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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN UTAH.

Mr.. Oswald Crawford's unexpected call to Eng
land temporarily closes his valuable series of for
eign correspondence with The Intermountain Cath
olic. We hopefully look forward to the time when
Mr.. Crawford will return to Central America and
Mexico to continue his archaeological researches,
and to reopen the department of The Intemoun-
tain Catholic to which his ability and scholarship
have impaired an unique and instructive PERSONAL
ity.
Early in March we promised our readers that
would secure, if possible, the advance chapters
of the History of the Catholic Church in Utah"
which Dean Harris is now writing by request of
the Knights of Columbus. In this history will APP
pear for the first time in the English language the
complete "Diario" or report of the expedition and
discoveries of the Spanish priests Velez Escalante
and Atanasio Dominique In the diario an inter-
esting series of observations are recorded of the
habits and manners of the local tribes dwelling on
the shores of Timpanago, now Utah lake, which the
fathers discovered August %, 1916 and which they
named Lake of Our Lady of Mercy of the Tim
panagos" The Introductory chapters to the history
will be written by RI Rev. L. Seaman. D. D., bish-
OPP of Salt Lake, and will deal, explanatory, with
the doctrines and teachings of the Catholic church
We arc olhSuleily pIlNlleSeu III JHdG we are per-
mitted by the bishop to be allowed to begin next
week the publication of Bishop Scanlans chapter
the doctrines of our church and. incl
IDENTIFY, introducing the readers of The Intermoun-
tain Catholic to the history of the Catholic church
in Utah.
We earnestly invite our readers Catholic and
Protestant to read this predatory chapter which
will summarize authoritatively the belief of all in
telligent Catholics and the dogmatic teaching of
their church.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

size does in these latter days. For the gold piece
could not purchase the appetite which boys of those
days had and neither could it purchase pumpkin
pie of the same golden hue. 1t may seem strange,
but the recollection of those early years finds moth
ing so allurng as the work of gathering the big
yellow pumpkins from the cornfeld We never did
raise any big enough to capture a prize at the
county fair, but they we're big enough to make
pies out of, and such pies!
The mornings were always frosty when we went
out to the cornfeld, opened up a shock peered
into it and discovered the glorious fruit which had
been placed there escape the ravages of the early
frost They were cold, but, the anticipation of
those glorious pies that mother used to make
warmed our hearts even if it did not warm our
hands. For the yellow pulp when stirred together
with a few spices and put into the oven in dough
of surprising richness certainly made a combina-
ton not found anywhere else on the face of the
earth. 1t must have been that there some love
mixed into the combination for there certainly IS
nothing of the earth earthly that equal the
dreams of elysium awakened by six-inch triangu-
lar piece of that pie when balanced the tips of
the fingers and bitten off in chunks as large the
mouth would conveniently, and sometimes incon-
veniently, accommodate. Science has made many
improvements in the culinary art, in everything
else but science is impotent before the mysteri
Transformation of the fruit of the vine of the
cornfeld. And even with the pure food law in
full operation, there is nothing of this modern age
that is worthy of comparison with it. The pumpkin
pie of the farm is the one thing science cannot
improve
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
FOR A CLEAN CAMPAIGN.

The political campaign that has just started
promises to be quite as lively as any that have gone
before. The press of the country, on the whole
has taken up the discussion of the issues with a
spirit of fairness that was lacking in some cam
paigns of the past. Only few of the leading
newspapers display any great amount of rancor.
and the candidates have not been vilifed by any
papers that come to our exchange desk The lead
ers of the two great parties and the orators though
quite emphatic in their denunciaon of the policies
of the opposition, nevertheless seem inclined to
credit their opponents with honesty of purpose.
even if they do not agree with them in matters
pertaining to the policies of the nation
And this is as it should be. No partisan poll
tican Justly claim all the virtues of fairness
and political honesty and deny those things to his
opponents. And the great mass Of American cit
liens who make the electorate have right to be
appealed to to support the tickets on plain and
straightforward arguments based on the principles
Of the party's platform.
There are still some vital differences between
the principles advocated by the Republican and the
Democratic parties, but they have got pretty close
together on great many matters, and powerful
forces at work to bring them still closer While
1t IS not likely that the forces of the two great DO
tical parties will unite during the next few years
that they will ultimately come so close together
that the only question to be decided between them
Will be one Of men rather than one of policies.
seems certain When that time comes, there will
no doubt grow up new party
As the campaign progresses, we trust the same
spirit Of fairness marks the opening of the cam
paign will continue to the day of election The
people viii be better able to solve the problems if
the campaign is conducted on lines intended to en-
Tighten the voters and not to besmirch the candi-
dates before the people. And arguments, no mat
ter how specious, which viii at least pretend to
show that the national welfare is to be best con
served by the election of certain candidates is
more commendable course than campaign of bit
ter denunciation even if those denounced merit it
which is hardly likely. SO far the campaign
has been clean. We trust it may continue So
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
THE MTERMoUNTAN AND COLORADO cATHoLC AUGUST e. 1908

