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il should have a caution for the seller
as well as for itself.
In other words, it is not good busl-
ness to grant a contract at price no
toriously below cost or at price
where the seller can make no proht
even if the fault is in the bidders own
disqualification. When he discovers
that mscalculation he is going 10
skimp the work or delay it.
In either instance the government is
the loser for time is a great essentlai
in purchases of this sort. The delays
and the trouble resulting from los
ing-money contract cost the govern
ment far more than the difference in
price.
1t is the application of this principle
that has made dealing with the Boggs
agency so satisfactory-when the pur-
yevors have realized conditions. No
objection is made by Maj Bogss to
paving fair price for that which he
buys; the ancient custom of permit
ting bidders to change bids after max
ing them is discouraged; competitive
bidding is fair and open and on COM
plete and accurate specifications; but
once a contract is entered into rigid
adherence is demanded. The goods
have to pass the severest technical ex-
animation ana lnSpeClloii
Maj. Boggs argues that too many
government officials adopt the princi-
pie that a contract is for the beneht
and protection of the government only.
If a bidder in preparing his prices
realizes that his rights, If contract is
entered into are not fully guaranteed
he will increase his tender according
Nv On the other hand, il he sees that
his interests are thoroughly protected
under the terms of the contract he Will
10
would therefore appear that in the end
it is to the interests or the govern
ment to give full protection under the
terms of the contract to the contrac-
tor"
The Boggs rules of buying might be
summarized thus: Know definitely
what YOU want: tell the prospective
bidders exactly; be sure they under-
stand your wants thoroughly when
they bid; seek no mean advantage
through mistakes; expect to pay ialr
price. but no more than falr price,
and require every article to meet spec
ifications in every respect.
All of this in practice has been re :
duced to a course of procedure that
produces results
Under the law purchases of $4,000
and over require the advertising ana
calling for bids; for articles under Slo,-
600 and over 81 900, the only adVertis-
ing necessary is sending out clreui ann
and notices; for purchases under $1,000,
there is no legislation and they can be
purchased in the open market. HOW
ever, it is the practice of the Boggs
agency to seek competition wherever
pra cticable, irrespective of price, to OBJ
tain a satisfactory article at the lowest
possible figure.
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while his partners were heaping up
another kiln.
The three men averaged at this work
SIS WEEKS per man. The Rambler
spent an interesting hour with the
charcoal burners, and gathered the
impression that charcoal burning under
the conditions as he observed them Is
not a get-rich- quick plan.
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III rabls. They are found in every
& book and magazine article con-
corning the great work OF linking the
oceans. Only. all these writings tell
much about the Panama canal, down to
the details of yardage of earth moved
and number Of barrels of cement used
but then take it for granted that read
ers know all about Mai Boggs and his
part in the scheme of the canal.
They Just say that Mai Boggs did
This or Mai Roses did that" and the
ra.,J. O. n,es,r7ed n ytsuaIizA Tho
. "
The fact that Mai Bosgs does not
u,ork ~ all IN the canal NAV have
.r. 49,.
- ~ Hiti 'tiie' iie % 'i'e
ton When the canal wants a key of
nails or new stenopranher a steam
=. ;.
ooe' OF thauheui' NAMES ieauiei
uoh on Hla1. bosss ana ne produces
He has charge OF the general office of
the orxsnIzat,on AT Washington in
.,,,a,n ~ ,-o,r,,, ai,,t.,o,, 80
80 N-'p
the Office Of the assistant auditor, and
the purchasing department
purchasing Is the big item in his
work Probably no governrnent-tntil
the 1reat uar beesne ;,,rra.a,
" sIHsie p0tcAasihs agency such
vast and varied duties as have fallen
to Mai. Boggs During the seven years
ha h.. b..y ~, ~. AZ - 80 1I i.
90 80 ~
fh"ES tHaH Soo'Voo'ooV worm OF mate
rial.
He is Uncle SANS busiest shopper
pu, :, s. rI 49, ., ~, nc.
dignity al MI a.. -. !, !. 80 "a
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one may see the Catoctin range. There
was a Union signal station on Prospect
hill during the civil war, but 1t may
be that this is no particular distinction,
because so many of these stations were
