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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
SPRING.

After long winter, IN which we had more snow
than we were entitled to, more cold weather than
we needed and more discomforts than we have been
used to, the sun came out and shone 7gloriously
every day last week and all of this week. to the pres
ent writing. AS a result the snow-clad foothills
have lost their covering of white and bright green
tnge on the southern slopes takes the place of the
cold white The lawns in the city have lost their
brown and resumed their summer coloring. The
buds on the trees have begun to SWELL and in a short
time they will break out in leafy verdures Spring
has arrived =a1.Fag - So faas Ii
With the coming of the glorious spring mans
thoughts naturally turn to The open field, the
running streams and the woods. In his veins he
feels the call of the wild and the desire to get away
from the city---back to the so--burns within his
bosom. Most Of this desire, of course, is only
manifestation of the natural instinct to get out
where the air is not contaminated by city fumes and
is pretty well satisfied by short walks to the out
skirts of the city, into the canyons or by auto
mobile trips to neighboring towns 1t may be
that IN the spring the young mans fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love- but the thoughts of about
everybody else turn nature and the desire to ol
around is so well understood by everybody that we
have medicines TO overcome it. Better indulge the
luxury for while though, for the promise of the
summer is upon us. .a''e ~ +# g@ .,,.l1
The spring weather. of the past fo1 might has
been relief from the long, weary winter. and we
hasten to assure those whose Judgment Of the
weather is so waVerng that they require assurance
that To-day is beautiful day, isn't it?" We GER
talnly have been enjoying somevery fine weather.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
BASEBALL IN UTAH.

A meeting was held this week looking to the
organization of a state baseball league for Utah.
John f. Tobin, president of the league two years
ago. presided and much enthusiasm was manifested
in the proposed league. We trust Utah may have
such league. Inas1nuch as baseball is the national
game, we of Utah can not afford to be without some
kind of representation in the great game
Furthermore, experience has proved the impossi-
bility of supporting league in the interrnountain
country of teams representing cities widely sepa-
rated. The cost of railroad travel is too great
Therefore, state league furnishes the one feasible
plan to give the people baseball that is worth
seeing. ,-e b sra iEr-rz H1 IL
Probably there would be the same old COMPARE
sons made; between the teams of the Utah State
league and the teams of the National or American
leagues, and comparisons also of individual players
Of course, our Utah League would not have any
Wagners or Mullins in it. But It must be renern.
bered that the mighty Casey once struck out. And
there is great deal of pleasure in watching what
the fans would call poor game. For there are
usually great many good plays, quick action and
quicker thinking on the part of the players, even
IN brush league, that pleasing to the crowds.
If these good plays are intermingled with bit of
bunglng work the spirit of the crowd is usually one
of forgiveness for the players when they play in
hard luck and if the umpire will only be fair there
is lots of pleasure in watching the game We trust
the efforts of the organizers of the league will be
crowned with success And we believe we voice
the wish of every man who ever played a game Of
reundtown on aariVer-bottom field or city lot -
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

that he reached the POLE the secrecy of the explorer
and the reluctance he shows to having his records
examined by other competent bodies, naturally en-
genders suspicion that all is not well with the
Peary records. Il Is also well-known fact that any
soientsaf2s 1zsE9gRtor could fix up astronomical
observations and instrument records such as man
would make on trip to the pole, and that their
accuracy would be beyond question Indeed, an
explorers records would have to agree with the
homemade records if they we're expected to carry
weight. We should like to see Peary come. out and
take the whole world into his confidence By so
doing he would strengthen his By his secrecy
he Heakeng it. Congress is doing right to withhold
reward for the dseoverer until he is willing to let
the American people know what they are rewarding
him for earn a.-. la &. 40
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
TN DARKEST AFRICA.

Reverting to the contemplate trickery prac-
ticed, according to Archbishop ireland, by the
Methodist ministers in Rome to proselytise Cath,
ole children, here is some interesting reading from
Major Buffers book on the Ashantee campaign
titled "Akim-foo: The History of a Failure"
Major Butler entertains no exalted opinion of the
personal character and teachings of the mission
aries with whom he came in contact in his African
experiences One of these missionaries, the 'Wes-
leyan minister of Ma1npon," took service with him
as interpreter, but on learning that the Akin coun-
try was to be entered he deserted with his scouts.
Before this event, however, he had an opportunity
of displaying anything but Christian spirit
toward a prisoner of war. An Ashanti's life had
just been saved by the Major, and he was endeavor
ing to extract some information from him: "a
proceeding which the minister from Mampon looked
upon perfectly useless urging that there might
not occur an opportunity for killing Ashanti for
long time-a line of argument which believe
he prompted to follow from the belief that the
instant decapitation of the prisoner would have sue
cessfuly concealed his (he rninister's) utter igno
rance of the art of Interpretation"
As an example of Christian teaching in the will
derness, Major Butler records the following anec-
QoJe OIL Lle most 1nIe1IlS6nI anu DOy ne udu Iue
fortune to meet:
"Yet while his Wesleyan masters had done so
much to improve this little Fanti, they had not
been able to rise superior in their zeal for the
conversion of the heather, to those feelings of
ranorous bigetcy which preavil against some other
fellow-C Christians at home. They had not failed
to transplant these into his mind; Master said
this small boy to me one day. are there not Chris
tians in England who are Like the Fetish people
here in the bush 2 ~. . .E
"SWhat do you mean small boyT
Are there not some Christian people in
England who have pieces of sticks and stones for
their gods The ministers always told us at the
school that there were plenty such people in
England He said they were called Catholics /"
Major Butler, after returning from Africa,
married Miss Thompson painter of the "Rol
Gall, and was at the time he wrote his "History
of Failure" member of the Anglican Church,
called in this country the Protestant Episcopal
Church. IF lies and calumnies could kill the i'm
mortal Catholic Church it ought to have been dead
centuries before the birth of Martin Luther and
Henry VII, and buried so deep that the hand of
resurrection could never reach it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

