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The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30

Mr.. Longs subject was Hungry
Men" Browning's line, so often
quoted, which expresses the necessity
of vision; was his headline: "A mans
reach must exceed his grasp"
We must see better things and de-
sire to attain them, or we slip back
into the pile of dead timber, vast
are, and are of no earthly use. Mr..
Long said he sometimes wished that
every man were provided with self
,apnihilating instrument and that
when he came to the point of being
absolutely satisfied-do what he
ought to do-pull the trigger.
The beauty of plain speaker is
that we all think he means our
neighbor when he says sharp things.
rhe little satire about the cows who
became aweary of common-day life
and determined, at club meeting, "
that they must get busy and uplift
somebody, was just in point. Let
us all remember together the moral
of the story of the cows who tried
to uplift the pigs by making them
cow-like How natural, how human.
The Kaffir Boy Choir
! Mr.. Balmer's five African boys, all
under IS probably, closed the chau-
tauqua week as fittingly as prayer.
They were an example to us of our
great good fortune in being borr in
America while we were about it and
it was also pushed home to us that
II, MI for
ing civilized, as we call 1t, any more
than we are responsible for being
born. Their educator and benefac
tor told us many strange things about
dark Africa, the mighty continent 81
full of jungle and wild animals yet 81
sparsely inhabited by men. He hat
a downright way of saying uncompli
mentary truths, and between the line'
he let us know that after all few
of us ever do anything for mankint
in the large.
It struck one bit sadly that sucl
a Sprtah as he, even, should have tt
appeal to our national lust for gail
in speaking of the good we do send
ing out missionaries. But he did shov
beyond a doubt, that nations receiv'
back more profit thru the work o
missionaries than 1t costs to mainta1l
them in the field.
The lesson in education was an in
spiration. To think Of what Mr.
Balmer has been able to do In thre'
years with savages ought to be goot
for every teacher The African boy
sang we'll, but their manner on tn
stage was remarkable. Their natura
grace was not a bit hindered by diff
fidence. They made not an awkward
movement.
There was another object lesson II
the way a chief incites his youn,
braves to make war on the neighbor
as acted out, and how he has dea
of trouble overcoming their peaceful
natures. They have plenty and don
want to fight, but the old chief want
glory and more wealth. 1t isn't thu
young men, whose lives are to b'
staked that want war, but the ole
leaders, settled in their dignity, wh'
call for protection against imagin
!. lary affronts to the national honor
At least it is so in Europe and II
Africa.
The Morning Lectures
A. c. Strange, manager of thu
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30
THE LAST THREE DAYS
OF THE CHAUTAUQUA
Crowds Filled the Tent to Overflow
ing From Tuesday Till End

Blackfoot people and visitors got
the swing toward the middle of last
week and one had to go early to
have the privilege of seat. The
Kaffir choir was talked Of too much,
and when 1t came, on the last night,
many expected 1t to be up to the
class of the preceding entertain
ments. Instead of that it was a half
lecture, half object lesson. Having
gone out to be amused, some went
home little disappointed when they
were made to think. The Kaffir boy
choir and It's leader, Mr.. Balmer, de-
livered a great body blow to the self
complacent and lazy. The other en-
tertainments were fully as excellent
as those of the first of the week.
Francis Labadie
Labadie is the famous French
Canadian Impersonator and many of
us had heard of him long before.
A year or two ago he toured the
country under the auspices of the
Elks. He has done great deal to
acquaint the public with Henry
Drummond's beautiful dialect poetry.
1t is beautiful because it has simpli-
city, humor, pathos and love in it..
and belongs entirely to certain
large body of French-Cagadian peas
ants, different from any other people
in the world. Some say these habit
ants" as they call themselves, have
preserved the customs and traditions
of their fathers who came to the new
country so long ago, even better than
have their kinsmen at home In
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30

