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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

! OF other French philosophers of the dog-clan who
advocated freedom of thought, of desire of inc-
/ nation. These members of the clan contended that
the education of the child in religion, faith and the
fear of God should not begin until the boy reached
his eighteenth of twentieth year, which means that
the child should graduate into savagery like the
Digger Indian of Lower California.
Very similar to the verbal rubbish of the Omaha
MAN concerning liberty of thought is the lmatic
statement recently given out by the president of
UNCONVENTIONAL college in the east mo TRUTH"
said the president lis now accepted on authority;
every truth must be Investigated by the person him
self to whom it is presented before it can be ad-
mitted into the mind
A few months before the president expressed
himself in these sage terms the United States COM
missioner of education made an equally rdicu-
lous pronouncement eve invite the children to in
vestigate everything for themselves" writes this
most wise and sapient commissioner.
Now let us do little thinking before we accept
such amazing statements on the authority of
Protestant minister the superintendent of a col
lege or even national commissioner of education
What are the facts?
The facts are that if the writer of this article
and those who read it know only what they have
discovered by personal research, they would be hard
ly distinguishable from Markham's "man with the
hoe" or from driveng idiots
1t is astounding that who profess to stand
in the front rank of American educators can be-
come sponsors for such inexcusable Hrot" How
much history do we believe or teach our children
by personal research? How many original manu-
scripts have examined for ourselves? How much
geography or astronomy do we know by personal re-
search?
Fortunately for the rising generation, men do
not always believe, nor draw legitimate conclusions
from their principles, and so, of one hundred
items taught in our public schools, ninety-nne are
taught by authority. And not only of the class
room is this true, but in everyday life where we
meet full-grown men and women, the same princi-
pie of authority is being continually invoked and
recognized
In complicated lawsuit or in suit for damages
against railroad call in experts, and their evil
dence is considered final Life is too short and OPP
portunty too limited to Investigate everything for
ourselves" for "every truth to be investigated
by the person himself"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT.

An eccentric minister of Omaha who presides
over "a large and fashionable congregation" de-
clared from his pulpit last Sunday that it was
impossible for San independent thinker to be a
Roman Catholic" Perhaps the best and most sat-
isfactory reply to this kind of talk would be simply
to say with Mr. Martin Chuzzelwit, "Rats!" and
let it go at that
Personal research said the reverend gentle
man, demands absolute liberty of thought, where
as the Roman Church letters free thought" Fur
Their on, according to the Omaha Bee, this chair
man of "a large and fashionable congregation pro
claims catholics must think according to orders:
with them the human mind is unclaimed, and rea-
son stagnates in Rome"
We would be pleased, if the manager of the
Intermountain Catholic would give us space. to
summon the reverend gentleman and his "liberty
of thought" before the tribunal of common sense
and cross-examine him on his Observation-Disclosures
dent Thought.
Liberty of thought must mean, if it means any
thing, the right to form ideas of things Just as we
please, without interference from God or man. But
it does not demand much thought to convince us
that, from the day we first began our A B C's till
we bid goodbye to the high school or university,
every teacher and every professor did his utmost to
shackle our liberty of thought There is but one
man in the world who possesses urestrained liberty
of thought, and he is known as a savage. He alone
is free in holding to his opinion and to think as he
likes but we very much doubt if the Omaha preach
er of full liberty of thought would care to congrat-
uate him on his unshacked freedom of mind
The preaching Of this minister is in harmony
with that which the shameless ]. J. Rousseau plead
ed for in his Emile" and also with the doctrines
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
RAILROAD WRECKS.

The head-on collision of two Rio Grande trains
at the Jordan Narrows was terrible accident. and
it brings to mind the statement of one of our
prominent railroad men that the only way to pre-
vent accidents in the operation of trains is to stop
running them. This is of course beyond the
bounds of possibility, for the railroads of the coun
try have become an integral part of our national
life and commerce. But the statement shows the
grim despair of one of the men who have made
study of the railroad wreck problem.
But there must be solution of the problem
somewhere With all the inventions which have
made possible the high rate of speed maintained by
the railroad trains Of the country there must be
somewhere the necessary invention which will make
head-on collisions impossible. And it might be pos
sibe with the present equipment and facilities for
handling trains that the problem could be solved.
Indeed it might be possible to do away entirely with
head-on collisions without increasing the cost of
operation if the American people would demand a
little less luxury of refinement in highly polished
woods within the cars, and beautiful French plate
glass mirrors, and bronze trimmings and plush fur
nlshlngs and ask for greater safety in the employ
ment of more men and the adoption of means to
make the service safer.
Instead of boasting of the most palatial cars,
electric lighted and luxuriously furnished one
would imagine that the railroad company's greatest
boast would be safe service, if the cars had
to forego of the luxuries to meet the expense
of doubling the operating force. But perhaps the
American people would rather take a chance of
meeting with accident than forego the luxury of
fine woods and gaudy trimmings, for the supplying
of which the traveller delights in criticisng the rail
road company for not furnishing better. If it were
not for the railroad mans difficulties and trials and
tribulations and criticisms and battles with incom-
petence and death, to be a railroad man would be a
perennial delight.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
THE CAM PAIGN.

