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Show 0 SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH WOOD HAS VARIED CIVIL EXPERIENCE administrative qualities are TESTED AND PROVED IN HAN- - dling great business PROBLEMS. By EDWARD B. CLARK. From tiiiu1 to time people ask, What 1ms I men tin inlminlstrative and business experience of Leonard Wood? Wlnit 1ms lieen Ids experienee with men outside ol' the army? What does he know about conditions in the different parrs of the United States and in our overseas possessions? lias ho any thorough knowledge of foreign affairs and of our foreign relations? Tlie administrative qualities' of been tested and have Wood Leonard lias been American No living proved. tried more thoroughly than he in complex fields of constructive civil work, administrative work of the highest order which carried with it the necessity for file exercise of keen business acumen. The republic of Culm, built upon firm democt jtie foundations. Is a mon umenf to the administrative ability of Leonard Wood. In the Philippines is to be found another monument to his statesmanship. Leonard Wood graduated in medi cine from Harvard University in 1SS4 and served for more tnan a year in one of the great hospitals, later to lake charge of the charity departments in a section of t lie city of Boston where the poor lived. Not long after the completion of Wood's work iu Boston he became an assistant surgeon in the army, coming into contact with the western plains man, the miuer. the people generally, and giving much of his time to the work of assisting the Indians and to a study of the problems of irrigation and reclamation. Then for Leonard Wood there came four years in California. He coverts I lie state many times in pursuance of ids duties and extended his field as occasion required into the states of the Northwest. Then for two years he was in service in the South, having headquarters in Georgia. From the South Leonard Wood went to the city of Washington, where his work brought him into daily contact with Grover Cleveland. Then lie lmd the same intimate relations with Wil limn McKinley and the men of his time. Then came the Spanish war and the active campaign in Cuba as the colonel of the regiment of rough riders of which Theodore Roosevelt was the lieutenant colonel. At the close of the Spanish war Leonard Wood's supreme administra tive duties began. He was made the governor of the city of Santiago and a few weeks later of the entire eastern half of Cuba. Under Wood profiteering was abol ished, industry was built up, agricui . lure rehabilitated, hospitals organ ized, equipped and maintained, tens of thousands of people clothed and led and all this done in a thorough businesslike manner. It was clone un der tribulations which arose frdm the fact that the people were imto the point of starvatpoverished ion and had been dying by thousands for the lack of the things which Wood i quickly provided. Then there came the rehabilitation of the municipalities, the establish inent of schools, the opening of roads the organizing of government in the provinces, the readjustment of taxa tion and of the courts, and the work of providing for the thousands of chit dren made orphans by war or famine Timt-,,vits more business and more varieties of it than it has been the lot of many men ever to have placed upon their shoulders. Not long ifter this there came the greater opportunities in Havana. It was necessary to the election laws to make them tit the habits of the people. Production had to be stimulated, for agriculture was the main source of the islands wealth. Here again the same measures were followed and as a result there were established law and order, protection of life and property, and liberty within the law. These were the foundation stones. Wood knew that the government must be run by the Cubans, and so 90 per cent of the ollicinls engaged in the great work of reconstruction were selected from the people of the island. The Cubans were taught government "Idle the government was being built nnd thus they were aide to'run it when the rule of the island was turned over to its inhabitants. When it became necessary to reorganize the Cuban railroads Wood secured the services of Sir William Van Ilorne, president of the Canadian Pacific, and of Granville M. Dodge, builder of the 'Union Pacific. The same general policy was followed in dealing with the problem of . te caring for the tens of thousands of orphans that had been left by the war. Homer Folks, comhilssioner of charities of ffie state of New York, was called to Cuba by Wood to old in tlto THIRD establishment of a system for placing nnd permanently earing for these little desolates. Chief Justice White of the Supreme court of the United States, at that time an associate justice, was consulted as to the method to be pursued in reorganizing the courts. Illinois Executive Shows That Leonard Wood was in Cuba about four years. He left there a reorganBusiness Methods More Than ized and sound banking system,- - a Counteract High Prices. good railroad system,. no debts, nearly in unincumbered the $2,000,000 money treasury, a sugar crop of nearly 1.000,-00- 0 tons, sound municipal laws, fine A RECORD Or ACHIEVEMENTS public works, a firm agricultural foundation and an absolute respect among the people for life nnd propExecutive Departments Consolidated erty. The school system which Wood Business Men Put in Office established was founded on the laws Financial Policy ApSound of Massachusetts anil Ohio. Roads to State plied were built which made communication Affairs. The his erected under speedy. hospitals supervision were of the highest type. Gov. Frank O. Lowdens great recLord Cromer said he wished this American officer was available to fol- ord as war exmuie of Illinois liai: work made him one of tla leading candilow; him in bis reconstruction in Egypt. Elilni Root said this work dates for t lie Republican nomination for president. It is a story of adminnever was paralleled in colonial posistrative achievements. Every pledge sessions anywhere. Theodore Roosevelt said that Leonard Wood has to the people has been redeemed. rendered services to Culm of a kind Despite high prices and unsettled , which, if performed three thousand conditions due to the war, Gov. the oi him by a would made have practical years ago, application hero mixed up with the sun god in va- business methods to the management of the states ul'fairs, reduced the tax rious ways. After the Cuban experience Wood rate in Illinois 33 per cent in two was for five years In the Philippines years. Ills friends are certain that he confronted, wdth the difficult labor of cun do for the nation what lie 1ms establishing a civil government, this