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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02

ON THE FARM

The Department OF Agriculture
puts the value Of the chief necessar.
les Of life consumed by an average
farm family each year at a little UNI
der six hundred dollars; but over
four hundred dollars worth Of these
necessaries is contributed by the farm
Itself. leaving only a hundred and
seventy four dollars worth TO be pur.
chased by the farmer.
That suggests one difficulty with
the average farm bookkeeping: 1t
consists of only cash account. A
good many farmers can ten with APP
rroXimate accuracy how much mon
ey they received and paid out during
a year. The number that have even
an approximate notion of the value
of articles consumed on the farm is
much smaller. Il got so much for
my hogs" a farmer may tell you;
but If you ask what he might have
got for the feed they consumed he
answers: ooh, | raised that myself"
And there are still many more far
mers who have no clear notion as to
how much cash they received and
disbursed. They know only how
much they have left at the end of
the year. In farming, as much as
in banking or railroading, good book
keeping is the foundation of real
economy and efficiency. Stufflng
eight dollars worth OF corn into
pigskin and selling 1t for seven dol.
lars and half is certainly not prof
table.
A great amount of money is lost
yearly In mich cows simply because
the owners do not know what each
quart of cream they sell has actually
cost them. A proper but very sim
pie set Of books would show at once
which COWS yielded a profit and
which were merely perambulatory
corncribs.
A dollar invested in a blank book
and pen would be the best invest
ment many farmers could make
New York Evening Post.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02

one could easily spend month there
and find pleasure and food for new
thought every day. The tourist who
gives 1t but a week, or often only a
few days, attempt an impossible task.
Fifty cents worth of wheel chair a
day may make all the differences be
tween the success and failure Of his
trip.
1t Is a mistake to try to see too
much. People should select and
choose. The little buildings where
distant states and nations make their
show are often the most rewarding
of all They may have more to teach
the hasty visitor than some great pal.
ace of industry, which is more like
what one can see in the show win.
dows of retail stores nearer home.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
SAYS ELIOT HAS
LIVED TOO LONG
"Mother" Jones 10 Sorry for John D.,
Sr.; But Praises
John D., Jr.

Denver, Feb. 2S.-When Andrew
Carnegie testified before the indus
trial relations commission in New
York, he only aroused in Mother
Jones, strike leader, a desire to throw
a brick at him.
Returning here from the Fast,
Mother" told OF some of her i'm
pressions of the hearings.
OF j., d. Rockefeller, Sr,, she said:
81 felt sorry for the old man. Wealth
can't bring health. He's lost the lat
ter and probably won't be able to en-
Joy the former"
She said Of President Eliot: Elliot
should have died ten years ago. He
might have made mark for himself.
He told the commissioners the work
ers eat too much meat. suppose
he thinks that is one of the causes
Of industrial unrest"
J. d. Rockefeller, Jr., Jared better
than the others. "He Is quiet, ear
nest sincere young man, who might
have accomplished a lot for the hui
man race had destiny placed him
somewhere else on EARTH" she said.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
FAT HOG FOR EDITOR IF
HE FINDS MAN A WIFE

Mountain Home, Ark, Feb. "a
George Bodenhamer widower and one
of the largest hog buyers, raisers
and shippers in Baxter county, made
an advertising contract with local
newspaper in which he agreed to give
the editor prime fat 200 pound hog
next fall II, through the advertising
columns of the paper the editor Sc
cured for him a wife by that time.
The editor, believing in the pulling
power of his advertising columns, ac-
copied the offer on the spot.
Mr.. Bodenhamer's specifications
are very liberal. The requirements
are that the wife must be under 40
healthy, good cook, and house
keeper, with sentimental and low
able disposition. He will not object
to a little temper, but does not want
and will not have a spitfire, or one
who has a nagging disposition. What
he wants is q good woman who will
make a pleasant and congenial home.
II she has a little money to put into
the hog business 1t will be accept.
able, but It is not necessary.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
SPECTACULAR
CRIME

