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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
THE DEBT TO FOREFATHERS.

1t is rather hard to get up much enthusiasm about
forefathers. Washingtons birthday celebrations are
often well attended, and the patriotic remarks well
Ceived if the dinner and other entertainment has been
good But it is not known that any audience breaks
into spontaneous applause at hearing the of George
Washington or any other patriot of his time.
Yet our daily life is doubt very different from what
it would have been had Washington and his associates
failed in their revolutionary attempt To be Canada
has prospered and attained substantial freedom as col
ony Still its advance is probably largely due to the prox
unity of the United States. Thief have caught the flare
back of our prosperity and freedom. They their adj
vance likewise to the American spirit which is much the
same regardless of boundaries.
Had we remained colony that American spirit could
hardly have developed We would have looked to the
leadership of the Old World and accepted its traditions
with loyal submission. Political initiative would have
been checked. When a community's civic ambition is
dued it must also affect its industrial enterprise and
the spirit of achievement
The of the American revolution set free vast
latent energy The who had trumphed the first
army of the world went home confident of ability to tr
umph other adverse forces gave them the daring
to explore the forest subdue the wilderness establish
communities, and build social and industrial institutions
Had we remained subject colony it is quite possible
that great West today might still have been in the
frontier condition it fifty years ago. So George
Washington and the rest of them not and
historical facts but influence that has virtually affect
ed our living conditions.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
AMERICAN INDIFFERENCE
TO BELGIAN TRAGEDY

Although conditions in Belgium
are appalling and the need is APP
parently growing, Americans are
completely Indifferent according to
the statement of one of the members
Of the Belgian relief commission in
the March American magazine.
American" he says, have prac-
tically stopped giving to war chart
ties. now that the novelty has worn
off. Plethoric with peace and plenty
our whole offering to the Belgian re-
lief work had been only eight million
Enthusiastically the size of an aver
age war order-and his amount had
included old clothes and other col
lateral. I mention the fallacy of re-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01

garding the relief work as an Ameri-
can Enterprise (save in the men who
manned it). when French institu-
tions and the British government
were giving nine million dollars n
month in the guise of loan to Bel
GUM, and the English working class,
ground beneath the Jugernaut Of
war, were managing to raise more
than seven million year.
"'All Europe flaunts in our faces
the fact that we do not represent
our country. Do you wonder that
our one hundred workers - mostly
American college men-feel that
they have been deserted? They
know that IL the work to which they
are giving their lives, their energies,
were to stop tomorrow, 1t would go
down in history as the eccentric eff
fort Of few men completely di-
vorced from their country.
"'And meanwhile the children are
starving!'"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
SELF-TRAINING IS BEST SAYS
ARMOUR.

In the March American Magazine
is an article by j. o. Armour en-
titled Armour Men Who Got Ahead
and Why" In 1t Mr.. Armour gives
his opinion Of the qualifications that
make for business success.
"One of the truest axioms I know"
he says, "is the business saying that
the best trained man is the self
trained man. 1t is my belief that
no man developed by formula in
a business organization can ever
reach the power Of one who is put
on his own responsibility, knowing
that his advancement depends on his
own brains, foresight and application.
by this I do not mean that
business leader should let his men go
alone blindly. He must always give
something of himself; he must teach
them the overland and crawl strokes
where they knew only the breast
stroke before. But in any office Or
ganization the man who has never
had to stand squarely on his own
feet is never in a position to march
ahead"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

1t Is the duty Of government
through its various departments and
tits official agents to guard and pre-
mote the welfare Of its people. For
this purpose exist army and navy de-
partments of agriculture and COM
merce, the postal service, board Of
health and sanitation. and the police
and fire departments.
Few intelligent persons will deny
that ono of the most important
functions Of government is the
protection OF the health OF it's peo-
pie. 1t is true that each person is
responsible to a large degree for his
own health and the health of his
family. But in spite of his pre-
cautions, his neighbours ignorance or
Indifference may expose him to peril.
His only sure protection is In the
strict enforcement OF sanitation and
health laws. This Is n function of
the State Board OF Health and the
local health departments. 1t Is
most important 20 every citizen that
the State Board OF Health and the
local departments be we'll equlpt. ad-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
THE PENALTY
OF OvERW0RK
Many Logan People Are Beginning
to Feel the Strain

