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K j iaqk roim ' THE t-OQAN bpu'LiCAN thurdav February e n13 , J THE LOGAN REPUBLICAN H ! ' Published By The H I LOQAN NEWSPAPER COMPANY, LOGAN, UTAH H ' Omclal llcpubllcau Organ of Cacbo County, Utah H ; Entered at tho Postofllco every Tuesday, Thurs- B day and Saturday, at Logan, Utah, 6b Second Class H ' Matter. H SUBSCRIPTION RATES H By Mall H One Tear ?3.Q0 H I, Six Months 1.60 H Three Month 75c H By Carrier H Ono Year 3.60 H I Six Months 1.76 H ; Tbreo MonthB 0c H ' It Not Paid In Advanco, Add 60 Cents Per Year M Subscribers wishing address of paper changed M ; will plcaso glvo former as well as present address. M All papers nro continued until ixpllclt order Is re- H celved to discontinue. All arrears must bo paid In fl ovory case. I HONORS DAVID ECCLES M Tho American Sugar Industry, u monthly fl magazlno of over ono hundred pages, woll edited H nnd lavishly lllustrntcd, devotes a pago of Its Jan- (uory number to Hon, David Kccles. It produces a very line half lono of tho great financier nnd Bays: BEfl With tlio death of David Kccles on December M G thcro passed out of Utah and tho West one of M tho builders of tho Inland Kmplrc. Hardly a. big H cntcrprlso that had as Its object the advancement M of tho Northwest, but David Kccles was Identified H with It. Ills denth means u public loss as great H nnd overwhelming ns It was sudilen and unoxpect- H cd. Kmplro builder, multimillionaire, yet his man- H ncr of llfo wns uniformly sano nnd slmplo nnd his H bearing quiet and unassuming. Ills llfo and achiovo H ments emphasize tho fnct that big. men aro not H necessarily those who wait for opportunity; they H make tho opportunity. His was not n sudden and H spectacular rlso to power and wealth duo to any H lucky clrcumstnnco or combination of clrcumstnn- H f ces, but rnthcr tho resistless, onward sweep of a H llfo marked out from tho beginning for big things. fl That ho achieved tho big things and yet kept his H head Is probably duo to tils hardheaded Scottish H ancestry. H David Kccles was born at Paisley, Scotland, H on May 12, 1841), tho sou of William Kccles and H Sarah Hutchinson Kccles. His father was a wood H turner by trndo. Ho was not a university man. M His only schooling, outside tho broad education ho H received in Life's school, was received in one term H at tho common schools of early Ogden. M lit tho spring of 18G3 tho family came to Amerl- M Icn, arriving nt Ogden, Utah, In October H of that year. Later young Kccles went to Ogden B Valley and became tho solo support of tho family. H Four years later, or In 18C7, ho decided to go far- H tber west, and went Into Oregon, locating nt Ore- M gon City. Ills connection with the lumber industry H traces from that year when ho went to work lu M tho timber of Oregon and Washington, a conncc- M tlon that ho kept up to tho day of his death. Af- H ter spending two years In Oregon, young Kccles B returned to Ogden Valley, but still continued to M work in tho timber until in 1873, when by thrift nnd economy ho had managed to savo sulllcicnt money to go Into business for himself. A sawmill was purchased. Within a year n partnership wns Hi formed between Mr. Kccles and two other men, tho stylo of tho firm being Gibson, Kccles & Van Noy, nnd a lumber yard was opened. Incidental- ly, it may bo remarked that his vonturo was made upon tho very same slto of tho present great lum- her business owned by Mr. Kccles nt tho tlmo of M his death, i Mr. Kccles has from tho beginning been Idea- I tilled with tho lumber industry, and up to tho tlmo Bf ft of his death wns hcaMly Interested In operations Bl lu Oregon. Closely connected with lumber mnnu- HBl fncturlng always have been and probably always HBl will bo tho building and operation of railroad lines Bl it is, therefore, only natural that among other HBl things Mr. Kccles wns n builder of railroads. Ho Bl built two lines In Oregon, one, tho Sumter Valley railroad, running from linker City into tho John Day country, nnd tho other, tho Mount Hood rail- Bl road, running from tho town of Hood River toward M Mount Hood. J336fl HBl, Among other