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Show t H.V Saturday, July 4, 1908. , j . , YHE TRIWEEKLY JOURNAL; LOGAN. UTAH. tinned above! V a, trifle over fifty Mexican charge ' t tMMMMMMMHMfa fc nameshave not at .Washington, thoro of been selected alt random or with the 1! nation hh Acting Secre the intention of bolstering up a tary of &tate Bacon. ' Attorney-Qenenl- ' theory, but with the purpose of Bonapav'e, whose de- seven.J-The- Se - -- also-had- - ""WHATTHE URITICS SAY -- f - TH of Aerje Age Wos end Stiteimen ' By JAMES A. Cepyr.aKl. 1908. by EDGE ETON June We hear much in these days of, the young men who lo things1 and of the young men crowding the old out of the active walks of life, but it probably never occurred tQ those who pult forward these claims that leading men are much older on the average now than they were in the time of the Revolution. Young Taking of (the most prominent twenty-fiv- e war for independthe figures of ence at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we find they average slightly undey forty. Taking a like number of the most conspicuous men who are doing things in our day, they are discovered to, average a trifle over fifty seven. If it be objected that the work of leaders was the Revolutionary in five years 1776, scarcely 'begun can be added, carrying the period up to 1781, or very nearly the end of the var. Even then the aver- the struggle. tut 8 A. Cdaerton I ! 5 American men won MI J e Fony-fiv- sl Leading Men of Today Older Than the Men of '7i Soldier four. This was also the age of Joseph Warren when he" fell at Bunker Ilill the year before. Thomas Jefferson, who had been deputed by congress to draw up the Declaration, was thirty-threJohn Paul Jones, who was to defeat the British in so many sea Nathan fights, was twenty-eigh- t. Halo, who was to reach immortality through being executed by the English, was twenty-one- . Lee, who Light Horse Harry was to' lead Lees legion, was Alexander II amilton, twenty. who was to be Washingtons aid and distinguish himself at York- town, was nineteen The Marqus e. de Lafayette, who a little later was to endear himeslf to all (true American hearts, was the young-c- s t of the Hst eigh f f 'em:;The"av- eijge of th is ist cf twenty-fivhas been said, "was a very little under forty "years n A, very interesting fact in with this immortal twen-tyfivis that of the twenty-tw- o or age was onlyabouit forty-fivtwelve years under that of today; tic month of whose birth is If it is still further objected that younger men would naturally be at the front in war than in peace, thalt may be granted, and still it would not account for so great a O'screpaney as that, here shown. The truth is that longevity of the race is increasing and men keep their powers to a later period of life than ever before. This faeft has been demonstrated and commented on by scientists and statisticians. SWAMP FOX. WAS FOBTTThe American Revolution was MARION. TH P9CB- v a young mans war, at least so known ten of them, tr nearly one-- 1 far as the colonists were . consaw the light in January cerned. On July 4, 1776, the old- T if, wo was the highest number born est of a celebrated group of any other month. The ten who twenty-fiv- e was Benjamin Franklwere born in Januaiy are as in, then seventy. "Next was IsPaul Revere, Jan. 1; rael Putnam, who hhd distinJ&n. 7 ; Ethan AlPutnam, guished himself the ye&r before Jan. len, '10; Alexander Hamilat Bunker Ilill, He was fifty-ligh- t. ton, Jan.' 11; John Hancock, Jan. Samuel Adams, , the 12; Benedict Arnold, Jan. 14; 1 e, eon-ratio- e, - fol-idw- s: Israel stanch friend 0 f liberty, 5 Benjamin Franklin, R chard ITenry G Light Horse Harry Thomas Paine, Jan 20. Comparing tlw ages of the Re vj.'nt ionary group w'th those of f conspicuous a like number Americans .who are doing things today, we find the following , wd Count de jrasse, who was la cornua a n d the Frerch land forces, was, Col- ifty-on- e. onel re-salt- William reseotfc, s: the dent and his Bunker 1. Hill, wa3 fifty . General Horatio Gates, who was to Burgoyne into a pocket, was caoigel-i- s fifty-fou- r. president himself is forty-u:ESecretry Root sixty-threSecretary ,, Taft fifty; Attorney General Bona, rte Secretary Corttl oa forty six ; Secretary Garfield is forty-twy Secretary Wilson Metcalf is fifty-fouand Steretary Straus Postmaster General Meyer fifty. Of the opposition party William Of the J. Bryan is forty-eigh- Ybe e, e, put s fifty-seve- forty-ei- n, -- o, .eventy-two-ecretar- r, fifty-seve- n t. r. Can-110- 0 - e. e. -- o, r. fifty-eigh- t, o. 1 e. -- - of the . Uirted States to i see teat s'rict neutrality is ol-- j serve1 was at the war department and had talks with Secy. Taft and with Gen. Pell, chief ol staff of the army. All the jfgen cies of the gove.