The presidential campaign draws to a close. The
candidates and party workers have presented the
issues involved and the people are about to express
their will at the polls May they be guided by an
intelligent interest in the welfare of the nation
when they go to the polls to proclaim their will
May the result bring comfort to the victors-and to
those who suffer defeat. And may the people of the
country unite to make the next administration one
which will be filled with good things for all the
people of the country.
And may the candidates who meet defeat-not
only those who are running for the highest offices
of the nation, but to the last fellow on the
township village ticket-be successful in finding
job, and may they bury their disappointment in
hard work and reflect on the criticism which they
will escape by meeting defeat. For though there is
great JOY in winning at anything upon which one
sets his heart let those who defeated take COM
fort in the thought that they are of the minority
and are free to express disapproval of every act
and every omission of their successful rivals
And may the successful candidates be suddenly
endowed with that rare intelligence which knows
what to do and when to do it that they may con-
found their enemies and bring upon themselves the
paudits of the whole people-except their defeated
rivals, for that would be asking too much Nav
they enter upon their duties with high ideal and
may that ideal last at least through the first day
after they are inaugurated. And when the high
ideal is shattered, may they get down and do the
best they know how under the circumstances
We trust the losers in the coming election will
prove good losers, and that the winners will prove
generous winners. And when the time for another
election rolls around, we trust the cabbage crop
viii be plenteous it was this fall-for what
would campaign be without a generous supply of
campaign cigars!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
THE PANAMA CANAL.

The latest statement we have seen reporting the
progress of work on the Panama canal says there
yet remains some 100000 cubic yards of excava-
ton to do The rate of excavation is said to be APP
proximateIy 100000 cubic yards month"; so that,
barring accdenA, and assuming that the present
rate of excavation is maintained the work should
be completed in about two years and half, or about
the 4th of July 1911 Of course it is not to be sup
posed that the canal will he completed at that time
but the excavation work may be. There will then
remain the work of putting In locks and trimming
the great waterway up for navigation.
1t is unfortunate that charges of graft have
been made in connection with the building of the
waterway, or rather that the work should be ham
pered by the investigation of charges growing out
of the work. but it is better that these charges be
investigated early and the guilty Ones if there be
any such, should be punished in the way they de-
than that the work should go on under adverse
conditions and meet with the failure which over.
came the eDLesseps trial at canal. For it is now
generally understood that the failure of the French
company was as much to be ascrbed to rascality as
to incompetency
Thirty months work on the canal will see the
Atlantic and the Pacific connected if the reports
of the engineers can be relied upon and they have
not been very far off on former reports Therefore
we can look forward to the Fourth of July, 1917
with confidence that we will ENJOY "sane" cele-
bration of the holiday. For the day will be fuller
than ever before of accomplishment, and the cele-
bration will naturally take on just little moro
enthusiasm to fttingly commemorate the things the
Fourth of July stands for in American history.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

not God, but merely the instrument of God the Ia
Their by which God the Son was brought into the
world, is always perfectly clear.
We honor the Blessed Virgin Mary because she
is the Mother of God and because of the intimate
association which must have existed between the
Mother and the Son during all the years that our
Lord was upon the earth teaching the people in the
way appointed by His Father. 1t is most beau
tiful tribute to the Mother of Christ, and empha-
sizes the attitude of the church toward motherhood
in general for are we all not the children of God,
made in the image of God, bearing the likeness OF
God and gifted with Immortality!
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

charged with the enforcement of the laws make it
their duty to enforce obedience and respect. If the
race meeting is contrary to the statutes it should
have been stopped or never have been permitted to
start Even if it is not against the statutes, we
doubt If any great amount of good has been done
by the matching of the horses and we are certain
that the money that changed hands as the result
OF the races is money tainted with gambling. We
should like to the matter settled by court de
cision And we certainly would be most pleased to
abide by that decision
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
The heat of the campaign as a substitute for
coal didn't even last until election day.