big things with which tho dead man was Identified wns tho Utah Construction Co. HBJ u gignntlc railroad construction corporation, which built a lino for tho Western PaclHc from Utah to HB California, which Is said to constltuto tho largest ' railroad coutruct over let to any ono company west HB of Chicago. Mr. Kccles was president of this big HB corporation, nnd the immense undertaking was V ; mado possible largely by his standing and intlu- HB M Mr. Kccles' connection with tho beet sugar In- H. I dustry Is so well understool thnt It would hardly Hr I Bet,m necessary to review it lu detail at this time B' I Of course, wherever tho name of tho Amalgamated H ' Sugar company Is spoken It Is known that David HB . Kccles was Its president, licet sugar unimcstiou- H I nbly is tho greatest enterprise- In 'which ho over BBj embarked. Ho was ono of tho promoters of tho H ' Ogden Sugar factory In 1898 and in tho sumo year BV ho built tho sugar factory at Logan. Tho consoll- BBJ dntion of llicuo two companies was effected In H 1902, under tho name of tho Amalgamated Sugar BBj company with Mr. Kccles ns president. B) Altogether, It Is estimated that Mr. Kccles was BBl connected with twenty-seven companies, being pros- H! ldent of seventeen of them among which nro banks H Interurbnn lines, railroads, lumber companies, and, H of course, his woll known connection with tho H; '' Utah sugar Industry. BH ' Mr. Kccles death wns sudden Apoplexy was WK tho cause. Ho was In his usual good health only H a few minutes beforo tho fatal stroko camo nnd Hj in fifteen minutes ho had breathed his last. So H' sudden was the end that this man of affairs, sugar H magnate, lumber king, nnd banker, died In tho H1 emergency hospital of a Salt Lako pollco station. H In tho excitement, oven his Identity was not real- HL ized until ho had taken his Inst breath. Hf Funeral services wero held nt Ogden on the m . v .bbv -!Bam bWbbL. tenth. As a trlhuto of respect to tho dead man, all tho Industries with which ho had been connect edlumber mills, sugar factories, street railways suspended operations for flvo minutes as tho body was being carried Into tho tabernacle for the sad ceremony to follow 'f r V V INTEREST ON PUBLIC FUNDS Tho Question of Interest on state funds ought not hinge upon the personal decision of a state treasurer. If tho principle in Itself Is proper, and he would be rash Indeed who questioned It, It should bo mado operative cither through statute or constitutional amendment, Stnto treasurers servo their tenure and depart; tho policy of ono may not bo that of his successor. If the collection of interest on tho people's money is mado manda tory by statutory or fundamental law, tho rotation lu tho treasurer's olllco will not affect tho opera tion of tho principle. It is not seemly thnt the public funds should bo mado a matter of prlvato negotiation between the treasurer and tho bank he selects, whether tho Income nccruo finally to the taxpayern or to tho treasurer himself. Tho pres ent incumbent announces that tho arrangement he has been trying to effect Is not satisfactory, and ono can well bellovo It. Interest on stnto funds was n mooted subject during tho recent stnto campaign nnd public Inter est lu It Is by no means abated. Wo have hereto fore expressed our doubt whetnor, under tho pres cnt reading of tho constitution, n valid law could bo enacted providing for tho collection of Interest Hut so many nblo students of tho law nnd of tho constitution believe It possible thnt wo can but de fer to their professional Judgment, nnd urge thnt tho Legislature, despite such arrangements ns the treasurer may bo able to make, write a method Into the statutes and thus mnko mandatory and lawful what Is now n matter of personal choice. Under tho existing system, each succeeding stato treasurer, has no ofllce, but becomes tho ten ant of somo favored bank, often going upon tho bank's payroll to perform duties that aro loss than nominal and nt a salary that Is considerably more than nominal. So frankly has tho profitable, con nection botween tho state's financial officer and tho bank been paraded on occasion in tho