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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

bill has been introduced into the national Con-
gress providing for the establishment of national
department of health Senator Owen of Oklahoma
introduced the bill, and in address quoted many
medical authorities who expressed belief in the
value of department of health. The committee
of one hundred of the national conservation com
mission also is in favor of the plan. And other or
CARNATIONS have expressed the belief that great
good would result from the workings and research
carried on by department of health Senator
Owen in his speech in favor of his measure said he
had recently sent out $4,000 bulletins to the people
of his state issued by the Department of Agri-
culture telling them how to raise swine but he had
no bulletin telling them how to raise children, and
he considered the conservation of human life as
really first in Importance.
Senator Owen said that we have had business
affecting the public health for hundred years. but
they are scattered in eight departments are ills
connected, and lack cooperation. They have even
been jealous of each other, multiplying and ham,
pering the work of another. The senator pointed
out that no responsible head existed because of this
and further, that the head Of the most
responsible bureau cannot express opinion give
without first consulting the secretary
of the treasury.
Although the bill has the endorsement of many
of his colleagues there is faint hope held Of its
early passage. On general principles the creation
of new cabinet office would be opposed by many
congressman, but may some day come to realize
that the public health is as worthy of conservation
any other natural resource, and legislation then
will be more easily attained. Senator Owens bill
IS distinctly conservation measure, and we have
become nation of conservationists.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
THE GOVERNMENT COOKBOOK.

The government has issued cookbool-not
book covering all the details of the culinary art but
a cookbook which tells us how to prepare meats
incidentally, it is defense of the practice of eat
ing flesh although it does not bar vegetables and
fruit in diet The work is by direction of
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department,
and is based expert investigation of the value of
the different cuts of meat, and furnishes proofs
that the cheaper and more despised cuts contain as
much nutriment as do the more expensive cuts. and
that they can be made to taste as good. pound
of neck, if properly cooked is as choice and tasty
as pound of rib roast, according to the cookbook
which further challenges the ability of nnety-nine
cooks in every hundred to properly prepare piece
of meat for food If however, the statement that
piece off the neck can be made as tasty as piece
of rib then indeed is the wholesale Indictment of
the cooks well founded for it has not been the good
fortune of many to find cook who could prepare
even the choicest cuts to meet their epicurean
tastes.
1t was John Taylor couple hundred years ago
who wrote that "the Lord sends the meat and the
devil sends the cooks" and this authority has been
till the appearance of the government
cookbook. Now the government intends to rob his
satanic majesty of the prerogative so long enioyed
The cooks no doubt will resent the insinuation but
a long-sufering public will welcome the appearance
Of this scientific exposition of the art of cookery |
The book is really valuable addition to the
works on this subject Prices of meats have gone
% such heights that it behooves the ordinary house
holder to look well to the economies of the kitchen
It is protest against waste, both ignorant and
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
ALFALFA BISCUITS.

A new pure-food product is reported r.
Omaha, which is in Nebraska, made of T,o.--
leaves, dried and ground mixed with Hour az
baked. Like all pure-food products, this one =.
is remarkable for its nutritious qualities. Do,,,
of alfalfa biscuit contains more nutritiva oIa,o..
than pound of beef and a whole lot of o4L
things, and though its color may preiudica roo.-
against it, the fact that it is green proves that :
not bleached by any process either deleterious .,
not to the prime food qualities of the alfalfa
Lucerne is one of the stock articles Of T+.b,
agricultural world. No farm is complete with.
a good-sized patch of the basis of this new nm.
food product. We commend to the serious cors;l
Grafton of the Manufacturers association tho.
fore, this report from Omaha. If the Nebr.sL,
alfalfa can be made into an acceptable broabf,..
food surely the Utah crop would render b;o
OF far superior qualities Here is chance 70 l.,
velop new industry and add greatly to the prs,
tlge of the state, which already has number -
pure-food factories whose products have beoor,,
popular. Genuine Utah-grown alfalfa biscn,
guaranteed under the food and drugs act so,rJ,
we'll enough to attract capital to the devcIonman,
of this new creation in the astronomical world
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT.