done for Illinois in the matter of good time among a Mohammedan people. government and lower taxes if he is There he did the same successful given Lite opportunity. work he did in Cuba. When Governor Lowden assumed ofThis period of residence in the Philfice as executive of Illinois in Januippines gave Wood an opportunity to ary, 1917, the state treasury was pracstudy conditions in lie British colotically bankrupt. There was only $330 nies, Borneo, Singapore, and to keep to the credit of the general fund, in close touch with conditions in when outstanding hills had been paid. Japan and along the China const. One of liis first ollicial acts was to Wood traveled through India, spent abolish limliy political jobs by comsome time with the Dutch in Java, and bining the work of 123 different dew'ith Lord Cromer in Egypt. He partments and bureaus into nine com gained and retained knowledge of all pact central departments. Gov. Lowwhich at that tinfc came under his studen also had tlie state adopt a budget dious observation. system which lie thought would be a Then Leonard Wood became chief model for other commonwealths. He of the general staff of the United placed business men and trained ex $tates army, in whose hands rests perts In charge of each of these de very largely the direction and adminpartments with gratifying results to istration of the mf.itary establishment, the taxpayers. which after all is 90 per cent a busiThe cost of conducting the state ness matter, , government was reduced hundreds ot The administrative career of Leonthousands of dollars a year while the ard Wood is spread upon the records of service to the public showed of his country. The work which he quality a marked impiovement. Tlie effects has done is lasting. It is a statesof a business fdwinlstration in the mans work. state were manifest In a short time. The state gradually built up a cash balance and was able to discount its LOWDEN CUTS TAXES IN 1110 YEARS is considered a bachelor, and every young fellow of the right stuff looks forward to the time when he can have his own cozy nest and wife and babies. Low-den- Your Big Desire Will Be Realized Sooner If You Start a Savings Account Here 1 0000000000000 0 In turning over a 0 new leaf, be sure 0 & a 1,0,00' to lay f0 V.i .'if': 0 0 won t fly 0 0 back. 00 0 0000000000000 pound weight on V: it, so it . , YEARS MERELY LIFES CHAPTERS Offer Opportunity for Each of Us , to Write Therein a Record. Better Than the Preceding. THE coin irig year lies spread the white plain that from the roadside to the distant forest where the gray squirrels are making tracks in the light snow. On this white sheet a little record may be written; not a full life story, but merely a brief chapter or two, like the chapters of squirrel life that may be read by one who today ventures into the white forest. It is a great mystery that lies ahead, a treasure house of endless possibilities. The span of a mans life Is short; shorter in absolute measurement than the span of a year. For each year, when October fades Into November, has wrought completeness. No human life can bring completeness. It cannot bring completeness of knowledge or completeness of happiness or completeness of good works. The best man can do, In his poor, limited way, Is to glean as much wisdom and win as much happiness and do as much good as the number of his days permits. When the human October fades it may thus be rich and peaceful and without the scars of stormy days or the blight of wasted days and without undue regret that what should have been seen and known and done has not been seen and known and done. WANTED cash price paid. Hyrum. Chickens, highest Jensens Grocery, Adv. better citizen than the HYRUM STATE BANK Sihseribe For SOUTH C ACHE COURIER $1.50 a v- ar in Advance AL KINDS OF , - JOB PRINTING 7 . I ' bills. As a practical illustration of what good government means it is officially estimated that Illinois will have a cash balance of $9,877,223 on hand July 1, 1920, in spite of a reduction of 33 per cent in the tax rate. This is what Gov. Lowdens business administration has done for Illinois. In addition to these things Gov. Lowden succeeded in accomplishing these concrete results: Began work on the states $00,000.-00good roads system. Two hundred miles of good road were built last year. One thousand miles will he completed in 1920. , Authorized the beginning of work on the last link of the state's system of waterways which will connect the Groat Lukps with the Mississippi river. Obtained needed tax reforms for the AT THIS OFFICE 0 ' people. , Reorganized the states penal and charitable' institutions on a humane basis. Brought about a constitutional convention for Illinois, which is now in session forming a new basic law for the. state. Friends of Gov. Lowden believe that actions speak louder than words, and they point to Ids public record as evidence that he is the type of man needed for president in this critical period of the countrys history. LOWDEN SPONSORS-GOO- ROADS I V through the moult is like going through REMEMBER, going of sickness. To force out the old quills and grow new feathers saps a hens vitality. Jf you expect your hens to be fall producers and winter layers, jfc during and after the moult. W then feed them Poultry Pan-a-ce-a i will start your pullets and moulted tens to laying " It contains Tonics that put your moulted hens in fine Iron Tonics that tone un tbe dormant egg organs hen rich, red blood and a red that gives a moulted, comb. It contains internal antiseptics that destroy disease No disease where perms that may be lurking in the system. con-d;tio- D MOVE run-dow- ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF 4,800 . MILES OF HIGHWAY. Under tlie direction of Gov. Frank Illinois has begun the construction of a system of 4,800 miles of good, roads at a cost of $S7,000,000, which, when completed, will cause and farmers to rejoice. Two hundred miles of good roads were built lust year nnd plans have been made for the construction of more than 1,000 miles this year. When tlie work Is completed Illinois will have one of tlie finest systems of hard roads in tlie country. The oiers of tlie state approved a $60,000,000 bond issue for good roads, and with tlie federal government appropriation tbe sum available for trunk line, hard surfaced highway! fixed at $87,000,000. P n regularly. It pays to feed It brings back the singing it brings back the scratching it brings back the cackle. Thats when you get eggs; and its eggs you want fall eggs, winter eggs when eggs are eggs. Pan-a-ce- O. Lowden, bas-he- en WW m f. -a is fed. Pan-a-ce- -a FOR SALE AT ALLEN BROTHERS j Tell us how many hens you have." Well tell you how much Pali- ft ot k li buy. - |