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Arizona republican., 1908-11-30

and thence in double rows to the state dining rooms and grand salons Grat- | flying and impressive as were these ex- amples of almost royal hospitality, the chairman of the American delegation | found more of interest in the perfec- | tion of the system of roads with which the republic is provided, and in the systematic method of maintaining them to the highest degree of efficiency He was told that on the magnificent road leading from Paris to Versailles 5000 automobiles pass either way on each fine day. but he noted that it was in such perfect condition that it was practically as dustless as the carefully
 swept asphalt street of a large city. No better macadam roads are built in France than can be and are built in this country; but the maintaining of these roads is attended to with the ut most care. and for that reason the highways are invariably in such splen-
 did condition that they excite the envy of American visitors.
 Prior to his arrival at Paris, Mir
 Page spent some days in England in the company of some of the famous
 highway engineers of the empire, ex- amining roads throughout England. It
 is his belief that England has arrived as near to the solution of dustless roads the present day problem of all high way engineers-as any nation. Her engineers have given the use of bitu- minOus materials for spraying maca- dam roads the utmost thought and care. Spraying highways with such materials after science has been called to the aid of the highway builder, has a tendency to preserve the solidity of the roads and prevent the formation of dust; and England has made such pro- gress in this branch of road study that many miles of suburban roads are as free from the disease breeding dust nuisance as the best kept streets of the principal cities of the world.
 So firm are the highway scientists in the demand that these conditions not merely maintain but improve, that the first fight against the horse has been taken up by the automObilists.
 When the motor car began to come into use, the teaming interests of the world were strong They berated the automobile in unmeasured terms: said that it was a menace to the public and to the horse; that it endangered life and limb; in fact advanced every argu- ment against it that from time i'm memorial has been advanced against the advent of every great invention or civilizing influence.
 In the early days of the American re- public, the pack saddle men fought bitterly against the advent of the wag- on. They declared it would make pos sible the carrying of heavier loads and the consequent running of the pack saddle industry; the wagon men fought the stage coach on the theory that it would facilitate traffic and throw wa gOn men out of work: the stage coach men battled against the railroads on the theory that the running of steam cars would drive out the stage coach driver; and each in turn was forced to make way.
 The fight of the horse car men against the trolley car is remembered by all The claim was then made
Arizona republican., 1908-11-30

] that 2,OOO,O00 horses would be thrown out of work and that horse breeders would starve. The trolley is we'll nigh universal, and yet more horses are raised each year than the year before and they bring better prices.
 The horse interests have ever fought the automobile. There have been thousands of columns of argu- ment published against it, and short sighted men have advocated such heavy taxation against it, that a great and ever growing industry would have been sadly hampered, had half the unwise legislation planned been put into execution.
 Now highway experts, aided by the motor car interests and by a power full association of London and it's suburbs, have turned like the trodden worm and started an attack on the horse.
 The claim they advance is that the polluting of all public thoroughfares is done not by automobilists, but by horses; that if no horsese were all lowed to drop organic matter.on pub lie thorough fares, the dust nuisance hOuld oOOAl bt- llduSHl Dul IU uil- pleasant memory They advance the logical statement that the nuisance created by hundreds of thousands of horses is edtrimental % public health and a menace to the pavements, and they charge that the continual cleans ing of the streets because of this traffic imposes a vast and an unjust tax upon the citizens
 - It was a source of great gratifi- cation to the American chairman to be frankly told in both France and England that this nation has stepped ahead of both those nations in the testing of materials for building ma cadam roads. Various experiments conducted by the office of public roads have developed the fact that it is possible in road building to ob- tain a better bonded surface by mix ing rocks, such as limestone, with silicious rocks, such as granite or sandstone.
 That iscovery-embodied in publi- cations sent out through the United States department of agriculture had been adopted by some of the British highway engineers, and while in England MT. Page was driven over a number of stretches of splendid highway built by the blending of such material and was commented by those who built them.
 In conjunction with that phase of highway construction, Mr. Page was asked if it would be possible for his office to receive about 300 samples of the characteristeric road building rocks of Great Britain and make a laboratory test of them.
 It was specifically stated in the of- ficial invitation sent from France many months ago that the congress at Paris was called for the purpose of discussing the effect of automO- bile traffic upon public highways and if deemed detrimental to devise means of overcoming the effect. Asked what conclusion was reached by the congress, Mir. Page said that auto mobile traffic and it's effect was very thoroughly discussed and that many brillian papers were presented. every phase of the question being treated As it was impossible to ar rive at a unansmOus conclusion, the question of damage done was left for later determination. It was the consensus of opinion, however, that
Arizona republican., 1908-11-30
The Necessary Luxuries of Christmas.