has had experience that will make many happy
hours of recollection when he grows up and finds
that his time for vacations is nearly done. 1t is
certainly more than love for outdoor life which
should lead the fathers and mothers of boys to take
them out on, camping excursions. The love which
parents bear their children should prompt them to
It, The boy who goes out with his father pitches
tent in the woods, or along some mountain
stream, boils some coffee and fries some bacon in
the early dawn, and then puts in a whole day in
the open certainly has the environment to FIJI his
mind with thoughts far above the ordinary things
of life. The possession of rod and gun by boy
that is, boy who is old enough to know discre-
tion-is one of the things which will make the boy
happy and will tend to develop in him the manly
characteristics which are so much admired in
young men. And if the father of boy can find
time to go out with him, the boy will learn to APP
preciate the ways of the father and the father will
keep the boys ideal The father can keep alive in
his sons heart the faith that every normal boy
feels in his father the faith that he is the biggest
smartest and best father and man in the world. If
that feeling be preserved or the waning in
fuence OF the father be restored, then the rod
the gum the camp and the vacation will indeed
have been worth while.
1t is a pretty good thing for men and women,
boys and girls to be kept busy. Work Is certainly
a good thing for all of us, but the vacation is
equally important. Fathers ought to plan some
such camping trip for their boys every summer.
Girls like to get out, too and breathe the ozone of
the woods, and tramp over the hills in search of
flowers and other things that girls take enjoyment
in. The exercise they get in this way will do them
a world of good, and when they all return to the
city, the duties of school will be taken up with
greater earnestness, and the work will be more
peasureable to them than if they had spent the va
cation of school in the same old drudgery of the
city. We believe in fresh air, and we believe the
fathers and mothers of the country should make
their children companions aunts which will give
them touch of the wild and a touch of nature.
Vacations are good times for parents to get ac-
quainted with their children, and better time for
children to get acquainted with their parents If
the present vacation now drawing to a close has
done this for you or yours, it has been a time of
profit not in dollars and cents perhaps, but in that
greater asset happiness, and in better health for
everybody who has participated in the vacation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
PUMPKINS.

Boys down in Ohio used to go to the county
fair every fall and the biggest thing there at each
agricultural display the pumpkins. We have
no distinct recollection just how big those pump
kins were-they must have weighed almost ton.
for it required a couple of men to put them into
a wagon when the display of agricultural products
was at an end If they didn't weigh ton, at least
that was the only means of expression which BOYS
have that would adequately express very great
weight. These displays of the plebeian fruit were
always the center of interest for small coterie of
rival pumpkin raisers, and they were guarded with
watchful care by the men who had captured the
blue and the red ribbon the size of their prod
uct
But the pumpkins themselves were not nearly
interesting the dreams Of pumpkin pie which
the size of the fruit suggested could be made from
them. The pumpkin pie of the quiet country home
down the farm in Ohio contained more of the
elements of happiness than gold piece of equal
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
BANKS.
their church

Editor Intermountain Catholic: Will you please
explain what is meant by national banks? Are they
more secure than private banks, or banks controlled
by corporations? What guarantee does the govern
ment give2 J.F G.
Pueblo, Colo Aug. %, 1908.
National banks are banks organized under the
laws enacted by the United States congress They
are no more secure than private state banks, as
such. The government does not guarantee depos-
It's. When a national bank invests It's capital in
government bonds it deposits those bonds with the
treasurer of the United States and issues money
as against them. The government holds those bonds
security for the money so issued in order that
there may be no danger of the money of the coun-
try becoming deprecated. When the national
bank pays to the United States treasurer an amount
equal to that issued by the bank, the bonds are
then turned back to the bank.
State banks organized under state laws.
which usually contain restrictions carefully pnard
ing the interests of those dealing with the hank
and adapted to local conditions These banks the
the national banks are under the sunervi
sion of bank examiner who regularly visits and
audits the books and accounts of the bank
Both of the above kinds of banks are controlled
by corporations. A private bank is where an in
dlvldual or partnership engages in the banking
business, without being incorporated Such banks
have become comparatively rare, although some of
the strongest banks i'll the country are private
banks. As rule bankers themselves do not like
this method, because in case of death the business
would have to stop temporarily if not permanently.
AS stated above bank is neither necessarily
safe unsafe because it belongs to any of the
three classes mentioned. In deciding as to the
safety of bank should look at the men in
control their character and methods of business,
whether conservative or speculative; the amount
of capital put into the business, the length of time
it has been in business the character of securities
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
VACATION.