past that ono wonders why tho people hnvo endured It. Tho otllclal charged with responsibility for the funds of a sovereign stato should bo furnished an office by his employer tho commonwealth; . ho should be under no obligations to Interests whose deep concern In tho whercnboutB of tho people's money Is prompted by tho profit they get out of It. Those who havo tho use of stnto money should pay tho state for It, Just as tho borrower of'prl vato capital pays a proper return to the lender. This is the broad gonorol prlnclplo thnt should be established by law; to tho legislators may safely bo entrusted tho task of arranging tho detnlls. It is Impossible that financial Institutions should bid for tho uso of state money, with nn award to the highest bidder. Any argument against this thnt Includes tho stntcment thnt an unsafe or insolvent bank might securo tho funds is worse thnn ab surd; n proper method of safeguard can be onsily Invented, This matter Is Important to the peoplo nnd Is vital to tho future success of tho party that Is In tho Legislature. Tho Republican stnto platorm took a firm stnnd upon It nnd it thus has becomo a party pledgo that tho party should redeem Iler-nld-Ilcpubllcnn. -t. .?- -. -- -' 'F V V EDUCATION lu addition to the 81.1 per cent of taxes do oted to education, ns shown in our last issue, tho various Btato educational Institutions wero many jenrs ago mado tho principal ownors, under grants from tho national government, of about seven mil lion acres of land, ilvo nnd a half million of which wero sot nsldo for the upkeep of tho district schools. A portion of this land has been and is now bolng sold (roughly 38 per cent of It so far), and tho proceeds reinvested. Thoro Is conscquent 1 In tho hands of th0 stnto land board a stead ily rising total of (at tho present moment) about Ilvo and a half millions of Interesting bearing pa per, tho Income from which can never bo dherted to any other purposo than tho maintenance of tho stnto Institutions. About two nnd a qunrtci mil lions of this consist of deferred payments on land contracts, drawing Interest nt 5 per cent About threo nnd a quarter millions nro Invested in mort gages, bonds, etc. Tho activity of tho land board Is Indlcnted by the fact that during tho lasi two years It has sold 2G9.400 acres Involving n purclmBO prlco of $712,900. To gho n still better Idea of tho stress laid by tho stale nnd local authorities upon education al work, It may b0 said that during tho two year period ending Juno 30, 1912, almost $7,700.000 sovonty dollars for every child of school age- wero spent In tho upkeep of tho elementary and high schools of tho Btnto. Tho ono Item of alterations and now construction on school buildings has alone taken $1,370,000 of this sum. Tho vnluo of lands nnd buildings occupied by tho flvo stnto education Institutions nmounts to $2,900,000 (est). Adding $7,800,000 as tho vnluo of city and county proper ty, tho total of Utah Investment in educational plants becomes $10,700,000; nnd it spent nearly $5,C00,000 In 1912 to maintain, operate and extend them. Such generous provision has resulted In cen tralized and graded schools and rural high schools though tho Btato Is sparsely populated. It Is to tho ovcrlastlng credit of tho pioneers of Utah that In nlmost ovcry town, tho largest and best buildings nro tho school houso and tho church. National Copper Dank. .J. .J. .J. .J. Hook love, my friends, is your pass to tho greatest, tho purest, and tho moBt perfect pleasuro that Ood has prepared for Ills creatures. It biHts when nit other pleasures fndo. It will support you when all other recreations aro gono. It will last you until your denth. