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Show j I 1 A LITTLE PRECAUTION I j I The season Is approaching when J 1 I H tho weather Is not to bo depended i I Hi J ' H ition. It Is, therefore, essential t'i;,t I ' h every precaution be made to harvest '. H the lato fall crops, which tho pood j I! Lord has so abundantly blessed this i j Jj valley with, before tho extreme wen- j H! thcr Is upon us. The beets, potatoes , ' fi and lato fall fruits are what wo nru K most concerned with at this t'mu of :!f ; I year. If m vhllo the crops should bo Riven (j I .ry attention to get them uhder I jjj shelter, thero are other matters that I j need n little caro and attention I ' ; about tho homo and tho farm, v.hlch I j should not ho overlooked. Tho maoh- I 1 Incry that has been used In tho hay JH and harvest fields should ho careful- i Uj ly shedded from the wintry blasts. I ill Tho rust from standing out In the I m weather Is just as damaging and 1 1 jj perhaps more so than the summct's ; j JJ wear has been. j I j In Logan City much work Is go- i f 'II Ing on. If tho weather should om- J j tlnue good for a couple mouths more I 'j tho greater part of tho street paving I jj In District No. 1 would ho finished j ilr nnd tho streets put In shapa for I 'R trnvel. As It Is at tho present time, J ffl however, nearly every Ftrc.it In the j lJ district has been plowed up, making fi Center street from tho depot to Sc-I Sc-I I cond Kast street almost Impatslblo 1 ('l! for vehicles, causing cousidorabb in-jj in-jj 'i convcnlenco at tho present tlmo. n : This Inconvenience can w oil bo borne j Jj with for tho, pleasuro thas will bo Hj derived from tho splendid roads J V which wo will havo aftor tho work is I J done, yet tho contractors should not Jj, overlook, tho fact that thoy Mioild ,i guard ngatnst being caught with al' jlijtjj tho streets torn up and lion's of the IHJg work completed In tho event wet and &H Inclement weather should n.ako It Iff out of tho question to 1I0 much con-ill con-ill crcto work this fall. It j PRAYER FOR PEACE m Even tho mnu who looks nt life i with nu Interrogation point may S well attend church on October 4 tho J (lav that President Wilson has set I apart for prayer for peace. Thero Ij nro more things In heaven ttid earth 1 H than nro drcumt of In tho philosophy ; jy of somo of us. Tlio rationalist finds tho older con ' ceptlons of prayer dllllcult to lmr- H j m monlzo. Yet any thoughtful study I 'M of tho llteraturo of tho subject will I !m icvcal a host of striking and well i ll nttcstod occurrences, Indicating tho ,83 efficacy of Influences not accounted J) Mm for on -any material bnsls. PUB' If tho nations of Europe could hut Mf 109k nt their quarrels, cither from Mi the Christian, or tho business point Sjif of vlow, they would. "sottlo them and H call off their armed men In a day. W S.ccn olthor In tho light of, the teach- VM' ings of Jesus, or from tho most sor- Wtt did money aspect, tho war Is both 'B wrong and sensoleis. These lighting powers nro sensitive o American opinion. They began y hustling American tourists around In n very unceremonious manner. Somo ono told them that tho favorable favor-able opinion of tho United States was going to bo very useful to them before thoy got through. It was amusing to seo tho colorlty with which tho attitude toward our travellers trav-ellers Improved. It looks ns It this day of prayer for peaco might bo a regular "Co to Church Sunday." Tho 'folly and crime nnd tragedy of this war will bo dwelt upon. A wave of sentiment adverse to war, and a 'vast lmpulso of sympathy, will sweep over tho land. If there are spiritual forces that play from heart to heart, of -which bo many Intimations nro found In hum nn life, It would seem as If this outpouring out-pouring of feeling must havo its Influence. In-fluence. Ono would think nlso that a common sense of shame nnd decent regard for the opinion of mankind would lend tho powers to seo In this demonstration tho desirability of ending so shocking a condition of affairs. i ! 4 NEWSPAPER RESPONSIBILITY Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, In an address delivered Labor Day to a press association, urged all editors to subordinate their news to the service of tho country. Ho particularly par-ticularly felt, that In this tlmo when International Issues are Involved, newspapers should bo careful what thoy print. TI1I3 Is good advlco. Ilut fow people peo-ple realize how largely editors always al-ways do follow theso counsels. Where thoro nro controversies as to tho publication or nonpubllcatlon of news, thoy almost always arise over somo personal wrongdoing. A man gets too much bad whiskey In him, then breaks loose and assaults somo ono. Next morning, after paying pay-ing his fine, he calls around at the nowspnper office. Ho sliows an appreciation ap-preciation of the editor's friendship that was nover manifested before. Incidentally, ho asks tho paper to keep tho story quiet. "It won't do any good to print it. No ono Is Interested in it," is his familiar sounding plea. No good purpose Is served by the suppression of such Incidents. Tho only result Is that tho offending citizen citi-zen Is spared a part of tho condemnation condem-nation this Is his just punishment. As a result, ho Is much moro likely to make an ass of himself ngnln. It Is a very different story when tho newspaper man comes