-iimeare now at work along the same lines in the efli.it to prevent any substantial aid being gum to the Mpxi-- j cans from sympathizers acrov; the holder.. Outbreak Spreads. El aso, Texas, July "l.-T- he first reolutiouary 'outbreak hi Iks "Stay SattsffattoryKafiga Mexico beyond ibe the borders of Codlniila occurred this hmrning at 4 0 clock, whenthe garrison at Pa.omas Chihuahua. 70 mi es west of this city, was ;tf We tacked by a band of 50 men, wh ' clings more a 0110 loss of with .swere closely to old killed and one captured. tradit i o.ns! There were 14 gun ids stationed Thetime of at the .Mexican post when .the at- human upHARDWARE tacking party .surmised the town heaval is one Moijt of..tht;.,insiirgrnts were armof the intens-s- t ed, with rude Walloons and hom'i action, and made implement of warfare. ' he young Aceoiding to a dispatch reeiev-e- d nan is in his here from Columbus, N. M.. element. The across theriver from Palomas, THE QUALITY STORE . French revoJuan lorreou, the Mexican generlution is a al, has arrived Hieve from Paloof youthconspicuous example mas, bearing dispatches to his ful leadership. The Puritan re- government- concerning the MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING volution in England . showed a It began when a bomb was THE SKIDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS somewhat greater age in its most thrown into the, telegraph office, notable men, but even then the thus shutting off communicaition Crush and mix In feed or salt Proper dote In tablets tois it than lower was MAKES YOUlt STOCK LOOK LIKE THE TOP PRICE average with outside points. In the fight day. But --'of all the crucial which followed several hundred S0"1'" " CLP Fetd or Bran. Ak for tod tr oact SKIDOO Condition Worm, Kidney, Chicken Cholera, Blitter. Heave, Fever, Hot Cholera tablet, Louae Powder, epochs in the worlds history the shots were fired and many bombs Table!, Spavin Cure, Barb W ire Liniment, Pink Eye, Diatemper, Colic or Bone Stiffener Tablet. American war for independence were thrown at tie headquarters FOR BY SALE CITY DRUG CO. probably showed the lowest aver- of the officers. age of age in its great men. That Owing to the fact that the was the young mans era. bombs were the officers - The ages of the British com- wefe able to throw them away manders in that contest were Let ore they explore 1, thus saving much more advanced than those the building and their own lives. on our own side. This was also The fight lasted ore hour,' aftr true of the ministry and promi- which the attacking party fled to 320 ACRES FIRST CLASS LAND IN LEWISTON, UTAH, WITH ALL IMPROVE-MENT- S nent men in England who direct- ihe fountains well ff Palomas. FOR SALE CHEAPCAN BE HAD ed the war. This may jbe one One man was k: lcl, but it seems IN ONE TRACT OR WILL CUT UP TO SUIT reason why the colonists won in that he was a' n PURCHASER. MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE. the fight for liberty. One revolutionist was serious4 He ly wounded and captured. InvestTROOPS ENFORCE and the speaks good English, NEUTRALITY LAW Mexican authorities think be is a native of New Mexico. LOUIS S. CARD 017, . MANAGER. Garrison at Palomas, Chihuahua, This idea is c infi.rmed by the Attacked by Band of report of the section foreman I ?rom Mimbrds, seven miles west ; Fifty Men. here, to the effect that a band of 30 to .50 men assembled from Ameri2. Washington, .July Ki-ro-prak-tik can military forces are now in here yesterday They would not for the enforcement of allow him to leave Ihe yards dur the neutrality laws along the irg tlu day. They had two large admit that v you were so , Would you bundles of rides and bought Mexican border. strongly prejudiced in favor of1 old the provisions, They left Mimbros, 1 .Gen. Meyer, commanding methods that "you would not give new onthe .E1 Paso anl department of Texas, has report- nation methods a fair trial! Of course not. Yet ed to the war department that d:-- Y'.iPh western, stout this is juat what people who are in ill eeltT" Hve S a (lyha v and to whom relief would be cheap at any price are health, for the dispatch of four troops ol doing when they pass by Chiropractic without an investigacavalry from posts in his departtion. ment to Del Rio. As to otha If, you need health read BOTH sides of the BIG SIGN points he will be guided by his with the BACK-BON- E over A Peterson s shoe store,, then conferences with the civil offcome and let me explain w&at Chiropractic is and how you icials.. , can get well. The employment of American DR. J. F. PETRITSCH, Chiropractor. Office 75 N Main, , Bell Phone 126; Independent Phone 12. troops for this purpose, by