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live Anthony Trollopo. J, . j, Water, air and cleanliness nr,- ho chief arti cles In my phnrmncopela. Nnpoledn. I ....i J ! aRANDFATHErCwiTH HIS " UET I ME IN8TRUCT YOU" In the January American Magazlno Brand 'Whltlack, Mayor of Toledo, Ohio begins a series -of personal rem iniscences under tho title of "Forty Years of It." Tho first artlclo la en titled "A Uoy and Ilia Grandfather." Whltlock tells about becoming a free trader as a young man and how he dreaded to meet his grandfather at Urbana. Ohio where tho old gentle man bad lived In Republican content ment. Tho story goes on: "For tho first tlmo in my life I went on my vacation to Urbana that summer with reluctance for tho first time In my llfo I shrank from Beelng my grandfather. Tho wldo front door opened and from tho heat without to the dark and cool Interior of tho ball I stepped: I prolonged tho prelim inaries. I went through tho familiar apartments nnd out Into tho garden to see how It grow that summer and down to tho stable to see the horses but tho Inevitable hour drew on and nt last with all tho trlval things said all tho personal questions asked wo sat In tho living room cool In tho half-light produced by its drawn shades the soft air of summer blow ing through it, tho odd old Nurem berg furniture, tho painting of tho Nuremburg cnstlo presented to him by the American artlBt whom he re scued from a scrape tho tall pier glass with tho llttlo vaso of flowers on Its marble base and my grand father In his largo chair his white waistcoat half unbuttoned and ono sldo sagging with the weight of tho heavy watch chain that deconded from Its largo hook his wnito beard trimmed a llttlo moro closely his white hair bristling as aggressively as ever all tho same all as of old like the reminders of the old llfo ana all Its traditions now to bo broken and rendered frever and tragically different from all It had been meant. Ho sat thcro looking at mo tho blue eyes twinkling under their shaggy brows, and stretched forth his long white hnnd In tho odd gesture with which ho began his conversations. Conversations with him It suddenly1 dovoloped, wero not easy to sustain ho pursued tho Socratlc method. If you disagreed with him, ho lifted threo fingers toward vou, whether In menace or In benediction it wns difu' cult at times to determine, nnd said: "Let mo Instruct you." For Instanced '"Do you know why Napoleon III. lost the battle of Sedan? ho might abruptly inquire. "'No, sir,' you wero expected to say. ('You always nddrcssed him as sir.') '"Let me Instruct you.' Or: '"Do you know who wns tho great est Kugllsh poet?' '"No Blr,' you would say, or, per haps, In those days you might ven ture, 'Wns It Shakespeare, sir?' Then ho would. look at you and say: '"Let mo Instruct you.' "This nfternoon then, after I had inspected tho premises, noticed how much taller my cousin's ilr treo wns than tho ono I called mlno (wo had planted them ono day, as llttlo boys, years before) and after I had had a drink at the old pump which in thoso dnys, beforo germs, brought up such cold, clear water, and nftcr I had ascended to my cool room up stairs, and coino down stairs again and wo had Idly talked for a llttlo while, as I said, ho sat and looked at mo a moment, and then said: "Do you understand this tariff question?" "In thoso dab 1 might havo mado tho due, what I might term with ret erenco to thnt situation tho conven tional reply and said: "'No sir "In theso days 1 am suro I would Hut I hesitated. Ho had already stretched forth his hand. "'YeB, sir,' I said. "Ho drew In his hand, and for an InBtnnt touched with his long fing ers tho end of his largo nose. I plunged ahead. '"I am In favor of freo trade, sir.' "Ho did not extend his hand. Ho looked at mo a moment, and then ho said: '"You aro qulto right; wo must support Mr. Clovcland in tho coming contest.' "And bo sank back In bis chair and laughed. "Ho was alwayu llko that, follow ing tho truth as ho saw it, wherovor It led him." W. n. Fox, 19., W. Washington street, Noblesvlllo, Ind., says: "Af ter suffering many months with kid ney troublo, nftcr trying othor reme dies and prescriptions, I purchased a box of Foley Kidnoy Pills, which not only did mo raoro good than any oth er remedies I over usod, but havo positively set my kldneyB right, Oth cr members of my family havo usod them with similar results." Take at tbo first sign of kidney trouble Co op Drue Co. (Advertisement) MEETS FIRST BIGJEFEAT Loses Its Suit Against the United Shoe Company In U. 9. Supreme Court Washington, Fob. 3. The govern ment today