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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
OPTIMISTIC.

When Mr. Samuel Newhouse returned to Salt
Lake last week after extended stay in the east
he told the reporters that he believed next year is go
ing TO be the most prosperous year the history of
the United States and this regardless of whom the
people elect TO the presidency of the nation As an
evidence Of his faith In his assertion the gift of the
site for the new Commercial club building, conser-
vatirely valued at 100000, is impressive The gift
too Is a mighty handsome thing in itself and Mr..
Newhouse certainly has won for himself the appro-
bation OF everybody in Salt Lake.
few days later Mr. E H Hartman passed
through Ogden on his way west. He also told the
reporters that prosperity is returning, and that,
though business had not yet attained the proper
tons Of a year ago, it was bound to come-and If
wouldn't make much difference whether Taft OF
Bryan were elected.
This is all very encouraging. 1t is also very
gratifying to The Intermountan Catholic for it is
in line with the theory heretofore expressed that
prosperity inevitable and that the result of the
presidential election this fall would not materially
affect that prosperity. However, such theory
makes very poor material for campaign speakers,
and the optimistic attitude of these two really in
huential viii not be adopted by the spellbind-
ers They much prefer to hold dire calamity over
the heads of the people, to view with alarm the at
titude Of the opposition, as though one party was
the only simon-pure friend of the people and the
other the nations worst enemy. When the names
Of the great statesmen and patriots Of the past few
generations are recalled, it Will be found that the
whole country unites in doing homage to the mem
DRY Of men, Democrats and Republicans alike whose
lives were spent in the public service And those
whose memories reach back to the campaigns of the
2IOs and SOS recall the same miserable bunkum as
part Of the campaign thunder of the politicians.
1t Is not altogether pleasant to suspect the lead
ers Of the great political parties of reasonable de-
signs; to believe they would wreck our prosperity
or plumber our homes. Neither the common people
nor the elect want that. Democrats and Republi-
cans unite in the desire to promote happiness and
prosperity for all, and whoever is elected the prayer
Of the people is that they may be guided by high
sense Of honor and duty
No matter what the result of the election in No
7ember the needs Of humanity will remain IN
hanged. The people must be fed and clothed, and
more than this they must have all the comforts and
uxuries which are the reward of industry and fru-
-ality. There viii still be capital as well as labor
eeking employment, and the capacity to find # will
e much the same as now.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
FINANCIAL COLUMN.

(Under this head The Intermountain Catholic
will answer inquiries as to business or investments
without charge.)
Ogden, Utah, Aug 8, 1908
Editor Intermountain Catholic: Please give me
your opinion of mining stocks as a safe investment.
Yours respectfully, jos.
| Answer-This is difficult question to answer
almost much so as if we were asked for our opn-
ion of minerals as a whole. There are good and bad
among them Mining is the basis of our prosperity
in this region, and we would not want to say any
thing derogatory of it. 1t is an enterprisng and
honorable business, although attended with great
deal of risk under the best conditions Mining how
ever, must be distinguished from the operations of
the confidence man, who sits in his back Office with
some autographed stock certificates which he tries
to sell to the innocent public, and which is as far
from circus lemonade is from lemons 1t is
this class which brings mining stocks into disre-
pute, and their smooth talk and advertisements
make it very difficult for the average investor to
tell the difference between such stocks and the ones
which really have merit. Sometimes even mine
which has merit is played up so as to get fancy
prices for the stocks, by the process of nside tips"
A prominent and successful fnancier said once
mining stocks are made to sell" In other words
that the money was made in selling Stocks rather
than in buying them. Before investing in any stock
be sure that you know the men who are in control
of the company, and'remember that there is a wide
gulf between the mine and the stock. See if those
in control have unloaded stocks at a loss to
the buyers; find out all you about the mine it.
SELF and then multiply the price per share by the
number of shares; that will give you the price at
which you are buying into the mine. If you think
the mine would not sell for that much then you may
be sure the stock will drop, and you may be sure
that the insiders will see that drop coming long be-
fore you will
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

