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EIGHT PAGES LOGAN, CACHE COUNTY UTAH, UESDAY, APRIL 30, i9S2 - , TENTH YEAR 11
r ELECTRIC RAILROAD PROMOTERS INVADE CACHE COUNTY I
COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS MEET WITH COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS AND ASK FOR FRANCHISE.
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Will Compete With David Eccles And Logan Rapid Transit Company. M. Goli
ghtly of Millville,-A. L. Hyer, M. Pond, and F. Karren of Lewiston, T. G. Lowe,
H.JBrady, and Attorney F. W. Crockett of Logan, and A. O. Jackson of Paradise,
Represent Interests That Will Begin Work Within Six Months, And Construct
Seven Miles Within One Year. Will Sign Franchise And Put ujr:$5000.00 Bond
Within Thirty Days. Commissioners in Tight Place. Will Take' Action Today.
The county commissioners mot in
special session Saturday evening to
listen to the comraltteo above named
on the matter of an interurban for
Cache county. The committee headed
by Mr. Gollghtly presented its case
to the commissioners and submitted
a draft of a franchise for the build
ing and operation of railroads, etc.,
stipulating that actual construction
should begin within six months after
the grant, and seven miles completed
within ono year, and five miles com
pleted each year thereafter, with .cer
tain stipulated restrictions between
specified towns, which Mr. Gollghtly
afterwards stated were not material.
The drnlt further r"ldes for I'.s.ic
ceptanco within thirty days after Its
passage.and the filing of a bond In
gthe sum of $5,000 for the faithful' per
formance of til" ci si net, within the
same thirty days.
The commissioners preferred to
take ono week to consider the request,
but Mr. Gollghtly urged more speedy
action as tho financial Interests rep
resented, asldo from the gentlemen
present nnd others who might be In
terested In the county, were a long
distance from Logan and ho desired
to comraunlcato with them without
delay. "Whore nro your men?" asked
Commissioner Parker. "Ono of them
Is In Chicago, and the engineer Is In
New York," was tho reply. Tho com
missioners finally set today at 2
o'clock as the time for taking action
on tho matter. ' .
Commissioners In Tight Place.
That tho commissioners are In a
tight placo goes without saying. They
are tho servants of the people, and
are desirous of getting an Interurban
road at tho earliest possible moment.
As far .as their office Is concerned
the tablo is clear and tho right-of-way
Is open. At tho same time It Is
a fact known to tho public at largo
that David Eccles and tho Logan Rap
Id Transit company have dotlulle
Plans for tho lmmcdlato construction
of an Interurban road. It Is a mat-
tcr of goneral knowledge that tho Ec
cles Interests havo franchises In Hyde
Park, Provldonce nnd Smlthfleld, that
tholr engineers pro at work on the
project, nnd tho contract for furnish
ing tho steel has been placed vlth
the Colorado Fuel nnd Iron company.
That Mr. Eccles means business Is
demonstrated in tho light of recent
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK PROSPEROUS
The nepubllcnn announced somo
time ago that the First National bank
ould spend about $10,000 In reraod--yng
tho banking house Wo nro now
informed that tho first shipment of
nmrblo has arrived and that tho work
wHl begin at onco. An entire now lino
of fixtures, together with furnlturo
from desks to chairs nnd hat racks
'll be Installed. Everything will bo
new. The finishing will be in marble
and Mexican onyx, and when com
plete will mako ono of tho owollest
and most up-to-date banking houses
west of tho Missouri river.
I Wink tho work is being dime,
1 which vlll tnko ab:ut thirty dajs, tho
I bvik will do business in tho Logon
I Kn ur.g Factory building, across the
1 street from tho post offlco.
X lllV M movo to tho knlttiv c
mj;'1r' building In a few days.,
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ctents beyond tho question of n
doubt. At a recent meeting of Com
mercial clubs In the county he took
tho people into bis confidence and
told them what he would and what
he Intended to do.
