davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08
SHOULD A WRESTLING MATCH
CONSTITUTE A FAIR

The County Fair which was created
many Years ago as an agricultural in
stitution, we fear would hardly recog-
nize its modern prototype if it were to
gaze upon it today or read the accounts
OF fairs in modern country papers.
tut Of fully fourteen column inches
Of reading matter given in a paper in
Itch TO the description of the approach
county Fair, less than one inch is devo-
TED to q discussion OF the proposed ex-
hlbits of products Of the farm. Practic-
ali| 9ll OF the balance of the write-up is
eiv7r TO discussion of the sports and
entertainments, with special emphasis
laid on wrestling match and a prize
Tight. The Importance of the wrestling
match to modern County Fair is ilLus-
trated by this opening sentence Of the
article referred to:
With Ira DeIn. Utah's premier man
OF the wrestling mat at last matched with
q man who will make creditable show
ing against the Utah wonder, everything
is shipshape for the biggest fair ever held
in this section"
Why call these events fairs? Whv not
call them sporting carnivalS instead, and
keep the word "fair" for the use to which
Is was originally applied?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08

Everybody knows q. lot about Iris
Speaker, the bali player, but they
know little about Spoke, the cowboy.
The tan Texan Yields a mean ball
Oat--also he throws n mean rope.
All Texans do--that Is, the real fell
lows who grew up in che longhorn
cattle districts. Hubbard City, Spoke's
home town, Is a cattle town.
The natural dress down there con.
sists of a pair Of boots, chaps, ban.
dana handkerchief, q colored shirt, a
tall hat and lariat.
Spoke owns a ranch near Hubbard
and lie has It well stocked with fti-
ture pot rOasts and porterhouse steaks.
writes Dean Snyder in the Chicago
Post.
he used TO work on a ranch before
he got into baseball.
Works IN Winter.
Bach fall and winter he goes back
% his rope aud his saddle.
"rm not the best roper In the
world" says Spoke, but It's q lot Of
fun.
at the Fort Worth rodeo last fall
rOped and tied couple OF steers In
tbirty-f0uf seconds each.
THAT'S considered fair time unless
you are in the business all the time"
Recently Spoke competed In q rop-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08

The necessity for amusements and en-
tertainments at country fairs is obvious
tc anyone who is familiar with the ma
ture of fairs, but to disregard the real
educational element Of the institltiOn.
and lay all of the stress and attention on
wrestling matches, prize fights and rae
es, robs the fair of its intrinsic value as
rural Institution. Lets make the fairs
in Utah center about the interests of the
farm and home"
The above from the Utah Farmer is to
the point While there is no occasion for
anything of the kind as far as our
Cache County Fair is concerned vet it
is good thing to call the trend in ether
localities to the attention of our Fair Of
ficials lest in the future scme s,ch mis-
take might be possible
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08

ing contest at a wild west show in
Cleveland.
He didn't win any prizes. But he
tried. His time was little over o
minute for roping and tying calf.
Nets Big Hand.
The crowd gave him about 90 per
cent of the cheering just the same. for
Spoke is the popular Idol since he won
the pennant for Moses Cleveland.
Spoke does everything left-handed
In baseball. and he 10 a southpaw
roper.
He owns the gayest saddle, bride
and chaps that were ever made from
leather. His boyhood friends from
Hubbard City presented them to him
last fall after he led the Indians to q
pc 1nant.
Plans for Future.
And as one Of the cowpunchers re-
marked: Spoke don't it IN up here
in the city. He belongs down In the
steer country"
But Spoke won't 20 back TO cattle
roping when he's through with bass
ball.
He's got the bug for contracting
work. Jim DunL, contractor and own
er Of the Indians, plans TO start Spoke
Off In this business.
I'm never be q bench manager"
iris says.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
CA Secret of His Sgccess)

