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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04
TIL OILERS.

There are various classes Of drones. There are the
Migrants who decorate park benches and steal rides
freight trains. Any such who have lingering aspirations
for work have abundant opportunity The rest are
hopeless.
Another class of idlers of little more use to the coun
try the OF wealth that abound in fashionable
clubs. The state of Maryland has compulsory work
law and is getting after such fellows Many of them to
comply with the law have taken soft jobs like bond sales
but is not reported that the bond market has been
much stirred by their advent
This class of men looms up large in the society papers
but It's numerical size may not correspond with the prom
nence gets The great majority of rich men like to keep
in the money making game If they have Million they
want two million, and they keep plugging If they are
engaged in productive business they give useful service
TO the country.
There are always rich mems sons and holders Of
inherited property who yet did stroke OF bread
winning work. They contracted easy going ways during
luxurious college After graduation their fathers
found them bother in their offices than they were
worth. They drift from resorts to winter re-
Sorts cultvating harmless fads and return nothing to
the world for bounties received
In England and France this class of men is patriotic
and has gone into army and supply service These men
arc usually good at athletics, and would be useful in the
army If able bodied they should enlist and they would
find more pleasure in active service than they ever did
in deneGs Life would have zest for them Iders at
this time should be ashamed of their easy fc and should
either fight or raise food.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04
THE LITTLE RESERVE.

AS troop trains pull out of the great depots of the
land with our fighting men, among those left behind
the little reservists They may be the kid brothers Of
the young of war, the of those who leave
families behind. The nephew Of trooper also belongs
to this organization They adore, with boysh chivalry
their hero Of the American army springng into the fir
ing line Of the world This little chum Of the fighting
man has his ideas to the greatness of his hero
IN khaki To his youthful mind kin in uniform is greater
than any general staff officer He remembers thous-
and little details mother remembers the tiny episodes
Of the long ago. They weld the martial figure to his
little heart.
Boy like the lad left behind stouty denies the obas-
ance to tears and gulps manfuly sob that would
his attempt at military salute in farewell. Perhaps,
Younger still, and the only Of his father he cannot
maintain such strict self-dscpnc and the little figure is
rokcn with grief at the last moment the face of faces
him. out of all the hundreds merges into the blur of
Yellow uniforms and the green flags the last futer
The old railroad farewell In the strides of the war god
may hap that ont of the list Of names of those missing
the little fellow may recognize the name dear
est of all to him. The first real whip Of fear will beat
upon his soul and from that moment on young as he is
he will know something of what it means to be man.
mothers face will look to him for comfort and in
stout response pair of baby hands will entwnc about
Ter neck and baby heart will beat loyal and true as
The boy to realize he is her sole companion through
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04
PASTOR ADMITS
KILLING S.WITH
AK 5 YEARS AGO

Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sept. l.
Rev. Lynn j. G.. Kelley has confessed
the Villisca ak murders of 1912.
Yesterday morning about s o'clock
he called Sheriff NJ. d. Meyers OF
Harrison county, State Agent Risden
and County Attorney p. d. Roadifer
to his cell and asked to make con-
fession. MIR. Roadifer typed the con-
fession which Kelly signed. It Is a
complete and unqualified admission
of killing Joe Moore, his wife, their
four children, Herman, Katherine,
Boyd and Paul, and Lena and Ina
Sttllinger on the night Of June Q,
1912, with an AK.
Sheriff Meyers early this morning
by telephone, denied the report that
third degree" methods had been
used by the officials in securing the
confession from Kelly. He also de-
MED that number of deputies were
with him and Kelly in the cell. But
the four men were present, accord
ing to the sheriff
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04

troubled with an unnatural looseness
of the bowels, and 1t is OF the great
est Importance that this be treated
promptly, which can only be done
when the medicine Is kept at hand.
Mrs. F. +. Scott, Scottsville, N. Y,
states, 81 first used Chamberlain's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy as much
as five years ago. At that time
had severe attack Of summer COM
plant and was suffering intense
pain. One dose relieved me. Other
members OF my family have since
used 1t with like results."-adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04

life Boyish toys and pleasures will be missed in manful
silence as he learns of self-denia and control
In the white unwritten pages of history it may be
the gracious will of heaven that records of war will no
have received discipline from the present conflict which
will make them better citizens of the great republic of
the west Prepared by the training in sorrows school for
the giant task of the after the war; they will lead the
struggle into which the country steps the battle
flags are fred and the trench gashed fields of Europe
yield to the grain of peace The little reservist is hero
himself He is the living example of why we war to
finish that war shall be no Republican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04
Advertised Letters

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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04
THE NEW PENSIONS.

