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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04
Irrigation Suggestions

There was recently issued by the
Montana Experiment Station a post.
err called Irrigation Suggestions.
Irrigation water intelligently used
is one of the most valuable resourc.
es in the state. Improperly applied
1t is very harmful. Exercise care in
its use and irrigate the greatest pos
SIDE land with the water available.
Avoid the difficulties arising from
over irrigation.
Save the Rainfall
Early spring cultivation of plowed
fields and narrowing or disking i'm.
mediately behind the pillow in the case
of spring blowing holds the water for
| use by the crop. Do not let the
fields dry out before spring planting.
Potatoes, corn, sugar beets, etc. q,
should be cultivated as soon as they
come UP and kept cultivated till time
to irrigate.
Keep the Soil Fertile
Fertile soil produces a crop with
, much less water than does a poor
soil. Grow soil improving crops like
clover, alfalfa, peas, etc, in a system
attic rotation on each field. Use all
the barnyard manure available.
Prepare For Irrigation
Level the fields before seeding
Clean out all head bitches and main
faterals Immediately after spring
seeding. Put in field laterals and
dams as soon as the grain Is few
inches high. Use level in putting
In laterals and do not get more than
one inch fall to the rod. Survey lat
erals every spring and do not follow
old lines exactly as this tends tc
make a depression in the field and
the level of the field changes some
what with each seasons cultivation
lrrieats at the Proper Time
Grain crops ought to be irrigated
very soon after the crop shades the
ground. In most parts of Montana
one irrigation is sufficient for grair
crops If the spring moisture is con
served by tillage.
Alfalfa and clover ought to be irri
gated either sometime before cuttini
so the ground will be dry enough t
permit the hay to cure or immed
ately after the crop is removed.
Sugar beets should be irrigated Il
burrows between the rows, care b'
ing taken not to flood the beets.
cultivation has been properly ker
up irrigation may be delayed until
July. Hold off the water as long a
possible without causing the beets
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04
As a PhlIosopher Sees Il.

1t is claimed that the phosphores.
cent keyhole has been replaced by
one with a raised rim that msxes
1t easy for even the most unsteady
hand to force the key into it, At the
same time the only keyhole that will
fully meet all the nocturnal conditions
will be the one that gets out of its
frame and goes downtown and hunts
for its owner.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04
ciRcuMsTANTiAL EVIDENCE

Little Johnny was doing sentinel
duty with his new air rifle slung
across his shoulder when the irate
lady next door bore down upon him.
Did you break my Window" she
demanded wrathfully, pointing to the
damaged property.
The child looked from the window
to her back again before replying.
"Did you saw me "
mo. But"
"Then l didn't do it." And turn
ing, he marched away Judge.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04
Opal Is Deadly Omen.

The superstition has come down the
ages that to find an opal Is a deadly
omen. 1t means that you have picked
up someone else's misfortune. BET.
ter let the stone lie, no matter what
its valSs may be-" is an old adage.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04
THE FINISH

81 told you Jones was foolish to
be counting so many girls"
GLOW did it turn out?"
AS you might expect. His ex2ens-
es were so heavy that he got behind
with his board and had to marry his
lapdlady Life.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04
A Biz One.

ITALY, though always clashing with
Austria, is still preserving her neu.
trality." Eyes, and doing her preserv-
ing like housekeeper." "How's
that?" ON a Jar"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04
Out Of STYLE.

Come on, hold top, let's ave a
brandy hand soda" Dear me, no.
HITS not the fashion, since the king
stopped drinkin'. Detroit Free Press.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04