The heavy tax Of overwork- the
extra strain SO necessary to many
trades and occupations is hard ON
the kidneys. The kidneys begin to
fail in their work and the poisonous
matter collects in the system. II
your work seems hard for you, If
you have lame, weak or aching
back, IL you seem tired and listless,
IL you notice sediment in the urine,
unnatural color or irregular passages
and seem to be running down with
out apparent cause, begin at once
with Doan's Kidney Pills, the rem
edy that has proven So beneficial to
your neighbors. 1t has brought
strength to the backs of thousands
of working men and women. Read
Logan proof
Carl A. Torp, expressman, 1873
North Third West street, Logan,
says: Heavy lifting and exposure
brought on kidney trouble. My back
got so lame and sore and it was all
could do to straighten. Two boxes
OF Doan's Kidney Pills strengthened
my back and helped me in every
way"
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Torp had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.--Adv.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01

equately manned and supported in
every possible way.
Yet what are the facts? These
departments, the most important Of
all to the welfare and happiness Of
the people of Utah. have been Grip
pied and all but destroyed by mig
gardly appropriations. The State
Board of Health has been forced to
EXCEED on an appropriation of only
$4,000 for two years, $4,000 per
year, about two cents per inhabitant.
On this small amount the Board is
expected to guard against epidemics
enforce the many laws enacted for
the protection of health and per-
form other functions for the COM
mon welfare. Is not this work worth
more to each of us than the price
Of a postage stamp?
In spite of what some pesslmists
say, the people rule. Their will Is
law. The starving OF this most im-
portant department OF government
has existed because the people were
Indifferent. They were indifferent
because they did mot realize the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01

tremendous value to themselves in
dividuaIly and to the state at large.
Of the work being done by this de-
partment and of the even greater
work which would be done IL given
adequate appropriations. When
they understand the vital Importance
of these departments they will de-
mand and will secure their proper
support.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
INCOME TAX RETURNS.

The last of February is rksome time for many of
hgherups They feel unhappy about their fortunes
they fuss and fret and fume the job of making
federal income tax return 1t calls for the untanging
of some complicated business problems in many
If is made, labyrinth of red tape may have to
be unwound to correct it.
1t commonly predicted before the law went into
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.

THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
The following table from Broadstreet's gives the in
crease in prices for the last four years:
1912 y
Flour per barrel -~-- S4'6o
Beans, per 100 pounds ago
Doto+oos nor 1SO mounds 1.50
car nov Mound m. .O49
Lard per pound III
1916.
Flour per barrel gay
Beans per 100 pounds 945
Potatoes, per 100 pounds 40
Sugar ner Mound - .08
Lard, per pound --------~---- 10
Further comparisons are made in Current Opinion
October, 1916:
Bread that was cents, is 10 cents.
Sugar that was % pounds for dollar, now IL pounds
for $1.00
Steak was 10 cents, now 80 cents.
Veal was Is cents, now rs cents.
Butter 20 cents now Az cents.
Eggs now As cents.
Clothes shoes, WOOL cotton, and silk have advanced
from 20 to 40 per cent Lumber that was $l5 to $25
thousand is selling at from s28 to $50 thousand
Wood that was 81 a cord is So Flour that So
barrel three years ago is $1,000 barrel now. Sugar
&C cents pound in memora homnum; it is 81 cents
pound now The price of sandwiches and pie and beans
in restaurants has joined the aeropanng crew. Catsup
and bread and butter charged for extra.
On this question Hon. Thomas d. Schall of Minnesota,
asks:
s there way to get together put our backs against
the avalanche of descending dollar vaues What is to
become of middle class, our laborng class if this
level of prices contnues The strife that has sumbered
for so long between class and must with this
fuel burst forth into fresh strikes riots and revolutions
Already hear sharp evidence OF discomfort Each day
we read of labor demands refusas by capital and
resulting strikes The air is full of speculation disquet
and doubt We live in troubous times; time of wealth
and squad poverty extravaganza and misery ostenta-
ton and wretchedness dishonesty and trckery.
If monopoly has control of our food supply, what
course have we but to pay the price they demand? If
time when personal gain is too exactng when the
burden is past all bearing private enterprise not
plain if the step in Greed that not curb
itself history has shown will inevitably suffer curb
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01
Cause Of UntruthfuIness.

