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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-11-15
Irritation in Northern Italy.

irrigation by English speaking peo-
nle has been practiced in this country
little more than so years, while in
italy it has been practiced for more
than 500 years. 1t is, therefore, nat
nral that Italian experience should
he able to show much of value to
American irrigators. For the purpose
of determining what could be learned
in that country which could be ap-
nlied to our cwn problems, DR.. Ell
wood Mead, Chief of Irrigation and
Drainage Investigations of the Office
of Experiment Stations u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, spent the sum
mer of 1903 in the valley OF the 20.
partial report of DR.. Mead's obser-
vations has just been issued by the
Department of Agriculture as Bulle-
tin IA of the Office of Experiment
Stations. No attempt was made to
make this an exhaustive monograph
upon irrigation in northern Italy, but
the study was made solely from the
standpoint of obtaining suggestions
for American irrigation practice.
Contrary to a very common opinion,
the valley of the Pc is not an arid
region. The annual rainfall at Milan
the chief city of Lombardy, is more
than 40 inches, greater than that OF
Cincinatti Ohio, or Omaha, Nebr"
both of which are situated in regions
where irrigation is seldom considered
in connection with agriculture. The
climate of Lombardy is not different
from that of the Mississippi Valley,
and the crops raised, with few excep-
tons, are the same. Notwithstand-
ing this large rainfall and the fact
that crops can be successfully raised
without irrigation, the plains OF Lom-
hardy are a network of canals and
drains. To secure the construction
of one of these canals, the city OF
Milan gave bonus of 100000. This
canal cost $6,000,000, or $3.50 for
each acre of land that can be served
by it. 1t supplies water to 5000
farmers, who pay from one to two dol
lars per acre per year for water.
Some of this land supports as many
as 800 people per square mile, and
has increased in value since the build
ing of the canal from 60 to 100 per
cent, land which formerly sold for
$100 being worth from $3.50 to $500
per acre.
Under the Vettabbia Canal which
uses the sewage from Milan, meadows
Yield an annual crop worth $500 per
acre. Some of the fields have been
used for meadows continuously for
700 years. Annual rentals for these
lands are more than $25 per acre.
Sewage has been used on these fields
for centuries without injury to the
lands or to the healthfulness of the
community. This great rise in land
values and increase in productivity OF
lands, due to irrigation, in a region
with a rainfall equal to that OF the
southern half of the Mississippi Val
ley and a climate no more favorable
to crop production, leads to the con-
clusion than in irrigation this section
has means of at least doubling the
present field from it's lands.
In Piedmont, which has an annual
rainfall of more than 80 inches, or
about the same as eastern Nebraska
and Kansas, the Italian Government
has built nearly a thousand miles or
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12
THE PEDDLER-P PREACHER.

Peddling goods among the heathens of Africa
by evangelists is SO much profitable than
preaching the gospel to them alone that our min
lister to Liberia, a Methodist clergyman himself,
calls attention to the irrelgious practice in his last
official report Our charge of affairs in that coun-
try (Rev Ernest Lyons writes that ''1nany of the
missionaries have adopted the barter system in
their work among the natives. This places the
missionary on the same level with the trader. The
enormous profit made is a temptation to good men,
many of whom have turned aside for filthy ucre.
From $50 to 200 per cent sometimes is easily made
OH some things. The government has been liberal
to the missionaries in allowing free entry to every
thing used by them in their work The Mullen
berg station ships coffee to the United States. A
lady who has been missionary to Monrova for
twenty-five years deals in kerosene oil and other
commodities which are sold at profit, The pop
ular opinion is that some of these bartering mis-
sionaries are quite as much interested in their
wares as in the souls of the heather. 1t would be
far better if the boards in the United States under
whose auspices they operate would relieve the
workers in Africa from this practice by supplying
them with sufficient means with which to carry on
the work without it"
That is scorching reflection upon the mission
airy boards to turn up in an official state paper
The funds collected by our Protestant brethren for
foreign missions reach gigantic proportions. Mis-
sionaries not dispatched to foreign lands with
out purse or scrip. Neither is it demanded that
the apostolic simplicity of Catholic missionaries
should be observed If the business of preaching is
to be diverted into a money-making channel, it
would be proper to impose the lawful duty upon
articles of merchandise 'efor everything used by
them in their work" Unless this is done, the reve-
nue. department falls under the suspicion of con-
tributing public funds to sectaran purposes.
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RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND CATHOLIC CHURCH
Continued from Page u