free, self-centered age. The chau-
tauqua entertainments furnished q
point in hand. 1t was easily pre-
ceived that the babes with occasional
crying made less noise than the litter
ing ffteens and sweet sixteens. The
small children in between made not
peep during any performance. But
Mr.. Strange did not draw this paral-
lel nor call attention to it.
Mr.. Strange plead for intimacy be-
tween parents and children. Fur
nish diversion and social life at home
and your children will not have to
run wild to satisfy their instructive
desires for company and amusement.
He said that instead of allowing the
high school life to be hurry, hurry,
hurry, it should be time of rest.
Moral moving picture shows he
thinks are very beneficial, tho it is
hard for some folks to distinguish
and be able to set apart the worth
less "thrillers" that appeal to and de-
velop the SUI b-normal nature.
And he made strong defense or
individual thinking. Teachers should
only be guiders. Let the child think
don't be afraid of being outrun by
YOUR son or daughter in a matter Of
straight thinking.
Mr. Strange brought good ideas
and encouragement to those VINO
strive for the better.
The Junior Chautauqua
While our minds were occupied
with present day problems, thoughts
presented by the lecturers and with
the classical music rendered by art
lists, the little tots were reviewing,
the acts of centuries past in the
tales of King Arthur and the Knights
of the Round Table. About $50 as
semb each morning to listen to the
chivarous stories of the knights
! told by Frances Brewster. Some OF.
the tales were "Gareth and Lynnette''
STORY of Sir Launcelot," Growing
of Arth ur" Forming of the Round
Table" Friday morning the last
two we're acted out by the eager boys
and girls, before an audience of about
200. Previously the leading parts
had been voted upon by the children.
The parts were taken as follows:
King Arthur, Paul Pearson; Sir Hec-
tor, Darwin Simmons; Sir Kay, Cow
ell Davis; Archbishop, Stanley Park
inson. In addition to these about 20
boys provided themselves with glist-
ening helmets, shields and swords
and were the proud knights who well
coined Arthur. AS many girls acted
as the princesses of Queen Guene-
vere's court. A May pole dance for
the usement of the king and
queen and their courts after the an
cient GU stom, followed. Twelve girls
prettiy attired in white frocks wound
the May pole with blue and gold rib
bon. They were Adren Miller, Ger
aldine Varley, Juanita Boyle, Flor
ence Dore, Vician Mcdonald, Mar
garet Dubois, Irene Good, Miriam
Pearson, Elsie Potter, Marie Greenan,
Ruth Sutton and George Archer.
1t was entirely success and re-
mar kable what could be done in such
short time. The boys and girls
learned a great deal of the bravery,
courtesy and manhood and woman
hood of ancient times They enjoy
ed it immensely but were slightly dis
appointed when there was no picnic
on the last morning as advertised.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30

France. II you want to study the
French traits you go to
montreal and Quebec and into the
north country. DR.. DrummOnd, the
retiring little English doctor, who
spent his life among these peasant
farmers in an out-of-the-way villaie,
loved them and did much for them,
wrote the quaint provincial verses
about them out of sympathy and
nothing else. He wanted to put down
his thoughts and he didn't want to
come out in print. 1t was quite a
task for his friends at first to get
nm to permit to publication and 1t
was not until after his death that
his complete works came out. But
they are a gift to the world well
worth gratitude. Labadie feels all
this, as does anyone who reads the
doctor-poet very much. And Labadie
has the temperament being French
Canadian himself, to present the
readings properly. We feel sorry for
those who did not highly enjoy the
readings, because they have missed
a breath of real poetry and touch
of helpful philosophy.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30
SequOia Male Quartet

They were we'll appearing, well act
ing young men, with fine voices train
ed they were to the stage, good man
nered, easy and taking. Mr.. Patten,
the pianist, looked very familiar to
those who have been Orpheum FOL
lowers in past years. He was the
youngest, the slimmest and perhaps
the most brilliant performer. His
piano playing should have served as
an example to all beginners who have
been spending long years trying to
play upon" the piano. He possessed
the quality of touch that distin-
guishes one who plays with" the
piano, uses 1t to express a musical
picture. There is such vast differ
ence between playing with and on
an instrument. According to the hap
py custom of male quartets these
pleasant gentlemen included several
songs of the flippant kind, that make
everyone laugh and applaud for more
the "Cats, Cats, Cats" song we shall
remember and ask for wherever there
are male quartets.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30
Sylvester A. Long

