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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

gives promise of making returns Is not measured by
the hundreds, and wage-earner in this day who has
accumulated 5000 has about much chance of be-
ing magnate or plutocrat through investment as
he does by staying in the ranks Of the wage
If he should embark in a good paying propo-
sition he will soon be discovered by those who have
money they want to invest, and who will soon mo-
nopolize the trade through their larger activities
and greater financial resources.
Yet the career of Mr.. Rogers is one from which
several great lessons may be learned for the benefit
of the children of the present generation, Mr..
Rogers got his start by saving. That is some
thing we can all emulate. And it is great deal
easier for the average to accumulate $500 by
saving now than it was in the sos, or in the in
tcrvening years up the sos It's not easy for
the child Of poverty TO become the multi-million-
aire, but he may secure competence which guar
antees him a comfortable old age and furnish pro
lection to his family The fortune of Mr., Rogers
as indeed Of most other who have secured great
fortunes was gained mainly by laying hold of nat
ural resources and turning them over to the public
in desirable form for their convenience and com
fort This method of growing rich is now more
difficult than in earlier times but that fact has not
Iessened the opportunities of saving and invest
ment in paying things but of these the most I'M
porant is the saving. Even so great financier
as Mr.. Rogers had to save 5000 out of a small sal
airy before he in position to make money.
About all careers which show typical success in
America had their beginning in frugality a trait
which We of today esteem too lightly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
TYPICAL AMERICAN.

The death of Henry H. Rogers. vice president
Of the Standard Oil company naturally brings to
light many incidents in the career Of the great
financier which were not generally known while he
yet alive. In Of these newspaper bioera-
phies learn that Mr.. Rogers was of humble orr
gin; that he began his business career as vendor
of newspapers. at which he made 50 week Dur
ing his lifetime he arose in the business world
from So a week boy to one of the leading finan-
ciers and business men of the country. with for
tune estimated at no less than $50000000
This is somewhat typical of other men who be-
gan life back in the SOS and Hos OF course there
were many born of that time who have grown up
as poor as they were when they started in life but
those who had the insight TO summon to their aid
the natural opportunities of their time advanced
in wealth with giant strides. 1t Is said that Mr.
Rogers. by dint of hard work and far-sighted saw
ing, accumulated small stake of 5000. with which
princely sum he entered the PENNSYLVANIA oil fields
and bought half interest in an oil refinery Sue
followed after success and when the oil bust
ness grew out Of all proportion to the fancied pos
sibilities of the most enthusiastic the giant
corporation known as the Standard Oil company
formed. and the wealth of Mr. Rogers from
his 5000 stake grew almost beyond bounds.
In this day a with 5000 cash capital has
very little chance of buying half interest in oil
refinery or, indeed. in any other infant industry.
Conditions now are very diffH'ent from those OBJ
tanning in ante-bellum days. when individuals with
initiative had a chance to work out their own sal
walton without calling in the assistance of those
who control the wealth of the country. Nowadays.
if a man sees his opportunity in some natural pro
duct he must organize million dollar cornoratiou:
must fortify himself strongly or on some fine day
when he begins to see the fruits of his labors the
business will suddenly be confronted by a. rival
concern backed by the men who have made their
fortunes out of other things. and before which OPP
position the new Industry must fail The capital
necessary to embark in any new industry which
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

discovery, and landed in European country
and calmly taken possession of the land in the name
Of the chiefs Of his tribe. And what portentous
! happenings must have followed the kidnapping OF
several white men and their return to the American
shores to be displayed to the admiring chiefs ana
! fellow citizens.
But all this is mere speculation. The white
man found the Indian here, an unsophi5tieated
creature, unhampered by the conyentionaili1es
which obtained in the European countries child
of nature who has been endowed in poetry and flc-
ton with characteristics which perhaps he did not
possess but which nevertheless have made him the
subject of much sentimental and cntrancing lore
Noble attributes and heroic sef-denial, loyalty and
fidelity TO friends have been made part Of him.
and we like to feel the eevating influences of this
child Of nature, and fain would forget him rs his
tory paints nina dirty, trcacherous and offensive
scamp.
No doubt it is the Indian of poetry and fiction
around whom has been thrown a veil of mystery and
sympathy, like the hero of the Leather Stociing
Tales and not such real heroes as Sitting Bull,
Geronimo, Big Joseph. White Thunder. Crazy
Horse Of the other delectablc heroes ct the
west. in whose honor the monument is proposed,
General Nelson A. Miles was present AT the dinner.
and if he endorsed the proposition II was no doubt
in a moment when the memory of Fort Phil he'r-
ney. the lava beds Of California. Wounded Knee
and the Little Big Horn in Montana was obscurcd
by the poetic fancy with which Buffalo BIZ sur
rounds himself for the education of the American
youth.
1t depends much on whether the monument is
to be in honor of the noble red man of history, or
whether to the memory of the Indian of poetry and
fiction. Poor Lo. the Indian 'whose untutored
mind sees God in the cloud and hears him in the
wind" is different kind of animal from the Indian
whose treachery and conspiracies kept the little
army of the United States in the western field al
most continuously for more than twenty years.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
THE u7ERMoUnrAn AND COLORADO CATHOLIC: MAY g. l9o9