as we have it in the Apostles Greed, but he did
swear to protect and guard the protestant reli-
| gion'' as established in his realms In the United
States the official name of the other wing of the
Anglican church is "The Protestant Episcopal
church in the United States" At general con-
ference in Philadelphia in 1914, a resolution was
introduced to change its present name to that of
"Catholic,," or Performed Catholic" The resolu-
ton was voted down by an overwhelming majority.
Therefore according to the majority their church
was not "Catholic" 1t is worthy of note that they
claim it to be reformed" which in itself is con
elusive evidence against any claim to be Catholic,
| because that would mean to cast in mold and
do away in part entirely with the old form"
This recasting of "Catholicity" in new mold
would require change in the profession of faith
n believe in the Holy Ghost and holy reformed
Catholic church, which shows the absurdity and
inconsistency Of when it strives to the
garb of truth. Gladstone in the Contemporary Re
view, 1876, wrote of the Anglican church: "That
body (the Church of England) is supposed by the
law of the country to be the ancient and Catholic
church of the country as well as the national es-
tablishment of religion" church to be national
and Catholic is hard proposition to understand.
How she could be termed Catholic in any sense, if
not actually so, is incomprehensibe. To Suppose
her to be Catholic" de Jure, and not be Catholic
de facto would tax the logic of Aristotle How
could "the law of the country suppose her to be
the ancient and Catholic church of the country"
if she is not Catholic now or since the days of
Queen Elizabeth Before the reformation the church
of England Catholic because she was in COM
munion with Rome, the center of unity But she
is not now the Identical church she was then How
then, could the old church in England, which was
Catholic, make the present church. which is not at
all identical with the old church. Catholic? There
are essential differences between the church that
in England for thousand years and the one
that has been there for the last $50 years There
fore there is identity between the old church of
England and the new. If they are not Identical
how could the law suppose them to be the same?
The essential differences between the old and the
new destroy all identity, it does also not only
the name Catholic de facto, but also that which is
claimed de jure. 1t belongs by prescription de iure
and de facto to the church in communion with
Rome which is Catholic because she teaches all ages,
all nations and all truth and is known exclusively
always and everywhere as the Catholic church
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
GROWTH OF TEMPERANCE.

People can say what they Will about the growth
OF the temperance movement, and look upon it as
another evidence of the radicalism of the American
people. But from the steady and ever increasing
growth it must become power in the land before
many years have rolled around, even if it has NOT
already assumed proportions that enttle if 70 spcb
consideration. The vain efforts of the early tenn
perance agitators by which it was hoped TO carry
the country against the saloon and the comparative
weakness OF that movement have been the cause of
much meTiment among the saloon and liquor men,
but the early mistakes have impressed their lesson
on the people, and the temperance cause has pro
fitted by the lessons taught.
The present movement has more than an hyster-
ical aspect to it. 1t differs from the movement as
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

solved But this possibility should not deter the
old-fogies from making a concerted effort to abol-
sh this evil The churches, schools. newspapers and
homes of the city should unite in demand for
better protection to our young men and women.
There is enough misery in the world without instl-
tutions serving to promote misery There is enough
sin without making the road of the susceptible and
inexperienced one of allurng temptations. The in
fuences of the cheap dance hall are all bad Let
US have crusade against it. Our city will then
be purer and more wholesome least on the
face.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA1.LAN.

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 garb Of priest sister anyone else, is
authorized permitted TO solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever 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 collecting without such a document he or
she the may be- should be regarded by all as
fraud and imposter. L. SCANIAN
Bishop Of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
DANCING.