Shall We give presents this Christ mas? asks Appleon's for December
 We have been through a period of hard times. Whether we have less or not, we feel we have less-alI this talk Of hard times has made us feel so. In hard times we have to cut down our expenses. We cant cut off the neces- sities, so we must cut off luxuries. Christmas gifts are not necessities. They are luXuries Should they then be cut off? We believe not. We be- lieve they are necessary luXuries.
 A Christmas without presents would be like a concert without music.--It would be a Christcas in name only. Is Christmas worth while? Has it any value? Does it do any good? It desn't make the country richer. It has no practical value.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-30

keeping certain hired men.-Agnes c. Laut. in the Outing Magazine for December
Arizona republican., 1908-11-30

me-From the Bohemian for Decem- Der
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
An Artists Apology.

The New York Times is responsible
for the following;
Dear Teacher My muther says !
haffto apologize for droren your pick
chure on the bored as if you was an
oiled made with curls and d long wiss-
ker on your chinn witch you could not
help or me neither
1T was a meen thing to doc and l am
sorry l didd it but I could not help it
becaws you stood thare looken SO
nacherl with the curls and the wissker
and all and Jenny Ames dared me to
doc it at resess.
l doc not blame you for wippen me
becaws ii looked so mulch like you you
had a purfeck rite to be mad. If 1
was you 1 would be mad too
My muther says nobody is so sennsf-
tive about her looks as a lady teacher
espeshuly if she is a lettle oiled but
this was not to go in the letter.
If you only understood what is inside
of boys heads maken them be missche-
fuss you would be sorry for them for
1t is not eXackly there fault
l know You feel wurse about ii than
| do becaws my wippen does not hurt
now but pickchure goes on forever.
Teachers have hard enuf time good
ness knows without beien shode how
they look for whoal school to laff at.
Sometime if you do not care 1 will
drore you on the bored looken swete
and yung and put your name under so
everybody will know who it is and so
no more for the present frum your troo
friend and skOller. TOMMY.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
PARK CITY.

Mrs. NJ. j. Daley is up from Salt
Lake for few weeks visit.
At st. Mary's cathedral in Salt Lake
City, Thursday, Aug. 6, Miss Minnie
Heenan and Patrick Byrne of this city
were united in the holy bonds of mat
rimony. Miss Ruby Lynch of this city
acted as bridesmaid and the ceremony
was performed by Father Kiely, as
sisted by Rev. B. MOntrucchio. Mr..
and Mrs. Byrne will reside in this city,
and the Record joins in extending them
congratulations and best wishes.-Park
City Record.
Mrs. M. ]. Daley and children and
Mrs. Conklin are visiting at the Silver
King mine.
Miss Forester and Miss Kathryn
Driscoll returned to their homes in Salt
Lake after very pleasant visit in the
Park with the Misses Carey.
Mr. and Mrs. McGill entertained
few of their friends at the New York
mine Wednesday. The following guests
enjoyed their hospitality: Mr.. and Mrs.
Sledden, DR.. and Miss Bardsley, Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson.
Mrs. Dan ]. Gallivan and children
are visiting in the Park with Mrs. NJ
M. Condor.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
CFrom the Salt Lake Herald)