Mr.. Long is an orator of the old
and new school. He delivers with
far-reaching punch and talks sanely
The point he particularly wanted to
make, it followed from his subject,
was that What man is depends up
on what he wants and how much OF
man he is depends upon how much
he wants it," Mr.. Long kept well
to this topic and wandered only to
paint background to it.
First, he spoke frankly to the audi
ence about the relations between the
speaker and those spoken to. He
said audiences are much alike and
much different, just as individual
men are. We were left with the inn
preston that we should hear a
careful grafton and get good from IT
il we could, but that he was just con-
ldent enough that he "had the goods
to be perfectly Indifferent as to
whether we happened to like it or
not. And he did linger bodily in the
waste places of public character.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30
Antarctic Pictures

The moving pictures taken on the
Mawson Antartic exploring expedi-
tion were filled with the new, the ex-
citing, the wonderful. How men can
the hardihood to embark on
such journeys merely for the good
of scientific research is beyond most
of us who shiver when cold wind
blows. The pictures of wind that
all but blows a man from his feet
on the mildest summer days gave
one, a frigid feeling just to look at
them. DR.. Hunsberger gave detail
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30

ed talk during the showing Of the
pictures, in which he handed out
more points ON geogrphy than many
of us ever picked up at school. The
moving picture has begun its greatest
service-popular education.
The Idaho Republican., 1916-06-30
Tallow Dips"

Robert Parker Miles was for a long
time a newspaper editor and later
traveller and lecturer. What he
learned he knew how to put to use,
and he learned much in his travels.
DR.. Miles has the genius of a good
blographer-he sees in men the
points worth emulation and brings
them out with interesting force.
Somebody has said, perhaps it was
Carlyle, that history is the story OF
great men. At any rate that is the
human part of history and school
children would all know more about
the world they live in if they were
taught about great men. IL they
had the advantage of sitting under
a teacher of DR.. Miles stamp they
would know more history and about
their own times than most professors
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14
Two Views of Remington
Arms Plant bridgeport
| After Less Than Six
months Construction Work.
Ammunition Plant Not
! Shown.

has several subdivisions. Here steel
is tested to determine its strength, its
resiliency and its resisting qualities.
1t is an amazing thing TO one unfa-
miliar with such processes to 20
through this department and see how
they literally pull steel apart as IL 1t
were molasses candy. When this is
cyne Mr.. Marshall's men measure the
force which it takes to pull 1t apart,
Some parts of the gun" explained
Mr.. Marshall to the New York Times
representative, require higher grade
steel than others. For instance, the
bolt head has TO resist the force of the
explosion and must be Of high grade
steel. The spring Steels have TO be
high grade In order to be elastic
enough to keep on doing their duty
All steels have to be specified accord
ing to the particular work they do"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14

of job. st is much cheaper said
Mr.. Carpenter, "to spend some time
examining an applicant than to put
him in the shop, pay him for three
or four days work and have him spoil
his material" Most Of the men taken
on are skilled workmen. and the mum.
Der of common laborers employed is
relatively small. In one day as many
as $50 men have been chosen from the
applicants and put at once to work.
Welfare Work q Feature.
The welfare work is under the direc.
ton of Joseph A. Page. who was loaE.
ed to the company for the purpose b.
the Young Mems Christian Association
He was for four years in charge Of the
welfare work at Panama. Among his
duties is to investigate all cases re.
ported to him in which foreman has
discharged workman. II the man
was unjustly discharged that fact Is
reported to the works manager for &c.
ton. Another duty is to keep men out
of the hands of the loan sharks. When
a man needs money II his case on in
vestigation proves worthy he can Dor
row it from the company instead OF
from the sharks. Mr.. Page has insti
tuted mutual aid and benefit asso
citation. which is run by the men them
selves. and foremen's club, and O
part Of the barracks is to be used fol
club to be instituted among the
guards. He also organized clul
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14

