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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04
IMPORTED PESTS.
suspicion.

1t has been good many years since the English
sparrow was brought into the United States and
almost continuously since a few years after the
first importation sporadic attempts have been made
to rid the country of it. 1t is said that the sparrow
III England is very different bird from the sparrow
IN America; that the breed has degenerated in the
land of the free into nuisance whereas in Eng
land it is looked upon valuable agent in de-
stroyng the pests that affect orchards and vegetable
life generally. Be that it may, the importation
of the birds into America is now very generally CON
sidered as very grave blunder.
The English sparrow, however, is a comparative
ly innocent nuisance which we have brought into
this country from foreign lands The worst pests
have come in inadvertently, in shipments of fruit
trees The bureau of entomology at Washington
has arrived at the conclusion that number of moth
pests that now affect the orchards were brought into
America through shipments of fruit trees. and eff
forts are making to prevent a repetition. 1t is
pointed out that the money spent by states and the
federal government to eradicate pests after they
have become established here if il had been used in
keeping the pests out by adequate inspection of i'm
ported fruit trees would have resulted in large saw
ings to the agriculturists as well as leaving COM
Portable unspent besides Last year it is said
thousands of apple and pear seedlings were import
ed from France on which the winter nests of
the browntail moth. The exporting nurseries are
not officially inspected, and the imports passed the
customs house without adequate inspection That
the country was not overrun by the browntal moth
IS due only to the efficient inspection work of the
different states.
The experiences of the past indicate that fed
eral inspection law imposing an examination and
quarantine of imported nursery stock would aid ma
terialy the efforts of the states in preventing the
spread of insect pests. The laws of Utah concern
ing fruit and fruit trees adequate to meet the
demands of this state but lack of federal inspec
ion of foreign importations may bring into the
country some pests which will destroy the wood
ands and work untold injury to the orchards. It is
'eter that prevention be sought than that cure be
ound. 1t is also cheaper in the long run
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04
BICYCLES.

The death of Colonel Albert A. Pope. head of
the Pope Manufacturing company on August 10
takes from the world the pioneer manufactures If
bicycles. His company was, we believe the first to
enter the business big SCALE if not actually the
first to put the bicycle the market Of course.
there were bicycles in existence before the Pone
Manufacturing company placed them on the mar
ket, but it was the Pope product which made the
sport popular The bicycle of the old DAVIS which
today would be considered curiosity, had one br
wheel, ranging in height from fifty to sixty or more
inches, connected by backbone to little wheel he
hind about twelve inches in diameter. To mount
the bicycle trick of an athlete. To fall "A
1t was to run the risk of breaking the riders neck
The price for the bicycle in those DAYS was from,
Sloo to $780, and they were nickel plated with solid
rubber tires, and weighed enough to make load for
q horse to pull.
About twenty-five years ago the Safety bicvcle
was put on the market In the language of those
days, there were bicycles" or "ordinariesu a,d
"satetles." Today to meet the changed conditions
we have the bicycle" which is the improved uso f.
ty" of old and the cold high wheeln which i moo
t1cally out of existence We haven't seon ono g.
ten years About the only evidence we have Of H.
existence of the old high wheel is in the n,oos,,no
ment of gears on the bicycle today. A seventv-ncb
gear or seventy gear is called now, is one in
which one revolution of the pedals will move tbe
machine forward 900 inches, or the same Distance
that would be Travelled by wheel seventy inches in
diameter IN turning once. ninety gear. which ;o
not uncommon will send the rider forward l;++lo
less than twenty-four feet with each revolution 80
the pedals The physical limitations of man lin
tied wheels of the old style height of little Lose
than twice the length of his legs In the circrsaa
of some twenty years ago there were freak b;orolo
with extensions the pedals with wheel so,,,o
feet in height but, of course, these were neror :;
general use. In those days the rider of the bic
freak was Of as much interest to the small bow
as the elephant ~
It was not until the safety bicycle had been won
derfully improved and the price reduced bv nanr-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04
LITANY OF JOAN OF ARC.