It was recently remarked by a cit
izen of standing and ability that
"David Eccles will not build a road"
nnd that "David Eccles Is In league
with the Oregon Short Line." All
that Is necessary to Bhatter such wild
statements Is to point to his past
achievements as the result of promise
and to recall his plain, frank, open
statemont at the club mooting
above mentioned and If perchanco
any further evidence should be nec
essary those strong, eloquent, whole
, .owicu, true testimonials to David "Ec
cles nnd hla nblllty hnd fidelity to
principle and promise, dellvorbd by
President H. E. Hatch, Dr. George
Thomas, Hon. C. Z. Harris and At
torney Fred W. Crockett will ccrtnln
ly sntlsfy tho most sceptical.
Probability vs. Possibility.
That the Eccles roml will soon be
In oporatlon, It given tho rIght-of-wa ,
Is certainly probable, from tho clr
tumstauces In tho case. The venture
Is financed, and tho money Is In tho
bank ready to bo checked out. Tnfc
bto-1 Is ordorcd, and no ono doubts
tho ability of David Eccles to push.lt
through. Tho road represented by
tho gentlemen nbovo named Is a pos
sibility. No ono doubts tho ability,
tho absolute sincerity and integrity of
such sterling cltlzenB as these, but
after all their vonturo must (odato
bo ranked among tho possible. Thirty
days must olapso in order to glvo an
engineer time to como from Now YJjrk
to look over tho ground nnd report to
Chicago financiers, beforo nny bond
will bo furnished, or the franchise
MRS. T. W. LLOYD
IS1LAIDT0 REST.
I'luitrnl services over tho remains
of Mju. T. W. Lloyd were held In to
rhb' ward mooting Jiouso Saturday at
11 o clock. Tho house was woll llllcd
with sympathizing friends and nsi
tlVes, many coming from Wollsvlllo,
tho town whero tho deceased spent
her younger days.
Addresses full of feeling, and tes
timonials to tho many good qualities
of tho deconsed lady were made by
Elders Samuel B. Mitten, Bishop
Franklin Gunnoll of Wollsvlllo, John
A.i Hondrlckson and Bishop G. B.
Thatcher. Musical numbers wero
furnished by Mr. Frank Baugh and
Lawronce Balloy and Ada MItton.
Mrs. Lloyd hnd beon a sufforor for
years, -yet alio always boro her suf
ferings with n womanly fortitude In
perfect keoplng with her beautiful
character. She was a good, devoted
wife nnd mothor such a mothor that
caused her sons, though strong men,
to weep at her. passing. She was
such n woman too, that all can re
jolco in her passing, knowing that her
sufferings nro ovor and her rlectlon
sure. Tho remains wero taken to
Wollsvlllo for interment.
Eldor Lorenzo Shurtllff of the Sixth
ward has returned homo after spend
ing over two years In tho British
mission. Eldor Shurtllff Is looking
woll and reports havlns enjoyed his
work.
signed. These thirty days nro day
ot possibility only. During that tlmo
tho Eccles road may bo well on Its
way to Smlthfleld, or If It bdcouiu
manifest that the county prefers the
other proposed road, It may bo aban
doned. Tho commissioners are .
tight place. If they grant tho fran
chise,, as requested, nnd tho Ecclos
Intorcsts retire the probability ot an
early road Is sacrificed, unless the
other Interests ranko good. If thoy do
not grant tho franchise and through
nny contingency the Eccles road docs,
not go through, tho possibility ot a
road Is sacrificed. It is puroly n ques
tion of the probablo against tho pos
sible, with a franchise representing
tho latter beforo the commissioners
for consideration, j , J. .
Wll) 'Consider Carefully.
'That the commissioners will con
sider tho matter carefully Is certain.