From the earliest days of Utah uninterruptedly
to the present time the people have been great dane
ers. Learning to trip the light fantastic toe is as
much part of the education of the up-to-date
young Utahn as any other accomplishment. It is
not in the province of this newspaper to attempt to
regulate the amusements of the good people of this
state, besides, when properly INDUCED, dancing is
more or less of healthful exercise, and is an
amusement from which many derive great benefit
But the amusement, innocent in itself, becomes a
dcmoralizng factor in the lives of the young when
INDUCED by promiscuous crowd assembled from
all walks of life. The public dance hall where anv
and every may join in the rollicking sport,
where the simple introduction of Miss Innocence
and Mr.. Rounder serves to lay all formal barriers
aside, is not, in opinion, place of innocent
amusement.
Indeed, the operation of public dance halls in
many cities of the land became so lax and the con-
duct of the dancers and habitues of the places so
lacking in the proprietes of civilization that it BE-
came public scandal. Some cities abolished the
dance halls while others placed such restrictions
over them that their operation became Improbable
to their managers and they were closed up. Sooner
or later Salt Lake must follow some such course
o
dance hall. Of course, drinking glass of beer is
no crime. The manufacture and sale of the stuff
is licensed and permitted under the specous plea
that the public treasury needs the money The rev.
enue is great. But when more or less innocent
girl is persuaded to enter low dance hall. under
the influence of the example of her escort and few
beers, her ideas of life undergo rapid change She
lmaglnes the gay scene before her is the real life
without any of the afectatons of the better class,
of society. She never did like affectation ANYWAY
and her second third visit she enters into the
gaety of the occasion with little reserve The more
the girl the "greener" she IS Of fbe
great big world, the readily does she succumb
to the fascination of the free and easy life before
her She cannot the misery and DEGRADATION
which all too frequently result from freouentino
these public dance halls all that is hid from her
She meets the fascinating youth who smokes cigar
cites and hangs his hat the back of his head and
talks so entertainingly about life and how we'll sbe
iances. Perhaps he accompanies her home. IF #
S late, and it usually is, she has to lie about her
whereabouts to her parents or her ernplover Tho |
7oung man probably has a night key and he sneaks
nto the house like thief in order not TO avalon
lis mother.
1t is pleasant way of spending an evening
hey think and the old folks are lust little old
ogyish in their ideas
But the dance halls are doing a great deal of
arm to the young and women hereabouts
)issolute persons go there, depraved persons 60
here, and the influences there are debasing. If i
ossble that some more harmful amusement MIGHT
{ invented if the low dance halls were prohibited.
hich would give us another social problem to be
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
TO DIR SUBSCRIBERS

The Intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese. It's circulation in Mon
tana- Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business advertise in the paper All subscribers
VIII find 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 our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Whenever some wealthy dub lands in Salt T.L,
the enterprising reporter writes him up as savinr
that "Salt Lake has a great future" which is oDIv
a guess, at the best. The truth is that Salt TsE.
has great past, greater present and we all have
hopes for the future.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

The statement is printed that Cleveland is the
first city in the United States to "enjoy" three
cent street car fare. Which may be fact as to
the JOY. But Indianapolis had three-cent fare 70,
a couple of days eight or ten years ago.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Somebody evidently gave the snap away p.
Mr. Taft and Mr.. Bryan seemed to know au ~. u
the action Of the conventions in nominating tb..,
for the presidency, and they were well r.rar.-
for the committee with few general rauar.-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

It is asserted that the apple crop Of the T-r;..,
States has gradually dropped off from an aver,g.
of 62,OOO,oOO barrels to one of about 2s 0ooooo
And yet there are some horticulturi-tz who 49,.
plain of overproduction.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

jar with a nice, gentle emetic and placed +. =
convenient place. He now has a very strone -
picion as to where it went. He now locks thu -,
lar.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Once more we face the terrible predicanent Of
being without coal this winter. But remember that
the wolf really did appear the third time, and lay
in the winter supply soon.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Pretty soon now the balloon-parachute artist
who has escaped death can go into winter quarters
and plan new ways to amuse the public
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Hans Wagner, champion batter of the National
league. says that all you have to do to bat over the
300 mark is to hit the ball on the nose send 1t
where fielder can't get it and then run. Batters
of Salt Lake, take notice.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Man may be master of his destiny, but it is only
because of It's intangible quality that his wife hasn't
taken that over, too
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

A whole lot of confidence will be shattered l.
the result of the election but it will be mainly t5a.
of the politicians who knew the result before II,
ballots were cast
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

America is a great country for aa-armolo,.
and that may account for the facetiousra.s of u
stockbroker who attempts to make wata-n;Ir;o1.
when the price of stocks gets right
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Lightning seems to be another little difficulty
yet to be overcome by the airship builders before
success is assured.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Chicago university seems to be in most excel
lent position just now to receive an endowment Of
about $29,O00OOO.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

A chronic kicker doesn't have to be wound Nm
ike mechanical toy
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

When it is announced that a general facrs,..
in the price of meat is inevitable, console your,st
with the reflection that coal is up. too.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Many man boasts of his good fortune in Bs.
ing wife who is a good manager, and he looks 50
innocent all the while, too
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Tell me, where is the best seller of yesteryear
and why is a dialect storyl
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Wisconsin village board has decreed that pic
lures of the town topers shall be hung in the sa-
looms. Starting new kind of rogues' gallery or
hall of fame, don't know which
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Lots of us have pretty strong love for money
with hardly more than a speaking acquaintance
with it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