st. Mary's great organ was tested yes
terday. Musicians who listened to the
melody which filled the cathedral were
delighted with the instrument. They de-
clared that the organ was one of the most
completely equipped for church music in
the world
B. T. Edwards, the expert sent here by
the kimball company of Chicago, COM
pleted the work of putting up the organ
short time before the hour set for the
first recital, at which Bishop Laurence
Seaman was TO pass judgment upon the
instrument.
The test of the organ was made by Pro-
fessor ]. ]. Mcclellan, organist at the tab
ernacle. Beneath his touch the organ re-
sponded like living thing, the notes of
the "Vox Humane" rising above the flood
of melody like the sound of a human
voice. When the last note died away,
there was no doubt as to what Bishop
Scanlan's decision would be. The organ
was a success.
There were only a few persons in the
cathedral when the organ was tested
Miss Nora Gleason, the present organist
at ST. Mary's, invited some of the promi-
nent musicians of the city and few per-
sonal friends. Bishop Seaman was there,
by the Rev. Fathers w. K.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
CATHEDRAL NOTES.

All having tickets for Altar society
or Catholic day are requested to make
returns on Sunday, or Monday at the
latest.
Miss Margaret Harley and Miss EN-
lily Kuntz will sing at the II O'Clock
mass on Sunday.
A full account of those who donated
TO the picnic on Aug. II, Catholic day,
viii be published next week.
Saturday, Aug. Is, being the feast of
the Assumption, will be a holy day of
obligation. Masses Will be celebrated
at and 9 o'clock.
Services viii be held at the state peni-
tentiary next Sunday. Leon Smith
Miss Margaret Harley and Miss Emily
Kuntz will be the soloists.
Mrs. Sehy and Miss Matilda Sehy are
the ladies appointed to attend to the
affairs this week.
The organ in the Catholic cathedral
was accepted on Wednesday afternoon
by Bishop Seaman. It is needless to
say that the grand instrument is per-
feet, both in construction and tone.
Miss Gleason, the present organist of
the cathedral, invited a few personal
friends, besides the prominent must
clans Of the city, to attend the recital
on Wednesday, and all were delighted
with the organ.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
From the Salt Lake Herald.)


Gee, mamma, it must be great to be
a orphan" remarked a youngster as
he craned his neck over the railing of
the Saltair pavilion yesterday to
watch the 225 children from st. AIMS
orphanage as they Toasted around the
long tables spread below, and every
one of the 225 kids agreed with him,
at least throughout one long, delirious-
ly happy day.
Even the little tot with 6. flaming
red head bowling with pain from a
stomach overloaded with good things
considered the pain beneath his belt
but moderate price to pay for his
days enjoyment, and protested loudly
that he had had a good time.
At half past 8 yesterday morning
the children from the orphanage, the
choir of the Catholic cathedral and the
altar boys, dressed in their best and
with faces spotless and shining with
of the delights which
awaited them, were loaded into auto
mobiles and taken to the Saltair depot.
Tne children were the guests of
Bishop Laurence Seaman for the day
Miss Nora Gleason had general super
vision of the outing, and in her care
were the little tots When the 225
SOuhSSNelS, tIIeu anu HAPPY, hnelI De-
side their little beds last night their
prayers were all for the good bishop
and Miss Gleason.
When the kids arrived at the resort
they were turned loose, and frantic
with delight scampered over every foot
Of the big pavilion. Everything was
thrown open to them, but not a mem
Der of the band but had eyed greedily
the big hampers and baskets which
carried the good things provided for
them, and no dinner bell was neces-
sary to call the stragglers at noon
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
CATHEDRAL SERVICES

Masses at s, 8 and II O'Clock on Sun
days. High mass at II O'Clock. with
sermon. Sunday school at $50. Yes
pers and Benediction. at 7:30 D. m.
Week day mass at 7:30 a. m.
Mass is celebrated Sundays at st. Pat
1cks church. Fourth South, between
Third and Fourth West at 10 o'clock
on Sunday. Meetings of cathedral par
Ism curing the month are: Promoters
or the Sacred Heart League, the last
Sunday Of each month the Altar So
ciety every first Monday of the
month; ST. AIMS Sewing society every
Monday at 2 o'clock. Choir rehearsal
for cathedral choir Friday nights at
o'clock; Junior choir every Saturday
at $3.50, and St Cecilia chorus every
Sunday at $780,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
TOTAL ABSTINENCE UNION.
Resolutions Adopted Against Coun-
tenancing Liquor Traffic
In Any Form.