maintained on high points of land in
the neighborhood of Washington, and
especially in that part of Virginia
where the battalions Of Mosby and
White made SO many sudden forays
and attacks.
These signal towers were often wood.
en- structures. some of greater height
than others. but a fifty-foot tower on
hilltop was not unusual. There is the
ruin of one of these civil war signal
towers on a hill above Tysons Cross
roads in the northeast angle Of the
roads leading from Langley and
townsville to Vienna and the road
leading west to Dranesville and inter-
secting the Leesburg pike at that
point.
network of runs or branches have
their source on the slopes of Prospect
hill, and some of these streams, which
become violent in times of heavy rain
fall, make their way directly to the
river, while some of them Join water
with such major runs as Difficult and
Prospect. The Rambler, turning his
back on the pike and the level land of
Prospect hill, moved into the thick
timber of the land that has never
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or never are heard of are reckoned of
small Importance. AS a practical poll
tician would observe, they don't get
you anywhere.
But Mai. Boggs is not a. politician. He
is an officer of the Engineer Corps of
the United States Army, and buying
goods by the tens Of millions is all in
the days work. If he was not doing
that he would be building dams or
Notifications for Uncle Sam and get
ting precisely the same pay.
Nevertheless. the smoothness with
which the supply organization he heads
moves on its way is u tribute to It's
efficiency Not a breath of scandal has
ever touched his organization. never
has there been a whisper that the gov
eminent has not got full value for
everything he has bought: never has
the work paused for lack of supplies he
is responsible for furnishing.
What is more. no bondsmen stand
back of him for faithful performance
and the tradition of the Engineer Corps.
officers of this corps are the only pur-
chasing officers in the government en-
ploy who are not bonded
Just as West Point gave Gov. Goe-
thals the training that made him capa-
BILE of solving the great engineering
problems entailed in the construction
Of the canal, SO West Point gave Maj
Boggs the training that equipped him
for this task of conducting the canals
business office. There isnt anything
essentially military in the job of buy
ing shovels and scraPers and dredses
and steamships. but the simplicity and
order of military system are powerful
factors in doing the job well.
Maj. Boggs started out IN life to be
a soldier pure and simple. But his own
abilities conspired to make him. while
still noninally soldier one of Uncle
SANS most dependable business agents
He has twenty-three years before
him in the army, for he is not due for
retirement for age until 1898. and may
be in that time the opportunity will
relatively as that success which he has
won in peaceful occupation.
Over the entrance to the building-in
the shadow of the huge State. War and
Navy building In Washington-which
houses the remarkably small force
which Mai. Boggs inds sufficient to dc
the work. is a. sign. The Panama
Canal" Formerly the sign read 18th
milan Canal Commission" but the COM
mission no longer is in existence, and
Maj. Boggs' only immediate superior IL
Gov Cocktails
On the second floor of that building
Is the office of Maj. Boggs. The atmos.
phere OF the whole place is not at all
IKE that OF most government Offices
Rather Is 1t that of a railroad com
pany's general offices-aIl business.
Nal Boggs himself, in his appear
ance, carries out this suggestion. Sol
dierly in carriage. he still looks like
the new type OF railroad division SUI
perintendent, a technical school mar
with much practical training. Smooth
shaVen, quiet hammered. agreeable and
courteous, never fused" he typifet
the modern business executive.
The story of how he came to his pres.
ent position is all set forth in the rec
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with the canal open, and even the in
cidental building operations SO nearly
complete, it might be thought that the
purchasing work is being reduced.
Such. however, is not the case. Rather
is the work increasing. The reason 10
that. instead of buying in huge guam
titles, purchases are now necessarily
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The fling system in handling requisi-
lions. for example. does not correspond
to that which is taught in so-called
efficiency" studies, but 1t is simple
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
POTATOES IMPORTANT
IN ALASKA