indignant cry should be heard calling for cookery
classes. plain sewing and darnng drill
Let MS grant for the sake of peace in the house
hod that man is as bad and as selfish the angry
wife represents him. yet is it not worth good deal
of thought and care, and trouble for young wives
and middle-aged ones also to be able to set out
table with clean sweet. simple and properly cooked
fare Considered from the standpoint of morality
and hygiene, which bear close affinity to each
other there is no reform movement today which
appeals so directly to the thoughtful clergyman and
the large hearted physician as the effort to secure
rational cookery and an Intelligent knowledge of
facts and rules in dictctic science. Why should
there not be class Of cookery in all our schools.
colleges, converts and orphanages and competent
physician or chef engaged by the state to fill the
chair of cookery. Why not, when paying
professors to instruct and daughters on the
wonders of the maxIiary of the Siberian Masta-
don and the vcrtcbrac of the Utah frog The doc
tors place i'll nature as seer lawyer. philosopher
and friend makes him at home whenever help Is
needed The world like Ajax pays for light. What
we shall cat and how to cook it are ever recurring
problems Upon their wise solution depend
great extent the health and happiness of man
kind What is the best food and how prepared are
yet. al ter thousands OF years Ol lt tAlSlCCc u
race ,tnsolved problems to the average American
wife and maiden. Bewildering women in our coun-
try ought to send to the women of France the in
vitation to the Macedonians to St PAUL. Come
over and help us"
Cookery in short is not everything. but it Is
thing of great influence for good or evil on our
tempers and lives 1t helps hinders in many
ways the young man woman entering active life.
Therefore. hayward sisters who want to be wives,
aspire to possess the good will OF those YOU are
feeding, suffer word of eXhortation-c cultivate
cstheics if you will study and fashions best
you may, but with all your learning and getting
learn understanding in common things. and in
housewifeIy ways. Do not forget amid all your
"ologies, music and drawing to arise and cook
even as those who mean it and feel that. to large
extent. your whole life. your peace and content
ment and that of others may depend OH your knowI'
edge of brewing coffee and cooking meat.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
PEACE.

There are many who look upon the peace con
ferenccs and the advocates Of universal peace as
though they had something the matter with them.
These onlookers say that universal peace would be
a good thing, no doubt; but then there are ques
tons in which the national honor is involved where
arbitration would be inadequate, where the arbitra-
ment of arms can alone settle the difficulties. Now
this thing called national honor is a very delicate
thing; some nations have il more finely developed
than others especially if they have large military
force. Nations are like individuals in this And
the individual who defends his honor with gun is
fcowrcd upon in these piping times of peace; he is
hailed before the courts. and long-drawnout trials
with alicnis:s and experts and lawyers with hypo-
thctica questions galore furnish The news for many
weeks. The field of honor is thing OF the past
IN America between individuals. and we cannot but
feel that the field of national honor will soon follow
the duolling ground into dsuse.
Sturdy there is nothing in the movement for
international peace and the limitations or agma-
mcnts that is not natural and that should fail to
attract the sympathy of all men. 1t may be that
little has been accomplished by the peace confer
cuces SO far held. but that they have served to at
tract attention to the waste q war and the awful
tax upon the people Of the earth cannot be qucs-
toned. And with this enlightenment surely the
time is not far distant when the wisdom which is
now guiding the minds Of the advocates of peace
viii become SO general that there will be universal
demand for cessation of hostile preparation and
limitation of ornaments as now advocated
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