Success comes to those who have de
mite objective and who concentrate
hardest on realizing their goal. Your edi-
tor agrees with the statement that
man can get any thing lin reason) that
he wants, provided he wants it hard
enough.
We met Theodore Roosevelt four tim
es. The last time we saw him, we witness
sed most dramatic scene. In his office
were gathered two army officials of high
rank; bishop, a financier, and several
Others The air seemed charged with the
radiating force of one of the worlds grea
test men. AS was remarked afterwards.
Roosevelts tremendous personality cleo.
trified each nearer and we each went out
feeling that there was no obstacle too
great to be conquered or no ambition
that we could not achieve.
What happened was this-Roosevelt
passed on to each of us his ANALYSIS of his
own success. He said: eff have been sue
cessful, if have accomplished things, it
is because have kept on trying. would
be told by subordinates The thing can't
be done; which made me want to do it
all the more. would rather make ten
'''' 70 eliiu oSiiCNc Oilc SuCCeSS CfldIl make
30 start whatever"
And when he said this, we recalled that
the. leading engineers of the world had
told Roosevelt that sea level canal at
Panama was impractical, and that Roose-
''elt had willed this type through to sue
cessful completion, saving at least five
wears construction time. We recalled al
so how Roosevelt built the canal first and
answered his critics afterwards.
On another occasion. we heard Roose-
welt say, "There is power from within
which comes to help those who are trv-
ing to realize their great ambition. but
who finds their strength waning. MANY
times | have despaired of turning over
wall of opposition. but somehow. a new
surge of strength has come to me. and
the thing is DONE"
And once more we recalled Rooseyelt's
early days-a physical weakline, but
strcng enough mentally to build himself
INTO a marvel of strength and endurance.
Public Service. 'N''
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08
Curzon's Two American Wives

Hostilitles aFpenr 20 be on Ia
earnest between Marquis Curzon OF
Kedleston, Great Britain's secretary
Of state for foreign affairs (portrait
herewith) and ViscOunt NorthclIffe,
controller Of the London Times and
a hundred other publications, TO ray
nothing Of the estrnngement between
Premier Lloyd George and Lord North
ellie. The recent Washington boycott
Of Northcliife Is merely an incident
Growing out Of the exchange OF
cOurtesIes between the belllgerents Ia
the statement that story Is afoOt In
American circles In London that Lord
Curzon, chatting with d friend, once
remarked: "Yes, | married twice be
meath me, but Il didn't seem to hurt
me-"
The point Of the story, Of course,
Is that both OF Curzon's wlyes--the
first died after an operation IN 1906
were American women Of great
charm and culture but--Americans
was in 1895, when he had just become
e then married the beautiful Mary Vic
ChipnOo IIa tno1o har ,.In.rt,nn - Il.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08
PA" Harding Marries Again

Warren GnmAlel evidently isn't
the only i've wire in the Harding
family. DR.. George T. Harding, the
Presidents father after being widow
er eleven years, has gone and taken
10 himself second wife She was
Miss Alice Severns, who has been
for several years the doctors assist
ant and Office nurse The doctor is
Civil war veteran. seveDty-six, and has
+ been n practIcing physician in Marion,
Ohio, for afiy years; his new wife
Is Afty.two.
Really, IL was quite romantic. They
clipped away together and went 20
Detroit They were refused license
in Windsor, Canada. So they went on
to Monroe, Mich. where they were
married by Rev. Frank Il. Knowles.
Then they returned TO Marion. There
the doctor took his bride to her homo
and started for his own home, fOur
blocks away, saying Good night, Al.
Ice; I'll see you In the morning"
In the morning the doctor went :,
bride paid him q visit and said maybe
into the doctors home. put ON an apr
mn n A "a.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08


bride paid him visit and said maybe she'd helping
into doctors home herself
The couple announced that they would be home time
furnished little further
Alice time she chooses into u.
q o normally
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08
Things We Think
Things others think. and
nj We think Of the things
others think.

