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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-14
FINE PRIZES AWARDED.

sixteen hundred dollars in scholar
ships and seven beautiful silver cups
will be offered as prizes at the show
by cattle clubs and machinery firms
to agricultural students competing in
the students national cattle Judging
contest. 1t is dairy cattle that will be
Judged The scholarships are: $500
De Laval sweepstakes scholarship to
the man making the highest score: $500
Jersey scholarship to the man scoring
highest in Judging Jerseys; $500 Iowa
scholarship to the college sending the
sweepstakes team; and a s400 Holstcin
scholarship to the man scoring highest
in Judging Iolsteins. Tho cups VIII
be offered by several well-known cat
tie breeders clubs or associations and
private concerns. They will be given
for the highest scores in judging
Guernscys, Jerseys, hyrshires, etc. to
teams only. which must win them three
consecutive years before their institu-
| tons possess the cups permanently.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-14

The store ads bring news reports from
the stores-and these may often have e
more intimate relation to your interests
and plans than any other news reports II
tina pauec.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-14
VERMONT BRENITIES.

r r. Wheeler, % years proprietor Of
a department store in West Rutland, Is
retiring.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-14

Same is ready for shipment at CEN
trail point not later than october 3,
1916.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
Miraculous Memory
Of a Former
j. s. Senator

In the American Magazine James
Hay, Jr., gives the following account
of a man with a miraculous memory:
"A member Of the United States
Senate was discussing with friend
in his office some of the incidents
that occurred during the administra'
ton of President Johnson During
the conversation the senator referred
to an editorial which had been print
ed in a New York newspaper in the
Month Of March, 1865.
"This editorial, remarked the sen
ator, was a severe criticism OF John
son. If you don't mind, I'll dictate
the first twenty lines of 1t to my stem
ographer. You then can keep 1t fol
purpose Of reference.
1.-THE stenographer was called ant
the senator, without the slightest hes
itation, dictated twenty or twenty-five
lines of the editorial.
when did you last read this edi
torial? inquired the visitor.
81 read it on the seventh Of the
eighth day of March in 1865.
when the caller expressed his Mt
ter incredulity that any man cou't
dictate in 1914 the exact wording o
newspaper editorial which he hat
read in 1865, the stenographer wen
to the Library of Congress, fount
the original editorial and discovered
that it was duplicate word for Wort
comma for comma, of what the sen
ator had just dictated.
ITO appreciate the extraordinar!
character OF this memory feat, !
must be remembered that when thi
senator read the editorial in 1865 h
was only fourteen years Of age.
"The man who gave this off han,
proof of his marvellous powers o
memory was Theodore e. Burton,
former United States Senator from
Ohio. He has demonstrated in Cor
gress time and again that he ca
give off hand and accurately tn
depth OF every harbor and every riy
er in the United States, the tonnag
Of commerce borne by every waite
way in the United States and tn
amount OF money that has beel
spent or authorized to be spent 70
the Improvement OF each river an,
harbor."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
DISCRETION OF
FAMILIES

Charitable societies are reporting
a large number OF cases of abandon.
ment OF families the past winter. In
some cases women are left destitute
by reservists who went back to Eur
ope to fight. But It has been noted
for some time that desertions are
getting more common.
The societies make the curious
statement trat these cases are most
frequent either in very hard or very
good times. In the former the hus-
bands become disheartened and sim
ply lie down under the load. It's cow
ardly, but some men are built that
way. In good times men get distant
jobs unknown to their families. They
may long have wanted to duck the
yoke for fresh start,
The poor man who breaks mar
riago vow is perhaps influenced by
the loose family relations of the pres
" elect in the divorce colonies, and
thinks he has even better justiiica'
tion. That Is of course no excuse.
The divorce at least gets her ali
mony, supposed to heal all wounds,
though often 1t does not. But II
marriages were more thoroughly re-
spected in high life, the influence
would be felt in all social strata
Family abandonment nowadays is
q prominent cause OF poverty. Many
poor women will go hungry rather
than admit that they were fools
enough to marry sneak. Chart
able societies have to be discrimin'
ating though. The deserter may be
merely over in some other town
faithfully and industriously sending
home his pay envelope regularly
Meanwhile his thrifty wife may be
drawing supplies regularly from the
municipality and the societies as a
pathetic grass widow.
The lot OF the genuine abandoned
wife grows more and more pitiful
The costs Of supporting herself and
little ones multiply. But the pay OF
washerwomen keeps about station
airy. Police authorities should reach
out the long arm unremittingly fol
these sneaks and shirks, and make
them realize that there is a God II
lsraeI.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
PROSPERITY WITH A STAIN