New Haven, Conn, Aug. 13.-Denun-
Citations OF the liquor traffic. an appeal
for sanctifcation of Sunday and the ex-
clusion from membership in Catholic So
cieties of those engaged in the liquor
traffic. were the striking features of the
resolutions adopted by the national con-
vention of the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Union today.
Resolutions declared that mot in
drunkenness and riotous living can any
man make effective profession of the
Catholic faith. With indignatiin the
union protests against the taunts of its
critics. It does not seem that it should
stoop to contest the claims ON ultra
orthodoxy which have been so blatant
ly made by those who have tried to
substitute the beer mug for the stand
ard of the cross. The day for apology
for total abstainers is over"
The union also declares its allegiance
to the Catholic church, and adds:
With all our souls we welcome the
encyelical of our holy father, Plus X.
on modernism"
The resolution also says:
Catholic periodicals that cannot live
without liquor advertisements should
die. Let them not drag down the Cath
Ole name in their greed. We earnestly
suggest that Catholic organizations
which exclude Saloonkeepers from
and which forbid the use
of liquor at their meetings. should not
tolerate the formation of clubs within
their membership, which despise the
letter and spirit of these laws which
have been made by their orga ~zation
for the honor of the Catholic name.!'
The following cablegram was received
from Rome in answer to a message sent
by the convention:
Bishop of Hartford:
Holy father thanks convention for
their congratulations, willingly blesses
all members.
(Signed) Cardinal Merry del Val"
An invitation to hold the next conven-
ton in Chicago was accepted.
The following officers were elected |
President, Rev. James T. Coffey, st. |
Louis; vice president, Rev. ]. G. Bean, |
second vice president. |
John ]. Corbet, New Haven; third vice |
president, Mrs. L. M. Lake, st. Louis; |
treasurer, Rev. P. ]. O'Callaghan, Chi |
ago: secretary, Edwin Mulready, Rock |
Stand Mass.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
ORPHANS GO THE LIMIT AT SALTAIR;
ARE DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY FOR A DAY

time or at 6 o'clock when the big ia
bles were prepared. Even the roller
coaster was deserted in favor of the
banquet. And how they did eat. -Four
hundred loaves of bread, twelve hams,
twelve tongues twenty bottles of
pickles, fifty watermelons, 162 cakes,
thirty gallons of ice cream and dozen
buckets of candy were among the pro-
visions provided for the hungry army
OF kids, but when they finished the
evening meal a sparrow would have
made but scant meal from the frag-
ments.
Everybody at the resort gathered
around the tables while the children
were being fed to see the kids enjoy
themselves. Even the employees of the
resort Joined in the fun, and there was
spirited argument as to which
youngster would last the longest in
the contest against his heaping plate.
George Johnson, the one young gentle
man of color present, violated every
tradition of his race by refusing to eat
watermelon in spite of constant urg-
Ing, but George more than made up
for his dereliction by the way he
handled the ham sandwiches and the
cake He certainly was fond of ham.
After the evening meal a dozen gen
tliemen gathered up a party of kids
and invaded every concession at Salt
air. Screaming carloads shot down the
inclines of the roller coaster. every
horse on the merry go-round had two
and sometimes three riders. and
crowds of youngsters who had had
their weights guessed boosted that they
weighed ''more'n fifty pounds" At 7:20
they were all loaded onto the cars. and
upon reaching the city were again taken
home in automobiles. Every face was
dirty. every stomach full and every
heart was happy. 1t was a great day
for t,le kids
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
Realty Company.