Now that the vacation days for the school chill
dren are drawing a close, it is well to consider
the benefits that are to be derived from vacations
as well as school. 1t pretty wise old chap who
said that all work and no play makes Jack dull
boy. Probably that fact was realized when the
school term limited in order to give vacation
dnrlng the summer. Boys are the raw material
from which citizens are TO be made. And girls are
the raw material from which the mothers of the fu
.ture generations are to be made That they should
grow up to manhood and womanhood strong in
body and mind and stronger in moral fiber should
be the prime object of all this early life and edr
cation What is the best method of making strong
men and women, strong in mind and clean in heart.
is a much mooted question in America In the first
place, strong constitution, good internal organs
and healthy appetite are essential. That's what
we have vacations for-to develop the physical and
give rest to the or less strained mental ac
tivities of children in school.
Bows take to outdoor sports naturally SEEM
inrlv as girls do to the domestic duties of the
home And the boy who has had the opportunity
during the summer now passing into the fall sea
son to 90 out and enjoy week or two Of camp life
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED
CARD FROM BISHOP scA,IAN.

feel it 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 gar5 Of priest sister, anyone else, IL
authorized permitted TO solicit or collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with tbs
Catholic Church without having from permission
in writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document he or
she the may be- should be regarded by all al
fraud and an imposter L. SCANLAN
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Our readers, we know, win regret the dfeoor+:
uance, if only for a time of Oswald C-av4o.r
letters. The distinguished writer is an archaeoo
gist, scientist, and is possessed of broad and o.,
prehensive knowledge with a descriptive power H.
is rarely excelled. A brilliant scholar. he ms.
with ease, grace and marked simplicity In an d.
writings he displays great power over TN. hmm.
heart, touching the springs of deep feeling and o.,
uine sympathy. His communications ON the W.
Digger and Paragon Indians to The Intarr,or,+..E
Catholic are now in press and will soon be nrbsb.I
under the title, "By Path and Trail We wish
esteemed correspondent bon voyage and hope that
he will soon renew his correspondent as he L,
promised to do in his farewell note
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

A New York autoist was recently arrested f..
running his machine at an excessive speed. tn.
complaint read that his automobile was running o+
speed of sixty miles, to which he demurred, claim
ing that he was going in excess Of ninety miles
and sought to have the case dismissed on the tech.
nical error. The record shows that he was fined
intsead. But he ought to be given a medal for his
veracity.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29
TO DIR SUBSCRIBERS

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese. It's circulation Mon
tana Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business men advertise in the paper. All subscribers
will find it to their advantage when about to invest
purchase consult business matters read over
the list of our advertisers. We only recommend,
but ask for them the patronage of all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

As result of the fun poked at Candidate Kern
about his whiskers, he has announced that he wears
them because they are his. Which is magnani-
nous in the candidate, and relieves him of the sus-
picion of having lived in Kansas
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

These would be great nights to sleep if OUT
neighbor's dogs wouldn't mingle their raueous
bowls with the "straining" of the phonograph
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Wish they would hurry and get some Of those
canned campaign speeches in Salt Lake They
would offer some variety to the selections On our
neighbours machine
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

It looks as though Queen WilheImua win I,-.
to give President Castro the thrashing tina he Ia,
been hankering for the past few years
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Wish those swift bicycle riders would break
few of the records that our neighbors use on their
photograph.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Contrary people are those who won't do what
we want them to. Of course we are never CONTRARY
in wanting them to do what they don't want to.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

We never did know public officer that was paid
as much as he thought he was worth, but mighty
few of them ever resign.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

These are hard days for the book agent and
magazine solicitors. The campaign committees
will soon be supplying all the literature that We can
take care of.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

If we don't have frost pretty soon, the price
of fruit will have to be raised without even that
excuse.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Conservative estimates of automobile owners
place the expense of operation and maintenance
at 81 per mile Judging from this, speed limit
of eight miles an hour doesn't seem bit too fast
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

There were no unpleasant incidents at the visit
of the American fleet to Australia. The incident
which promised to be unpleasant was only threat
ened.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

The only objection we have to the fellow who
knows everything is that he is generally wrong.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Some men are naturally lazy while Others are
most unnaturally so.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Incidentally, it may be remarked that the
weather man is handing out a very satisfactory
variety just now
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

That feeling that it was foolish for you to go on
vacation will wear off about the time the Christ
mas remembranees must be bought.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Wise philosophers tell US that contentment is
far better than riches, but some of us haven't either
to worry about.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

However, we never knew a grammarian who was
not stilted In his expression, or who ever had an
idea that ordinary people took any interest in.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Maybe the government wants to protect the for
ests from the burning eloquenee of the spelIbind-
ers who use the woods to practice in before going
before the people
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

1t is said that the debt of the municipality OF
New York is greater than that of the German en-
pire. But the emperor Of the Germans probably
never had any experience with tiger.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

The cost of living maintains its dirr.aod ,o.;
ton at the top of the heap.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

The worst affliction IN the world is to want too
much money. The doctors can't cure that-not
even in themselves
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Hopelessness and contentment little con-
fused by some people who ought to know the dit
ference
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Americans borrow the hat pattern Of the Aezl-
can cowboy, and call it a Merry Widow
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Still, it's worth $3.50 to man not to smoke
one 10-cent cigar each day in the year. And that
is pretty good weeks wages.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

To ask a returning vacationist if he had good
time is polite way of asking him if he came b,c,
broke.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

A goat down southwest was suspected of eating
a valuable piece of jewelry. Upon its slaghter the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

Nightmares are more enjoyable than day dreams
because the awakening comes sooner.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

fellow who harbors resentment is generally
anchored in conceit.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

suspicion was not sustained Nevertheless. the =,
is still on the goat.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-29

in which its money is placed and whether it is pay
ing dividends and adding to its surplus.