suffer Two irrigations should make
the crop. After irrigation cultivate
as long as there is passage through
the beets.
Do Not over lrrigate
Land is irrigated to increase the
crops. This is most effectively done
when the soil Is moistened to a rea.
sonabe depth. When this has been
accomplished further irrigation is
harmful. One half foot in depth over
the land is usually ample for grain
crops and n foot for hay crops.
Where the water supply is limited, as
compared with the land available,
much more crop will be produced by
the moderate use of water over a
large area of land than by adding an
excessive amount of water to small
err area.
Keep Down the Alkall and Prevent
WaterIossing Of Soil
Leaky bitches and the excessive
use OF water over the land are the
chief causes OF these evils. Repair
the leaky places and do not use too
much water or food the land too long.
Prompt spring cultivation and careful
irrigation will avoid many Of the al.
kali troubles.
Kill the Weeds
1t takes as much water to grow
weeds as 1t does the same weight of
valuable crops. Proper Drop rotation
and thorough cultivation will hold the
weeds in check.
Measure the Water
Measure the water used. The seed
is measured, and proper amount of
water is just as essential. BY install
ing simple, inexpensive weirs, any
farmer may measure water accurate.
"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04

"Nigger, you know them English
mans got pistols what shoots across
tie sea?"
Shaw, hats nothin'-them Ger
msns got guns-all dey wants 70 adj
dless."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-04

suffer. Two irrigations should make
the crop. After irrigation cultivate
as long as there is passage through
the beets
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
FIRST ACT OF
THE GOVERNOR
OF TIMOTHY REGAIN
AS IDAHO-FRISCO EXPOSITION
COMMISSIONER
Next Act Was appointment of Harry
L. Day of Wallace on Same Com
missiOn-Latah Delegation Active
By D. w. GREENBURG
(Staff Writer for The Star Mirror

BOISE, Jan. 1.-THE first appoint
ment made by Governor Alexander was
that of Timothy Regan of Boise, to be
a member of the Idaho-P o-Panama-P Pacific
exposition commission. The second
appointment was that of Harry l..
Day of Wallace, to be a member of the
same commission. The resignation of
E. H. Dewey of Nampa, had been re-
ceived and accepted by Governor
Haines while Governor Alexander had
received the resignation of R. G. Beach
of Lewiston on Monday. The third
member is Major Fred R. Reed, but
whether he is to remain on the COM
mission as executive head has not yet
been disclosed.
Insurance Commissioner E. F. Van
ignation which has been accepted, but
Governor Alexander has asked him to
hold over until a successor is named.
State Senator E. S. Sweet of Grange
vile, has resigned as a member of TIC
live stock and sanitary board.
The Latah delegation is active and
promise to be prominent in the ac-
tivities of the senate and house. Sen
ator Jerome J. Day is back in the
same seat he occupied in the senate
in former terms William Hunter was
much elated when he was able to Sc
cure the same seat in the house thai
le occupied IA years ago F. c. Nc
5owan and Ole Bohman, both occupy
excellent seats on the republican side
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
Capitol Building Maintenance

There was appropriated for the MAIN
tenance of the capitol building for the
preceding two years the sum of $780,
100000. This appropriation was ex-
hausted at the end Of about eighteen
months and but siXty-seven cents left
in the treasury to run the capitol build
ing for the last six months of the BIZ
ennial period. How the capitol build
ing was kept running and properly
cared for with the said amount of six
ty-seven cents l am unable to say.
| would suggest that you again ap-
sum no greater than $780,
000.00 for the next two years. That
seems sufficient to run building Of
the size Of the capitol of the state. The
officers in charge of said amount of
for the maintenance of the cap
Continued on Page 81
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
DANCING MASTER IN TROUBLE
Ryan, Who Conducted Dancing Classes
Here, Charged With Crime

w. ]. Ryan, who formerly gave dan
cling lessons here and who is declared
to have acted as instructor at the Uni
versity of Oregon, has been arrested
at Missoula and taken to Butte to face
charge of forgery.
He is charged with passing a worth
less check on a clothing store. Ryan
is declared to be wanted in Dillon,
Mont, and Winnipeg. He is reported
to have declared he owns property in
the east and that his wife resides
there A misunderstanding with a
friend in the east resulted in his ar
rest, he said.
Manager w. S. Storms of the Colum-
bia Graphophone company said today
that reports were current that Ryan
represented the company. This Mr..
Storms denies.-Exchang
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
SALARIES TOO HIGH
SAYS ALEXANDER
BOARD OF EDUCATION HEAD RE-
CEIYED MORE MONEY THAN
GOVERNOR
Would Also Reduce the Salaries of
Utilities Commissions by
One Fourth
(The Governors Message Continued
From Yesterdays Star-Mirror)
State Board of Education