The death in Missouri of Frank
James. who though never convicted
Of crime was reputed to be a men,
Der Of the famous James gang of
outlaws. who were charged years ago
with 30 many desperate acts, raises
the question whether the big bank
and train robberies OF thirty years
ago are as common today.
AS a whole crime, seems decided.
ly on the increase. But the big crime
acts OF a generation ago, which so
fired the imagination Of the outlaw
class, may be too daring for the mod.
ern sneak burglar and foot pad.
Bank robbery can not be as profit
able as 1t used to be. Electric and
steel protection has made large banks
impregnable. Here and there a small
country bank might be ripped open.
But the returns would not be suffi-
cient for the risk,
A highly explosive state OF society
pervaded many sections at the time
the James gang were active. Gun
toting was general. The guns were
not carried for ornament, but for
real use. Celebrity in pulling them
and accuracy In using them was an
essential element in a gentleman's ed.
ucation.
These conditions developed very
daring and resolute men, quick in
decision and rapid In execution. A
train robbery was no carefully plan
ned stroke of business, but a sudden
lawless impulse. The life OF the
plains of thirty to forty years ago
developed many character perfect
ly capable OF these acts at any time
he felt the need Of cash.
Train robbery probably does not
seem attractive to the sneak crimi-
nal of today. He Is looking for what
seems more like a something. Sleep
ing people in their beds, unarmed Pc
destrians in dark corners OF great
cities, houses left alone and unlocked
IN daylight, these are the favorites,
They are much safer than a heavy
train where express messengers and
others are apt to be armed, and
where the telephone quickly sum
mons bands OF officers to search the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
AUTOMOBILES AND
ExTRAVAGANCE

The tremendous increase in mum.
Der of automobiles is accepted by
many people as one of the signs of
national extravaganza. OF course
in many cases machines are bought
on borrowed money, or by mortgag.
ing houses. The savings of life
time are burned up in the swiftly
running gasoline tank
But very large part of the ma.
chimes represent no extravaganza
whatever. Kansas, for instance, is a
community OF farms and thrifty PEG.
pie. 1t has about 1,750,00O popula.
ton, and over $4,000 motorcars. Not
all of this great army Of drivers are
spenders, nor are they all people of
wealth
One great reason why automobiles
have been an extravaganza is that
So many people are so very helpless
in caring for them. Although they
may have but small means, they do
not feel able to care for the mach
ines themselves, but hire storage and
cleaning and overhauling and minor
repairs at some garage. They seem
helpless before the least break down,
can not understand its cause, aud
could not repair 1t II they did under
stand 1t. Run on that basis any ma.
chine is costly.
Wise parents who own machines
are bringing up their boys to be
handy around the little home garage.
The youngsters early learn to keep
the machine taut and trim, and to
make ali ordinary adjustments.
Where a machine is thus nursed
along at home, and driven carefully
1t ought to be cheaper than the cost
of horse and carriage for a mod
crate yearly mileage.
Farm young people in particular
are usually able to handle machine
cheaply, as their daily experience
gives them constant practise in max
ing their own repairs and meeting
exigencies. The farmer of the future
needs an automobile to keep his
young folks contented. In the hands
of fellow of enterprise, 1t ought to
more than pay for itself as a bust
ness tool.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
BUILDING HOUSES
FOR POULTRY

In the construction Of a house for
poultry, the big thing after freedom
from moisture, is fresh air without
draughts, according to the Poultry
department of the Utah Agricultural
College. In the past, warmth was
the big object sought, and many
houses were built with little or no
ventilation provided for, or the open
ings that were provided caused
draughts; now II we are not more
careful in planning the house, the
open front will be carried to the
other extreme, as has already been
done in some instances. The amount
Of space to be left open in the front
Of the house depends on the type Of
the house and somewhat on the To-
cal conditions. One very important
feature of all open front houses is
that during the severe cold weather
the other three sides of the house
must be perfectly tight. To secure
this these three sides be constructed
of matched lumber and lined either
outside or inside, preferably the lat
ter, with good heavy building paper.
While reasonably cold, pure fresh air
is to be preferred to warm impure
air, yet it should not be forgotten
that it is the purity of the air and
not the low temperature that is de.
sired.
The greatest vigor ana production
cannot be secured If the fowls are re
quired to breathe impure or very
cold air.
Early spring conditions, when we
have our highest egg production,
should be the aim in this regard both
winter and summer. Plenty of fresh
air with a moderate temperature, and
good clean nutritive food brings high
production in eggs and meat.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
WOOL WAREHOUSE COMPANY
PREDICTS HIGH PRICES