ioTocis+ DR. Gustave Lebon, has augmehte"
- ,,l,,,or+;on that are vertically terrifying; 90 per
.ont for the murders while the sum Tor the eFl"''
Lit, hos dorbIed in five years. This statement
,I,,4 ,o.ses belief but DR.. Lebon Is an authority
whose word goes ,-1...,
.1n this connection another dreary and dreadful.
r..4 Which no one thinks Of disputing) Is to be
noted
.rbo svoraoo age Of criminals IS getting to be-
Younger and Younger More than 60 per cent ot
the inmates of the 'maisons centraes Nas the mouse
of correction arc called under ~ years OF age
Many of the bands Of -Apaches' consist OF boys of
from 4to Il. and their chiefs are often not MOI"
than 10 or 20
"How does it happen that crime. especially
crime or the part of the young, Is increasing at
such terrible rate!
1t would not be fair. Of course to assign thu
abominabc state of things to any one cause; 0u
it certain that the lack of religious instruction "
the public schools and the truaucy of juvenile vac
rancv due to the Inadequate school accommodation
since the passage of the law against the eongregg
tons must be held responsible for a great deal O.
the trouble An adult often commits crime be-
cause he Is discouraged. desperate man He is
often pushed into crime by the hard-hips he en-
counters in earning his bread. But when mor"
boy takes to crime as career. because he has bec
brought up with false ideals, because he has been
given wrong standards of living. The criminal Of
fifteen or twenty. as a rule has not 50 much
tried to live honestly. He has grown up to con
slider work dishonorabIe TO believe that the world
owes him living, and that it is his business to
collect the debt by hook or by crook He becomc-
thief or a swinder because he thinks it finer
thing to be thief or swindler than to be cabi-
net-maker or plumber
What a man or nation seweth that also shall
it reap.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
GOOD ROADS.

There is undoubtedly very strong sentiment
! for improved highways in America. The perfection
of the automobile has given this sentiment form
that will crystalline in active work of road improve
ment on lines laid down by road building experts.
and it may safely be said that the next decade will
see vast Improvement in the condition of the
roads and highways in all parts of the country.
And it is gratifying to note that the west is keep
ing pace with other more densely settled parts of
the country in this work The west is a country
of magnificent distances the roads between towns
are longer than they in the east hence the per
capita expense of mile of road in the west is
much greater than it is in more densely settled sec
tions. But that fact should not deter the people of
the west in their efforts to improve their highways
1t may take longer to get the roads in good shape
and it may cost great deal of money, but the re-
turns will make any justifiable expense in improv
ing our roads a good investment.
In this connection. one of the most reliable au-
thorities in the country the subject has compiled
statistics the cost of road transportation and
fixes the price at . cents per ton per mile The
same authority says the cost of such transportation
over the almost perfect roads of France is but 6
cents, and the average for all the European coun-
tries Is 12l2 cents. In other words it costs the
American farmer more than four times as much to
place his products on the city markets as it does
the French farmer and twice as much as it does the
farmers of continental Europe 1t is only fair to
presume that the consumers of farm products must
pay this mud tax it is question Of interest
only to the producers but is of vital interest to the
city dweller, who has been wrestling with the prob
lem of the high of living for the past few years
We hear much of the high railroad freight rates.
and it may be those rates arc excessive in many
instances, but the price paid by the American
sumner account of the poor condition of the high
ways is given comparatively small attention.
The authority we have cited says the "mud tax
the excess cost of highway transportation due to
bad roads-is no less than 1928 100000 year. or
more than million dollars day for each working
day Of the year. This tax is a goody sum to pay
for shftlessness especially when it is consid-
cred that there is no beneficial returns from it. It
amounts to about $40 year to each man who has
five persons dependent upon him. The question is.
Can we afford to have any but the best roads! It
seems that good roads could be built and main
tanned for that amount of money i"~et were ju-
dicousy and economically expended, over very
large part of the country.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-IAN,

feel 1t my duty to protect Catholics the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time 70 time that person bearing the
name and gar5 Of priest sister anyone else, Is
authorized or permitted 10 solicit collect 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. OF collecting without such document he or
she as the may be- should be regarded by all as
fraud and an imposter. I. SCANLAN,
Bishop OF Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

It is confidently asserted by an eastern paper
that fireworks hopelessly of date. They are
sufficiently destructive to keep them out of date
for all time, but we fear there good many old
fashioned boys who will take kindly to the new
style in sane and safe Fourth Of July celebrations
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Now that Boston has announced a worlds ter
centennial exposition for 1912 to commemorate the
landing of the pilgrims and the founding of New
England. it might be well for Salt Lake to get in
line for its centenary observation of the landing of
the pioneers some thirty-eght years hence
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS

The 1ntermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Cstholc home In this diocese Its circulation IN Mon
lana, Idaho Colorado Wyoming Nevada and many
otner states is very large Only reliable firms and
business men advertise In the paper. All subscribers
VIII ind IT to their advantage when about invest.
purchase or consult business matters, TO read
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, 1909-05-29