Speaking of a coal supply. there are advertis-
ers in this paper who would like to have your pat
ronage. That's the reason they advertise with us.
And if they didn't get the patronage of some of our
readers they would not advertise in our columns.
That is also true of every other advertiser Many
advertisers can trace new business and repeat orders
from their advertisements in the Intermountain
Catholic, and these are our most persistent adver-
tisers. That arrangement makes business good with
us and with them. And all of our advertisers are
responsible business men, which is pretty good
protection to you.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-IAN.

feel II my duty protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time TO time that person bearing the
and garb of priest sister anyone else Is
authorized permitted TO solicit or collect this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from permission
in writing. bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work collecting without such document he or
she the may be- should be regarded by all as
fraud and a imposter. /. SCANLAN
Bishop of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese. Its circulation in Mon
tana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is large. Only reliable firms and
business advertise in the paper All subscribers
viii find it to their advantage when to invest
purchase consult business matters, read
the list Of our advertisers. We not only recommend
but ask for them the patronagn ~ all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

local newspaper man suggests that the ex-
changes and waste paper about newspaper offices be
mixed with petroleum and manufactured into bri-
quettes to be used fuel. Why not paste the heat
ed editorials the walls and use the warm roasts
for food, thus saving the petroleum to grease the
typewriter?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

The Amalgamated Association of American Por-
agraphers is now valiently working on the joke
about the overcoat that put in hoe last SPRING
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

There will be more confidence shattered on cleo
ton night than got broken up in the late financial
stringency.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

Where is the Great Hot-Air TranseontinentaI
Airship Route, with stock to SELL par 800. at the
Introductory price of 10 cents share-oh. where?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

The weather during the latter days of the cam
paign certainly cool enough to offset the heat
of the campaign.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

When man gets up in the world he generally
has few down on him.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31

Published in Salt Lake City, Utah. every Saturday
by The Intermountan Catholic Publishing Company,
Sl6 Salt Lake Security & Trust Building, "a Main
street $500 year in advance
The Internountan Catholic is a continuation Of
The Colorado Catholic, established 1884.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

subscribers removing from place to another.
na desiring papers changed should always give for
ner as well as present address,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-10-31
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Of interest to their respective parishes.
entered in the Postofhce at Salt Lake as Second
Class Matter.)
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17

Last week a man stepped up to us
and said he would pay US every cent
he owed us if he lived till Saturday
night. We presume the man died.
Another man said he would pay US in
a day or two as sure as we were born.
Query: Did the man lie or we're we
never born? Another said he would
settle as sure as shooting. We pre-
sumo shooting is very uncertain.
Another man said he hoped to go to
the devil if he did not pay us within
three days. Haven't seen him since;
suppose that he has gone. Quite a
number said they would see US to-
morrow. They must have been strick-
en- blind, or tomorrow has not come.
One man told us six months ago that
he would pay us as soon as he got
some money. The man would not lie,
of course he hasn't had a cent since.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
All Subscribers Must
Pay in Advance,

The Postal Department informs The
Pioneer that beginning Jan. 1st the
p~ostofice department would rigidly
enforce the regulation requiring all
publishers to strip their lists to paid
in-advance subscribers. All SUBJ
scription lists will be subject to a
rigid scrutiny and if delinquent SUBJ
scribers are found to any extent the
publisher will be fined. A breach of
this regulation in the EAST recently
cost a publisher q fine of $40, 600.
The Pioneer has no ambition to be
fined and before Jan. / we will remove
from our lists every name not paid in
advance. This is a matter of necessity
and not choice, as we are compelled to
meet this rigid regulation. 1t went
into effect a year ago but as it appear.
ed to work hardship on publishers
they were given n year to get in shape
TO meet II.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
Bids For Furnishing County
Officials With Bonds.

Notice is Hereby Given, that the board
of county commissioners of the County
of Steele, State of North Dakota, will
receive sealed bids for furnishing the
various officials of said county and
State with surety bonds covering the
faithful discharge of their official
duties as required by law. Bids to be
filed with the County Auditor not later
than 2 o'clock p. m. Monday, January
4th 1909; bids to be made separately
for each individual bond, and also for
the entire number of bonds required.
The Board reserving the right to reject
any or all bids. Further information
can be obtained from the County
Auditor.
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Dated at Sherbrooke, N. Oak. this
Bird. day of December 1908.
S. MCPHERSON,
County Auditor.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
ANOTHER PIONEER
GONE

In the death of Mrs. Mary Pat.
terson, which occurred at Finley
Sunday morning, December II,
1908, at 5 o'clock, another early
pioneer passed to the great be;
You'd, aged IS years and some
months. The deceased was the
mother of twelve children, nine
of whom survive her. The flu.
neral was held Monday afternoon
from the church at Finley and
was largely attended.
After a long, busy and useful
life she died as she had lived
honored, trusted and loved. He
memory will long live in the
hearts of all who knew her. Thru
all the vicissitudes and sorrows
she met in the way her faith in
GOQ never WaVereQ.
The autumn leaves fall upon
another grave that hides from
our sight all that is mortal of a
true and noble woman.
"Smooth the locks of silver hair,
On our mothers brow with tenderest
care,
Gather the robe in final fold
Around the form so still and cold:
Lay on her bosom, pure as snow,
The fairest, sweetest flowers that grow,
Kiss her and leave her our hearts
delight;
Her pain is over she sleeps tonight.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
Y. 6. Normal Notes