The National Wool Warehouse &
Storage Company issues the follow
ing circular Of interest to all sheep
men, under date of February %:
To the eholders-Eastern mar
kets are quiet on account Of lack Of
supplies. What little wool remains
is being firmly held. Ohio three
three eighths blood has been sold at
SO cents. This corresponds to 80
cents for Territory. The London
sales opened today and will continue
until March 8. Offerings during this
series are $4,000 bales of which $4,000
bales are merinos and the balance
New Zealand crossbreds. Cable In
formation SO far received Is as fol.
lows; merinos and fine crossbreds
5 per cent advance; low crossbreds
7 IL per cent advance,
"Sales have been progressing in
both Melbourns and Sidney. Reports
indicate excited general competition
with merinos from 10 to Is per cent
dearer. American buyers operating,
but are storing wool. II does seem
however. as II American wool buyers
are having troubles Of their own. Az.
ter raising heaven and earth In Or
der to get permission to ship wool
from Australia and with three YES.
sells afloat containing some wool des-
tined for Boston via Vancouver, the
Canadian government passes a war
revenue measure and puts an import
tax Of LIZ per cent on wool (2-3 cent
the grease pound.
1--WE cannot pass on individual Of
fers, but again We beg to repeat that
our judgment is that II woods are
not 7nld until shearing, there will be
mu rore competition. We believe
that such a situation will exist as
has never taken place in the west
before. England needs medium woods.
The few million pounds offered in
the present sales are a mere baga,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
SOME SAYINGS OF
LUKE McLukE

When mother has the goods on
father and accuses him of some hor-
neryness father gets ten times as In.
dignant as he would II the accusa-
tions were not based on facts.
Why is 1t that most of the family
rows start at the dining room table?
Any old time man is a good loser
You can bet that he didn't lose much.
A lot OF the June brides who were
promised that they would never have
to soil their itsey, weeny. pity fing.
ers by doing any work are now wres.
Ting with the furnace every morning
while hubby pounds his ear until the
house is nice and warm.
You can't make a princess believe
1t, but the fellow who can run If
teen balls at pool often has hard
time making SIS per week.
When widow remarries the honey
moon usually lasts until her new hus.
band asks her what she did with the
insurance money.
Give a man a morris chair filled
with sofa pillows In theater and he
will remain wide awake. Give him
a hard wooden seat in an uncomfort-
able straight backed pew in church
and he will proceed TO go to sleep.
The patriot isn't the fellow who is
always waving the old flag. He is
the fellow who minds his own bust
ness and helps make this better
country.
II George Washington never told a
lie it is a cinch that he never caught
fish in his life.
Father is always Dragging about
his good judgment. But you may
have noticed that when a room is
going to be repapered mother always
selects the wall paper.
The stork has more time to loaf
these days. But lap dogs cost twice
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
SEEING AN
EXPOSITION

The pleasure and profit to be de
rived from great show like the
Panama.Pacific Exposition, now open
depends on the amount OF common
sense possessed by the sightseer.
Most people start out on such an
undertaking In a mood of citation
produced by the stir and excitement
and novelty Of the scene. They walk
and walk conscientiously studying
guide books to feel they have seen
II all. After a time every new build
ing finished is left with a sigh Of
relief. The idea seems to be not SO
much to see thing. as to be able to
tell other people you have seen it.
The act Of looking at objects In
q display may seem an easy, even
indolent prdcess. But there is IA
tigue in it. Art lovers say two hours
in a picture gallery will use them up
completely. The eye is delicate
instrument. Constant looking must
involve much nerve strain. Also
people walk distances they would not
attempt at home.
A great exposition like the Pana-
ma-Paciic is a final triumph Of civ
tization. If life were not so rushed
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02