"Some men fails to tell de TRUTH"
said Uncle Eben, simply because dey's
overburdened wifi originality and a
desire to please"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-03-01

Buv your goods at home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
ANoTAeR LooPHoLE cLosEO
Man Not Exempt From Draft Because
Families Have Been Helped


Washington, July 25.-Drafted mel
who may claim exemption from ser
vice because their children or Other
dependents have accepted aid from
the state will not find this claim
necessarily effective 10 relieve them
Tho question was put up to Adjutant
General Mccain in the case OF an en-
listed man from Massachusetts and
he replied: The fact that an enlist
ed man accepts aid from the Massa-
chusetts fund through having depen-
dents does not automatically or in
directly or in any way bring about his
discharge. A discharge results only
from direct personal application by
the enlisted man, on his worn state
ment of having dependents, stating
the degree of such dependency, sup
ported by affidayits of two disinter'
ested persons who are knowing TO
the circumstances, and then only up
on approval and signature of his COM
manding officer" While this ruling
was made in the case of a man al
ready in the service, the procedure
suggested by General Mccain would
be followed in greater or less degree
with men subject to the law.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
NOTICE :
Dissolution Of Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore subsisting be.
tween Arthur r. Rickert and Seneca
W. Pelsue. heretofore carrying on
bushes of general machine and re.
pair shop at llS Pleasant Street in
the Village of Bennington in the
county OF Bennington and state of
Vermont under the firm name and
style of Rickert at pelsue has been
dissolved by mutual consent as and
from the LIST. day OF February 1917. so
far as concerns the said Arthur r.
Rickert, who retires from said firm
All deb.s due to and owing by the
said late firm will be received and
paid Arthur X. Rickert.
Dated at Bennington in said county
OF Bennington this 14th. day OF July
1917
(Signed) Arthur r. Rickert
bennington. VT, July n, 1917
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
BOSTON TO WELCOME C. A. R.
Plans Nearly complete-War to Give
Added Interest to Event.