years; French disfranchisement of Protestants
about ninetyfive. Spanish converts to Protestant
ism were sent to the galleys until 1868; Swedish
converts to Catholicism were dsinherited disfran-
chised and banished, until 1874. The most intoler-
ant continental state outside of Russia appears to
be Catholic Belgium, or Catholic Bavaria Long
after, Protestants had been readmtted to Office in
France, Catholics, although one-third of the peo-
pie were shut out of office In Holland.
Really | cannot that any of three re-
llglons has very much to boast of the other
two in the matter of religious freedom. A Protest
ant does not forfeit communion by opposing re-
hgious liberty. A Catholic does not forfeit com
munon by approving it.
Undoubtedly Professionalism, for good or evil
has mainly brought about our present federation of
all opinions, good or evil 1t has caused it, however
not by teaching liberation as a doctrine, but by
breaking to pieces the elder Catholic unity of
Europe. Soon after the great breach riffs and
cracks began to show themselves in every direction
so that it became increasingly difficult to prescribe
any religious opinion practice whatever. 1t was
hardly possible to sufficient unity of action
to put it down If any one chooses to say that our
present moral impotence against every form of evil
that does not actually take body in violence or OBJ
scenity (and we weak enough there) is blessed
thing, he may. He may also reasonably ascribe
this in large part to Professionalism, not as re-
suit of its teachings but a natural effect of its
existence.
Religious liberty is an excellent thing. Moral
and religious anarchy is not excellent thing and
neither Catholics Protestants are bound to pro-
nounce it blessed, although they may vary widely
as to the best way of dealing with it.
All Christians have always allowed that the best
way of dealing with is found in patience mild
ness good example, dispassionate argument When
Archbishop Taavera had drawn on himself the
anger of the mquisition by refusing to use any
other means in his Spanish diocese, Rome rescued
him, and showed him forth as a wise and faithful
bishop. When Fenelon, long afterward, did the
same his bitterest enemies applauded his episcopal
administration, and the Jesuits were known as his
special admirers.
The highest ideals of our Faith however we can
approach only at a snaiPs pace. Principal Fair
BARN remarks that Rome was sometems most eff
fectively serving the cause of Christ when she
seemed for the time being, to have turned her back
on His example. painful adherence to the letter
is sometimes the surest way of killing the spirit
By Charles G. Starbuck, in the Sacred Heart Re
view.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12
INTERVENTION PROPOSED.

Two weeks ago the world held It's breath, ex
pectng war to be declared by Great Britain upon
| Russia. In a day all was changed, and an agree
ment made 10 inquire into the facts surrounding
the attack of the Baltic sea feet upon English
fishermen in the North sea. The convention will
be held at Paris. 1t will consist of five members
Russian, British, American and French-the rep
resentatives of these four nations to choose the
fifth member. 1t is almost certain that the result
of the inquiry will be something other than war,
wherever the blame is lodged for firing upon the
fishermen.
In line with this method of inquiry and peace
full solution Of international difficulties, President
Roosevelt issued an address TO the sgnatory pow
of The Hague tribunal for a second peace
conference. By many it is regarded premature
and impossible of concurrence, owing to the
now being waged between Russia and Japan 1t
is almost certain that Russia will agree to no pro
posal for peace until she is through with Japan.
At this writing Thursday London dispatch
furnishes the strange intelligence that Japan, in
an unofficial way, had already made tenders of
peace to Russia. The proposition not con-
sidered in favorable light by Russia, and further
representations by Japan, even privately, are not
likely to be repeated according to this London
dispatch.
The information thus impaired opened up
lot of speculation concerning the effect of pro-
posed Intervention. Whenever such talk is in
dulged in nowadays, the United States is named
as one Of the intervenors, usually by Lord Lans-
downe or some other English official. And if the
election of Tuesday last means one thing more
than another, a majority of the American people
would not say nay to the American government
taking hand in settling the affairs of Europe and
Asia, unmindful of the fact that such act would
be a direct invitation for the other powers to
settle all American affairs that needed settling.
However, we must wait day or two before taking
stock in this story, story that names America
Great Britain and France as the suggested in
tervenors A story, too, that quotes Baron Hay
ash the japanese minister, saying that he
should not be surprised to see the three powers
named, two of them, take the action suggested"
After all, may it not be trick to prejudice the
Russian side before the tribunal to sit at Paris!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