Our foundries and machine shops
Are working night and day,
Manufacturing deadly shells
For Europe's bloody fray.
Our exports are increasing,
From orders we obtain;
We are having great prosperity,
Prosperity, with a stain.
Our imports have diminished
Since Europe has gone mad;
We are having high protection,
The best we ever had.
We know 1t is abnormal
nut in the next campaign,
They'll brag of their prosperity,
Prosperity, with a stain.
The battlefields OF Europe,
Resound with bursting shell,
Made in our own United States;
We have the goods to sell.
The gold is flowing toward us,
We are having quite flood;
But it's coming to our country
Stained with human blood.
Politicians now in power
Are striving to believe
That Free Trade caused prosperity
But they know they can't deceive
The voters Of our country;
Their plea. will be in vain.
Blood soaked is their prosperity
Prosperity, with stain.
j. l.. Feeney.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
THE ARMOR PLATE
pEnpI


American armor plate manufactur.
ers have a much better case than
the nonsensical notice they recently
served upon the government would
indicate. They went to extraordin-
airy expense to equip their plants to
furnish armor plate, doing so under
official encouragement and at least
the tacit understanding that the gov.
eminent would continue to be their
customer. 1t is not greatly surprising
that they lost their sense of discrc.
ton for a moment when it seemed
plain they were to suffer heavy
loss.
Senator Til'man's proposal that the
government shall hereafter manufac-
ture its own armor plate means prac.
teal confiscation of plants and Of
machinery heretofore used IN the
production OF this necessary commod-
ity. The steel manufacturers of
Pennsylvania we're induced to EN-.
bark in the making OF armor plate
against their own better judgment
and desires and out Of consideration
for the government and Of its neces.
stiles. Armor plate for American
battleships must come from some.
where and the Pennsylvania steel
men thought they saw their duty and
responded to 1t. II the business Is
taken away from them now their loss
will be irreparable.
Nor are there assurances that tho
government will be able to produ 20
armor plate at mere economical fig
ure than the manufacturers demand
Official efficiency has not been 80
great nor has II been so highly rated
as to encourage the country to re.
rose any confidence in 1t. Private en-.
terprise has always heretofore oper-
ated more economically and with bet
ter results than public undertakings.
II will he vastly surprising should
the adventure in the manufacturing
field prove more successful. Herald
Republican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
THE HABIT
OF THRIFT

The American Bankers Association
is pursuing a very vigorous campaign
in behalf of thrift and Is sending
much printed matter on the subject
for newspaper use. 1t is good stuff
1t would be an interesting question
to discuss, as to how far the thrift
spirit in this country is growing or
declining.
Certainly there are not as many
small economies as formerly. People
do not haggle over cents much now.
Formerly II people paid copper too
much in making change, the major
fly of them would go back after 1t ID.
Now they laugh and let 1t go. In
settling bills people feel rather shame
faced about getting down to small
coins. They pay even money, few
cents too much, and then call 1t near
enough.
And people are not as strenuous
about small savings as they were
They are more fearful Of slight eff
fort They may know that they
could buy groceries cheaper II every
one would call and get their parcels,
pay cash, and carry them home. But
stores often find 1t hard to get start
ed on this basis, SO slow are people
to put themselves out for small saw.
ings may not pay for the bother. The
man who spends fifteen minutes
waiting around for package OF
meat at 10 cents reduction, could
perhaps put in his valuable time tn
better advantage. But his case is
exceptional.
In spite OF unthrifty habits, 1t still
remains true that savings are In
crcasing But whether they are in
crcasing in proportion to population
and to living costs would be an open
question. The interest on bank
deposit Of $1,000 would not go much
farther today than the return on
$500 thirty years ago, particularly
when you consider that interest
rates were higher then. 1t still re-
mains true that many a little makes
n mickle.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29

BY utilizing the space ordinarily
wasted beneath n kitchen sink as q
place OF concealmcnt for a bathtub.
a curious plan has been evolved for
providing bathing facilities in cramp-
ed houses which are without toilet
rooms, says the Popular Mechanics
Magazine in an illustrated article.
The sink and its accompanying drain
board occupy the top OF movable
cabinet OF neat appearance. The back
board OF this is permanently fixed to
the wall, and water faucets are at
tached TO 1t Immediately over the
sink. The bathtub is permanently
installed beneath the cabinet and at
the front end supports small bas'
in. competed with the waste pipe,
into which the water from the sink
Is drained. Normally, the bathtub is
entirely out OF sight. When 1t Is
to be used, however, the cabinet,
holding the sink Is moved away from
the wall to give free access to It,
Water is then supplied through fauc
cts attached to the board above.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
THE SPECULATION
FEVER

