckin-
ridge. who were waiting at the war
department. we're given copies Of the
message. Secretary Tumulty, who
was asleep, hurried to the war depart
ment. and Major General Wother'
spoon. chief OF stan of the army, was
summoned TO join the conference.
President Wilson, who had retired
early. was awakened and told Of the
situation by Secretary Bryan.
While Mexican representatives Of
Carranza have professed TO see a tone
OF friendliness to the United States In
the note OF their chief. it's blunt re-
quest for the withdrawal OF the Amer
lean forces from Vera Cruz and It's
virtual demand for recognition of the
rebels as representing the constitu.
tional government OF Mexico, injected
phases which made administration Of.
noials manifestly uneasy.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
STRIKE BEYOND CONFIRM.
GOVERNOR WANTS TR00p
Urgent Request for Aid in a..
Disturbance in COLORADO c.'
Fields Wired Presideu,

Denver, colo.-Governor AM
by wire Saturday nigh a'
President Wilson TO send soss'a
troops into Colorado mmaa 'saea
compose the strike situation > y
Governor Ammons determ,n.,
ask President Wilson dIreot1 .
troops, rather than through tSs %
gressional channels, after an sr 'A
session with women of the s,a. a'ai
declared that they would NJ,
the statehouse until the goverra' ''''
complied with their demands i
federal troops De asked for frou
president himself.
Besides the call for federal r..
the women demanded witbdrav.,
the state militia end investiesss-
charges against Major p
rock and Lieutenant Linderfot
Adjutant General John ch.a.
pointed a committee OF three mT.''
officers to investigate the cane
the fatal clash between militia =,
strikers at Ludlow on Auru \
which eliminated in the destrn.4-
by fire of the strikers tent COLONY /
that point.
A proclamation calling the .,,,
legislature of Colorado into sDs,.
session to consider matters uert,,
ing to the strike situation in
southern and northern portions n n.
state was signed by Governor
mons.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
Quit Work to Aid Fighters

Colorado Springs, Colo M, y
disregard of contracts whien ia
signed with the coal opera'o,oa D
orado Surings. about SoV a
ers, employed at the NJ Zines 2
Peterson and other union m '.ars -
work. declaring that they ashi :
TO the Trinidad distric. ". sfi'
state militia. Many OF Nv rep
carried revolvers. A nuIl" "a aps
10 their cottages for arms shot y
ed later carrying rifles anu srue I
Seventeen Greeks heavn, m :
known to have taken
south.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
Britons Save Refugees.

Port Arkansas, Textile vac.
Wachiva arrived in port Saturday "
100 refugees from Tampico. Oap1'
Jollison said the Mexican federas I.
fused to allow the WackiVa 10 T.
and a British admiral boarded Der =
hoisted a British admiral's nag
then ordered her out to sea anu -
were not molested further.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
Americans imprisoned in smslta

Vera Cruz.-More than thirty Ans
icans-men, women and children
who were trying to leave the couHt7
were taken from a train at Aguas "
ientes and imprisoned in the smsHs
there. according to advices receHa
here Sunday. Among them was H'
ton Schmutz, United States consul =
Aguas Calientes.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
strikers slav Mine Guards

Canon City, Colo.-The lO'V
mine guards at the Chamber I,
near here, after the death Oh
four of their number, fed la.s s IN,
before an attacking moi u -
who were continuing theH III
upon the mine property, Desu'
day
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
Japan Entirely Neutral.

Tokio.=The Japanese preh'o
authorized the statement tna' %"
has no intention whatsoever Oh
ing the present trouble between
United States and Mexico % ~
from the United states a sallsia.
settlement of the California dlll''S
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30

London.-The editorial view OF 9
majority Of the London newspapers IL
that the United States is now commit
ted TO wal with Mexico and that II
win be impossible o localize the wal
against Huerta.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30
carranze Told Of offs''

Chihuahua. Mexico.-uen IA;
ustiano Carranza, chief oil 'ns
tutionalists. on Sunday ~ a
telegraph message telling Oh 8
of the governments of Arsen Ia
iii and Chile to use their gov NJ
in attempting a solution
can question.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-30

New York--At a largely attended
meeting OF the Catholic club OF New
York. at which Cardinal Farley was
present, a message OF Endorsement Of
President Wilson vas drafted and for
varded to the president.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-01

II LIZ OED WOMRN 10 F1HNlNO |
HER REVENGE AT LAST
Paris, BY Mail to New York, Aug.
31.-ThOse who have heard the story |
of the white-haired woman, living in
a little village near Paris in a house
whose shutters were always closed,
are thrilled with one of the most
touching stories of the war.
No one could remember when the
shutters of the old woman's house
had been opened or when it had not
appeared solitary and sad, but on the
day France declared war the shutters
were suddenly opened and from every
window appeared the tricolOr. The
old house took on a new life. That
evening the story locked in the breast
of the woman who lives there was
known.
Walking through the village the
aged woman made her way to the
fort.
81 have a request to make" she
told the commander. 81 should like to
have you send one of your men every
day to take the evening meal with me-
He will be my guest. FOrty-foUr years
ago my fiance, after dining with me,
went away to fight. They brought
him back with two Germans. bullets |
in his breast. Since then no man has
ever entered my house, but this is
the hour of revenge. In his place at
my table I should like each day one
of those who are about to avenge
him."
The commander granted the re-
quest of the woman and each day
one of his men goes to the house and
dimes with her. One of the soldiers
on returning said that as he left the
house he saw the old woman kneel
before a portrait yelled with crepe.
POWDER co. GOING BIG
Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. THE
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-01
POWDER co. GOING: BIG

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. THE
Dupont International Powder Co.,
whose mills are reported to have
been running on a 24-hour shift ever
since outbreak of the war, today de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of IL per cent on its preferred stock
Of record as Of Sept, -,