Inc United States must soon adopt pension system
Tor soldiers OF the European The suggestion is re
celVed with some favor that the should as
sumo certain liability similarly to the principle Of work
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-09-04
Summer Complaint.

During the hot weather Of the sum.
most every family is likely to be
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
Accommodating.

A real estate man was trying to sell
n small farm by mail to possible pur-
chaser, very precise and particular
person. One day friend asked him
how he was making out on the deal.
ooh, I've quit" he said In tone of
marked displeasure. "You see, he
wrote for so many details and kept in
sistlng on having more, that l got
tired Mt last and wrote telling him If
he would pay the freight both ways l
would ship the darn farm down to the
city for him to look Mt, and he never
answered my letter."-Puck.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
W. N. u, KANSAS CITY, NO. 4e.-1e17.
OKLAHOMA FOLKS TESTIFY

Fleetwood, Okla.-"I think 'Anuric
Is very good; 1t helped me. 1 was suf-
fering with severe kidney trouble I
tried a physicians medicine and It
didn't do me bit of good. I saw an
advertisement recommending DR..
Pierce's Anuric Tablets for kidney
trouble. l sent and got package and
they surely helped me wonderfully. I
am awfully glad I tried them. l am
going to tell my friends about them.
l always praise DR.. Pierce's medicine"
MRS. ESTHER SMITH.
DIR. Pierce's reputation Is back Of
this medicine and you know that his
Pleansant Pellets for the liver, his Fa-
vorite Prescription for the ills of wom-
en- and his Golden Medical Discovery
for the blood have had a splendid rep
utation for the last 30 years.
Send 10 cents to DR.. Pierce, Buffalo,
N. Y, for trial package Of any tablets.
ADV.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
HIGH VALUE OF GOOD ROADS
Estimated Cost Of 5000, 900, 900 to Get
Surplus Farm Products to Mar
ket or to Railroad.

After careful inquiry 1t has been
found that the average haul Of the
American farmer in getting his prod
uct to market or to the nearest ship
ping station Is IL miles, and the aver
age cost Of hauling over the common
country roads is rs cents a ton per
mile, or So a ton for 12-mile haul.
An estimate places the total tons
hauled at 800O00,000 year. On the
estimate of So a ton for II miles this
would make the total cost of getting
the surplus products of the farm to
the local market or to the railroad no
less than 100000 O0-a figure greater
than the operating expenses Of all the
railroads Of the United States. If any
thing could make an argument for
good wagon roads this statement sure,
" may.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
ACID POISONING

The most eminent physicians recognize
that uric acid stored up in the system is
the cause Of govt and rheumatism, that
this uric acid poison is present in the
joints. muscles, or nerves. BY expert
menting and analysis at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo,
N. Y, DIR. Pierce discovered a combina-
ton of native remedies that he called
An-u-ric, which drives out the uric acid
from the system, and lii this way the
pain. swelling and inflammation subside.
If you are a sufferer from rheumatism,
backache, pains here or there, you can OBJ
tain Anuric. double strength, at any drug
store and get relief from the pains and
ills brought about by uric acid: or send
DR.. Pierce 1Oc for trial pkg. Anurc which
you will find many times more potent than
lithia and eliminates uric acid as hot
water melts sugar. A short trial will
convince you. Send a sample of your
water to DR.. Pierce and 1t will be tested
free of charge.
Anuric Is a regular insurance and life
saver for all big meat eaters and those
who deposit lime-salts in their joints.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
Passed Alonu,

DR.. J. w. Smith of the Smith Farm
and Stock Ranch was caller Monday.
He Informed We pastor that old "Soaks-
by" "stew" character around Hot
Springs for many years, was gone.
Eyes, he's gone" said the doctor "but
not forgotten. For more'n year I've
given him free drink every morning,
and last week he died and left a will,
bequeathing his morning drink to his
Observation-Disclosures Thomas Cat.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
ROAD :
DING
HURRY GOOD ROADS BUILDING
Country to Profit In Future From
Highways Built as -Necessity Of
Warfare and Defense.