among the messenger boys, and Of
course he investigates all cases Of
sickness and accident with a view to
relief and assistance.
Other Executive Officials.
The manufacturing is under the su-
pervlsion of Charles G. Tyler, assistant
TO the vice president, and Major Wal
ter G., Penteld, general works man.
ager. Major Penheld, formerly an Off.
Ger in the United States army, was re-
sponsible for the whole designing and
equipment of the new enterprise at
Bridgeport, and he left the army to
take up this work. Other officers OF
the company, aside from Mr. Dodge
and Mr.. Pryor, are George Bingham,
secretary and treasurer and G. l.. Rel
erson, vice president.
Marcellus Hartley, who founded the
U. N. G. and afterward took hold Of
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14

One shop Of the army plant Is de-
voted to drilling barrels. It takes from
forty-fve minutes TO an hour to drill
single barrel II the barrel is all right;
IL 1t isn't 1t takes a good deal longer
Sometimes the drill strikes hard
place, and then 1t has to be withdrawn
and sharpened, and not infrequently
this has to be done five or six times.
There is a hole through the drill. and
the oil is pumped through 1t. This Oil
goes into the barrel I'm thin little
stream, but comes out with steady
rush.
What is done here is only drilling In
the rough. After 1t is finished the
barrel goes to another shop, where 1t
is made smooth. just as you sandpaper
anything after 1t has been planed.
One Of the buildings is given over to
the woodworking department. A little
street runs through this building for
the transit OF trucks bringing In the
lumber. II takes thirty-four different
operations to make gunstock. and the
whole FIVE stories of this building are
devoted to different phases of the
work.
The aggregate floor area of the main
units and the forge shons IS 1.53s.OO0
square feet The quantity of lumber
used in making the buildings was 49,
100000 board feet: of steel. 11.5OO
tons: of concrete. 10000 cubic yards;
Of glass. 100000 square feet; of putty
used in glazing 10000 pounds.
Where Employees Eat.
The restaurant seats $50 persons, and
in case of emergency there are coun-
tprs along the walls giving accommo-
dation for $50 "standees." There Is
also what is called "cafemobile," n
movable dining table and kitchen cab
met in combination which can be run
around to the different departments IL
desired so that the men can eat with
out having to lose part of the half
hour allotted to them in going from
their respective buildings to the res
taurant. This cafemobile moves on
wheels and can feed 300 men. and
there are eight or nine of them. The
kitchen cabinet part of the combina-
ton is to keep the food hot and does 1t
by electricity.
A Hospital, Too.
About the middle Of the buildings
there is a hospital, with surgeon.
two trained nurses and attendants con-
stantly on hand. 1t is rule of the
company that no matter how slight
the wound is, even II 1t is the merest
scratch, the person receiving 1t must
be sent Immediately by his foreman
to the hospital for treatment. This is
to avoid all danger Of infection In a
place where there is so much oil and
grease.
Housing Requires Attention.
The housing problem, which will be
a great one when the whole force has
been enlisted. was taken up at the out.
set. The company is busy buying land
and erecting houses. Several hundred
are in process Of construction. Some
of them are two family houses, some
six family houses and some apartment
buildings. Streets are being built
sewers have been made; the lighting
and water supply problems have been
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14
our GREATEST ARMS PLANT
The Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Companys
Factory at Bridgeport an Aladdin's Castle
Industrial Army of $4,000 Organized by One Man