The potato is by far the most i'm,
portant and universally grown crop
In Alaska. With proper selection OF
varieties, care, and culture excellent
potatoes can be grown nearly every.
where in the terri tory. Sprouting
the seed before planting has been
shown to greatly increase the chan.
ces of securing a good crop in the
short season usually available. A
frost proof cellar for storage has also
been found to be a necessity. The
yield on newly cleared land is usual.
ly small about $50 bushels of mer.
charitable potatoes at Fairbanks in
1910 but rich land in good filth will
sometimes produce three to four
times that much under ordinary cul.
ture.
The Fairbanks station has grown
potatoes for market for several years
past. The main object was to dem
onstrate that good potatoes could be
grown in the interior and the farm
ers in the vicinity have taken the
hint and nearly all of them now grow
considerable acreage of potatoes,
one estimating his crop as high as
fifty tons, which at four cents per
pound, $50 per ton, the lowest price
at which potatoes have been sold up
to the present time would bring the
grower some $4,000. Potatoes are
usually classed as money crop. The
trouble now is that so many farmers
in the vicinity of Fairbanks are grow
ing potatoes that competition mus
of necessity bring down the price"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
PROCLAMATION

Whereas, an election was held on
the goth day Of June, 1915, in Logan
City. to determine whether the sale
of intoxicating liquors should be al
lowed or prohibited in sad city, and
the city commissioners of said city
having canvassed and declared the
result Of said election, and,
Whereas, at such election there
was cast 1885 votes Against Sale"
and sos votes For sale" OF intoxicat-
ing liquors within sad city and the
city commissioners having made an
order declaring the result OF such
votes,
Now Therefore, pursuant to Section
90, Chapter 100. of the Session Laws
of Utah, 1911, the undersigned, Mayor
of said city hereby declares the re-
suit Of such election to be against
sale as above stated, and that the
sale of intoxicating liquors within
Logan City shall continue to, and
be, unlawful after the first day of
October, 1915.
Dated this 9Th day OF July, 1915.
p. A. THATCHER,
Mayor of Logan City, Cache County,
Utah.
ADV. TIT
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
THE MARRIAGE RATE

Irsually the number of weddings Is
a fairly well fixed proportion ABOUT
AZ dependable as rainfall. Some as
cussion has been started by nota'
b,e falling of In the issues of licens-
es to marry in the city OF New iork'
For June the figures were IL per cent
under last year.
The officials attribute 1t to war and
war conditions. In Chicago there
has been a falling off Of about IL per
cent attributed to cool June wealth
err. Boston also shows decided de-
cline, while Washington and Phiia'
delphia show small gains.
The question how far the marriage
rate Is affected by social economic
or other cond tons is an interesting
subject for the debating society y.
People of alien birth who have
friends suffering misfortune across
the water. might now feel less in.
clined TO wcdlock. An unusual peri
cd of stormy weather Is said to at
feet business. II not merely Keeps
the public at home from shopping
expeditions, but merchants do not
feel as hopeful and confident. Posi-.
bly, prospect We bridegrooms view the
support of a family with less buoy.
ancy.
PROFESSIONALLY periods of slow
business do have an effect to delay
weddings. Modern prudence has
wandered some distance from the
Love in cottage" idea Indeed,
If the average couple contemplating
matrimony could see a cottage they
would feel better. Love in a tone.
ment' would express better the pros.
pect confronting many modern low
ers. If young people have kept their
troth for several years, and have not
been able to accumulate a bank &C.
count and life insurance policy, there
Is commonly some fault or lack. Too
frequently I is the unwillingnes8 20
start in a small way.
Other couples have found 4 better
way. They have learned that where
sentiment and romance exists. very
little space is needful for strong am.
bilious young people. An apartment
Of few rooms in towns outskirts
costs little, and a chicken yard and
vegetable garden make saving roa,
sible.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
SIGNED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Some attention has recently been
excited by proposal made by vii.
liam j. Bryan to the effect that ev-
cry newspaper article should be sign
ed by the reporter or ed tor who
wrote it, This idea has often been
proposed by people who had grievanc.
es against the newspapers.
Manifestly the purpose Of such
custom would be principally to iden.
tify the individual who wrote arti.
c'es Offering some criticism or max,
ing some damag ng statements. This
would mu2zle the average newspaper
writer. Where the writer has to
spend his time quarreling with people
over every little phrase in his work,
the temptation is strong to write col.
orloss and milk and water stuff.
The great majority Of reporters
and other newspaper writer's are hon.
est young fellows that do their best
10 present things fairly. II the re-
porters news story is damaging, II
is usually because the truth hurts
II the editors comment is false, ii
reacts Jn the newspaper that prints
it.
Too many things are hushed up
II the truth was sure TO come out
people would be more cautious abou
their acts. Young men running
down rumors and printing the trutl
as nearly as they can learn it, pei
form a useful service.
They should be given all possibl
protection so long as they are hor
est. If they print false statement
that are damaging, they lose the
positions, which is ample check o
indiscretions.
There are other practical objection
10 signed newspaper articles, br
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
THE OLD MANS COMFORTS