Wall street is at 1t again. The
mania for stock speculation has nov
cached greater height than at any
lime since the Civil War. Immense
fortunes are being won and lost by
big plungers; and little plungers are
risking their money--and occasional
ly their employers money-with
recklessness equal to anything that
Is known in the widest days Of the
stock exchange.
Two things are responsible for
this sudden outburst after several
years of comparative caution and Of
conservatism: The boom in war
stocks" and the surfeit OF money
and credit. When industrial secur.
tiles rise hundreds of points in a
few months, and some have done so,
an occasional jump to $50 or $50 a
share over night, no wonder specu-
lators lose their heads.
Much OF the bull activity, howev-
err, Is artificial. The big operators
have been playing the market for
all 1t Is worth, using the legitimate
Jump in value of few stocks to
boost all that have anything to do
with the manufacture Of war sup.
plies. Some market quotations hun
dreds of per cent higher than norm.
al represent purely theoretical value
based on guesses at the profits on
big war orders which may or may
not be realized. The public is being
fooled into believing that these
stocks are worth what they are quot
ed at and that all war stocks are
going to keep on soaring indefinitely
so that "bull' purchaser can not
lose. ..
Occasionally, OF course, they do
lose. Sooner Or later, great many
people all over the United States are
likely to lose. The man or woman
with few thousand dollars to In
vest had better keep out of this
frenzied war speculation. The best
stocks to buy are standard American
stocks that do not depend on war
orders or war results for their prof
its. And there never was time
when Utah stocks were safer In
vestment Ogden Examiner.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
Test for Wire FENCING
Easily Applied Method of Determi,
Ing the Amount Of GaIvanizino
On Woven Wire Fabric

By the process Of manufacture
now in use, the length of service Of
wire fencing depends largely upou
the quality and quantity of galvaniz.
ing on the wire. A common test that
may be easily app led to determine
the relative amount of galvanizine
Or spelter on a woven wire fabric as
given in recent Department Bulle.
tin, No. 321, Cost Of Fencing Farms
in the North Central States. is as
follows
Make saturated solution Of cop
per sulphate by dissolving 36 parts
of copper sulphate to 100 parts of
water by weight. Not less than one
quart of the solution should be used
in the test and to make a quart of
the saturated solution requires APP.
proximately IL 1-2 ounces of copper
sulphate, or, as it Is commonly called
blue vitriol. Slightly more than this
amount should be used, however as
there should be small excess of
the copper sulphate. This may be
either left in the solution or the so.
luton may be strained off from It.
The wire to be tested is immersed in
the prepared solution which should
be at a temperature OF go degrees to
70 degrees F., and left for one mi
mute, at the end OF which time it
should be removed and wiped thor
oughly dry. This operation should
repeated until the wire shows de.
post Of metallic copper. The copper
vii not be deposited on the wire I'M
til the galvanizing is removed and n
well galvanized wire should stand at
least three dimensions in the copper
sulphate solution without showing
copper deposits on it. Some special
ly galvanized wire will withstand
four dimensions without showing cop
per. This wire is known as -four
minute wire, and may be had at q
slight advanced in price. When the
common commercial copper sulphate
is used in performing the test there
is a very slight excess Of acid pres
ent in the copper sulphate solution
which. If not neutralized, may cause
the solution to act more strongly or
the wire than it should. The acidity
may be neutralized by adding a very
small amount OF copper oxide; two
ounces to quart of solution should
be sufficient. On account OF the non
solubility of the copper oxide 1t mus
be added a long time-at least
month-prior to the time the solu
ton is to be used.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
Essentials in Reading
BY Matilda Peterson Of Box Eide
County

Reading Is getting the meaning
of the written or printed page, that
is-thinking the thoughts and feel.
ing, the emotions of the writer; and
when one reads aloud, expressing the
thoughts so that the hearer gives the
meaning Of what has been written"
The first essential, then, in the teach
ing reading Is to train the child to
think through the printed page, to
get him to see 1t as window thru
which he sees pictures, and thinks
thoughts.
The question is sometimes asked
at examination, (Which do you con.
slider the best method Of teaching
reading and why?" To this question
| would emphasize the sentence as
the unit, as a child naturally thinks
in sentences and this method proves
to be of the most practical service
to him in the future. To me, howev-
er, there is no absolutely best way
OF teaching reading. The word, the
sentence and the phonetic methods
are interdependent, and there should
be constant moving back and forth
among them. If it is possible to com.
bine the advantages Of each and at
the same time to omit as far as pos.
sible, the defects, we shall obtain a
better system Of teaching reading
than of three used alone. The me-
thod, whatever 1t may be, must be
interesting and calculated to secure
the willing cooperation of the chill
dren and to offer them scope for
their ingenuity. Let us for a moment
turn our attention to the word drill
Language, we are told, is the vehicle
OF thought. How necessary, then, to
teach the words OF the lesson in or
der that they may convey to the
child the thought of the printed
page. The direct object of the word
drill is not thought getting but to
give skill in the recognition OF new
words. Every day, and every day,
and every day the continued and
never failing drills in the pronunci-
alton OF all sorts of words and phras-
es must be given, so they will be-
come valuable when seen to func-
ton in sentences.
Drill recitations should be short
and spirited, otherwise there will be
tendency to fatigue and monotony
Two minutes a day spent in thorough
and systematic work will accomplish
more than twenty minutes OF listess
inactivity.
| 4 few devices are here suggested
for the development of new words:
/. Name and underline the words
they know in race with two children,
using, say blue and yellow chalk.
Those who have the most blue lines
win the race.
2. Touching game. Ono child touch
es and says words. Gives pointer to
another child who points to the same
word and adds a new one. Continued
in the same way until mistake Is
| made.
3. Image the content. Observe list
of words. close eyes. The teacher
grasses one. Pupils discover the
missing words.
4. Naming in columns while look
ing at them.
3. Story. As the teacher proceeds
with the story write familiar words
on the board and pause until the
child gives It.
6, Word matching in games, both
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29
Make PunctualIty a Habit.