S1Xtycight municipalities in this country are
now governed by commissions, and it is estimated
that within year no less than two hundred cities
and towns will have adopted that form of govern
ment in preference to the present system The
growth of the commission idea during the last year
has been remarkable Galveston, Houston and Des
MONIES have been watched with interest, and modi-
fcations of the plans of government of those cites
have been adopted in no less than sixteen towns III
Kansas, fourteen in Texas, five each in Iowa and
Tennessee four each in Oklahoma and South Da-
kota, and others in different states from Magsa-
chusetts to California. The new charters given to
these cities and towns have invariably given the
people greater share of home rule, and the record
under the commission form is so satisfactory that
none of the places once adopting it has desired to
return to the older system AS further evidence
of its popularity, in only two per cent of the NUM-
cipalities in which the commission plan has been
submitted has it been defeated at the polls.
The growth of the idea is an index of popular
dissatisfaction with the old system of control of
local affairs of the granting of franchises and the
Inauguration of improvements under the direction
of political bosses and corporation agents The
people of the average municipality have come to
the conclusion that the business of the municipality
should be conducted on business principles and
they look upon the commission plan as offering the
opportunity of getting that business management in
slight degree, at least. The growth of the idea is
of the most remarkable manifestations of public
interest in public AFFAIRS and is almost certain to
be an issue in Utah when the next Legislature meets
to revise the game laws
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

creation of new places Prominent politicians
everlastingly knocking at the doors of cabinet Of
ficals and grumble if they do not obtain positions
for their constituents and what they consider their
fair share of the spoils When notorious
hooters of the national treasury are jailed, some
financial filibuster sent to the penientiary at
petitions are circulated all over the country for their
release, and the executive is forced by political
pressure, in many instances, to yield.
Today, owing to our system of universal indie
pendence and to the infinite pride that has taken
possession of all classes, every man would judge,
protest, administer, govern There is too much
liberty too much movement too many wills let loose
in the land We lose ourselves in q whirlwind Of
affairs. We groan under crushing weight of
laws and statutes. One half of our people is
busy governing the other, but without in
their employment.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

Utah was one Of the first states to absolutely Pc
hibt the sale of toy pistols, but we have Jagged
behind little in the matter of promoting . sale
and sane" Fourth of July celebration. 1t is a
patriotic duty to celebrate the day, but the fire
works method and the big noise long ago ceased TO
be patriotic or to awaken patriotic sentiments IN tile
hearts of the ceIebrators. 1t got so bad hat the
'Esafe and sane'' movement took hold md has
spread to all parts of the country. If Boston, the
'Fcrade of liberty and Washington, the capital OF
the nation can find inspiration in less destructive
celebration surely we of Salt Lake ought to be able
to do likewise 1t is really an indication OF MI III
cipa backwardness to have big noise perpetrated
on the Fourth in the name of patriotism.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
SAFETY AND SANITY.

Action has been taken by great many cities in
the east looking to F'safe and sane' Fourth of
July celebration Mayor Gaynor of New York has
taken steps to prohibit the sale of fireworks at
TAIL and the city councils and town boards through
out New England are adopting ordinances restrict
ing and prohibiting the of explosives within the
corporate limits of their towns Noise is to be re-
duced to minimum, and fireworks entirely re-
moved from the celebration in Boston, the "cradle
of liberty" Washington, the capitol of the ma
ton, is to forego the pleasures of the toy pistol
dynamite crackers and other dangerous noise
makers The commissioners of the District of Co.
lumbia WI provide fireworks of the ''safe and
sane" kind and will supervise the capitals celebra-
ton of the day. The legislatures of some eastern
states have taken up the subject and will prevent
the sale of the more dangerous varieties of noise
makers.
In Utah the sale Of toy pistols is prohibited by
statute but the celebration of past Fourths has
been about noisy anybody could well desire.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
ARE THEY HERE TO STAY?

That the Asiatic rat threatens to become seri-
Gus problem for Salt Lake and its suburbs is now
an admitted fact. He has colonized good part of
Waterloo and, crossing Twelfth South has entered
the barns and outhouses of rural neighbors to
the south and southwest AS far back into the past
as we can look, find the rat the faithful though
despised, friend and follower of mankind. Where
civilization advances the rat follows to do the
seavenging work, without which civilization might
have persisted In sickness in health, for better
worse, the rat eeaves to man, and, like the COW
and the horse, aids him in his conquest of new lands
That the rat thrives only in the neighborhood of
man. habitations is well known. In fact it is a
true parasite, but the idea that it checks disease
through the consumption of refuse is said to be an
erroneous assumption
1t has now been pretty well established that the
rat is the chief agent in the spread of bubonic
plague. Typhoid, also, and other diseases are, it
is asserted, disseminated by rats One of the
reasons why these rodents are so freely used for
vivisection experiments is that the effects upon
them of disease corresponds very closely to the eff
fects of the same disease on human beings Today
the danger that is to be apprehended from the rat
as from host of deadly bacteria, has opened cam
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
oaigns in different parts of the world for his ez-