AuueQ interest 10 ENSut.
Boston, July 27.-All arrangements
are nearing completion for the enter
tainment of the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
which will be held in this city next
month. Feeble with the weight OF
years. but with something like their
old enthusiasm impelling them on, the
boys in blue" who went TO the front
in the COS with converge on Boston
from every nook and corner OF the
country to take part in what may be
their last big encampment. With the
veterans there will gather members
of nearly dozen allied organizations
and altogether Boston is preparing to
entertain several hundred thousand
visitors.
There Is every reason 10 believe
that the coming encampment will be
one of the most notable that the g. A.
r. has held in recent years. The pres
net war enthusiasm prevailing
throughout the country is expected to
give added interest to the big reunion
OF the men who fought for the flag
more than half century ago. IL will
be the first time the veterans have
met in New England in many years,
and the folks in this section intend to
show the old soldiers that they are
liberal dispensers of hospitality.
Fer months the citizens committee
of Boston, which has charge OF the
encampment arrangements, has
worked industriously to meet the
huge task of welcoming and enter
tanning the large number of visitors
A. large fund has been raised to de-
fray expenses. The hotels will be
filed to capacity and many private
homes viii be thrown open for The
entertainment OF the veterans.
There will be several innovations
in the encampment program. The
gathering will have its formal open.
ing Sunday, when the veterans viii
attend a patriotic service at the Old
South Church and listen to addresses
by Commander-inC William j..
Patterson of Pittsburg, Corporal Tan
ner, and others. Monday there will
be campfire at Symphony hall, at
which the delegates will be welcomed
by Governor Mccall. Mayor Curley, of
Boston and Daniel Il. Denny of Wor-
cester, commander of the department
of Massachusetts,. At this gathering
also the greetings of the allied organ
izations will be received. These
changes win prevent the usual inter
ruptions TO the business of the en-
campment, and save much time
Tuesday will be parade day. and
Wednesday the national delegates
will meet for routine business and the
regular tour of duty II is possible
that the election of officers will take
place Wednesday afternoon.
The business sessions OF the sew
eral organizations will be interspers
ed with numerous features Of enter
tainment The delegates will be Civ
en- free automobiles rides about Bos
ton and vicinity. with longer tours &c
Lexington, Concord, Plymouth, and
other points OF historic interest. One
day of the enoampment will be deyot
cd to q sail down the harbor and q
shore dinner at Nantasket beach. q
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
Exemption & Discharge from Draft

A claim for exemption on regis
tration card is not considered but a
formal claim must be filed. ! will
prepare claims for exemption and dis
charge, especially for those having
wives or other dependents, prepar-
ing affldayits and advising as to
other requisites. Wives and other
dependents may apply for discharge
Of drafted men.
Edward J. Hall. III North st.
bennington. VT (upstairs) Adv.
1876
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

To the taxpayers of tho village of
bennington: A rate bill has been
placed in my hands for collection as
follows: 80 cents on the dollar for
the village tax, 20 cents on the dollar
for the highway tax on the grand list
of 1917 ! hereby demand payment
OF said taxes, and notify you that
viii attend at the Bennington County
Savings bank from o'clock a m. un
I'll o'clock p. IN. There will be dis
count of 4 per cent. on village tax II
paid within 30 days.
c. II. Dewey, treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July Is, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
The Trouble.

"Such large proportion Of tele-
phone operators get married before
they have been long in the service"
Il see; it Is hardly ease of ring
off before it's RUG on."-Baltimore
American.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

FOR SALE-Farm of nearly one
hundred acres situated on Main road
one and one half miles from Benning-
ton village. Suitable for dairy or mar
ket gardening. The entire stock and
crops included A variety OF single
and double houses and building lots,
Gen, lns. ACCT. II. N. Williams, $40
Elm St, tel. 199-W. 4ou
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

LOST-Tuesday evening black
bill fold between Main street and
Soldiers Home containing S62 and
X. OF c. card, Finder please return
to William Fitzgerald, South street,
care of c. II. Mason and receive re.
ward. 5Ot6t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

TO RENT-Stores. Offices, tene
ments, shops. stables, individual ga
rage, individual storage lockers, fur
nished apartments and rooms all Ger
trally located. Geo. NJ. Hawks. AIS
Main St TIT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
TO RENT

TO RENT-Cottage for the season
at Woodford Everything necessary
furnished. Kitchen built this season.
Good range, large fireplace, running
water, wood for the taking, beautiful
view, LINDA Vistar". You will find
me at the cottage till August list.
Terms reasonable, J. f. Ward, Wood
ford, Vt. olto
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

LOST-At Pownal Center getting
on the car or in the car to Hourans
store or at my home 203 Division
street Half of my money will be
given II returned to ID. G. Potter,
203 Division ST., 49t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

Women full time;
salary SIS, selling guaranteed hosi'
cry to wearer 25c. an hour spare
time. Permanent. Experience UNI
necessary. Guaranteed Hosiery Mills,
Norristown. Pa. 44tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

