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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04

his way through the mufk before dawn
TO the hangar.
bringing out the great. birdlike ma
chine, he rose with 1t and climbed up
the stairway of the wind and rode
upon the wings OF the morningl
Out TO sea. far Quit This was q death
TO die! But the wings of the morning
waited exaltation to his soul. He cast
aside the husk Of his degradation and
turned and wheeled his distant flight
clear OF mind and clean of soul again!
On the wings Of the morning, and far
below a gypsy caravan.
Esther" he thought. Esther. my
beloved, and Hagar, my dear mother"
And then, on the wings of the morn.
ing, something snapped. Down. down,
he plunged. He saw in the bright light
Of day that now filed the earth the
gypsies swarming cut, and he could dis.
Germ the slight figure of Esther
Then he felt the air rise up on either
side as he sank down like plummet.
And so he went down. down--seeing.
he believed, the outstretched arms auI
upturned face of without fear
and without hope.
At the mansion of the late John Pow.
ell wreath of flowers is on the door
The newspapers screech sensationally
Of his death and the strange story Blair
has disclosed that the mad millionaire.
who took poison and threw himself in
q 4.
was not John Powell, but Arthur Stan
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04

on. Just little tampering with the
stay brace wires, but sufficient.
The next time John Powell took a
flight Death would ride beside him!
Vivian asked no questions, But she
shuddcred. For the man who was to
die had been in her arms and her ca
resses had beguiled him. But she must
choose, and as between the masterful
Blair and the weakling doomed TO die
there was but one choice-for with
Arthur Stanley dead ana Blair Stanley
come into his heritage all would be
hers, she knew.
In the luxurious chambers Of John
Powell Luke Lowell, gypsy and es-
capped convict, stands attired, If not In
purple and fine linen, ut least in fine
linen aud tailored clothes of n cut and
texture as only millionaires, or at least
the rich, may have. and around his
neck hangs the diamond from the sky!
Arthur stood dumbly by. He had
handed Luke the apparel in servile ST.
lence, the clothes, the fine kid boots
the snowy shirt and even English walk
ing gloves.
Luke laughed as he gazed mt his
gloved hands and from them to his en-
tire reflection I'm the cheval glass, "And
now l am, the Romany Rye for sure,
he cried. But where is my ring and
my watch and my scarfpin? Why,
here they are on the bureau. You are
careless valet, Powell
Suppose some ex-convict would walk
right through my library window and
come upstairs and coolly take them"
And Luke threw back his head and
laughed again, for as he spoke he had
taken the costly ring from the hand OF
the unresistlng John Powell, removed
his glove and put on the ring and re
placed the glove, all with the mock
actions of dandy, such rs Luke had
seen In cheap vaudeville at some time.
He took the gold repeater ana Its dla
mond studded chain from the DRESSING
liable, lie stuck the costly star sap
phire pin from the cushion into the gay
necEtie he had selected
Finding Arthur's mOnugrammcd wal
let well filed with banknotes anC
some private papers. in the uppc
drawer OF the dressing case, Luke ha,
also taken 1t ana remarked: "I'll have
bank account soon, but just az pres
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04

The Supposed Death of Arthur Stanley.
ley. fugitive from justice in Virginia
and heir to an English earldom and the
diamond from the sky
A gypsy hunchback riding to the
dead mans house on a travel tired
horse is told all this. He turns sadly
away. How shall he take such II mes.
sage to dying mother?
TO BE CONTINUED
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY"
CHAPTER LVI.
Luke LovelI's End.