The price of print paper suggests that s,ibs,.a
ers to the paper ought to help out the pubsle, L.
paying up their subscriptions.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Hazing at West Point will have to be abolished
again soon, by executive order
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Straw votes will soon indicate the direction Of
the political winds
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Love is blind, except when you see your hes.
girl making eyes at another fellow
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

The Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary
Noises labors under great disadvantage It's mem
bers can't hire band nor make campaign speeches
And the shouts of victory are also unnecessary
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

If you think little, say less, and you will get
reputation as a pretty smart fellow
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

1t Is asserted that we have too many laws, but
the number of laws is infnitesimal as compared
with the technicalities in them
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

With a parrot that squawks and phonograpn
that wheezes, one on either side life becomes one
continual round of pleasure-for the neighbors.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Wonder if they named the sleeping cars after
the race horses, or vice versa
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

And there is profit to the oil trust in the cloud
of smoke which rises behind the automobile.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

When man marries he learns to hold his
tongue, but woman doesn't change much in thus
regard.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

The ice man says his product is not any colder
than the reception of his bill collectors.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
Bingham, Utah. Aug. 6. 1908.
fore you will.

Bingham, Utah. Aug. 6, 1908.
Intermountain Catholic: Dear Sir-As / read
in your paper that you would give advice, [ take
my pen in hand to say that have got 81 800 in a
savings bank, and get per cent interest on it. I
don't want to take any risk but l would like ~et
more interest if [ can Can you give me a., point
err but don't want to lose any of my money Yours
truly,
Answer-4ou money is undoubtedly safe if it
is in any savings bank in Salt Lake City. The saw
ings bank lends it out on mortgages. and makes
enough to pay your per cent and handsome profit
for themselves besides. This, of course. they are
entitled to. If you can lend on the same securities
the bank lends on, and get the higher rate you are
Just as safe, or even safer because then you hold
the security in your own possession Good mort
cages are the safest security in the world On this
subject the Review of Reviews for August refers to
mortgages "the very heart and center of This
market. In the farm mortgage and the real estate
bond there is element of speculation. The bond
IS practically always quoted at par and interest
The best way to buy these securities is through the
mortgage or real estate companies which issue them
IN large quantities, and can show good record of
intelligence and honesty for years past. The real
estate mortgage is the fundamental form of Ameri-
can investment, and may well form the nucleus of
the average mans income producing capital"
by investing In such mortgages at per cent,
having them guaranteed by a strong company your
$500 will equal 2,7O0 as an income producer.
Avoid all extremes in aliment mankind were
never intended to weigh and measure their food
Nature teaches every creature when it has enough
and the calls of thirst and hunger are sufficient to
inform them when more is needed
--~
Socialism says, what is thine is mine Chris
tianity says, what is mine is thine The difference
is infinite.
Once in while we see horse whose tail has
been docked. And yet there is law against the
inhuman practice of docking
A man with no ambition in life is about as nse-
less bridge tea.
It's wise man who can tell good watermelon
without plugging it.
If wishes were automobiles, beggars might have
the horses.
Wonder if some inexperienced woodsnan start
ed that Vancouver forest fire by blazing trail2
s-e-~-
Anyway, the weather has been right for the s,,r,-
mer girl, which is sufficient compensation
man out our way recently discovered that the
Irult his wife put UP disappeared from the cellar
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

man out our way recently discovered that the
fruit his wife put UP disappeared from the cellar
during the small hours of the night. He had no
suspicion as to where 1t went. Then he loaded one
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Anyway the weather has been right for the sum
mer girl, which is sufficient compensation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Avoid all extremes in aliment, mankind were
never intended to weigh and measure their food.
Nature teaches every creature when it has enough.
and the calls of thirst and hunger are sufficient to
inform them when more is needed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Wonder If some inexperienced woodsman start
ed that Vancouver forest fire by blazing a trail?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
CORRESPONDENTS SOLICITED

The Reverend Clergy requested to send to THE
lNIERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC contributions
pf interest to their respective parishes.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Socialism says, what is thine is mine. Chris
tlanity says, what is mine is thine The difference
is infinite.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15

Once in while we see horse whose tail has
been locked And yet there is law against the
inhuman practice of docking.