Somebody said that the man who
was always on time spent half his life
waiting for the other man. Perhaps
that is so; yet the fact is no excuse
for hose who are habitually late. And
really It is quite as easy to be on time
as it is to be late, II we only make
pnnctuality habit
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29

now is identical with that of 1898,
when the same party was In power
and exhibiting about same amount
OF gray matter?-Ducktown (Tenn)
Republican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29

Bridge Built to Last.
A bridge over the River Dee, In
England. that was built in 1880 still
Ia in use.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-29

II It is true that the Tariff is now
to blame for our financial condition,
how does It happen that the situation
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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-10-26

Notice, Book Lovers
Anybody may read Wav-
eriey Club books by pay
ing ten cents per book.
Call at the Era-Leader Of
flee and see the collection.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-10-26
Marked Improvement in Grade OF
Exhibits===List of Winners.

were made for exhibition at the
Sixth Annual Parish Fair at
Franklinton, the exhibits arrang
ed and displayed to the best pos
sible advantage, the buildings
made attractive with numerous
penantS, flags and bunting
stroamars, and everything in
readi ness for the crowds of visi-
tors Friday and Saturday.
A special train was run from
Angie and all intermediate points
at greatly reduced fares, and ar
rived in Franklinton at 9 a. m.
Friday, bringing 500 passengers.
The regular train arriving at
1920 brought in an additional
hundred visitors. while it was eS-
timated that there were 100 visit
ing automobiles, 500 horses and
buggies and Is two. horse wagons
bringing in all 5000 visitors on
Friday, which was Educational
Day.
The addresses made by Hon. D.
R. Johnson, Ex-Gov. J. Y. San.
ders and His Honor, W. H. Sulli-
van, Mayor of Bogalusa, by his
proxy, Hon. J. K. Johnson, were
attentively listened to by almost
the entire crowd of visitors, and
were greatly appreciated.
Splendid music was furnished
turnout the day by the Bogalusa
Brass Band, and proved a great
addition to the days festivities.
The real object of the fair, that
of stimulating improvement in
every line Of endeavor, seems in
the opinion of experts to be fairly
under Roadway, as exhibits in
every department showed de-
cided improvement in equality
which more than made up for any
falling off in the quantity of ex-
hibits. The question repeatedly
asked as to why the farmers had
mt more on display was invaria-
bly, answered by saying that the
boys club work done under the
supervision of J. V. Rabb, our
energetic demonstration agent,
had produced such splendid re-
suits in pigs, corn, cotton, etc.,
that the older heads saw they
could not compete against them
The results in fine pigs espec
tally, was the marvel OF the fair,
while the cotton club record was
enough to inspire anyone towards
harder effort for another year
Three bales were auotioned off or
Saturday, all Of which were
bought by the enterprising firm
of Burris Bros. Ltd, Hugh Bur
ris' bringing 10 11.l6c, Lawson
Bateman's, 18 15-16c, and Bryan
Bateman's Is 1-2c,
On the whole the fair prove
very satisfactory and the improv
ment 80 excited the zeal and en-
thusiasm Of the public that
move is on foot now to perfe(
the organization and to immedl
ately make definite and broa
plans for the 1917 fair to make
something more worth while tina
we have ever dreamed of hereto
fore.
PREMIUMS AWARDED:
Best Grade Horses.
Stallion over 8 year old, W. t
Powell, Sunny Hill.
Mare over 8 years old, Mr.
Ruth Seal, City.
Colt 2 years old, Bogue Chit
Stock Farm Co., Isabel.
Best Grade Horses Service.
Best bred Stallion, c, B. Jone
City.
Jack, Willie Magee, City.
j. Mules.
Best mule under 3 years o