Tney are not ndlcted to hasty action
and will certainly place tho proposi
tion squarely before tho gentlemen
asking for tho franchise, ' and mnko
a plain stntement to tho people. At
this writing none of tho commission
ers hnvo formed an opinion ns to
their nctlon, not having had sufficient
tlmo to consider tho matter, and nro
at present busy studying thc situa
tion. It was roported that In nil prob
ability they will submit a franchise
such us thoy feol that thoy can grant,
and pass It providing Mr. Gollghtly ct
al will come forward with a bond for
?G,000 for faithful performance with
out delay. Thoso who nro closo to
tho commissioners say thoy will nev
er glvo any thirty days for nnyono
to furnish tho required bond, but that
they will demand tho bond Immediate
ly as tho first ovldcnco of something
doing.
PROVIDENCE
LOCAL NEWS
Providence, April 24. Mr. Joseph
Smith, Jr., has returned homo again
after spending tho winter In tho
north. Joe tolls us that tho people
In tho northern part of Idaho aro mill
r'elgh riding.
Tho Logan Sugar factory boys are
working hard for n first-class baseball
team this' year. There aro some
good men at tho factory and pros
pects aro favorable for a good lineup
this season. Tho team will be ready
for games with any of the surround
Ing teams soon.
Mr. Joseph Bullock Is preparing to
go to his farm In l'ocatello valley
this week.
Mri David Hansen has moved all
his llvo stock and machinery to Ida
ho, whero he has purchased a largo
farm.
Miss Tesla Thorpo has been
spending some few days. In Hyrum
visiting with friends.
Mr. William Affleck and family
epent Sunday In town.
Professor Samuol Oldham of tho B,
Y. college has been unablo to bo at
his post of duty for a fow days. At
the tlmo of tho big flro ho contracted
a cold which developed Into a sevoro
chsoof Ln grlppo.
CONVENTION TO
BE SUMMER
Intcr-Mountain Good Roads
.Association Recognized As
A Bower Affiliated With
Great Organizations. As
sociation To Be Real Live
. wire; 4
That 4ho Inter-Mountuin Good
Honda ' association of which William
Wallln" ot this city Is secretary, Is
coming tfi (vbo recognized aB a llvo
.ivlrtf- organisation, was evidenced tho
other dny when Secretary Wnlllu re
ceived a lotter from L. W. Pago of
Washington, D. C, president of tho
American Association for Highway
Improvement nnd of the American
Iload congress, two of tho greatest
good roads organizations ln tho
world. In his lotter President Pago
said:
"In order that tho American Itcnd
congress of 1912 may bo thoroughly
representative of all that Is best ln
tho organized movemont for better
roads, I am writing to ask your full
uud hearty cooperation. May wo
placo the name of your organization
on tho letter head of tho congress as
an affiliated body?"
Needless to add the secretary has
given tho required permission.
' C. It. Hnrtlett, librarian at Wash
Ington for the ., department of Wash
ington, has written the secretary for
a copy of tho proceedings of all the
animal conventions ot tho Inter
Mountain association for uso In the
library.
There Is a possibility of securing a
number of storcoptlcnn slides of good
roads from tho federal offlco of pub
lid roads at Washington, for exhibi
tion at tho third annual convention
m 0 m
Becomes The Head of Ameri
can Branch of Astor Family
Now York, April 25. Vincent Astor,
tho 20-year-old son of Colonel John
Jacob Astor, who went to his death
with tho sinking Titanic, was his
father's constant companion. Vincent
Astor, with his father's death, bo
comes tho head of the American
branch of tho Astor family. Ho was
born on November IB, 1801, ln tho
old William Astor mansion In Fifth
uvenue, this city, where tho Wajdorf
Astorla now stands. Ho was n deli
cate child and until ho cntorcd Har
vard last autumn ho spent about nix
months ff each yedr at his father's
country houso at Lcrnclutf, on tho
Hudson, threo 'months nt Newport
nnd threo months at tho town house.
Ho was always somewhat tall, with
dark, straight hair tnd dark bluo
eyes, resembling his father, especial
ly as to tho lower part of tho faco.