| AIM" az plumber; and from the old noun to
| chel victory" Gael according to the same au-
thority, is derived from the Irish gal" bravery
The word Celt is of very ancient origin-probabiy
one thousand years before Christ It is to be pro-
nounced like the English *" Greeks, Latins
Celts and modern Germans so pronounce it. The
50 pronunciation came through France. Inc
original home of the Celtic race was modern Ba-
varia, in the heart of Germany. They colonlzed or
conquered almost all Europe, and established col
ony in Asia Minor. 1t to these. the Galatians
that ST Paul wrote his .Epistle; and St jerome
still found them speaking their language IN
the third century of the Christian The Celts
invaded Italy and stormed Rome 400 years before
Christ they yaged tho Carthaglnlans, ana
won Spain from them; they occupied northern
Italy. Their language spoken from the Black
sea to Ireland. Their empire broke up about 3OO
years before Christ The Teutons drove them out
of Germany. and the Romans pressed them from
the south. They came to Ireland most probably
from Britain and France. though the universal ira
dition holds that they came from the sunny land
of Spain"
An answer like the above given by Father
Yorke, indicates the keen interest Irishmen at
home and in other countries beginning
to take in the Celtic revival Not only in
Ireland, where it is already epidemical along edu-
catonal lines, but in Germany it is interesting the
students of the higher schools and universities.
Why not, so long as we now know that the home of
the race was modern Bavaria? Irish and German
n.stand together in pride of ancestry, much more
than can the race whom Julius Caesar found in
Britain
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

he cannot help. His children grow up like the
sunfowers about his farm. They are instructed in
a neighboring district school, which serves often
for non-Catholic services They may or may not
be taught the rudiments of their faith at home,
generally not Perhaps there is prayer book in
the family and usually there is no Catholic book
paper priest may be visited once or twice
year for an hour so. The children marry. tax
ing non-Catholic spouse, whence a progeny of
non-baptized children bearing Catholic names is
the result. We could form big parish of fallen
away Catholics in almost any county in the state.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12
A Dale of Difference.

Holy days of obligation do not appeal to non
Catholies-and it must be admitted, to some born
Catholics Irish Catholic devotion to the Blessed
Virgin and the precept of hearing mass on the
Feast of her Assumption are, however, well illus
trated in the following anecdote. story has been
told of dean of the English Church of Ireland :"
who insisted on his Catholic workmen going to work
witho.s hearing on the Feast of the Assump-
ton o4 the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven
There's no more power to her" he exclaimed to
half-witted fellow among them, privileged char
acter in the country round about. "theres no more
power to her than to my old mother sitting by the
fireplace thereW That's as it may be, your rever-
ence. That's it may be-" the lad replied sagely
@But there's dale of difference in the sonsr" LET
the men hear mass" quoth the DEAN sharply; and
hear mass they did, every holy day thereafter
Catholic Transcript.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

1t is not in your power to dispense involuntarily
distractions, weariness or repugnance, or OBJ
security. That which does not depend upon your
own efforts, of course always helped by the grace of
God is to have patience in this wearness and to re-
turn quietly to the presence of God as soon as you
are conscious of being surprised by these distrac
tons; and also to have fidelity enough to remain
united to God without sensible pleasure by dry
and bare act of the will. Pass over your thoughts
of vain compacency, as well as those of discour-
agement, and go always steadily on your way. The
tempter only wishes to stop you; by not stopping.
you overcome temptation in simple and peaceful
manner
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

How many think of thanking God during the
day when you receive some signal blessing9 You
may be very fond of praying to Him for favors, but
how often do you thank Him for favors received
And yet you know you cannot move finger with
out His help; you cannot perform single act
which merits for eternity unless He gives you the
grace necessary.
Let us put ourselves lovingly at His feet at night
and give Him the weaknesses, cowardices and base
nesses which trickle imperceptibly from our very
soul, and thank Him we have them to give Him.
One day of humble acceptance of failure, of gen
erous, sustained struggle in spite of defeats and in
the midst of constant falls, is better than one
month of triumphant victory.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12
CARD FROM BISHOP scANLAN.

/ feel it my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that no person bearing the
name and garb of a priest sister or anyone else
authorized or permitted to solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
in writing bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such a document he or
She the may be- should be regarded by all as
a fraud and an impOster. l.. SCANLAN.
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12
THE PRIOR RIGHT.

Edinburgh, Nov. 5-The Free Churehers.
commonly called the Wee 1rkers," owing to their
paucity of members, have taken steps to put in
operation the decision of the house of lords giving
them control of the Free church property They
have served the general trustees of the United Free
church with'a notice to quit and hand over all the
church property including assembly hall, three col
leges Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen; all the
missions abroad and the churches and in
Scotland, numbering LOO and valued at $751;
100000.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

As an evidence of American business training.
an exchange mentions a bakery in Belfast managed
b. Irishmen who worked for Fleischman, the dc
ceased baker of New York. These are building up
an immense business in American types of loaf
bread, which is sent to almost all the towns and
cities of Ireland. and likewise 10 many large places
ID Scotland and England. The latter country alone
takes eighty thousand loaves day of this Belfast
made loaf bread all made from American -four and
baked in ovens erected by Chieago men
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