palgns In different parts of the world for his
termination.
Of course no successfully prove short of
actual experience that rat boldly travelling as
OF a company thousand strong will not be diff
ferent from rat moving timidly about for ever
In fear of the cunning cat or the watehfuI terrier
We have heard, however, of instances in which rats
becoming very numerous, defiant and savage
IN the presenc of man.
1t has been estimated that in one year a single
pair OF rats, under very favorable conditions, will
produce 10000 Others including their descendants
to the fourth generation
Reduced to reasonable numbers, like cats and
dogs, rats ma yserve useful purpose. They were
created to serve some useful purpose and apart
from their mission destroyers Of garbage, there
may be other work for them to do. The fact that
from immemorial times they always sought the
habtations of man, would to imply that In
reasonable numbers they are mans friends 1t is
fact which any naturalist will attest that rats
are easily tanned, and grow to entertain and
kindly feelings for those who treat them well.
They be readily taught very amusing little
tricks and since they cost very little to keep there
is valid reason to exterminate them in toto
But as we can have "too much Johnson" we can
have. too many rats Millions of dollars worth
in damages done annually by rats in the United
States, and there to be difference OF opln
ion among experts to the agency of diseased rats
in the spread Of bubonic plague and kindred
diseases.
The rat is here to stay, he II see to that; it is
for to see that he does not unreasonaby multiply
and become menace to our health and property
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
CORRESPONDENTS so,
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA-LAN.

feel 1t my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time TO time that person bearing the
name and gar5 OF priest sister or anyone else In
authorized permitted TO solicit collect this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with
Catholic Church without having from me permission
In writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged In doing this unlawful
work or collecting without such document he or
she as the may be, should be regarded by all as
a fraud and imposter. I. SCANI.AN
Bishop of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
QUOTATIONS.

About the easiest thing in the world to do Is n
misquote standard authorities For instance or-
one who will take the trouble to look I'D Biblical
quotations in the religious or the secular press will
nine times out of ten find them wrong in text and
punctuation. The same NAV be said of Sboro,
pearean quotations or those from any of the noa+.
1t is one of the freak things of memory to know
things wrong. As an illustration of how far off
memory sometimes recalls quotations. we have bo
fore us a small clipping which says: I'm the lam
guage of MacDuff, And cursed be he who fret
cries, huff"
We don't know just what paper printed the
Shakespearean quotation, nor in what connection
1t was used We clipped the three lines long time
ago and deposited the slip in our miscellaneous
envelope, to beused when we felt inclined Tbars
are so many errors about the quotation that #
serves a good purpose in calling attention 70 tho
faults OF memory, In the first place, Macduff
mot MacDuff) was addressed by Macbeth in words
somewhat similar to those used by our coptam.
porary, hence the writer should have said 1.Tn tho
language OF Macbeth" In the next place. there
are only eight sylables in the line as ouoted where
as everybody who has read Shakespeare knows tbora
should be ten syllables, the same as in q sonnet
Shakespeare was also somewhat more particular in
ms grammar than would be led to suspect bv
the reading of the "misquotation." If Shakespeare
mad used these words he would have made Macbeth
say And cursed be him." ETC.. not che" Aside
from these little objections the quotation as print.
ed was nearly correct. The lines NAV be found in
the last scene of the last act of Shakespeare lsc
ue'n Maeoeth Is speaking, and these are his words:
Before by body
throw my warike shield. Lay on Maeduff.
And damn'd be him that first cries Hold enough o,
The Pope, Roosevelt and the Methodists (..How
long, at length, 0, Cataline will you continue to
abuse our patience'D This is stale and belongs
to ancient history. Give us something fresh and
uD-tO-date
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The 1ntermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese It's circulation In Mon
Jana, IDAHO Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large Only reliable firms and
business men advertise IN the paper All subscribers
WIZ md 1t to their advantage when about to invest
purchase consult business matters to read over
the list OF our advertisers. We only recommend.
out ask for them the patronage Of all our readers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

wilful. 1t tells how to prepare meat, from Dor..-
house to shank, and is worthy Of careful stnd,
cooks and housewives. 1t strives to Conserve "
meat supplies, to teach us how to live more econ
ically and better. 1t ought to be widely read -,
its precepts practiced.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
1.-THE LIGHTS UPON THE FIR,TREE.'