I'o accontpnnled his father on tho
trip to tho West Indies two years
ago In which tho Astor yacht Nour
mahl was not heard from for severul
weeks. John Jacob ABtor nnd his
son, Vincent, wero believed to havo
been drowned at that time. Vincent
Astor will sharo with his stepmother,
who Is about his own ago, tho J100,
000,000 estate lef by his father.
of tho Intor-Mountaln association nt
Logan ln Juno of this year. J. E.
Pennypnckcr of Washington, secretary
of tho American association for High
way Improvement, has Written Sec
retary Wallln that ho has taken tho
matter up with tho bureau nnd ex
pects success. Mr. Pcnnypackcr says
that If possible ho will attend the
Logan convention. Pocatollo Tribune
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Mrs. Alt Colo Is visiting in Suit
Lnko City.
Miss Nettle Ituud left the city for
Soda Springs yesterday.
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Mr. Georgo Fnrrell Is In tho city
from his Itush Valley farm for n few
days. Bishop 'Samuol Larklnson of Frank
lin Is In the city.
Mr. C.E. Merrill ot tho Itlchmond
Condensed Milk factory was In tho
city yesterday on business.
Tho baseball game on tho U. A. C.
campus yestcrdny aftornoon botwoon
the Aggies nnd tho B. V. U Provo,
team, resulted ln a completo victory
for tho farmers. Score 9 to 0.
Messrs. Thomas Oreaves of Pres
ton nnd N. E. Miller of Provldonco
wero ln Logan Saturday. Whllo horo
they purchusod 3,000 acres ot choice
land ln tho Salt Wolls valley from
tho Promontory-Curlow Land cdm
pany. Mr. Greaves la n prominent
merchant nnd dry fnrmor of Preston,
whero ho has an 1,100 ncro dry farm.
Mr. Miller is our own Cncho county
beo merchant. Both nro successful
men and nro going Into their now
field with chances In their favor.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY
COMMITTEE MEETS
The nopubllcun County committee
nitt y-btcr-. In reapoiue to ti.p
call of (Jh'ilrmr.u II. A. Pederson. The
commltteo decided to elect tho thlrty
bIx dolegates to tho Btato convention
at Provo from tho various districts ln
tho county on May 7 at 8 o'clock.
Official announcement will bo mndo
In detail In our next Issuo.
HARRY S. JOSEPH ;
ON "UTAH DAY."
Former Speaker Makes Some I jH
Good Suggestions. To have ! jH
Great Cities wc Must Have , : H
Great State. Favors Live JH
Bureau of Information. jH
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Hon. Harry S, Joseph, former j : H
speaker ot tho Utah houso ot rep- ; M
rescntntlves, has submitted tho fol- j IwH
lowing communication, which wo havo , I M
groat pleasure ln publishing. Somo I M
cry pertinent and timely suggestions
aro mndo, nnd wo Invito our readers fl
to n careful reading ot tho sumo: !'
Salt Lnko City, Utah, April 20, 1912 . iH
To tho Editor, Logan Republican, 'jlHH
Dear Sir: Tho fact that yesterday, Hi
"Utah Day," thero was a general ob- ll
scrvance ot tho spirit of tho organl'.cd 1 V
movement for n greater state, and i lH
that good cltlzons nssombled ln prac- l
tically every city and town lu tho H
slmo to discuss ways and mcaus to I .
accomplish this rosult (a vory com- il
mondablu Idea), prompts mo to of- iil
fcr a few suggestions ot my own. :1I
It strikes mo that wo will never iiH
havo a great city until wo havo a lH
great state. In our present hr.tiio to iH
dovelop tho city wo aro forgetting to H
develop tho stato. Our possibilities lil
as a city depend absolutely upon tho 'IH
state-wide development ot Utah's re- 'lH
sources. Tho two, go hand In hand. j!