The Roman Pontiffs in their sovereign capacitv
have repeatedly warned the faithful to be on tber
guard and not allow themselves to be deceived either
by their enemies pious 'cranks" within the fold
If it were permitted to unite our voice with that
of the Sovereign Pontif, we would do so most cheer
fully to condemn the foolish novelties superimposed
upon our most admirable cult, and which are the
product of diseased minds,.o perhaps have worse
and more vicious origin.
Not many years ago a book was published IN
France in favor of devotion TO the blood of tho
Blessed Virgin; then hysterical nun gave the NH
lie lengthy pamphlet on the heart of St Joseph:
an English devotee contended in two hundred mage
volume that the Virgin Mary was present with her
divine Son in the Blessed Eucharist and. soon after
this, appeared a dissertation from Frenchman CON
tending that the Blessed Virgin, really and nhvs;caI
~, lived before the creation of our planet Ger
wrote treatise to prove that the heart of Tsus
the center of the universe, and that the Holv
Trinity was obedent to the voice of the Mother Of
our Lord.
And now comes pious fraud who has written
Litany of the Blessed Joan of Arc, with prom
Use that whoever recites it for nine DAYS will never
be damned The Church is having hard time Of
it with her enemies attacking her from without and
her foolish friends from within, subiectipp her 70
ridicule
Within her fold there are those who prophesy
and have visions and calumniously, claim tbat
therse visions and prophecies have the approval of
the Church. What does it mean? Are these absurd
tiles and Authorizations founded on faith or piev2
Decidedly not. They have their origin often in To-
norance or in diseased mentality and sometimes.
in peridy itself It is deporable that these produc-
lions find their way into Catholic homes, where thew
empt to superstition, make religion ridiculous and
ndanger faith, the supreme possession of the Chris
ian.
One must read Pusey's Errors of Romanism.0
or some late production Of infde France, to under
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04
NATIONAL FORESTS.

Inc note OF warning which was sounded during
the administration of President Roosevelt. calling
attention to the need of conservation of our
resources, has not been without good results Tho
warning Is to use homely expression simnlv ono
which says we cannot eat our cake and have II.
A pamphlet recently issued by the bureap of for-
estry Of the department of agriculture pives soma
interesting information regarding the national for
estS OF the United States and the work that has been
accomplished under the direction of the burea,
The first step in the line of forest reserves was taken
n 1891, and President Harrison set aside the first
reserve. President Cleveland set aside thirteen 20
serves in 1891 and presidents since then have added
to the total area until in 1905 there were sxtv-tro
reserves, with an area of 63,OO0.OOO acres.
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot forester of the ITnitod
States under whose authority the pamphlet referred
to IS issued, estimates that more than 81 ner cont
OF the total area of the country is in forests an areo
OF 699,5oo0oo acres. We should have thought il
was less than that. In large areas of the middle o+
the forests have been all but entirely DESTROYED
Fires have devastated ncalculabe areas in different
states. We are better off than our past prodipa1;tv
would seem to Justify. Nearly seven hundred mil
lion acres OF forest IS pretty good nucleus to start
with IN the effort to conserve and reforest.
Mr. Pinchot points out that before so LARGO .
part Of the forests were destroyed they were prob
ably the richest in the world and he believes with
proper care they are capable of becoming so again
It is interesting to learn that some of the railroad
corporations have taken up the matter Of future
supplies Of timber by establishing private reserves
With federal and state encouragement private indi
iduals have taken up the work of conservation. II
5 an encouraging indication that our forest lands
vii be intelligently looked after and that future
emands viii be met. But of rs great Importance
that is the fact that interest in trees for the
rees alone has been awakened in the public mind.
7e need the timber from the trees but of equal i'm
ortance is the tree itself and the woods. Gods tenn
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

stand the loud laughter of the enemies OF our
Church as they enumerate these absurdities and
quote them if they carried with them the weight
and authority of Pontifcal encyclicas DEGREES of
Ecumenical Councils.
The Catholic Church has done and will always
do its duty touching these emanations from eccen-
tric men and women. One has but to look over the
catalogus Of the books on the Index to be Informed
Of the long series of these so-caed spiritual or
ascetical books, meditations indulgenced prayers,
exravagant lives of saints revelations, false Visions
stlgmatas and ecstasies, indulgences invented and
sold by printers, and inumerabe superstitions, de-
ceits and frauds, condemned by the Church. The
Church and at all times has condemned and
reprobated all these to,nfooleries, which is suf-
fcient answer to those who would hold her response
bic for what she cannot prevent.
Catholics, the world over are in possession of
the Bible the works of the fathers and doctors of
the Church. the ancient records of ecclesiastical his
tory the Lives of the Saints, and prayerbooks APP
proved and recommended by their bishops, and
these ought to confirm their faith and satisfy their
pious aspirations. We renew the advice we gave
our readers some months ago, when writing about
that absurd thing called the "Chain Prayer" 'burn
it" and with it the Litany of Joan of Arc and all
other pious novelties having about them an odor of
suspicion
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04
roo MUCH NOVEL READING.