hats the man who mvonts machine
to shut off the music from next door
Tor in the fiat below or above.
Tnat say that radium gives off par
Iucles of itself and vet never grows
any less. women's minds must be
pure radium
! If you want a job well done, do
it yourself, says the egotistical SELF
made man.
When person doesn't care Whr-
Their he lives or dies. he IS no, nsu-
ally as at peace with the world a.
he should be when about TO pass on.
We rather imagine some people
get indigestion because the gall blad-
der crowds the stomach out of It's
natural position.
O. o
The rebate is not such bad thing
until we learn that our competitors
are getting bigger ones than we are.
o . o .
The wilmer gets little real sympa-
thy in this old world.
The things you did YESTERDAY do
not relieve you of your duties of to
day any more than the things you
plan to do tomorrow.
y . . .
The man who ia always suspicious
attracts suspicion.
Folks who act the most important
are usually the ones who would b.
missed the least.
. o . y
When girl seems to know the
exact location where her head fit
the best YOU may be sure that you
are not the first one upon who's,
shoulder she has laid IL.
When q person in normal condi-
ton loses one of his senses. the 9TH
ers become over developed. II is well
known how the blind develop the
sense of touch-but this rule does
not seem to work with those blind
ed by love. Perhaps this is the ex-
lception that proves the rult.
II seems like II rains pitchforks
about the time the hay is all down
on the ground.
When you meet friend carrying
a cup of sorrow. fill II with the milk
of human kindness.
= . = .
Some insignia to tell married
woman from single one is demand
ed by a dress reformist. There ought
to be no great trouble involved in
picking out the married ones that
wear the trousers--and those that
don't are so meek that they arc
easily discernible.
. . .
The man who is compelled TO ex-
plain his position is ON weak ground.
The NAM who sticks his nose in
other peoples business always sniffs
around for something wrong.
A down cast dairyman Is trying
the experiment of having his COVE
MIXED to the accompaniment Of q
photograph. It's funny that the
pure food department allows such
COINS on.
Il is hard to make gooo on a
bluff. but there is considerable sat
isfaction sometimes in putting ono a.
cross successfully.
o . . .
Don't forget that the motives that
control gour mind are portrayed in
your faces.
. 40
Children who aise the roof are
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08

The hG time CuzOn he
undersecea for foreign affairs Vic
tOra Letter daughter Of L. H. of
d She him three daughters Lady Mary
Culzon, twenty-five old.
was 1919 that curzon bent down
Crzon the beautiful and wealthy
She Evna American minister to nra
Monroe Kinds.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-08

Sch the papers that the women of
Marion, Ohio, are going to make presi-
dent Harding quit smoking cigarettes.
The women have the right idea. They are
going to enforce the law first-and
make it afterward.
n N
In parts of the country where extreme
drought has impaired the vision of the
potatoes, it has been possible to talk
some of the girls into helping to pick
them up. We wouldn't want to be DO
tato with impaired vision.
n n ~
The leaves are falling, skirts getting
longer money getting easier, and near
tecr getting nearer. Show us the sucker
that said everything was going to the
everlasting weinerwmsts and wen show
Won a foreign born pessimist.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-30
Fixing the Surgeons Fees.

Johns Hopkins has led off in movement
that has had much preliminary discussion, but
to which the vitality of action has not yet been
given. One thousand dollars is fixed as maxi.
mum fee to be charged by surgeon for any
operation, no matter how wealthy the patient
may be, while $3S per week is suggested as a
reasonable charge for attention after the opera
ton. This is striking at custom that is at
ONCE an evil and necessary element in the
practice of the healing art.
A practitioner is entitled to reward for his
skill and knowledge. He spends years in pa
tient study, research and training to fit HIM
self to do the things that will lessen human
suffering and prolong human life. He has at
all times given freely of his knowledge to the
world; whatever of discovery he has made is
Immediately made available to all. keenest Of
all critics Of the profession are among those
who follow it. These men and women surely
deserve we'll OF the world, and none who give
thought to the matter begrudge them the pros
perity that attends their efforts.
The value of human life is not gagged by
dollars and cents when the operating table is
prepared. real surgeon works as skillfuy
over pauper as he does over plutocrat Yet,
the latter can pay, and who will say it is not
proper that his fee should also contain some
thing of compensation for the attention given
the indgent? It may be that Johns Hopkins
authorities have gone little beyond the scope
of their reasonable control in fixing a maximum
for what is customary point to be settled
between the parties most Immediately con-
cerned. When other great hospitals fail into
line, the issue may be considered as fairly
ioined
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-30
China and World Peace.