An act of the British parliament of 1888 fixed
fifteen hours as a days work for adults twelve
hours for those between Is and IS years and eight
hours for children between the ages Of and y
years. This act was bitterly assaed as destructive
of industry. In this day it would be bitterly
sailed as destructive of human life. Which shows
some progress in the industrial world, to say the
least
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Announcement is made that the number of ia
talities due to railroad operation in 1908. as com
pared with the preceding year. shows a material
decrease. And this just as the summer season for
tourists is opening up is encouraging.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

There is some consolation to be drawn from the
fact that the backward spring also tends to cool
the ardor of the spring poet
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

pugilist is not necessarily dealer in mems
furnishings, but cuffs constitute his biggest stock
in trade.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

When you think you are getting warm. just try
to think of the trouble you had in nursing up that
fire couple of weeks ago
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Notwithstanding the great number of summary
executions in Turkey for various reasons the chief
offender is still able to keep out of the way Of
Justice"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

The ubiquitous press agent is earning his salary
in the wilds of Africa. Even Mr.. Roosevelt can't
lose him--if he wants to-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

fellow may stand on his dignity until it gets
flattened out
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

1t is high time to hang the screens and keep
the rascas out.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Do cheer up; the next presidential campaign is
more than three years hence.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Chicago woman is said to have become mem
Der of the police force Another invasion into the
precincts of man.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

An aeroplane can be bought for $500: cheap
enough to become immensely popular. if the makers
would furnish an accident insurance policy with
each machine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

1t would be pertinent to ask at this time how
those New Years resolutions have got along so far
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Pretty soon that other pest will ask if it is warm
enough for you.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

At least. cherries and big red peoples make more
humane decorations for my ladys hat than dead
birds.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

subscribers removing from one place to another
ENC ueslrng papers changed. should always give for
s9er as well present address
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

A thing that is practically certain is one of the
things which must not be left to jury to decide
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Usually the best solution to the problems which
present themselves to us is the correct one
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

An income tax, if levied on the net instead Of
the gross, would leave some of us with credit at
Washington.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

me reverend Clergy requested send to THE
- iIISIlNloONIAIN CATHOLIC contributions
eI interest TO their respective parishes
'Eniered In the Postoflce at Salt Lake as Second
Class Matter)
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29

Published In Salt Lake City, Utah, every Saturday
by The Intermountain Catholic Publishing Company
S01 Salt Lake Security & Trust Building "a Main
street 800 year in advance
The lntermountain Catholic is continuation OF
The Colorado Catholic, established 1854
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-05-29
REMITTANCES.

Nemttances should be made by postoff1ce ex
press money orders, drafts or registered letters
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-31
FAIRFIELD.
Local Ball Team Will
Play Taconnet Today.
Local Inventor Has New Way
OF Preserving Food.
Personal Notes and Other l0ca!
News OF General Interest.

Fairfield is planning to meet 'Tacon'
net at $50 today on Alumni field ana
expects to make a good showing. Ia
comet is yet to be beaten, but Far
field is expected to give them the game
of tn season. Bernie McGraw will um-
pre. y
Ernest Ackley. who suffered an IN
jury to his hand recently, has recover
ed and entered the employ of Peter
Micue as horse sheer. -
Napoleon st. Peter. a local inventor
of some note. has recently completed
testing, of a device~in which to preserve
fruit and other food for long periods
Of time one of the tests recently com =
pleted was that of preserving eggs.
Several eggs wer PLACID in specially
prepared receptacle, and at the end OF
nine months delivered to the cook, to-
gether with others of which she knew
nothing The inventor had previously
marked the preserved eggs. After the
eggs were cooked and srved tn family
was told of the experiment. None
were able to distinguish any differ
ence. The experiments will be car
ried further and on a larger scale.
Henry Landry has completed his
work at Hinckley and entered the EN-
ploy of the Shawmut Lumber Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gray and Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Files are expected TO
arrive today from their vacation at
Boothbay.
E. G.. Rice, Esq. returned Friday
from a business trip through Aroostook
county.
Elwood Howe, Stephen Cunningham
Miss Althea Clark and Miss Lucy
Brown passed the day at Snow pond.
Mrs F.. F. Greenwood is entertain
ing her two grandchildren from Pore
land.
Mrs +. H. Tolman of Brooklyn. n
Y, is visiting Mrs. E. Kelley for a few
days.
A party of II on the Gypsy Hike
passed through here about II o'clocB
Friday forenoon on their way to Goo
Will Pines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward King arc re-
| joicng over the birth of a daughter.
| Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jewett arc Wis
ting Mrs. Jewetts parents, Mr.. am
Mrs. Bert Smith.
! Mrs David King. who was removed
to st. Rarnabas hospital Monday j.
gaining rapidly.