Luke LovelPs End.
nLAIR and Vivian had sat up MS
though electrified at the first
words about the diamond they
overheard. Now that the tipsy
clerk had ceased speaking Blair stood
beside him.
you'll get your job back all right,
Jonesr' he said hoarsely. Here's $50
from me. Tell me again about the
diamond coming by express"
And the clerk repeated his story
Even while he was speaking Vivian
had called the waiter to bring the bill
and their auto wraps. Once in their
great roadster Blair put on full speed
through the night and cursed fervently
''The cunning dopew he cried. ear
thur has had the diamond safe and
hidden from us right under our noses
for six monthsr
How will we get it?" asked. Vivian
eagerly. Don't pull any more rough
stuff, Blair. There has been too much
of that. 1t gets us nothing, not even
the diamond"
leave that to me!' said Blair fierce.
ly. 1.-THE time is ripe. We've got his
money; Durand is dead; De Vaux was
evidently paid his price and sent the
diamond back. He has skipped far
away and need not be reckoned with.
John Powell Is no good to himself
or any one else; he is better dead.
When he is dead | can tell who he
really was, and the earldom In Eng
land win be mine. You will be peer.
ess, W."
Get me the diamond from the sky
first" answered Vivian.
"There won't be any trouble about
that" remarked Blair. "The diamond
is hidden in the house, and we will find
1t after Arthur Stanley. alias John
Powell, Is deadr
AS he spoke he stopped the machine,
for they had reached the aviation field
and the hangar where John Powell.
amateur aeronaut, kept his latest toy,
his aeroplane. Blair took a tire iron
from the tool box, wrenched the hasp
from the door and entered the hanger
A file was on the work bench be-
meath the electric light Blair switched
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04
Don't Blame the Machines.

Don't Blame the Machines.
Perhaps one reason for motor speed
ing Is that automobiles feel their gas
oline Just as a horse does its oats.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04
Outmatched.

Did you hear about the row round
at Penhecker's house last night?" Mr..
Jones asked his wife Us they sat at
supper,
NO" said the lady much interested.
What happened"
"Penhecker tried to thrash his wife,
and the police were called just in time
TO avert a tragedy"
"Oh, the brute! Did they take him
to PRISON."
mo; they carried him round to the
hospital."-New York journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04
Basis of a Durable Peace

Berne, Dec. Arrangements are
being carried forward tor the CON
gress to study the basis of durable
peace which is expected to be open
ed here in the third week of Decem-
Der. Delegates from 20 countries
have signifled their intention of at
tending.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04
The Absentminded Waiter.

Hungry Man TO man behind the
cuuntcr-Bottle Of milk ana graham
crackers.
YES. sir Want II bowl with ltT'
40: cut a hole in the stopper and
I'm drink through IT,"
"Tcs, sir. nuye Il spoon with itY'
"Oh. no. always en-. milk with a
knife"
Yes. sir Spoons safer. though.
You're liable 10 cut yourself with a
l;nire. Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-12-04

GOOD MILK COWS, Phone 66Sj,
Logan. II
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
MAKE FARM SELF.SUSTAINING
Prosperity Of Farmer Depends More
on Selection Of Crops Than on
Land He 10 Working.

Land values have increased won.
derfully in Alabama within the last
few years." said J. M. Kyser Of Albert
Vile. Ala. to a Birmingham Age-Her.
aid representative the other day.
This in my opinion Is due more to
the thrift Of the men who till the land
than to natural fertility Of the soil. The
prosperity Of the farmer, l believe,
depends more upon his judgment in
choosing the most suitable crops for
cultivation than on the land which he
works.
For example. there are q great
number Of farmers In my own locality
who are now Independent of outside
conditions. They raise corn, potatoes.
meat and other products, which are
readily used at home. In this man.
ner the farm as unit Is made self-sus.
tanning. and IL not much affected by
business depression. Farm lands
which only a few years ago were val.
ued at about ten dollars an acre are
now selling for from forty to one hun.
dred dollars. ! believe our farmers
are In much better condition than
those Of Alabama's black belt, who
were content to conflne their efforts
mostly to the cultivation of q product
great portion of which must be
shipped to all corners of the globe"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
Atrocities Charged to Cars Sol.
diers by Germany.
Anidavits to BE Used In Peace Neao
tlatIons to Prevent Extension Of
Museovite Territory in Europe
Horrors Detailed.
BY OSWALD 2. scHUETTE.