One of the latest warnings against To- -,
novel reading comes from Mrs Hunpbrev WI
In an address at the opening Of the new Carnee;o
library at Kendal, this well known novelist refarTaJ
to novel reading, and gave it as her opinion +bo+
people who read only novels never PROPERLY annro.
eate them Novels were the jam of literature and
an properly t conducted persons should begin their
meal with bread and butter. Writers Of novels
wanted reades to be little hungry for tberN,,rt
to bring to them mind full of the debris Of tbor.
sand plots-and be proof against their LITTLE arfs
In the interests of her own craft she urged a Who
might use the new library to venture out on tbo
broad seas OF literature to be hardy and courageous
1ul o. curiosity and sympathy, and ready to take
trouble with tough subject and long look.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04
CORRESPONDENTS soTIc1TE1
CARD FROM BISHOP scA-IbN

feel It my duty to protect Catholics and the num-
nc generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
mem from tme to time that person bearing the
name ana gar5 of priest sister or anyone else is
authorized or permitted 10 solicit or collect in this
ocese Tor any purpose whatever connected with the
cathoilc Church without having from me permission
m writing bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such a document he or
she as the case may be- should be regarded by all as
Ilauo ana an 1mposter. L. SEAMAN,
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Objection is made to the designation of flying
machines being of so many horsepower. Inas-
much as it would require only one horse to pull
wrecked flying machine into port, it does seem
rather humorous way of designating the motor.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS

me intermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
aholc nome in this diocese. circulation in Mon
Ina Ina Iaaho' Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
puneI states is very large. Only reliable firms and
Nm e men aGvertise In the paper. All subscribers
VIII md 1t to their advantage when about to invest
@ or consult on business matters. read over
our ask for them the patronage of all our readera
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Gooderharns from Gaspe to Sarnla. Now, II the
editor of the Record care to enquire, he will learn
that Joseph Seagram and Hiram Walker were lib
eral contributors to the building of the London Ca
thedra and other churches in the diocese. and that
the late and eminently practical Bishop Walsh was
very grateful for the help they gave him out OF the
fortunes they had made selling whisky. We think
Hon. McCarling, the London brewer, was also
generous friend of the Bishop of London.
Now, why does the able editor of the Record not
train his guns on these men, who control and sus-
tain eighty per cent of the saloons of Ontariof
What is the use of lashing the streams, OF damning
literally and fguratively the rivers when the reser
voirs and lakes supplying the rivers are left un
touched! Let US use little horse sense The pro-
pretors of the big hotels of London, of the King
Edward the Queens, the Rossin House of Toronto
what are they, when we follow them to bedrock but
saloon and lodging house keeeprs! In his sweep
ing communication of the saloons, where will the
editor draw his line or is he in the field for that i'm
possible sham-for that dream of fanaticism-to-
tai prohibitions To our mind Toronto has solved,
so far as it can be solved, the liquor problem, by
taking the saloon out of the hands of unworthy
and placing it in the keeping of decent men. Let
the Record with its admirable sincerity and great
ability, endeavor to put honest behind the bar
and it viii merit the applause of men of common
sense and go far to achieve the possible.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

wireless device is announced with which
warship can be blown up at distance of 400 or 500
miles. The invention ought to be about as valuable
to humanity the warshirs which it is intended
to destroy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

What with the shah of Turkey, the shah of
Persia President Castro of Venezuela and Presi-
dent Reyes of Colombia, there are nearly enough
deposed rulers of nations to start first-class
colony III Africa. And now would seem the pro-
pitious time for the organization of such colony
there, when President Roosevelt could show them
how to do it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

It certainly will not be long before the doctors
announce the discovery of new disease superin-
duced by aeroplaning. Operations for it ought to
become quite as fashionable as operations for ap-
pendicitis
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Only a pin-headed pedant flies off the handle
when his work is criticised or changes in it sug-
gested.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

The self-suffciency which requires no assistance
is an admirable trait in the pedant it advises others
of his conceit
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

There is little hope for the man who doesn't
know the difference between an embrace and hug,
especially as applied to opportunities and decisions
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

1t is said the new tariff bill places duty of AS
per cent on anvils. But no one expects 10 enjoy
less full chorus as result.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

After 1t is all over everybody you meet tells YOU
what you should have DONE which shows how
smart everybody is
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Lots of those who pirate about the dignity Of la
Dor simply stand back and get in on the profits
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

pies, wherein the people may enjoy that communion
with nature that is offered in no other way.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

To good many people Sabbath days journey
means going to the baseball park.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Mark Twain has been ordered to cut his smok-
ing down to four smokes day. That's all Mark
ever smoked-once from the time of arising to
breakfast once from breakfast to dinner once from
dinner to supper and once from supper to bedtime.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

One swallow does not make summer. 1t takes
flying machines in these days
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Republican politicians. of course, view the eight
billion dollar crop with great satisfaction now that
the tariff bill is passed
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Still, the scent of the new-mown hay is just
little too delicate to be appreciated by the layers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Poor but honest folk, the expression which has
caused some discussion among those who are neither
promises to be dropped from the language. For no
one boasts of either his poverty or his honesty.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

1t is estimated that half of the population of the
United States through the operation of local OBJ
ton and statewide prohibition laws, is living in
dry" territory That is, there are 100000 peo-
pie living under prohibition. And yet the saloons
OF Salt Lake disobey the law and disregard the
warning furnished by the rest of the country. and
people say it is because election is coming on.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

Midsummer advice to keep cool is still apropos.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

The general welfare is the most elastic provision
OF the constitution, yet nobody knows just what it is
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-04

9upscriners removing from one place to another
7,e- a is papers changed should always give for
Iher as well as present address
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
-NOTicE.