, tridges, but 1t Is not so. There IL such
radical difference that the latter is a
business by itself. and in the Reming-
ton-U. NJ. c. plants the two are kept
sharply separated.
Men cannot learn quickly how to
handle explosives: It is not like other
kinds of manufacture. To learn how
TO handle powder and illuminate takes
not only months. but years. This has
been the greatest difficulty with which
I the new American industry has had 60
contend.
Value Of Factory to Nation.
From the governments standpoint
this work will be far from incidental
The time may easily come when the
Bridgeport plant will be one OF the
greatest factors III some national
crisis. Six or seven thousand rifles a
day is regarded as large output In
Europe, but the Remington plant can
turn out 10000 in day. and the pres.
ence here, ready to he called upon. Of
a great factory with such a capacity
is of incalculable value to the nation.
Heretofore this country has been I'M
able to compete with other countries In
the military arms and munitions bust
ness. Bids have been put In at differ
ent times, but except when some for
eign country has been in sore straits
for delivery the United States has gen.
orally lost out.
How the Work Progresses.
The first sod was turned for the
foundations of this vast plant on Dec.
10, 1914. but work on the main units
was not begun until the following
March. The first work was done on
from the main units, and they were
completed within short time. Eight
months after the work on the factory
buildings was begun the structural
work was done and the machinery so
far installed that 5000 men were able
to he ut work.
BY the end of the year an army Of
10000 will be enlisted in the work Of
this one concern, $1,000 and perhaps
2OOOO in the Remington Arms at
Bridgeport, 10000 across the road In
fhe u NJ. c., 1900 at the Reming-
ton plant at Ilion. N. Y. and other
forces at their smaller plants.
Testing Raw Material.
One of the most interesting divisions
Of the plant is the testing department,
which Is under the direction Of w. 7.
Marshall. formerly professor Of ma.
chine design at Yale university. This
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14
BY CHARLES WILLIS THOMPSON
Tin New York Timss).
. wELvE MILLION DOLLARS

WELvE MILLION DOLLARS
spent in less than a year have
brought into being what will
probably be the greatest small
arms and ammunition plant in the world
that of the Remington Arms Union
Metallic Cartridge Company factories
Mt Bridgeport, Conn. When it Is In full
operation 1t will call for the services
of from $4,000 to $4,000 employees.
bringing the total of the Industrial
army employed in various places by
these companies to 10000. The Bridge.
port plant covers hundreds of acres
and is the latest word in factory con
struction, and yet in Its present form
1t may be said to have actually sprung
into existence, to have come before
the eyes of Bridgeport in a moment.
The enormous plant of the Reming.
ton Arms company was not In exist
ence last March. 1t was turned over to
the company by the contractors In
November, so that this immense crea-
ton was completed in less than eight
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14

the Remington Arms, was in business
as a gun manufacturer when the civil
war broke out. At that time the
arsenals had been denuded of their
guns, and the manufacturers were un-
able to furnish more than small frac-
ton Of what was needed Secretary
Stanton, confronted with the literally
Unprecedented problem of finding
arms at once for so great a force of
men. asked Governor Morgan of New
York to suggest the most reliable and
competent person to go to Europe as
the agent of the government to pur-
chase arms and munitions. The gov
ernor named Mr.. Eartley, who, at a
great business sacrifice. accepted the
post. He received rank equivalent
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14

bureau takes IN all kinds Of industries
and all classes Of employees. SO that
there can be no Just comparison"
This building covers 3,600 square
feet. There are four entrances, one
for engineers, Office people, ETC., one
for tool makers and gauge makers. one
for machine hands and one for un-
skilled workmen. The staff that deals
with them consists Of eighteen people.
Individual attention is given to each
applicant. There is heavy demand
for tool makers and gauge makers. be-
cause the supply is limited. and men
expert in that work are eagerly snap.
ped up. In the office staff are two ex-
pert gauge makers. whose duty 1t is to
examine all applicants for that kind
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14

dealt with This is In itself heavy
engineering Job.
No two of the houses are alike, al.
though all the houses of each kind
have the same floor space. The com
pany wished to avoid all appearance
of community town, and there are
architectural differences which set
each house little apart from the 9th.
ers In looks. The two family houses
consist of living room, dining room,
kitchen, three bedrooms and bath
room.
And this brings us to the employ.
ment department AS already men
toned, this department has building
to itself. ut is" said Il. W. Carpen.
ter, It's head, "the largest individual
employment office l know OF. The
only one that is larger is that in Ber-
lin, which is public one. And that