It Is the general opinion of motor
lists arriving in Washington from all
parts of the country that the war
with Germany is acting as sharp
prod to speed up road building.
Whatever the war costs the nation
In dollars and lives, 1t will result in
the building of thousands of miles of
disable roads In all sections, for these
highways are now rated as one Of the
necessities of warfare and defense,
says Washington Star.
Possibilities of an invasion are re-
mote, but now that 1t has been decld-
ed to send an expeditionary force
abroad, 1t is certain that other thou
sands will follow, hence the moblllza-
ton Of troops on the seaboard is some
thing not to be overlooked.
Railroads are up to their ears in
other work and have shown their lack
of equipment to meet ordinary de-
mands of q period of fast growth and
an attendant increase Of consumption.
So other means may have to be relied
upon to hustle the boys in khaki to the
ports, whence they will sail for the
front. For this purpose the motor We
hicle is ready, and all 1t needs to add
to It's wonderful record Of efficiency in
a pinch is system of roads which can
be travelled in safety and at speed dur
ing all seasons.
Here on the East where the troops
will be massed before sailing, good
roads are considered as Of vital inter-
est to the nation just as the raising
of vegetables in fields and yards which
heretofore have produced nothing.
Throughout the Atlantic area the
road builders are hard at 1t, and, in
spite Of the urgency of the calls for
men for other purposes, help is being
enlisted in the cause.
An immense amount of road building
work Is being done in the South, and
In the Central West thousands of miles
Of roads are under way, these forming
the connecting link and making pos
slble hurried trips If such are needed.
Experts point out that automobiles can
take an army Of 100000 men from the
Middle West to New York in less time
than can the railroads, and when the
highways are improved a great cut
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

viii quiet your cough, soothe the in
fammation of a sore throat and lungs,
stop irritation in the bronchial tubes,
insurlng COED nights rest, free from
coughing and with easy expectoration
In the morning. Made and sold in
America for fifty-two years. A Won
derful prescription, assisting Nature in
building up your general health and
throwing off the disease. Especially
useful in lung trouble, asthma, Group
bronchitis, etc. For sale in all civil.
lied countries.-Adv.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
New Cause for Worry.

with beef so high" says the Bill
vile deacon, 1--WE could compromise on
chicken meat, but chickens air too de-
structlve TO raise where farm gar
denim is goln' on. Now, turkeys alr
more reasonable, an we've had good
luck with 'em but who wants to live on
turkey? Eff we tackle turkey week
In an week out, how kin we enjoy
Christmas? "-Atlanta Constitution.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
500 Reward, 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions It
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces Of the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease,
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature in
doing its work. $1,000 for any case of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists I5c. Testimonials free.
F. ], Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15

will be made in the running time Of
the motor cars.
The West is not overlooking any
thing In the way Of road building.
There is not state in which it is not
one of the big movements, even in a
part of the country which is least af-
fected.
What Virginia is doing is being un-
dertaken In greater or less degree by
many Eastern states.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
Repenting at Leisure.

Mrs. Houlihan during the row.
Phwat n fool OF was! OF niver saw
yez till tn day before me unforchnlt
marriage.
Houlihan-Faith, OF wish We hadn't
seen me till tn day afther.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15

DR.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for laxative, three for cathartic. AID.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15
Polite Camouflage.

"What an idiot Jimsby is!'
Don't be so brutal. Why not call
him German diplomatic"
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15

Men who are bald always sneer at
the man who parts his hair in the
middle.
The Jasper news., 1917-11-15

The Franco-Prusslan war of 1870
cost 81, $50 100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Absolutely Unjustified.