A correspondent writing from Ogden asks where
poem of the late Charles O'Maey, beginning with
the line:
''The lights upon the fir-tree gleam,''
may be found.
The lamented Charles J. O'Malley was editor of
the Chicago World when he died. He was a poet an
essayest and a man of high and lofty impulses. He
wrote "Hstory of the Knights of st. John" and
a Life of Bishop Ullathorne," and under the
titles of Songs of Dawn" and ''The Building of
the Moon'' published many of his charming verses.
Of O'Malley, we may repeat what Bulwer Lytton
wrote of Mangan
''For his chaste muse employed her heaven-taught
lyre
None bu the noblest passions to inspire
Not immoral, corrupted thought,
One line which, dying, he would wish to blot
O'Malley had the versatility of Boyle 0'Reilly
and had charming personality the stalwart
and loveable author of ''Undine." God be merci-
full to his great Catholic soul
Here is his Translation of the German poem
''Weinaehisleid, > written by Franz Heldu-
muac.
The lights upon the fir-tree CLEAN,
Sweet laughter rings around the hearth;
The Christmas bells, in golden stream
Pour gladness Ger the happy earth;
At home I know the candles burn
With radiance soft close of day,
But 0, my lonely heart must morn
For l, alas, am far away!
l see the happy faces glow
With pleasure round the Christmas board;
l hear young voices murmur low
In gladness, while the ale is poured;
l see the aged grandsire kneel
And in his humble cottage pray;
But Who knows the pangs I feel?
Alone wander far away
The wretched in their lowly cot
Their THROUGH have this holy night
But, all unpitied is my lot,
My own beloved are far from sight,
Christ Child, Who on straw vast born,
Seest Thou how desolate [ stray?
Thou hadst thy loved ones; l. forlorn,
In silence weep far, far awayl
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

painting entitled The Frugal Meal was re-
Gently sold in New York for $4,000 Another
evidence of the increased cost of living
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

1t has been discovered that there is no law 10
prevent the looting of the United States treasury
That may account for the immunity that institution
has enjoyed all these years
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

table are conducive to good digestion. Just don't
think how much the dinner cost
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

President Taft has announced that one year in
the White House is enough for him Evidently
the office is not so desirable as it seems to those
not in it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

Still, the average weather prediction is not much
further from the truth than the average election
pre- fiction.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

As dress does not make the man. 60 neither docs
the uniform make the soldier. A tuba player in
the band may look as feroeious as musketeer.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

Several eastern cities have passed ''No seat no
fare ordinances, and the men are wondering
if it is the sign of gentleman to give up their
seats.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

Sometimes the work of winning husband
long remembered as great waste of effort.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

Just now even the umpire is contemplating the
desirability of taking summer vacation
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

The bribery business, it seems, did not suffer
much in the recent financial depression.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

It's the fellow who each night gets "a head"
that never gets ahead in the world
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

He is luekless fellow who hopes for luck to
take the place of labor
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

The early riser sees the comet, but the other
fellow enjoys the sleep.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

Lower prices for food products have been pre-
dieted-and SO has the millennium.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

Ihe Pope Roosevelt and the Methodists (''How
long, at length, o, Cataline will you continue to
abuse our patience'D. This is stale and belongs
to ancient history. Give us something fresh and
up-to-date.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

6unscrioers removing from one place TO another.
nc oeslrtng papers changed should always give fur
iner as well as present address
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-05-07

II
the White House is enough for him. Evidently
the office is not so desirable as it seems to those
not in it,
Several eastern cities have passed '"No seat no
fare " ordinances, and now the men are wondering
If it IS the sign of gentleman to give up their
seats.
The doctor says pleasant thoughts at the dinner
table are conducive to good digestion Just don't
think how much the dinner cost.
Still, the average weather prediction is not much
further from the truth than the average election
pre- fiction.
painting entitled The Frugal Meal was re-
Gently sold in New York for $4,000. Another
evidence of the increased cost of living
-.-
Sometimes the work of winning husband is
long remembered as great waste of effort.
Just now even the umpire is contemplating the
desirability of taking summer vacation.
The bribery business, it seems, did not suffer
much in the recent financial depression.
It's the fellow who each night gets "a head"
that never gets ahead in the world
He is a luekless fellow who hopes for luck to
take the place of labor.
The early riser sees the comet but the other
fellow enjoys the Sleep
-~S
Lower prices for food products have been pre-
licted- so has the millennium.
Arizona republican., 1910-09-03
RETURN OF HUB MAN-Havin,

explored every nook and corner of the Yellowstone National park r. A. Tharaldson, proprietor of the Hub clothing store, returned to Phoenix yesterday morning. Mrs. Tharaldson and the children were with him on the trip but did not return. They are at the former home of the Tharaldsons in Washington, where they will remain until after the warm weather
Arizona republican., 1910-09-03

TO CHlCAGO-A. w. Sheets left last evening over the Santa Fe for Chicago where he will transact busi- ness and incidentally call upon friends and relatives during the next few weeks
Arizona republican., 1910-09-03

FlTZMAC IS HOME-FitZ- James Mccarthy, who is better known as FitZ- Mac. returned yesterday morning from the coast. where he had been cooling off for a month. MT. Mccarthy is a prominent mining engineer and writer.
Arizona republican., 1910-09-03

LEAVES FOR DENVER-Miss Marguerite Adams. daughter of J. c. Adams. left last evening over the Santa Fe for Denver where she will be the guest of friends and relatives for several weeks.