Correspondent Of the Chicago News)
Berlin. Germany.-The German gov
eminent has issued an official me.
mortal to the civilized world setting
forth series of atrocities committed
BY Russian troops upon German in.
habitants and German prisoners OF
war"
The memorial IL accompanied by doc.
umentary evidence in the shape of 81
ahdavits setting forth the testimony
on which the charges are based. They
are far too horrible for publication.
All are to be used against Rus
STA whenever peace negotiations are
begun to halt any possibility Of an ex-
tension Of the Russian government in
Europe. The memorial already has
called forth indignant denials from
London.
In part the atrocity record is as fol-
lows:
According to official Investigations.
Thousands of men. women and chill
dren were dragged away. other thou
sand murdered. about 10000 buildings
were destroyed or burned during the
first and second Russian invasions of
East Prussia. During the second in
vasion alone $4,000 dwellings were
plundered and desolated.
THE Inhabitants. including women
and children. were mishandled under
the most flimsy pretexts or for no req.
son at all. although they did all they
could to satisfy the Russian soldiers
regarding quarters and supplies. This
mistreatment was sometimes carried
out with extreme cruelty; in one case
the male Inhabitants of an entire vii
lage. including the district Judge,
were logged and at the same time
threatened with death. Fugitives were
fired upon without any motive. But
above all. many peaceful citizens were
murdered without any reason what.
ever. some enduring terrible suffering
In the presence of their relatives. In.
nocent young men were shot merely
because they were able to perform
military service.
"A head forester, who was in
charge of transportation Of German
convicts. was taken prisoner by the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
ORGANIZE FOR COOPERATION
Consider Necessity for Organization,
Competent Manager and Sufficient
Capital to Work With.

Farmers organizations along CO.
operative lines is a good thing. Co
operation ID here to stay. But a mere
organization Of farmers into a private
Joint stock corporation does not neces.
sarily meal cooperation. There is a
greater differences between corpora.
ton and cooperation than Just the
difference in spelling.
Furthermore. no farmers society
organized along cooperative lines
should be tried without at least three
things being considered. First. il
there a real need for such an orrani.
zation?
Second, have you a competent
manager within your reach to whom
you can AFFORD to pay a first class
salary for first class results? Is he
. relative Of any Of the promoters? II
SO. better get man from outside the
community.
Third. is there sufficient capital IN
sight. consisting of cold cash. to run
the business a year without profits
IL necessary?
Keeping these things in mind. we
say 90 ahead It's a good thing!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
D0DDER IS SERIOUS MENACE
Weed Soon Kills Out Alfalfa n There
10 Much Present-Will Not Grow
on Cultivated Plants.

Dodder IL first introduced In seed
such as alfalfa. The seed Of dodder
terminates at the same time al the
alfalfa. It sends up its stem. which
twines around the young alfalfa. and
from that time on II Is q parasite. liv-
ing entirely on the alfalfa
It soon kills out the alfalfa II there
is much present. It spreads entirely
by the seed. II dodder is general ali
over the field. the best thing to do il
to pillow the field and plant to some cul-
tivated crop a. corn for two or three
seasons, when It may again be seeded
to alfalfa. II the dodder occurs only
in patches. the best thing do do 10 to
NOW tho patches before the dodder
forms seed. The crop should be left
on the field and burned as soon an II
becomes dry. II the growth il very
small. 1t may be necessary to scatter
some straw before burning. These
patches which are killed by burning
can be started again with alfalfa the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
CARRIED 13 ON ONE TICKET
Conductor OF Train Thought Mother
Had Her Sunday School Class
With Her.

Muskogee. Okla.-Mr and Mrs.
Frank Scott of Highland, Kan. are
seeking a home with lots Of land
They will need 1t. for although thew
have been married not quite ten wears
they have had nineteen children all
boys. and ID boys are living. They
mold the record for triplets. having Eve
sets to their credit, and also two acts
OF twins. All the 10 living bows are
under five years Of age.
MRS. Scott once boarded a train with
her IL boys and one first class tichet
The conductor informed her that abe
could not take her entire SUNDAY
school class on one ticket, and II was
not until she showed him the family
Bible. with all the birth dates record.
ed. that he believed 1t was onlv her
family and permitted them to OCCUPY
nve double seats while paying for one.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18

When love labors 1t needs no over
seer.
There is no Joy gained except when
Joy is given.
Love is always on the market. but
never on sale.
Confidence in ourselves becomes
egotism in others
The best cure for ones sorrow IL
care for another's.
Our success depends upon what we
do with our failures.
It's rainy-day job to fix the porch
and window screens.
1t takes only little better feeding
to double the profits.
The life counts for little that al
ways counts the cost.
Crowd the willing colt or boy; make
q balky horse or man.
The extremist is seldom right -
that's why he gets left.
Better fail trying to do right than
succeed In doing wrong
No day Is more dangerous than one
that dawns without its duty.
No one ever holds a principle unless
1t Ii the principal thing he holds.
1t IL a good deal easier to talk about
feeling good than 1t is to walk about
doing good
Publicity is good for doubt. suspi-
cion. crookedness, and honesty-in
short. 1t Is a good thing all around.
Ensilage Is corn sauerkraut. and Is
the cheapest form in which the corn
crop can be placed in the feed manger.
A sickly yellow cast over the grain
fields indicates a shortage Of nitrogen.
and the need Of clover. manure and
soiling crops.
Rape. sown broadcast through the
cornfield just before the last cultiva-
ton. gives q rich growth of succulent
feed for late fall use.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
RUSS ARE ACCUSED
Russians and brought before General
Rennenkampff-and apparently in