Wilton Lackaye says that n day
while he was playing an engagement
in Chicago he took a stroll along South
Clark street and came to a district
Of secondhand clothing shops. Every
other show window was filed with
garments bearing seductively worded
legends p%urporting to represent that
these offerings had been cast back
upon the makers hands through no
fault of their own, but, rather, because
Of the eaptiousness of the original pur-
chasers.
The words "Misit," "Not Claimed"
'"Tailor's Sample" and so on, required
time and time again.
But in one window originality in the
gentle art OF advertising phraseology
had scored a triumph. Behind the
glass dangled a pair of trousers Of a
most startling cut and an even more
startling pattern. The colors fairly
leaped through the window to smite
the passerby in the eye. To the gar
ment was affixed a card bearing this
statement:
"These Pants Were Uncalled For
Saturday Evening Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
The Party Line.

The telephone is the back yard fence
of the present generation Much that
was once used for back yard fence
discussion is now saved for over the
phone. and back yard fences are get
ting to be considered very middle class.
A telephone is a valuable means Of
getting into closer touch with your
fellow creatures. A party line is es-
pecially good for such a purpose. Get
on a party line and you can always
know what your neighbors are going
to have for supper. Sometimes you
can tell they are going to have a party
or a divorce. The pleasure Of talking
on a party line is the knowledge that
one Of the other parties is always lis
tening In talking over a party line
n should always pass a remark for
the benefit Of the cav%esdropper. Say.
There's some sneak listening to S
That always stings. You know how
it is yourself.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Mas WiIIina to Go to Sea.

At the time when William e. Chan
dler Of New Hampshire was secretary
Of the navy Admiral Meade was COM
mandant Of the navy yard in Washing
ton. They got into trouble somehow,
these two positive gentlemen, and the
commandant was summoned before the
secretary one day on a matter Of impor-
lance. The secretary told the COM
mandant that if he kept on, or words
to that effect, he should certainly be
obliged to punish him by sending him
to sea. "Mr. Secretary" said Meade,
II haven't anything to say except that
when it is punishment for an officer of
the navy to be ordered to sea what is
your service coming to? I should like
to go to sea, sir. Good day"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
lt Sounded Hopeful.

A young man who was not particu.
larly entertaining was monopolizing
the attention Of a pretty debutante
with a lot Of unlnteresting, converse
ton.
"Now. my brother" he remarked In
the course of a dissertation ON his fam.
lily, 'Is just the opposite of me in every
respect. DO you know my brothcrT
mo-" the debutante replied demure.
ly. "but ] should like to,"-New York
Times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Sauinu a Desperate Man.

why did you get engaged to Harry!
You swore that you would never, new
er have anything to do with such a
man."
Eyes, dear, I know l did. But-well,
I wouldn't have accepted him If he
hadn't made such a dreadful threat"
"Oh, that old stall about rushing out
and committing suicide?"
mo; worse than that"
but any of those threats are bluffs
l suppose he said ned XIII the next
man who called on you, eh|
mo, no! I've heard that before
Dearle, he threatened that II did not
accept him he'd go md propose 70 You,
And | believe he would have lone u
too. lie was perfectly Desperate"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Entirely Too Literal.

He was terribly in love with the
girl, and he vas eloquent about it.
If she hadn't been intensely feminine
and therefore intensely inquisitive and
practical and %unidealistic he could
have got away with his plea. He said
in part:
For you l would sacrifice friends.
ambition, honor, fortune. c~aicer-nay.
more
But here she interrupted him. She
asked:
Since when did you have all those
lovely things"
And he groaned and went out into
the night. Women ruin all romance,
they are so literal and materiaistic.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

have a feeling that I'm not going to
live very long"
Nonsense! Give up smoking"
Never smoked in my life, DOCTOR"
We'll, stop drinking"
Il am a total abstainer from alec.
lolic drink"
We'll, try going to bed earlier; get
more Sleep.
I'm always in bed by 8 O'clock"
"Oh, well. all | a say is, my dear
sir, that ! think you had better let
nature take its course. You're alto
gether too good for this world."-
Everybody's Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
TALKING ZULUESE.
The Majors Fine Bluff When He Wa
Put to the Test, d,