In the matter Of the application Of John
Cnka and Marie Uuka for order discharging
of record certain real estate mortgage.
10 the heirs OF Rosalie Cuka, deceased, and
to whom II may concerns
Take notice that the undersigned owners Of
the real estate herein described, will on the
6th day OF November. A. d. 1909, at o'clock
p. N. OF that day, or as soon thereafter as the
counsel can DO heard at the Court House In
the City Of Yankton. South Dakota, apply 10
the Circuit Courtof Bon Homme county, for
an order dischaFEing Of record certain real
estate mortgage, dated on the 10th day Of
July, a. ID. 1928, given by saidsJ ohm Cuka and
Marie Ouka to Rosalie Cuka upon the follow.
ing described premises, to-wt: Southeast
Quarter and South Half of Northwest Quarter
an OF Section ~. Township 95, Range So, In
Bon Homme county, South Dakota, which
said mortgage was duly iled for record In the
once of the Register OF Deeds OF said Bor
Homme County. on the 18th day Of July, A.
ID 1899. and recorded In Book "B" Of the mort
gage records on page $40
This application win be made upon the
grounds that said mortgage was given TO sec.
ure certain Indebtedness which was fully
satisfied during the life Of the mortgage, and
that the discharge thereof cannot be had fol
the reason that the said mortgage is now de.
ceased and has no acting administrator OF
executor, John Cnka,
2. Nj. scohlic, Marie cuka.
Attorney tor Applicants. DIAM
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

ner and above all it purposes to adhe'S
Faithfully to the form In which the
synagogue has handed down the orig
lnal text r,
From the point Of view of its fdel-
ity to the English versions it, does NOT
lay claim to being a new translation,
but merely a revision of its predeees-
sors. 1t is an interesting fact In the
history of Bible translations that once
translation had been put forth there
was little attempt at creating in thdt
particular tongue an absolutely novel
translation: the old translation was
always subjected to revision. a
Thus Aquila and Symmachus and
Theodotion revised the older Greek
translation Of the seventy, the vulgatc
represents a rerasting of the old Latin
translation antedating Jerome, and
cur own authorized version was re-
vision Of Tyndale's version and Of
others. All translations seem to share
In the sacredneSs IT the original; they
become sacred through the religious
associations. .... .-.,
"In the case of the older English
version 1t is well known how 1t has
become an English classic, part and
parcel Of the great English literature ;
its phraseology has entered the very
English language and cannot be sew
cred therefrom with impunity. Hence
II is that the new translation will not
attempt to discard familiar phrases
unless in the judgment of the editors
they fail to do justice to the Hebrew
original. Even In such cases the IA
miliar renderings will be recorded IN
the margin. ..r
"Nor will there be any attempt at
undermining the diction. Biblical
English has ring and force which
up-to-date language cannot equal
The quaintness Of the English Bible is
a charm that must not be sacrificed to
an exaggerated desire for intelligibil
ity. The errors Of translation must
at all hazards be corrected; absolute
| ly unintelligible or misleading words
must be discarded, BUT care must be
taken to preserve the beauty of the
biblical English, for the English Bible
as a classic is dear to all English,
speaking men, Jews or Christians"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

Those having empty kegs and
eases Of the Yankton Brew. &c.
will please return them at once as
! must make final adjustment with
the Brewery. M B. Welt.
For social, medicinal or house
hold uses /. w Harper whiskey is
the best and the safest. The most
popular high grade whiseey on
the market. Sold by Hruska &
Trunec.
The Tabor Fire Company will
hold its annual ball Saturday, DC
tober 23 in the Michel hall at Ia.
Dor. The Tabor Band will fur
riish music for the occasion and
everybody is cordially invited to
attend.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

Native Worker Seems to Have Loss
Spirit and Energy.
1t was a dreadful thing to hear
these keen-faced. clear-eyed, smartiy-
dressed Canadians, prosperous, happy,
vigorous, discussing the "old country
as though 1t were a land of imbeclles,
writes London newspaper man, who
is visiting on this side. Played out" |"
to use their own expression. I asked
them If they did rot know Of other
cases in which Englishmen had "made
good" Lots Of them" they replied
sits the kind you're sending over now
that we're talking about. what's the
waiter? Seems TO me there's sort