The state board of education received
an appropriation of $2O,00000 for the
biennial period This is larger
amount than is necessary in my opin-
ion. The executive officer of this
board receives a salary of S6,000.00 per
annum-$1 100000 more than is paid the
governor of the state, and $1,000.00
more than is paid the chief justice of
the state. While the services of this
official may be worth this amount Of
it is not creditable to the con-
stitutional officers of the state who are
elected by the people to be made in
ferior, in compensation received, to
one who is selected by a board. l
would recommend to your honorable
body that such salaries as $6,000.00
should not be paid to any one. The
people of the state are not satisfied
and times do not warrant it In my
opinion $1S,000.00 will be sufficient to
run this department for the biennial
period OF 1915-1916
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
RAMSTEDT MAKES STATEMENT
Says Allen Did Advance Money to
Peterson and Treasury Was Short
That Much

BOISE, Jan. Tax Commissioner
Axel P. Ramstedt, whose report rel
ative to the Allen defalcations has
caused such. stir, gave out the fol-
lowing statement yesterday relative
to Attorney General Peterson's con-
nection with the matter:
81 do say that O. V. Allen advan-
ced to j. H. Peterson and that j. H.
Peterson received amounts aggregat-
ing $3.50 belonging to the people of
the state of Idaho.
81 do not say that Mr. Peterson
knew in his heart that this was state
money when he received it, neither do
say that he did not intend to return
it, but l do say that the state treas
ury is short to the amount of $500 on
account of this transaction.
Whether Mr.. Peterson knew that
this was state money when he receiv
ed it is a question to be determined
by a competent tribunal
Il propose to devote all the time
at my disposal and, if necessary, my
life to exterminating the maggots
that have been circulating in and
about the state treasury"
Attorney General Peterson said
with relation to the statement:
eff Mr.. Ramstedt had included
that statement in his report it would
nave been fairer and have resulted
n less misrepresentation and misgiv-
ng and injustice"
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
ALIEN LABOR LAW VOID
Arizona Law to Limit Employment Of
Foreigners Unconstitutional

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-Arizona's
alien law, providing that at least eighty
per cent of employees on payrolls
s-where more than five persons are en-
ployed must be American citizens, was
declared unconstitutional today by
Federal Judges Morrow, Van Fleet,
and Sawtelle, sitting as United States
District Court of Arizona. Notice OF
appeal to the supreme court was given
Immediately.
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
WILSON INVITED TO NORTHWEST
Western Congressman Urge Him to
Include Idaho, Washington and
Oregon in Trip

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE mem
bers of the house and senate from
Idaho, Washington, and Oregon to-
day urged the president to include
their states in the speaking tour he
is to make following his visit to the
Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco in the spring. The president
gave them little satisfaction, saying
that if it were within the realm of
possibility he would include the north
west in his intinerary. Chamberlain
of Oregon headed the delegation that
called on him.
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
D0NK SPEAKS ON
WOOD BY-PRODUCTS
GOVERNMENT MAN DETAILED AS
SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR GAVE
LECTURE
Reviewed Progress and Discussed
Present Status of Wood Waste
Recovery