What is the difference between the Free Church
and the United Free Church! A Scotchman would
| quote Scripture and argue for an hour i'll reply to
! such question. An Irishman would at once say
that the difference was ffty-fve million dollars.
And no matter how much theology Jamie might
exploit, Pats answer discloses the spot where the
shoe pinches.
Now that the ''Wee Kirkers,o as the Free church
is dersively called, have put the seceders, the
United church, out of business, what will the few
highland preachers of the former do with so much
cash and property: Comparatively speaking, the
situation is as if the Salvation Army at their bar
racks in this city were suddenly Informed that
congress had bequeathed the property of the Nor
mon church to their benefit and use. No doubt the
rustic highanders who ceaved to the doc
trine and covenants laid down by John Knox and
suffered neither rhyme nor reason to wrinkle their
faith, regard the parliamentary decision with as
much awe as another creed would regard an &C.
clesiastical decree. Providence and the house of
British lords, in their estimation are partners in
the condemnation of heresy. and the justifable
mulcting of heretics. With so much money and
property in hand coming to them like windfall,
there will spring up disposition to spend it only
among their Their alactric steps to en-
force the decision of the house of lords certainly
dlscloses no desire to divide up with those who
cross them IN Scotch theology. They will build up
their church in the highlands rather than in Man
churia, and the money once spent for gunnysacks
and glass beads to cover the nakedness of African
savages will go to buy Sunday plaids for all who
attend the kirk the hill. That's practical high
lo1 1ioio o,,J {
osophy in it. X f#>f
So much for the triumph of the Free church
over the United church of Scotland. The decision
of the British house of lords is on record. If it
establishes anything in British jurisprudence it is
the confirmation of the prior right. The United
church seeded from the Free church, presumat
over definitions of doctrine and Scripture and
maintained that the United church and not the Free
church held to the true faith of Presbyterianism
Being the larger and more powerful, the seceders
seized and held most of the Free church property
and built additional churches and acquired more
and more property, that the assets reached $55-
100000. All this property, under the ruling of the
right of priority, has been diverted to the first
church, the Free church.
If that is good law its exercise could be ex-
tended, so as to cover the prior right of the Roman
Catholic Church. In that event, all the cathedrals
universities and monasteries in the United King
dom seized during the Reformation and bequeathed 1
to the Established church of England, would re-
vert by prior right to the Roman Catholic Church.
the Church of St. Augustine. Of course, the
British house of lords would set up the statute of
limitations if nothing else, so as to throw out of
court the Catholic contention of the prior right.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly
every Catholic home in this diocese. Its circulation
in Montana Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and
many other states is very large. Only reliable firms
and business men advertise in the paper All sub
scribers will find it to their advantage when about to
invest. purchase consult business matters, TO
read over the list of advertisers We not only
recommend, but ask for them the patronage of all
readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

Butte papers of Wednesday announce that
llenze and his party went down to defeat in Silver
Bow county. SO if he really sold out his mining
interests TO the Amalgamated, as Senator Clark
announces he did, we shall hear very little in future
about Henze in Montana
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

William J. Bryan gives some reasons for the
overwhelming landslide Of Tuesday, and he ap-
pears to be the only person capable and courageous
enough to present reasons. Mr.. Cleveland should
observe silence, as he undoubtedly viii.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

The overwhelming defeat of Governor Peabody
in Colorado, in spite of the majorties given for the
Republican electoral ticket, IS the severest rebue
sane people ever gave to anarchy in state admin
istratioT. The election Of Ex-Governor Alva Adams
means peace for Colorado and the restoration of
law, the procedure of courts instead of military
force. Colorado viii now resume its enviable po-
sition in the galaxy of states. No longer hiss
and by-word when the name is pronounced.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

President Roosevelt is elected chief magistrate
OF the nation by greater majority than the peo-
pie ever before gave candidate. Cheerful acqui-
cscenee in the will of the people finds no better
expression than that contained in the short
telegram of congratuation sent by Judge Parker
before the count was completed
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

had for centuries accorded them" In official
communication during the negotiations Bismarck
addressed the Pope as sire" term never applied
TO sovereign, So even Bismarck went to Ca
nossa.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

The house in Portland, Ne, where Longfellow
was born is now a tenement in the poorer part of
the city mostly inhabited by Irish A few years
ago teacher in Portland was giving lesson on
The life Of the poet. At the end of the hour she
began to question her class. Where was Long
fellow born" she asked. A small boy waved his
hand vigorously. When the teacher called on him
his answer did not seem to astonish the rest of the
class, but it was cold shock to her. 'In Patsy Ma
gees bed ROOM" he said
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

This is the way it is done out west says the
Catholic Advance, Of Wichita Kan A man buys
farm miles away from church or a Catholic
neighbor In the beginning he feels the absence
OF hs usual Sunday services, but gradually be-
comes accustomed to a condition which he believes
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

1t looks very much like Democratic governor
in Montana With Democratic governors in two
of the intermountain states, Tammany might be
induced to pull up stakes and move west.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-11-12

1t might have turned out better with Bryan as
the candidate. Certainly no worse.