the is almost without precedent Residence 42 S. Main. Bell phone 129. way, , offiin recent years and the law CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION FREE. cials of the war department as well as the attorney general himself have been obliged to give HORSE SENSE. close study to the question of the Would dictate that you buy extent to which they may exerVACATION MONEY Coni, Bran cise the power of preventing per- your Oats, Wheat, You and your wife will want a and Baled Hay, Poultry Supplies, sons entering the United States . Rock- - Salt, Seamless Twine, across tbeMexicah border; Um vacation soon. Better turn an Seeds from Grass Sacks and reare der the law, no passports your claims now 'and1 we will colquired except in the case of Chinese and Japanese and about the lect them. If we dont get the . only other reasonable ground for money in time for you .to take it detention of fugitives seeking to i BELL PHONE 444. cross tthe line would be some prewith you, it will come in handy A ' sumable violatiom of the immigraf will return. when Everybody you tion or health inspection law.. So Liver, Constipation, Torpid it will be a delicate task for the pay. Turn in our claims: now. Biliousness, 8ick Headache and all positive-?-anStomach Disorders are officers vybo charged army permanently cured by with the duty of policing this international boundary line to avert clashes with the civil courts if i they undertake to make proSCIENTIFIC COLLECTORS OF HONEST DEBTS. miscuous arrests of persons fleeSeven Rooms, Fifth Floor Commercial National Bank Bldg. They clear up the skin, tone ing from Mexico into the United SART LAKE CITY, UTAH. . and the up make entire system conferences States. Frequent Some People Dont like Us you feel like a new person. G. Luke, Genl Mgr. 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Loanand; ment Company. , - (ralre el Richard nenry Lee who had inltroduced the resolution fbr independence; Francis Marion, who was to become fa, moms as the Swamp Fox,Und George Washington,1 already commander in chief of the Continents armies, were each foriy-fou1aul Revere, Vho had made his leaders of the house Speaker and Minority is sevepty-.wo- , celebrated ride the year- bfefore, fifty-threis Williams Leader as forty-onPatrick Henry, who had electrified the colonies Of the senate leaders Eugene is sev- ly.JhialQqueut JppealsfoiLJib-y- , lime, for the Republicans, euty-twand Wl Bailey, Joseph and John Adams," who f forty-fou.r JLemoe.Mt. the is (poke so effectively for the adop-ti- n of the Decoration were each Of tbe two most compicuous labuty. Thomas Paine who paved bor leaders Samuel Gompers is and Thomas L. Lewis G'e way for separation by his is forlty-twAmong financiers st rring "Common pamphlet, , Sense, and who many rbw be- - J. Pierpont Mjrgan is seventy-oneand H. H. R trs is sixty-eight- .' ' ve was tbe real author of the inventors Of famous Declaration of Independence ; John Hancock, the president of Thomas A. Elison is sixty-on- e, and John P Holland, the inventhe Continental congress, and Lilian Allen, who ' was soon to tor of the submarin'd is forty-on"win fame at Ticonderoga, were The two most conspicuous literare William Dean Howeach thirty nine. Benedict Ar-nd- ary lights , and Mark who in the early part of ells, , seventy-oneAmong fathe war did valiant service for Twain, seventy4wo. mous educators President Eliot of the colonies, was thirty-fivNaand is' seventy-fou- r Harvard thanael Greene, who was to be fifty-twPresident Hadley of Yale . one of the modfc The average age'df this officials of the state and war de- trustworthy of American generals, v was thirty- - group of twentydive, as men-- 1 partments, and Sencr Godoy, the ght. partin' ( r ThflveragsLJigeLAhe.pigsk iHlant-leader t te finding the men who 'are most prominent in the actual direction of affairs in their respective lines. In choosing the Revolu- Uonary group the effort was to select those whose names are most famous in that struggle. A slight inspection will convince any one of the fairness of the choice and of the truly representative character of the men. The result shows conclusively ,t hat this is nob' especially the age of young men, but that men are retaining their grip to a greater age than ever before. "It is only fair to say, however, that all revolutionary periods ood to the rout. Age is lore conser-ativ- e ot is about our ready mixed, colors is unstintedpraise ,as no fault can be found, with their durability; . uniform high and purity, quality 1 hey .stand the most sev ere tests, and are used byThose who best appreciate s'" first class article at a reasonable price. ..... - rr ; , T.J.PouHeriProduce Company 1 IfiZ MerchantsProtectiveAssociation ' |