No ono city, whntover Its population, (H
wealth, beauty or kindred standards 'H
may be, will ot ltsolt mako tho state .H
great. Of the present capital ln the !
city now available for development j H
work and similar enterprises, I sug- H
gest that more bo appropriated to tho I !,'
exploiting of tho natural resources of j H
tho stato and less to tho physlcul 11
upbuilding of n city which has al- '
ready materially outgrown Its popu- H
lutlon. The nioney thus expended H
will not, rob the city, but In n short I
tlmo to como return to bless It a I H
hundred fold. Tho state must bo the H
parent to tho city and paramount ln H
our jilaus. Wo havo been hitching
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Our Duty to The Farmer. I
An Interesting Article I
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By HOJtf. JOHJV M. A'DA.l'R OF IfiTHAJtA.. II H
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During my six years of servlep In
this body I have nought and taken ad
vantage of every oppottunlty to uso
both my voice and vote lu support
of legislation that would promote and
advanco tho Interests of tho Ameri
can farmer. Bjllovlng, ns I do, thai
tho prosperity ot tho country de
pends nlmost entirely upon tho sue
cess ot tho farmer, I havo felt It my
duty to support nil legislation that
would tend to build up and mnko more
profltablo tho business lu which h
Is engaged.
Mr. Speaker, I am horo represent
ing a largo agricultural district, whoso
farmers are Intelligent, Industrious,
progressive and successful. Wo know
out ln Indiana that their success
means tho success ot tho, merchant,
tho doctor, tho lnboror and tho me
chanic. Whllo I am not a farmer
myself, all tho business I havo de
pends upon the farmer, and If his bus
Iness Is not profltablo, my business is
llkewlso unprofitable. Tho fact Is,
agriculture Is tho foundation of nil
prosperity. It has built up and main
talnedour great manufacturing Indus
tries. It has made possible our boau
tltul and opulent cities bound togeth
er with bands or steel. It has fur
nlshed tho wealth that has oponod
up and boautlfled, no matter how ob
scure, evory holo and corner of this
vast universe. You may burn down
nnd destroy our splendid cltlos, and
tho wealth ot tho farm will rebuild
them nioro beautiful than boforo; but
destroy our farms and our cltlos will
docay and our people will starve
Mr. Speaker, appreciating theso
facts aa I do, I havo stood upon this
floor during tho past six years advo
cating meusures that In my Judgment
would tend to mako hotter tho condi
tions ot tho men who llvo upon tho
farm, nnd by whose toll our ontTro !
population Is fed, nnd upon whoso wel- M
faro and prosperity the country do- -
ponds. I havo been pleased to watch j M
tho growth of tho agricultural depart- M
mont. hero ln Washington. No do- M
partment of this government has dono M
bo much of genuine benefit to the M
country ns a whole as has this do- j M
partment. While I havo voted for and H
favored tho strictest economy In the j M
administration of governmental nt- M
fairs, 1 havo never yet, and will never, I H
voto to lower tho appropriations for 1 1
agricultural purposes. Each, year j M
sluco I "became n member I havo j H
holped to Increase tho appropriations H
ot tho depurtnicnt of agriculture In ' H
order that Its efficiency may, bo lm- H
proved and Its power for good lu- H
creased. ; H
Now, Mr. Speaker, I am going to ack ' H
this houso to go further ln Its effort I jfl
to further tho Interests ot tho Amcrl- 1 H
can farmer by passing Houso bill No. ) fl
22,m, a bill providing for tho estab- I H
llshmcnt of agricultural extension de-
pnrtmenta In connection with ngrlcul- H
tu-ul colleges In the sovernl states, H
which bill has been favorably reported H
by tho committee on ngrlculture, and ' 9
It enacted Into law will, In my Judg- j fl
mont, bo ot inestimable value- to tho j ' H
agriculturists of tho country. It Is fl
stated lu the very ablo report of the i H
commltteo that tho object of tho bill JM
Id to establish agricultural extensions IH
departments under tho direction ot S1H
tho land grant colleges ot tho sovoral H
states to aid ln carrying to tho peo- IH
phi usoful and practical information H
on subjects rotating to agrlculturo and J H
homo economies through field Instruc- fl
Hon, demonstrations, publications and fcfl
otbcrwlao. 119
Tho fedoral government has com- f H
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