Mr.. NJ. G. Donk, who is here inveSti
bilities of obtaining turpentine, rosin
and other products from western vel
low pine, spoke Monday evening to- the
Associated Foresters of the University
on the subject of The Wood Waste
Problem" He pointed out first the
need, as he found it i'll his work, for
Standardization of methods and pro-
ducts in the wood turpentine industry.
In the manufacture of gum turpen-
tine, as it is carried on in the South,
comparatively simple methods yield a
uniform product Of good quality; but
in the distillation of turpentine and
rosin directly from the wood other
substances from the wood mix with
them, and, even after the product has
been refined, it is frequently not equal
in quality to that obtained from the
gum This is largely the reason that
the manufacture of wood turpentine
HIS, 81 ldI, ldllCQ W QcNClOp lIlO an
industry.
Going slightly into the history OF
wood distillation Mr. Donk said that
the first recorded use of such products
was by the ancients who used them as
embalming fluids Later, in the days
of alchemy, the alchemists distilled
live plants in the hope of obtaining
therefrom the elixir of life. Mr.. Donk
also exploded the idea that artificial
silk, rubber, and other substances
could be manufactured commercially
from wood. Such materials can be
made, by different processes, from
cellulose, but it is difficult to obtain
wood cellulose that is pure enough for
their manufacture. For this reason
cotton is commonly used for such !,
purposes. He also pointed out that |
while wood is as cheap as it is at pres
ent, it is not profitable to use mill |
waste in the manufacture of wood pulp.
The pieces are too irregular in size
and shape to be utilized by the me-
chanical process, and too poor in
luality to be valuable for either the
mechanical or the chemical process.
Mr. Donk laid the most stress on
he process, as yet only experimental,
If changing wood cellulose first into
md into alcohol Two
ferman chemists, working on the prob
EN-, have recently found means of
acilitating the process and increasing
he yield; and their discovery leads
is to hope that alcohol can soon be
cheaply enough and in
uch quantities as to make it available
S common fuel, possibly taking the
lace of gasoline.
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
ZEPPELINS START OUT
OVER DOVER STRAIT
BEING DRIVEN FROM OVER DUNkIRk BY THE
FRENCH THEY HEAD OUT TO. SEA
RUSSIANS ROUT TURK FORCES
Mohammedans Were Trapped and Routed. With Sc
we're Loss-Vioent Rains in South Poland
Prevent Fighting g-Steamship Sunk
BY United Press

LONDON, Jan. 7.-Everything indi-
Gates German aaerial raid in the
near future. The authorities have ta-
ken additional precautions in this city
itself and more men have been sent
to the coast-guard stations along the
east coast. The crews in charge of
the aerial guns have all been strength
ened and the police are rigidly enforc-
ing all the lighting regulations.
German Zeppelins are definitely
known to have been cruising the straits
of Dover. They were escorted by
armed aeroplanes. The new precau-
tions have followed this discovery.
These zepplins and aeroplanes are re-
garded not as scouts but as an expert
mental expedition. determining air
currents and similar matters pre-,
liminary to general raid, probably
on London.
The Iepplins were plainly seen pass
ing over the French port of Dunkirk
OH theirway toward the English coast.
They approached within range Of the
guns of Dunkirk, but French aero
)lanes moved upon them and drove
hem off. One zepplin was hit, but
in escaping
1t is expected that if the raid ma
it may prefer to ignore Lon
Ion and operate against one of the
laval bases nan attempt to relatiate
or the CuXhaven affair.
The British aerial squadron is pre-
ared with armed machine guns and
nmhS
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
Public Utilities Commission

! The public utilities commission had
an appropriation of $60,000.00 for the
biennial period. The salary of each
commissioner is $4,000.00 per annum.
This ought to be reduced to 100000,
the amount of pay the secretary OF
state receives. The appropriation for
the biennial period should be cut
down to $35 100000, if not less.
This commission employs special
engineer and other assistants to ap-
praise corporate property. The engi-
neering department of the state is as
competent to do that as is the extra
help so employed, and it can be done,
almost without any additional cost. The
University of Idaho, also, has compe
tent professors in the science of engi
neering who could act without addi-
tional pay.
The habit of employing special help,
special counsel, special advisers and of
according special opportunities to spend
should be prohibited and abol
ished forever in every department. The
simplest and best way to end this habit
is to furnish no money to pay for it.
When you do that you have at once
put the reform into practical opera
tiOn
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
State Engineer

The state engineer had an approprio-
ton Of $21,700 and also received
from the Carey act department $3S, ,562,-
II; making a grand total of $50, ,562. II
for the preceding two years. The
Carey act fund is about depleted and
the state engineers department will
not receive very much more money
from that source.
| would recommend that the legis-
lature investigate the expenditure of
that $3S,562.11, and the expenditure of
the Carey act money spent by the en-
gineers department for a period of
years back of 1913 While these eX-
penditures may have been absolutely
necessary and the money beneficially
expended, / can find no appropriation
made by the legislature of that amount
of money. AS the legislature handles
the purse strings of the states finances
its consent should be first had before
dollar of money can be legally eX-
pended.
The state engineers work has not
In the place of $21,700.00
$16,5OO00 should be suf-
ficient.
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
SCHOOL REVENUE
LAWS DISCUSSED
SUPERINTENDENT OTIS RANDALL
EXPLAINED PROPOSED NEW
REVENUE LAW
Would Have State Raise Five and
County Fifteen Dollars
per Pupil