Russians and brought before Genera
Rennenkampff-and apparently IL
keeping with his infamous orders t.
Kill all German foresters-was imme
diately shot. Even the aged women
and children did not escape the muir
derous frenzy Of the Russian soldier.
The murder of a little child be
tween two and three years of age was
particularly cruel. Investigations show
now terrible was the end of q whole
family which fell victims of the Rus.
sian soldiers lust for murder: the n,
tner was nailed to q table, the child
to q door and the mothers breasts
were cut on and her body slit open. In
another instance the tongues of the
husband and wife were nailed to the
table and they finally died.
The cases Of attack upon young
girls and women are innumerable.
Information regarding the cruel
treatment Of German prisoners of war
by the Russian troops will be found in
additional appendices. In numerous
cases German soldiers who were taken
prisoners were robbed. spit upon or
otherwise Ill treated without any rea,
son. A Russian onlcer threatened
some German soldiers with death be-
cause they would not betray their CON-
rades. and had one of them actually
shot. Russian troops placed German
prisoners In narrow excavations before
their gun positions. apparently with
the intention that they should be
killed BY shots from German guns.
"Cossacks have slashed OF the heads
OF German prisoners as they rode BY,
and others were badly injured; some
were manned by having their limbs
cut OF. One German prisoner was
bound to q horse gin in q most cruel
manner and allowed 70 starve to death.
Three hussars were found in q barn
hanging with their heads down and
noses and ears cut OF, Indicating that
they must have died in excruciatinR
agony.
Russian soldiers have also not hest.
tated to murder and barbarously MAIN
wounded German soldiers. They have
removed bandages from the wounded
that they might bleed to death: others
eyes have been stabbed out; tongues.
ears. fingers and feet have been cut
on and skulls crushed in.
In some cases these brutal deeds
have been performed with fiendish
cruelty. Illustrative Of this, a lightly
wounded soldier was found secured to
the floor of a veranda by a bayonet
stuck through the mouth. the flesh of
the lower ann was stripped OF from
elbow to wrist, the fingers were slit up
to the wrist. Another soldier who
had received skull injury was 80
bound to calf in a stable that every
time the animal moved its mouth the
exposed brain of the soldier was
rubbed.
The most atrocious thing of all was
the order of the highest Russian mill.
tary authority, found on a high Rus.
sian officer, which directed that all
male inhabitants over ten years of age
should be driven before the attacking
troops; this monstrous order, which
has blackened the name of the Russian |
in chief forever, was an
issued with the intention that |
German soldiers in repulsing the Rus
slams would be compelled to fire on
heir own people,"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18

world Mrs. Gowdy is a bride. Un-
III TWO weeks ago. when she was
~eooed 70 Gowdy. tall. lank and weigh
Ing lis pounds. she was Miss Josie
jolly.
1T may be nobody loves a fat man,
put there's men who love fat women
oldnt l catch a husband!" said Mrs.
Gowdy.
i don't see why women who are fat
are forever complaining. am salts
NED. l like to be fat. You don't catch
me rolling around on the floor or tax
ing any Of these newfanRled exercises
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
STOP FOREST FIRES
United States Forestry Service
Seeks PubIic's Cooperation.
Ten "Don'ts" to Be Observed In the
Woods to Prevent the elazes
Which Are Causing Big
Losses In East.