as much as they did twenty five years
ago.
The old fashioned man who used
to have an 1860 model chicken coop
in his back yard now has a son who
keeps his 1915 model chicken coop
In a garage in the back yard,
Every man wants to run the home
newspaper and the home ball team.
But If you tried to run his business
he would want to fight.
Some men seem to be hanging
around in the world just to keep
their wives from having little fun
on the life insurance money.
Telling your wife that she looks
better in her bungalow apron than
the woman next door does in her
new street dress doesn't keep Friend
Wife from wanting new street
dress, but 1t salves her a whole lot
and helps some.
A mans hat has to fit his head. A
woman's hat has to fit her face.
II a man Dragged as much about
"the wife" at home as he does when
he is with the boys she would think
whole lot more of him.
About the only men who are living
within their incomes are the fellows
who are locked in by the guards ev.
cry night.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
THE COLORADO
RIVER BASIN
Information Of Value to all Water
Users Contained In Recent Pub
iication by United States
Geological Survey

All people interested In the water
flowing in the streams OF the great
Colorado River basin should become
familiar with the reports on the sub
ject published by the United States
Geological Survey. Such reports, COW
ering the entire country, appear
each year In twelve parts as water
supply papers. Part OF this series
is devoted exclusively to the Colora,
do River basin. the report on which
for 1911 is contained in Water Sup
ply Paper 300. This report is no
longer available at the Geological
Survey, but may be obtained for 80
cents from the Superintendent of
Documents, Washington, d. C..
The information in this paper In
cludes the results of measurements
of flow made by the use of instru-
ments designed especially for that
purpose, at about 140 regular river
observation stations In the States of
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah. New Mexi.
CO, and Arizona, and at about 60 mis-
cellaneous points In those States.
The report contains tables showing
the height Of the water in the river
and the quantity Of water flowing
past the stations each day in the
year and other tables showing the
quantities OF water for each month
and the total for the year.
Valuable In Power and irrigation
Projects
This information is necessary for
the proper and economical installa-
ton and operation Of water power
plants, irrigation projects, systems Of
municipal water supply, works for
the prevention of the enormous dam
age caused year after year by devas-
tating fioods-in fact, all works that
involve the use or control Of water,
In all the important and perplexing
problems Of water rights, includ-
ing questions that often lead to ex.
tended controversy and expensive lit
igation, knowledge Of the quanti-
ties of water involved is essential.
The work Of obtaining this funda
mental information after the need for
1t has become immediate leads to
further and more costly delay. 1t Is
for the purpose Of supplying this in
formation and having 1t available
when needed that the study OF the
flow of streams is carried on year by
year by the Geological Survey and
reports of the results obtained by the
Survey engineers are distributed to
the public.
The Surveys work Of stream meas
urement in the Colorado River basin
is conducted in cooperation with 9TH
er national bureaus, including the
Forest Service, Reclamation Service
and Weather Bureau and with State
organizations of Colorado, New Mex
leo, and Utah, and is assisted by
many private persons.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
AFTER IS YEARs-sUccEsS