Why don't you take advantage of the
prosperous condition of Salt Lake and
secure for yourself a portion of the
profit that will be made out of Salt
Lake real estate within the next few
years?
The Mutual Realty Co. owns one of
the best apartment house sites in the
city and is erecting thereon thorough
ly modern building
The directors offer you an opportunity
to subscribe for a limited amount of its
stock, which will pay from II to Is per
cent per annum. The shares of this
company may reasonably be expected to
be worth several times par within the
next few years, and if you are so fortu-
nate to get them now you will reap the
benefit.
Write or call on c. E. Raybould. sec
rotary, 524 Security & Trust building.
for booklet No trouble to answer ques-
lions.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
Porto Rican Dispute Settled.

san Juan, Aug. 13.-After having sat-
lsfactorily settled the question in dis
pute between the regular government
and the Catholic church in Porto Rico.
arising out Of the control of estate for
merly owned by the Dominican and
Franciscan orders Assistant Secretary
of State Bacon sailed for New York
yesterday on the steamer San Juan.
Under the agreement reached the fed
eral government will obtain, subject to
the approval of congress. control of the
San Domingo convent building and its
lands and the land occupied by the in
fantry barracks, paying therefor S120.-
600. The insular government will re-
ceiVe, II the agreement is sanctioned by
the insular congress, the market place,
the San Francisco barracks and the in
sane asylum and the land surrounding
1t, paying $1S0,000 for them in three in
stallments. The church, in addition to
the money considerations, will obtain
under the agreement a chapel and six
ty-two acres Of land near San Juan.
This disposes Of the last of the church
claims. The question has caused pro-
ira acted litigation and discussion in six
legislatures. The inSular courts have
decided some points in favor Of both
parties and appeals were taken to the
United States supreme court. These ap-
peals now will be withdrawn.
The church land question in Porto
Rico involved the right of the Roman
Catholic church to control various prop
critics valued at about 81. 000, 900 former
ly owned by the Dominican and Fran
ciscan orders. The estates were alien |
ated by the action Of the Spanish gov
in 1888, but the Catholic church |
alleged that the act was not properly |
carried into effect and sought to have
them restored. alleging that the church |
was especially dependent since the |
United States came into authority in /
the island and separated church and /
state.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-15
ST. MARYS CATHEDRAL ORGAN
TESTED, IS DECLARED PERFECT
Expert Musicians UnSned in Their Praise of Magnificent
Construction Bishop Seaman Is Highly Eated.
n and D. Kelly, to pass Judgment upon

Ryan and D. Kelly, to pass Judgment upon
the organ. -,
The musicians present were Sister Cecil
of ST. Mary's academy, Professor Anton
Petersen of All Hallows college, Arthur
Petersen, Professor j. J. Daynes, former
organist of the tabernacle; j. G: Giles, ).
NJ. Porter, Lynn Fairbanks, Walter Poul-
ton, Edwin Kimball, organist at the First
Methodist church; Willard Weihe OF the
Orpheum, Jack Berkhoel of st. PauIs,
A. H Peabody of st. Marks. Evan Steph-
ems. director of the Tabernacle choir.
Professor Mcclellan, on taking his seat
at the organ, rendered the following Sc
lections:
'IrdumeTl .'.....'-.....'.'' SCH ~ 20
Communion in G Minor. Batlste
Pilgrims Chorus, from Tannhauser.
Toccata in F............,.........'' 49, :, V luo.
Improvisation E. ....................,.Ch uVet
Nocturne ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. DOl llliOI
TannhauSer ....-.-..-.-..... w "Slie,
"Holy city by requesD $500. Adams
Nearer, My God, to Thee (by- re-
uuesO. ............ Arr. by Performer
Professor ]. ]. Daynes, former organist
at the tabernacle, also tried the instru-
ment.
The organ will not be again used except
in practice by the organist. Miss Gleason,
until the opening of the cathedral.