MISREPRESENTATION plate No.
1928 VI. Finder will confer favor
II they will notify Theo A. Carpen-
ter q Sons, Main & Stafford SITS,
Bennington, VI. 50tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

FOR RENT--A large room with
two small connecting rooms on sec
ond floor of the Richie building. Very
desirable for Office purposes. Apply
to Charles N. Powers, Savings Bank
Building. 22ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

WANTED-Pupil Nurses. ma ano
female, wanted at the Taunton Statt
Hospital Training School for Nurses
For particulars, address DR.. Arthur V
Goss, Supt.. Taunton State Hospital
Taunton, Mass. s4c
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

WANTED-An experienced office
man would like to secure position
of trust. Can get bond Was form.
erly a teacher. Address I, Banner
office, Bennington, Vt. 4tto'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
NOTICE!

To the taxpayers OF the towns OF
Bennington: A rate bill OF the town
taxes OF 1911 has been placed in my
hands for collection as follows: 80
cents on the dollar for the town tax
20 cents on the dollar for the town
highway tax. As cents on the dollar
for the town district school tax. |
hereby demand payment of said taxes,
and notify you that lwill attend at the
Bennington County Savings bank from
9 o'clock a. IN. until 3 o'clock p. m.
There will be discount of per cent.
on town tax II paid within 80 days.
G. IL. Dewey. treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July 10, 1917.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

FOR RENT--Rooms suitable for
taking boarders-bathroom and run
ming water. Apply Lock Box 1884
East Arlington, Vt. Phone 36.2 25tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

WANTED-Help in several de-
partments. Work for both exper-
fenced and inexperienced men. APP
ply at once. H. II. Cushman Mfg,
Co., North Bennington, Vt. 46ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

TO .RENT-Tenement on Main
street, Inquire at Harte theatre
Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and drawn
work to do. Apply to Miss Ethel Rice.
Bennington, VT, Phone 464-W. 2lt55'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

WANTED-F'amily to adopt attrac-
tive baby boy of good parentage. Can
be taken on trial. Apply l.. }. Sim
mons. 42O Berkshire, Life Bldg Pitts
field, Mass. 49to'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

FOR SALE double tenements
on Washington Ave, No. sos and No.
sos IL and No. $40 and $40 IL with
heater and all modern improvements
with hardwood floors mostly l double
tenement on Scott street. New barn
and carriage house on Pratt street.
Also l lot. Office and large store
house with sheds attached on Frank
lin Lane. Apply to James S. SILK,
tel 506.M. 4otl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
wANTED

Notwithstanding hands
and Wilcox & Wetlers Steady work,
good spay, weekly payments. j. W.
Busiei SEQ, Laconia, N. II. 52tS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28
LOST

D0ST-a gold stick pin with small
diamond In Center on Main street or
in some store. Finder will be reward
ed IL pin is returned to S02 Pleasant
st. Site
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-28

FOR SALE-The Daniel j. Cullion
property on Maple St, consisting OF
two houses and building lots. Inquire
ID. ]. Cullion 4otzo
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-15
"CASCARETS"F FOR HEADACHE, COLDS,
 LIVER, BOWELS
ENJOY LiFEl DON'T STAY 6IL. IoUs, SICK, HEADAcHY AND
 CONSTIPATED
GET RID OF BAD BREATH, SOUR STOMACH, COATED TONGUE,
 INDIGESTION.

Get a 1O-cent box now.
 They're fnet Cascarets Iiven your liver, clean your thirty feet of bowels and swceten your stomach. You eat one or two, like candy, before going to bed and in the morning your head Is clear, tongue is clean, stomach sweet, breath right and cold gone. Get a box from your druggist and en- joy the incest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Cas- carets stop sick headache, biliousness, Indigestion, bad breath and constipa- tion.
 Mothers should give whole Cas- caret to cross, bilious, sick, feverish children any time. They are harmless and never gripe or sicken.