China has as much at stake in the disarma-
ment conference as any other nation but there
must be some doubt as to which one of its two
presidents will be represented in the Washing
ton meetings. Just now Sun Vat Sen, leader
of socialistic tendencies, who was provisional
president Of all China after the revolution, is
head of the southern government at Canton and
is menacing the military chiefs who rule from
Peking. This movement is no new thing, but
has been powerful for months. John Dewey,
who is now in the Orient, declares that the Cam
ton government is the most promising, being
less corrupt and not under the domination OF
foreign influences.
In the event of war with the United States,
Japan's first act would be to seize control OF
northern China in order to be sure Of food and
other supplies. In the event Of the renewal Of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, Chinese are said
to believe, Japan would take the north and
England the south. There is no question but
that q great game of international politics is
being played in China. In linking up the prob
lens Of the Pacific with the discussion of dis
armament President Harding may not only
save China and maintain the open door, which
gives all nations equal opportunities there, but
eliminate a great menace to world peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-30
Square Deal Harding's Policy.

President Harding is introducing new
practice to world diplomats He proposes to
when the conference he has set under way con-
venes at Washington, everybody will start fiat
footed on scratch. There will be no preliminary
conferences, no agreements or conventions, at
least so far as the United States is concerned.
By declining to take part in any "conversa-
tions" anticipatory of the assembling of the
delegates, the president almost totally disarms
the diplomats who are expected 1t is possible,
OF course. that they may exchange views
privately, but such course would be highly
impolitic, especially were developments such as
might disclose the secret compacts, as hap
pened at Paris
Disraeli laid down the maxim that mo man
can be diplomatic on an empty stomach" He
also made it practice to sit with his back to
the window that he might study his opponents
face. In other words, if any advantage were
to be had in the little game, he wanted it. Such
has been the course of European diplomacy
throughout its history. All the records of all
the dynasties that have controlled that unhappy
continent reek with deception and dupcity OF
diplomatic intrigue, politely played by experts,
each seeking advantage and none expecting to
be bound by any compact or agreement longer
than was necessary to initiate more profitable
bargain with some other rival. Out of this
game grew the balance of power" this in turn
leading to the great war.
Americas shirt-sleeve diplomacy has been
disturbing factor in Europe from the time our
representatives first went abroad. 1t was dis
concertng to the chanceleries, accustomed to
deceit and double-dealing, to listen to down.
right proposals and to be required to stand by
bargains. Wilson failed at Paris because he
could not compete with the practiced political
thimble-riggers~ he encountered there. Harding
has before him the example of his predecessor,
and hopes to profit by his experience. What the
outcome of the Washington conference may be
is not so important as that it will be open and
above board on part of the United States.
Plenty of reason exists for thinking that Great
Britain will also come clean," and this justhes
the hope that out of it is to be born a new world
diplomacy, in which self-interest will be made
secondary to the good of all.
When nations can realize that development
of all is essential to the growth OF any, and
that none can permanently prosper at the ex-
pense of all the rest, the great ideal may be at
tanned. Peace for all and security for all are
possible, but the square deal for all must come
fret
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-30
German.Imtheran Schools.

Omaha. July 2s.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: Kindly grant me a
few lines in your valuable columns
to correct the erroneous impression
no doubt left with many Of your
readers concerning the German
Lutheran schools, as the result of
having read the statement of your
correspondent, A. c. Rankin.
The writer Is a staunch supporter
of the American public school sys-
tenn and hasn't been member OF
any church for many years, but /
am a graduate of a German-Luth-
eran parochial school and can-and
do-emphatically deny the infer
ence that these institutions are con-
Quoted to promote German propa-
ganda. In my school days fully
half Of our studies we're executed
in the English language and I have
it on the best of authority that the
studies in the English language pre-
dominate by far at the present time.
Your correspondent evid emily
Jumped at conclusions" and many
uninformed are under the same i'm
preston, simply from the fact that
the schools are conducted by Ger
man-Lutheran congregations. Their
educators are of the highest type.
physically, mentally and morally and
really spend much more time at
strenuous preparatory work than
what. is required for our public
schools Graduates of German
parochial schools and colleges are
to be found all over this broad
land, many in highly responsible
positions and in practically every
sphere Of endeavor. Thousands
served in the war Of the rebellion,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-30
Less Cotton, More Corn, in Dixie.