you are old, Father William" the
young man cried;
THE few locks which are left you are
gray;
You are hale, Father William,-a
hearty old man,
Now tell me tile reason, pray"
an the days of my youth" Father
William replied,
81 remembered that youth would fly
fast,
And abused not my health and my
vigor at first,
That / never might need them at
last ="
you are old, Father William" the
young man cried,
"And pleasures with youth pass away;
And yet you lament not the days that
are gone:
Now tell me the reason, pray"
In the days OF my YOUTH" Father
VIII am replied,
II remembered that youth could not
last;
/ thought of the future, whatever
did,
That | never might grieve for the
past"
you are old, Father William" the
Dung man cried,
"And life must be Fastening away;
You are cheerful and love to converse
upon death;
Now tell me the reason, I pray"
81 am cheerful, young man." FatheI
William replied;
Let the cause thy attention engage
In the days of my youth, remember
ed my God,
And He hath not forgotten my age
Robert Southey
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
DISAR M AM EMIT

Put up the sword" The voice of
Christ once more
Speaks in the pauses Of the cannon's
roar,
Ger fields of corn by fiery slckles
reaped
And let dry ashes; over trenches
heaped
With nameless dead DER cities starry
ing slow
Under a ran OF fire, through wards
of woe
Down with a groaning diapson runs
From tortured brothers. husbands,
lovers, sons
OF desolate women in their far off
homes,
Waiting to hear the step that never
comes!
Oh, men and brothers! let that voice
be heard.
War fails, try peace; put up the use.
less sword
John G. Waiter
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
THE GOVERNORS

When a gathering of the governors
OF the several states was called at
Washington some years ago, enthu-
siastc predictions were made for the
future Of these meetings. Some peo'
pie thought that the House Of Cover
nors" might become of almost as
much importance as another House
of Congress, by uniting the states In
movements for uniform legislation.
The proceedings of the blouse Of
Governors" due to meet In Boston
in August, VII not suggest that these
hopes have been in any degree real
ized. The governors will hold a plea.
SAINT and informal debating society,
at which the work of their trade will
be discussed, much as When the edi.
tors or the photographers or the
manufacturers get together to talk
over their mutual interests.
This does not mean that a COVER
nor of state Is not a important
parsonage. Probably he is more so
than he was twenty years ago. The
old style executive was supposed to
adopt gnified seclusion making
recommendation in an academic way
Commonly the legislature dropped
them in the waste basket. These are
more impatient days. The people
want to get things done. They look
at a governor as their executive
agent for the relief of thousand
needs, most Of which are out Of his
province altogether.
The failure of the House of Cover
nors as positive national force does
not ind cate that the governors as
whole are a group of mediocre men.
Rather the difficulty is the intense
individuality of all of our local com.
munities.
Legislative bodies, from the United
States Senate down to a city council
are jealous of their own prerogatives.
They are susp. cious of causes and
movements originating at a distance
The fact that the House of Cover
nors wanted a certain thing might
hurt the passage of a proposed acl
in many legislatures, rather than to
help it.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17