Improvement of the laying quality
OF hens by means Of trap nesting
breeding stock, as discussed In the
Farm and Fireside, has aroused lot
OF interest among poultrymen in ev-
cry part of the country.
Here are the views of a farmer
poultryman who has been keeping
hens for a quarter Of century and
trap nesting his breeding stock for
dozen years.
These views given by Mr.. l.. A.
MacCumber, are backed by his ex-
perience during this time.
My start in trap nesting stock was
made about dozen years ago, and
previously, for period of about
equal length, had not made much
Roadway in improving the laying
qualities Of my hens.
I then purchased eggs at s. q set.
ting from q poultryman who had trap
nested his breeding stock for fifteen
years. l found that my pullets hatch
ed from the eggs Of the trap nestled
stock, started laying at five months
old and continued through the fall
and winter months, and furnished me
the golden eggs ! had been striving
for. Previously ! had not been able
to get fall and winter eggs only from
an occasional hen.
Since getting my start with trap
nested stock. have made use of the
trap nest to keep my hens up to a
satisfactory productiveness.
Not the least Of the advantages
when using trap nests is the oppor.
tunity to get the children interested
In better layers.
II the boys and girls are furnished
a breeding pen OF pure bred chickens
egg record sheets, leg bands, and
trap nest, and chance to have
definite portion Of the proceeds from
Sh "o'"' Sou Sdu SApoet boue BOOu
results besides keeping the children
interested and alive to the import.
ance of improving farm methods.
Three to five dollars look like big
money to the average poultry keep
or to pay for clutch Of Matching
eggs. But year and q half later,
with fair success. four or five dozen
pullets can be expected to be on the
laying Job as a result Of the invest
ment.
These pullets can be counted on
to produce double the number OF fall
and winter eggs laid by average scrub
hens, providing care is taken ia get.
ting eggs from vigorous stock that
has egg contest records to back UP
the claims Of the breeder.
Keep in mind the fact that The in
herited quality of heavy laying must
come from pedlgreed breeding and
particularly through the cock bird
that is the son. grandson, etc, OF
line of heavy layers. B. r. W.
Thorpe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
PROFESSOR LANeToN

In the death of Professor Willard
Samuel Langton the State Of Utah
has lost one of her notable sons.
Born few years after the settle.
ment of the valley he wove out OF
the early experiences incident to pi-
oneer life career remarkable for
it's fullness and completeness. From
early youth he was student and a
philosopher, yet his interest in hui
man life and its activities remained
keen to the last. His rich expert
ence and varied qualities made him
an exceptionally agreeable compan.
ion and a devoted friend.
Strong in body, strong in intellect
and strong in the purpose to do
right, yet in his nature he was kind
and gentle to a fault. He always
strove to do right. At the same time
his purpose was to attain the desired
end with the least friction and with
the greatest consideration for the
feelings and convictions of others.
His strength demanded for himself
rightful exercise of his own convic-
ton; his generosity accorded the
same rights to others.
In scholarly pursuits he spent his
active life and attained position
held by few and surpassed by none
in his line In the western states. His
keen mind made II easy for him to
grasp and solve the difficult problems
of mathematics. The result was
that he achieved eminence In his
chosen line.
The spirituality Of the man was
particularly strong Everything he
did or thought assumed spiritual
solution. This was as true OF the
study of mathematics as 1t was of
the life of St. Paul. To his mind
this was spiritual world. Every
thing in it's organization and opera
ton was governed by divine order
under the immediate supervision of
n Divine Creator. In his humble
way, which embodied the divine and
the human, he attempted to NINA.
ture the divine.
AS a teacher he stood forth In his
full strength. Whether 1t was In
mathematics OF biology he made the
subject living reality. Every stu
dent who studied with him dlscov-
cred a new world. The technic Of
the work afforded the necessary men.
tai training and the philosophy Of
the work connected 1t with life and
the problems we all have to solve
looner or later. The teachers SYM
patty was always present to lead
the student over the difficult places.
His disciples and devoted admirers,
among friends and former students
in this state and the surrounding
states are legion. His memory Will
live forever to bless and brighten
the lives Of those who have ever felt
the touch of that magnetic hand
shake which expressed a soul Of pow
er and a character of strength.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02

telle. England bought woods in Bos-
ton last fall and who knows, but that
efforts to fill her orders will be made
in the west at shearing? Think what
this combination will mean in the
way of competition-United States
manufacturers, German manufactur.
ers. English manufacturers, United
States dealers-all after WOOL"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-02
SWEET SIMPLICITY

The Fallen one-ofiicer did you
see me fall?
Offlcer-Yes.
The Fallen One-Haye you ever
seen me before?
Ohicer-No.
The Fallen One-Then how did you
know It was me?-Haryard Lampoon.