The Choral Society, under the di-
rection Of Dean Carson of the Normal
Conservatory Of Music, gave a delight
full concert Friday evening in the
Auditorium. Special features were
the songs Of the well drilled chorus of
lao voices and the famous balcony
scene from ''Romeo and Juliet" sung
by Mr.. and Mrs. Carson.
The finest instrumental music heard
in Valley City in many days was rem
dered by the Minneapolis Symphony
Quartet at the Armory last Monday.
The q%uartette vas brought here by the
local lecture association.
Prof. McCullen gave a highly enter
tanning talk on sound and music in
the chapel recently, illustrating his
remarks with interesting experiments.
Prof. Johnson is encouraging the or
g%anization of a science club among
the students. To work up interest in
the undertaking the Zoology students
Wednesday held a public discussion
on the reasoning of animals.
The Athletic Assn has elected Of
ficers for the coming year az follows:
President, Geo. Meyer: vice president,
Helen Marsh; sec'y, Harry Fitch:treas,
J. F. Keppler; Ralph Butterwick is
the boys basket ball manager, and
Anna Cook the manager for the girls
team.
Our basket ball teams recently de.
feated the teams from the Courtenay
High School, the boys by a score Of
81 to 6, the girls by "a to 3.
Miss Hettie Walker, '0s of Fort
Ransom has been appointed teacher OF
music and drawing in the Enderlin
High School.
Miss Bettinger and Miss Schnebly,
critics OF the intermediate and gram.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
a. To insure insertion, all advertise
ments and pay locals must reach our
Office on or before Wednesday noon
of each week.

The Hansboro Pioneer says: I'VE
will publish next week a list Of those
who owe us and what they W it for.
On this list are men whom we loaned
money to buy -four for the family; to
buy tobacco for the hired man: to
purchase whiskey; to play poker: to
attend shows and dances; all of which
the borrowers promised to pay back
'in a couple of days" Then too
there are plain subscription accounts.
All are on the list"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
TAKEN UP

Came to place Z miles west of
Hope on or about Dec. 9TH 1908,
one red and white heifer, star in
forehead, rope around neck,
about one year old. Owner can
have save same by proving prop
erty and paying for this notice.
ARCHIE HUFFMAN,
Hope, N, Oak.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17

mar grades of the. model school, en-
%tertained their practice teachers one
evening last week.
Examinations will begin "wednesday
morning and close Friday noon.
School will reopen after the holidays
Professor Johnson and DR.. Buiium
entertained the Y. M. G. A. at The
Runyon residence Thursday evening.
Games were played, experiences re-
lated, and a spread" was disposed
of.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17

County OF Steele SoonIS Oour''
In the Matter of the Estate OF
ANDREW PARK. SR.. Deceased
WILLIAM H. bUTLER'
Mary Park. Andrew Park. Jr.. Ellen Park.
Alexander Park. Duncan Park. James Park
Citation, Hearing Proof of Will.
The State Of North Dakota and the said
County Court. to the above named respond
ents. and all persons interested in the estate
OF said deceased:
that William H. Butler. the petitioner above
named has filed In this Court a document in
writing. purporting to be the last will and
testiment OF Andrew Park, ST.. late of the
Township OF Riverside. in the County OF Steele
and State Of North Dakota. deceased, with
bate OF said document as the last will and
testament of said deceased. and for the issu-
ance to him OF letters testamentary thereon.
and that the said petition and the proofs of
said %purported will and testament will be
Tuesday the 18th day OF January. 1909. ut one
O'Clock p. M. at the Court Rooms of this
Court at the Cont House In the Village Of
Sherbrooke In sold Steele County.
And you. and each OF you. are hereby cited
to be and appear before this Court at said
the said petition. and show cause. il any there
be. why the prayer OF said petitioner should
not be granted.
Dated ct Sherbrooke, N. D.. this 21st day Of
November, 1908.
(SEAL) ADAM 8. MOOTE.
Judge OF the County Court
VIM. BARCLAY and GEO. MURRAY.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
Sherbrooke. NJ. D. 1l-26 st
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
Not Deliberate.

Wife-I claim that the story you told
me last night when you came home
was a deliberate lie! Hub-And / say
It wasn't! / never thought up one
more quickly In my life!
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-12-17
THURSDAY. DECEMBER IT, 1908.
Official Newspaper Steele County
RATES:

Entered at the post Office at Hope, North Da
xota. as second class matter.