and as the sun in a woman's horo-
scope rules the husband and father 1t
shows sickness and anxiety regarding
these members of her family, yet we
find the moon in good aspect to Sat
urn, the planet of old age, and in very
good aspect to Mars and Venus in
her home, and she will experience a
great deal of happiness in her home
life.
A Id is born in the White House
or the slums by law and not by
choice, or we would all be borne In
mansions and every day we prepare
our next home life upon earth, for
good deeds produce a good Karma
and a happy home and evil deeds the
opposite. God never Furnishes, but
we suffer from ourselves when we
break Gods laws and we are our own
judges and mete out our own sentenc-
es.
Something of a very jeculiar nature
will come up regarding her money
matters. 1t looks like loss or
change, great excitement and then
a gain. There is a large legacy due
her, and We hope she will receive it
and use II wisely.
Her twenty-fourth, twenty-sixth.
thirty-sixth, thirty-eighth, forty-eighth
and fiftieth years will bring blessings,
and January, 1880. and July. 1884, a
death. In fact, deaths in her horo-
scope will come up periodically, as
that house has the moon and the
Dragons Tail in 1t. She loses her
first husband by death, a result Of
natural causes.
The map Is a strong one intellectu-
ally and physically and shows a pre-
ponderance of fine masculine qualities.
so 1t is safe to say that when she liv-
ed on earth before she was noble,
manly soul, and now she has come
back to unfold the divine feminine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
President Wilson
and His Only
Granddaughter

Fortune is to favor the presidents
second grandchild, If we are to be-
lieve the horoscope of Boston seer.
ess, who says that Miss McAdoo will
be an expert horse woman, will have
a jealous nature, many love affairs, a
noble brother and will inherit large
legacy.
Ellen Wilson McAdoo, daughter Of
Secretary and Mrs. William Gibbs
McAdoo, was born in Washington on
May 81. Catherine Howard Thomp-
son, an astrologist, has cast the
horoscope, which follows:
This baby was born with Sagittaril
us, 'the Archer" rising, and Jupiter,
the lord of that sign, was in Pisces
in good aspect to the sun, but afflict-
ing Mercury and Venus, and the sun
was in the last degree of Taurus.
She will be very fond of games and
sports of all kinds, will love horses
and become an expert In all out Of
door recreations. She Is fearless and
executive, will possess an inspiration
al temperament will aim well and
will rarely make mistake when she
uses her own judgment.
She is naturally prophetic, will
hate laziness and will be passionate
ly fond of children and animals She
will also be very determined as she
grows up and will generally get her
own way; will be Jealous and san
guine, with a strong brain, espec al,
ly in business and financial matters
and she will have the quality of adapt
ing herself to all conditions of life.
All her planets are under the earth
except Neptune, Saturn and the
moon, which is here in the house Of
death; wills and legacies in EVIL as
pect to the sun ruling that house,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-17
BILLION BUSHEl WHEAT
CROP PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Spring Crop Conditions Everywhere
Are Favorable, Rain Delays Win
ter Crop Harvesting

Washington, July Prospects
for the billion bushel wheat crop
cont nued to grow during the week
ended yesterday. Spring wheat had
the most favorable week Of the sea-
son over much or the belt and the
outlook everywhere is most promis'
ing. The national weather and crop
bulletin announced today that winter
wheat, however had unfavorable
weather and harvesting had been de-
layed in the important producing
sections by rain, much ripe wheat
being still uncut. In southern por'
lions of the belt and Pacific coast
states, harvest ng is progressing sat
isfactorily and good yields are re-
ported.
Corn was favored with somewhat
better conditions than during the pre-
ceding weeks, but is being retarded
in the more northern portions OF the
belt. Elsewhere, however, it mace
more rapid growth and is reported
tasselling as far north as central
Kansas with prospects Of an excel
lent crop largely assured farther
south.
Rain is delaying harvesting of oats
in some sections and promising toe
heavy growth and rust in others, bu
on the whole the crop outlook con
tinues excellent.