At Chamber of Commerce luncheon
Tuesday Superintendent Randall callet
attention to the proposed changes il
the school laws Of the state There arr
two important changes asked by tn,
county and city superintendent.
One proposes to organize the schools
on the basis of the county unit plan
Under this system all rural schools in
the county would be under the man
agement of a board of education elect
ed by the voters. This county board
would appoint a county superintendent
who would perform the duties now
performed by that officer under the
advantage of being removed from
politics and would put the work of
experimenting the county schools on
a professional basis. Concerning this
law it was the opinion of Superintend-
ent Randall that the Commercial Club
would not be interested as it concern
ed only the country districts.
The second change concerns every
one directly and it was suggested that
the club give the matter some consid-
Grafton. This measure proposes that
the state shall raise by taxation suf-
fcient money, which, taken together
with the present revenues for school
will furnish S. for every
child of school age in the state. In
to this it is proposed that the
shall raise for school pur-
poses, taxation and otherwise, $15 for
each child of school age in the county.
This would give for educational pur-
poses $40 for each child of school age
IN the state.
This measure has the endorsement
If nearly every school officer in the
state as we'll as the support of the
state commissioner of education. 1t
will equalize the burden of taxation
or school purposes between the
wealthy and the poor districts. 1t
would have a decided tendency to in
rease the length of the terms in the
ural school. Very few districts would
ave to levy special taxes. Those dis
riots which maintain large high
chools which are virtually county
Ugh schools, so far as privileged and
are concerned, would
ave the burden of the support OF these
chools somewhat distributed among
nose who enjoy their privileges.
The state revenues for school pur-
oses now amounts to approximately
3 so per capita for the children OF s
,hool age, while the revenues de-
we'd from the county this year under
three mill levy will approximate So |
sr copita for this county. The pro t
,sed change therefore would increase
IL amount raised by the state and
,unty nearly So percapita and would
inmate the special tax in all but the
ty districts. It would take care of ?
anv weak districts where proper Y
hool advantages are impossible at II
esent. i
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
DAYTON FACES SERIOUS SITUA-
TION
Ice GOrges Cause Rivers to Rise, and
Repetition of Last Years Floods
Threatened

DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. lice gorges
in the Muskingum and Licking rivers
threaten the bridges at GAINESVILLE,
and seventy men are watching huge
ice gorges at the junction of the Still
water and Miami rivers, prepared to
dynamite them should the necessity
arise. The Miami river is raising rap
idly, and Dayton faces the possibility
of another serious flood
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
THUGS START FIRES

PITTSBURGH, Jan. Following
threats that Wilkinburg, a neighbor1ng
citv would be burned unless the po-
lice ceased operations in their war on
a band of foreign criminals, fire OF
incendiary origin caused loss of prop.
erty to the value of nearly two hun
dred thousand dollars. Patrolman
Snyder was shot while frustrating a
jewelry store robbery.
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
PENNSYLVANIA HAS IT'S LAST
HANGING

UNIONTOWN, Pa, Jan. THE last
legal hanging in the state of Pennsyl-
vania took place at the Fayette county
court house today when Isiah Croson,
a negro, was executed for the murder
of Henry Brooks, on January 3, 1913.
has supplanted the gal
lows.
The daily star-mirror., 1915-01-07
Turkish Forces Routed

PETROGRAD, Jan. 7-Transformed
from an army into a disorganized
mob, the defeated Turkish forces in
Transcaucasia are reported to be
fleeing before the Russians. 1t is said
that the Mohammedans were trapped,
and routed with enormous loss.
Fighting in the south of Poland has
almost ceased owing to violent rains.
In the north, it is stated, the Russians
have assumed a vigorous offensive pol
icy in the Mlaws region.