The Majors Fine Bluff When He Was
Put to the Test.
There is a certain pool and billiard
hall in New York much fr%equented by
writer's, baseball players and others Of
the learned professions: Also the es-
t%ablishment is a ~favorite loafing place
for a number of more or less interest
ing characters. Among the regular
habitues is an elderly gentleman
known as "the MAJOR" whose CONVEX
sational speciality is to claim a close
personal acquaintance with the habits,
customs, languages and royal families
Of all of the out of the way places of
the earth. 1t has been estimated that
If the major had visited all the far
countries he says he has visited and
had spent the time in each of them he
says he spent there he would now be
something over 800 years old.
Not long ago some II in his pres
ence mentioned Zululand. That was
enough for the major. For twenty
minutes lie entertained the audience
with an account Of an expedition led
by him into the uttermost wilds Of
Zululand, where, according to his
statement, he was entertained for
many months by a chief, from whom
the major professed'to have acquired
a fluent knowledge Of the native
tongues and dialects.
The next day a newspaper artist,
who was born in Spain and who has a
complexion almost as dark as a Moor's,
dropped in. Seeing him, the proprietor
had an inspiration. He told his plan
to the artist and to half a dozen 9th
ers, and then, followed by the rest, he
led the illustrator over to where the
major sat and introduced the pair to
each other, giving to the swarthy
stranger an unpronounceable name.
Major" added the proprietor, "this
gentleman is a Zulu who has been in
America many years. He is homesick
for the sound Of his own language
again. That's why I have brought him
to you"
This was the cue for the DARK con
spirator. Clinging fast to the majors
hand, he poured out a rambling stream
of mingled Spanish and Portuguese
with a series Of clucks, grunts and
gurgles in%terpolated.
The major listened ~intently until the
other paused for breath. Then, with c
mighty snort Of disdain, he wreste(
himself free, and as he broke through
the circle he was heard to say to the
proprietor:
"Never allow that person to COM
neal me again. Why, the low bred ruff
fan doesn't speak anything but low
Zuluese"-Saturday Evening Post.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Lava.

Lava may be blown into opaque bot
ties of gossamer lightness, and the
harder sort makes a beautiful green
glass Of half the weight and double the
strength of ordinary glass. But it is
not always the same. Every volcano
pours out it's own special brand Of
molten mixture disagreeable to walk
on, but sometimes yielding valuable
products, as pumice stone. Lava, like
all things, decomposes under the touch
OF time, as the fertile plains Of Sicily
testify.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
Too Stale For Them,

Will Tellum was furious. He dash
ed into the editorial sanctum over the
PROSTATE form Of the office boy and
confronted the editor himself.
"Look here!' he beloved. This
paper said l was a liar!"
ooh, no, it did not" replied the ed
itor calmly.
ut did, I say"
II say nor
"Well some paper said it," splutter-
ed Tellum.
"Possibly it was our contemporary
down the street," said the editor
sweetly, lingering a paperweight. 1--WE
never print stale news"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20
The Finest EnuIish Cdes.

Among the many fine odes in the
English language Macaulay character
hed Dryden's "Alexander's Feast" as
the noblest, and DR.. Richard Garnett
agreed with him in thinking it the
finest ode we have. The full title is
"Alexander's Feast; or, the Power Of
Musician Ode For st. Cecilia's Day"
Sponsors "Epithalamium," Millions
lode on the Nativity" Keats odes ITO
a Nightingale and "On a Grecian
Urn and Shelley's ITO a Skylark" are
notable instances Of this class of poem.
and to these must be added, though
their form is irregular, Wordsworth's
magnificent "Intimations of immortal
ity" and T%ennyson's lode on the Death
Of the Duke Of Wellington"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-20

time that the earl called on the king,
however, be was received less gra-
ciously.
"Hertford," said his majesty, 'how
came you to strike the clock?"
"The clock struck first, your males
ty," was Hertford's immediate rejoin-
der.
The aptness of the speech and the
mock solemnity Of the culprit in deliv-
ering 1t won the kings laughter and
forgiveness.-Youth's Companion.