suffered Its first big de feat in the recent anti-trust campaign when tho supreme court held that tho officials of tbo United States Shoo Machinery company bad not vi olated tho Sherman anti-trust law by organizing that company. The court, however, did not pass upon legality of tbo system by which the company leases machines on terms that no "independent" machinery be used. Tho action of tbo supremo court today grow out of Mnssachussetts federal court's annulling ono of two Indictments brought against Shoo machinery company officials. Tho Massachusetts court took tho posi tion that; tho Indictment did not stato nn offense- under tho Sherman law. Tho government appealed to tho supremo court by vlrtuo of tho criminal appeal act of 1907, on tbo ground thnt it did stato an offense Tho government In tho Indictment alleged that Sldnoy W. Wlnslow, Kdward P. Hurd, Georgo W. Drown, William Harbour nnd Elmer P. Howe, violated tho law first by or ganizing tho United Shoo Machinery corporation and second by a system of leasing their machines whereby patrons wero compelled to promise not to uso any machinery mado by Independents and to use only that mado by tho alleged combine. Tho chargo was that tho shoo ma chinery corporation took over tho business of tbo Consolidated and Mackay Lasting Machine company, manufacturing CO per cent of all lasting machines; tho Mackay Shoo Machinery company, manufacturing 70 per cent of all heollng machines and 80 per cent of all metallic fas tening machines, of tho Goodyear Shoo Machinery Co., manufactur ing 80 per cent of tho welt sowing and out solo stitching machines. Tho government claimed this put about 80 per cent of tho business of shoo manufacturing into ono con cern and that being an unduo pro portion of tho trndo was a violation of tho law. It did not claim that there had been unfair competition as in the Standard Oil and Tobacco cases. Tho shoo machinery officials de clared tho supremo court could not review tho action of tho Massachus etts courts beeauso tho criminal ap peals act was repealed by not being Included In tbo judicial codo of 1912, and also claimed that tho organiza tion of tho corporation was a norm al trndo development. They further urged that tho groups consolidated In tho corporation wero non-competing nnd that tho leasing system was Justified by tho patont laws. ADVERTISED LETTERS Logan, Utah, Feb. 4, 1913. Ucnd, Stella. , Dalley, Roy. Williams, W. W. JOSKPII ODELL, Postmaster. ' WILL FIGHT BUILDING OF MORE BATTLESHIPS r , Washington, JFeb. 4. With "no battleships" as their slogan, mem bers of thQ House opposed to a big navy secured today a sufficient nunr bor of signatures to a petition for a Democratic caucus on the question of how many battleships shall bo used this year. The caucus -will be held before Friday, when tb0 Houso naval affairs committee Is scheduled to vote on the new construction sec tion of the naval appropriation bill. Representative Sherwood of Ohio , started the movement for tho caucus 41 He and other signers of tho petl- " tlon bop to havo the majority vote against any appropriation for battle ships on tho grounds that economy domnnds such a stand by tho Demo crats. It has been conceded gener ally that tho naval affairs commltteo would report a provision for two bat tleships. Sentiment among tho Democrats is divided, but only a small number can bo found to predict that tho cau cus will commit Itself to a "no bat tleship" program. 100 YEARS OF UONISM" Exclusively Sanctioned by the Mormon Church The Greatest 6D00 Feet of Reel Ever Produced Depict ing an Historical Sacred And Secular Story I FRIDAY 8:15 P. M. Special Matinee SATURDAY 6 P. M. Sat. Evening 9 P. M. Prices 20c, 35 c, Children - - 15c IP I HAD SAVED H jijplffliiY - The stls)&n5p Start A BANK ACCOUNT Tbday THEIR earnings have been sufficient but their savings have not. A bank ac count insures perfect independence in mature years. 0 FMNationalBank Capital SIOI.OOO.OO. Surplua 916,000.00. Uepoilf f3oo,ooo.oo Mflcors President, THOMAS SMART, Cashier, ALLAN M. PLEMINCJ, VleePr.s, JAMES QUAYLE, Asst. Cashier, H. E. CROCKETT, 2nd yies-Prsi., J NO. H. ANDERSON.