The Department OF Agriculture announces
an unprecedented change" in the use of acreage
in the south. Land heretofore devoted to cot
ton and tobacco is now given over to the pro-
duction of wheat and corn, and on this is pred
ieated the astonishment of the experts at the
capital. The change has been coming on grad
ualy for a number of years. Long ago south
ern planters learned the economic folly Of not
raising enough food to live on, and before the
war had listened to the preaching OF those who
advocated 4 variety Of crops. Demand for cot
ton and tobacco during the war swung the
planters back to the old program, but the lesson
was not forgotten, and, with the disastrous ex-
perienee Of 1920 to spur them on, they have
turned this year to the production OF food. Cot
ton and tobacco will remain the staple or lead
ing yields there, but wheat, corn and hogs are
coming in for special attention. Nebraska and
Iowa will lose an easily accessible market be-
cause Of this change, but demand for the sur
plus OF the northern fields will exist, while the
economic position OF the south will be greatly
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-30
Tinkle, 1'inkle, Little Phone.

Among the casualties OF civilization is dis
tance. The obstacle of space and isolation has
been obliterated by modern science. A party Of
explorers is climbing Mount Everest the worlds
highest peak, yet from the heart OF this Asiatic
wilderness electricity enables them to inform the
world Of their progress A ship at sea has an
accident in which sailor is killed and no one
aboard knows the burial service; it is secured by
wireless from liner far away. Not long ago
the remarkable story was told Of ships doctor
who was guided in performing delicate opera
ton which saved mans life by instructions sent
by wireless telephone by a great surgeon on
land. Army aviators, equipped with wireless
telephone sets, now carry on conversations from
their planes with radio station so miles away.
BY this means and by radio telegraphy they are
able to steer straight course among the clouds
and through the night.
News also comes that the police automobiles
in a California city have been equipped with wire
less telephones and that through these instru-
ments the officers send reports as easily as if
they ringing up from a call box on the
street corner There is also plan on which
the government is working to adapt the RADIO
phone to communicating market reports instan-
taneously to farmers 1t is evident that the in
vention is catching hold and will be found widely
useful. As far as public knowledge goes, how
ever, this system will be worse in one way than
a party line. Anyone with receiving set may
listen in on every conversation-and what would
happen if all should want to talk at once! No
doubt some variation of tuning the instruments
so that everyone's telephone will not ring every
time personal call goes out will be devised,
but it does seem that even with this system
privacy could not be assured.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-30
Blalncs the Girls.

Omaha. July 2S.---To the Editor
Of The Bee: Last Saturday night at
1880 three young girls of our city
were walking home,
AS many young men asked them
to go joy-riding and 1t seems they
went to Elkhorn. Think of 1t and 1t
was midnight then. On the return
trip at about 2s2O one Of the young
women was killed when the car
turned over at Dead Mans" curve
Are the young people of today
going entirely TO the devil and can't
they find enough amusement before
midnight.
What kind of tommyrot was going
on In that car when the driver did
not slow down for this dangerous
curve?
The girls were to blame for con-
senting to 60 on such a trip at that
hour Of the night and the men are
to be equally censured for extend
ing such an invitation.
Something has got to be done
about this man and young girl
in an auto on a country-road- after
midnight business or else we might
as we'll cut virtue and chastity out
of our language, because there won't
be any such thing. There should
be an iron-clad law passed with
plenty Of teeth In 1t to keep young
girls off country roads and out of
automobiles and in bed after mid
night.
The girl who turns up her nose at
this is courting dishonor and ruin
and perhaps death.
PI, HARPER.