In contact with the police or other responsible j public officials. It tho nowspapors printed all they know, criminals would escape, and many corrupt officials of-ficials would buy tickets for Canada., Tho great majority of tho newspapers newspa-pers are handling tactfully and patriotically patri-otically tho news about the. war. They freely print both sides. Thoy havo a right to express an opinion as to tho causes of tho war. Just ono suggestion could bo made, to certain Journals, newspapers of tho saffron strlpo. Mero rumor ought not to bo dignified with just the sumo emphatic and positive head-linos head-linos that would bo given to an authenticated au-thenticated report. T ? ? WHO IS THY NEIGHBOR7 Wo nro nil doscended from Europeans. Euro-peans. Our cousins, brothers, and uncles nro nt each othor's throats In tho most dreadful war of history. Let us not forget, however, that wo aro Americans. Lot us not take sides In such a manner as to offend our neighbors. If you aro a Gorman and your neighbor Is a Belgian, visit him nnd show that you aro still his neighbor. Ilo moro friendly than over. If we havo nover been his friend, mako friends with him now. If you aro a Frenchman nnd your neighbor Is a Gorman, an Austrian, or a Russian, your duty ns an American Am-erican Is to show him that you look upon him as your neighbor oven moro than over, . Germany, or Austria, or Russia, or Franco may bo to blnraa for tho war or nil may bo to blumo, or tho ml takes of the past raoy bo chargeable with this awful war, but tho man on the next farm is not to Uame, no matter what tho government of hi3 old homo may havo done. The common people of .ho Old World nations aro not to blame they aro tho victims of this war, hot Its cause. Thoy are helpless pawns In tho gamo played by monarchs and statesmen. Let us pity them, one and all. Lot us not hate nnyono, least of all ono ,of tho neighbors. Let us draw closer together In neighborship, neigh-borship, and whatever horrors -come to our knowledge lot us remember of every peoplo that thoy know not what they do, and forgive them. This Is our country. Wo must Ilvei In It, and we aro glad of that, moro than over beforo. Wo must live In It together. Wo should so live now that wo may llvo' In friendship ond amity after this war is over. It will bo over soorfi but our neighbors will live near us for a long time. Farm and Fireside. 4 ! MODERN COURAGE The fighting in Europe throws light on the much debated question,, whether tho alleviation of pain and moro comfortablo living of this century cen-tury have made peoplo soft, as so many peoplo believe. It is certain that the smaller pains of Ufa are not borno as easily ns formerly. Most peoplo onco though!) hut little of having a tooth out, nnd without any anesthetic. The writer knows one of tho old timers, who, having a sore toe that had bothorcd him a good deal, went out in the barn ono day, and deliberately chopped It off with a hatchet. Nowadays most people rarely have teeth out without taking gas or ether. eth-er. They oven dread the slighter pains ot tho ordinary experience of having teeth filled. Tho superb courage shown on the European fields of battle, however,' seem equal to anything recorded from tho old stories of heroism. Tho soldiers march on to what Is practically prac-tically organized suicide. Ono line follows another to, death, and finally final-ly the following ranks win the post tlon, beforo the defenders have tlmo to operate their weapons. Probably the capacity for enduring tho minor ills of life has diminished, as the hardships ot the world have been alleviated. Thero Is a growing sensitiveness to pnln nnd alarm at danger. I3ut as the soldier grows moro subject to theso Influences of a refined ago, his fear ot ridicule and shamo becomes keener. He may tear death moro. Out his dread ot disgrace Is also stronger. Ho can seo little satisfaction In saving himself, him-self, it ho must bear thn pale badge of cowardlco thereafter. This Is the one bright spot out ot tho orgy of blood across the water.. It Is tlio convincing proof that human hu-man nnturo Is Just as capable ot meeting tho darker and deeper Issues Is-sues of life as It ever was. J. .J. WHEN YOUR WATCH 8TOPS When your watch stops and you havo no compelling wish to iiBslst tho jeweler, lay n sheet of whlto paper pa-per on tho table, open tho works, hold tho writch with tho open works downward over tho Bhoet of paper, and tap 'tho case smartly on tho paper, pa-per, or tap tho watch with a lead pencil. You will surely bo surprised to seo tho amount ot dust or sand that will fall out on tho paper. Whllo tapping turn tho watch overy way so as to glvo tho dirt a chance to fall out. If tho watch will start ngaln It will probably go for a long time. If It won't start, then probably one ot tho springs Is broken. You nocd not wait till your watch stops olthor. Try It now, especially It you havo been automobillng or to tho seashore .J. .J. .j. Tho nation's menu must bo mado up from tho fields, pastures, orchards orch-ards und gardens, and to farm Intelligently Intel-ligently tho farmer must know what Is needed. ' J. .j. .J. Don't bo a grouch; smile a llttlo. Evoryono HkcB tho man who smiles. Cooperation botweeh practical farmers far-mers and proficient business men will olimlnnto Ignoranco and prejudice. preju-dice. 1 u?04-m iii in iiw.ii.. .mmjW fc;-J; jjfcm |