Washington. TO obtain the &C
operation of the public in preventing
forest fires, which are doing a grea
deal of damage in the East thi
spring. the United States forest serv
ice has prepared ten 'don'ts" to b,
observed in the woods. 1t is hopet
that these rules may have q beneficial
effect during the fire season of tn,
southern Appalachians, which Is no
yet over, and that of the North woods
which is just beginning. and which
from present indications. promises t.
be unusually severe.
The "don'ts" follow:
1. Don't throw your match away I'M
til you are sure 1t Is out.
2. Don't drop cigarette or cigar
butts until the glow is extinguished.
3. Don't knock out your pipe ashes
while hot or where they will fall into
dry leaves or other inflammable ma.
terial.
4. Don't build a camp fire any larger
than is absolutely necessary.
s. Don't build q fire against tree.
a log. or a stump, or anywhere but
on bare soil.
6. Don't leave a fire until you are
sure it is out; II necessary. smother
1t with earth or water.
Z. Don't burn brush or refuse in or
near the woods II there IL any chance
that the fire may spread beyond your
control, or that the wind may carry
sparks where they would start q new
fire.
8. Don't be any more careless with
fire In the woods than you are with
fire In your own home.
9. Don't be idle when you discover
q IRE in the woods; II you can't put
1t out yourself, get help. Where q
forest guard, ranger or state IRE war
den can be reached, call him up ON
the nearest telephone you can lnd.
10. Don't forget that human thought
lessness and negligence are the causes
Of more than half of the forest fires
in this country, and that the smallest
spark may start . conhagration that
will result in loss Of life and destruc-
ton Of timber and young growth valu-
able not only for lumber but for their
influence in helping to prevent food.
erosion and drought.
Many thousands Of acres Of forest
and suburban woodland from Maine
to Florida. and from the Atlantic
coast a. far west a Arkansas, have
been burned over already this spring
by fires which started for the most
part from preventable causes. On the
national forest purchase areas alone,
10 fires occurred In March, burning
over more than $500 acres. while a
Tres starting ON private land near or
within government boundaries dam
ICED nearly $500 acres. Fires in
April were even more numerous and
revere. but rains In the latter part Of |
he month helped the situation some
What.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
Books on the E.rr,

The farm library should be one NJ
the most interesting libraries since n
may embrace wide range of practi.
cal subjects and still be within the
scope OF actual benefits to its owner
Works on birds and insects in their
relation to agriculture and fruit PROV.
Ing should be in every farm library
A good work on the veterinary order
a treatise on fruit growing bv soms
recognized authority. and any other
scientific works the different tastes q,
a family may demand.
The value of good home library
for the farmer can hardly be overesti.
mated.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
Develop the Bow.

What is there unreasonable about
letting every ambitious farm boy have
an acre of good land. to farm exactly
as he pleases? Let him spend a little
extra time and money on 1t. He will
be learning all the while. and devel.
opfng the habits Of study and concen.
tration. the lack Of which is respon-
sible for most Of the failures in the
world.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18
BIGGEST GIRL" IS A BRIDE
Miss jolly, Weight ss7, Age Sixteen,
Now Mrs. cowdy-Husband
Weighs 116 Pounds.

Kansas City, Mo.-The Union sta
ton was turned into q big side show
and several Sersons missed their
trains in an effort to get a look at
Mrs. n. A. Gowdy, sixteen years old,
weight more than b quarter of q ton,
or. to be exact. 5S7 pounds. Aside
fro0 being the biggest girl In the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18

Have you carefully considered the
location Of the new building you ex.
pect to build this year? Did vou
consider its location as a time-saver
In doing the chores and all the uses
to which 1t will be put! Time n
money: save money by properly ioca.
ting all the farm buildings.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18

Spaniard, and distant relative Of
King Alfonso. Not even the announce
ment Of the engagement ever was
made, although Miss Waters an
nounced a few days previous to the
marriage that there was something in
the report that she was engaged to
the prince. Her parents. prominent
socially in New York. were opposed
to the match because Of their daugh-
ter's youth.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18

same way as the original field.
In the control Of dodder the best
thing to do IL not to introduce It in
seeds which are planted on the farm
1t Will not grow on corn or any Of the
common cultivated plants on the farm
Department Of Agronomy, Oklaho.
ma A. and M. College. Saltwater.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-18

Savannah. Ga.-Mrs. Josephine Da.
Wis Hill, former Macon woman. now
residing at Millbrook, Ala. is a grand
mother at the age of twenty-nine
years. She was married when twelve,
became q mother one year later, q
widow at sixteen. was remarked at
twenty-nine and q grandmother at
twenty-nine years and one day.