toured a distance of from 1900 to 1000 miles in
order to get them through at all. Passengers due
in Salt Lake have arrived over a week late, after
many experiences which today are unusual, to say
the least. s=~
Mountain railroading probably will always be
subject to loss from snowsfdes and floods. If the
snow falls heavily on the mountain sides and
weather conditions are propitious, probably no
human power can prevent the heat of the from
melting the snow on the mountains and sending it
down the canyons and into valleys in flood guam
titles. The railroads are generally built to accom-
modate an average flood, and snowsheds furnish
some protection in places where heavy snowfall Is
usual. But from the unusual the railroads suffer
and probably always will suffer. 1t doesn't seem
possible to make preparation for the unusual with
out making such grades as would impair the
efficiency of the road during eleven months of the
year. For this reason it is probable that the rail
roads will continue to suffer, just as cities do on
the principle that one humiliation year must be
suffered in order to occupy desirable position the
rest of the time
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
CARUso is BRAVE.


ri aEnrico Garuso whose marvellous voice has
charmed thousands in all parts of the country,
his records on the singing machines being among
the best, has been threatened with death in lieu of
$4,000, to be paid to the Black Hand. Some of
Carusos friends inclined to consider the threat
and letters as joke, but notiso the tenor He took
the matter quite seriously almost as seriously, in
deed as he does Caruso. Here is some of the stuff
heis reported to have relieved himself from:
FHcowardsl Cursl They think to scare the great
Garuso. Hal The fQolsi / laugh at them. See
/ snap my fingerl 1 cry no, no! no, hop
He said great deal more about dogs and ours
and yipers, his sword cane and his revolver.
Oaruso is quite militant. But he has lost "abortt
half pound of weight" +.} y as.f1
" If all this is true it is pretty hard on Caruso.
but behind it all there seems to be the work of an
energetic press agent 0aruso, however, needs no
such advertising he is what he is probably the
greatest tenor of the world today, Perhaps Caruso
his manager is contemplating a tour If +ba
country $50 oI ~ RI z'i
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
WAsHoUTs AND sNoWsL1DEs.

re- Perhaps never before in the history of railroad
ing have the lines in the west suffered SO many.
and serious disasters as have come to them this year
The washing out Of the Salt Lake Route is probably
the greatest monetary loss ever suffered by rail
road but the snowslides which came down from the
hills and carried trains with Them in the northwest
constitutes a series Of disasters with heavy loss
of life that is unparalleled in the history of western
railroading Added to the difficulties of operation
caused by the anowslides are floods which have put
the railroads in Nevada out of business temporarily.
So great has been the amount of damage done that
trains bound direct from the coast have been de-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
WANTS PROOFS FROM PEARY.

Two members of the National Geographical
Society appeared before a sub COMMITTEES Of tho
House Committee on Naval Affairs last week to
present the claims of Commander Peary as the dis
coverer of the North pole in an effort to have Con
gress grant suitable reward to the explorer. The
efforts of the delegates from the National
Geographical Society. were directed to having the
committee receive the proofs of Commander Pearys
discovery Of the pole without giving those proofs
publicity The reason for the secrecy, it is stated
in the press dispatches is that Peary wants to use
his data in magazine articles One member Of the
committee submitted that if the Congress was to
reward Mr.. Peary the American people had right
to know what he was awarded for The member
also might well have said that if Mr. Peary regards
the reward which is to come from his newspaper
and magazine articles of higher value than the re-
ward which Congress would bestow, he had perfect
right to it, but he should not either by himself or
by agents. attempt to get the reward from two
sources.
Notwithstanding the. acceptance by the. National
Geographical Society of the Peary records as proof
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.

Strange as it may appear to everybody it new
ertheless remains fact, if newspaper reports are
to be credited, which sometimes they are not, I'M
fortunately, the exact location of the Garden of
Eden has been discovered It is officially declared
to be some $50 kilometers north of Bagdad-an
oasis in the midst of desoIate plain of large d.
mansions, crossed by four branches of the Eu-
pirates river Already preparations making,
cording to the newspaper story, for a narrow gauge
railroad to connect Bagdad with this Garden of
Eden, and we may expect in a short time to have
the garden included in the itineraries of various
tours of the world where experienced and efficient
guides will point out points of interest, and, for all
we know, the original apple tree with whose fruit
the mother of the race tempted Father Adam.
No doubt the accommodations of the garden will
be made up-to-date, with hot and cold water in
each room of the large and oommodious hotel, with
post cards and other features to separate the tourist
from his money. Let the cry be: %All aboard for
the Garden of Eden" and may prosperity be the
portion of its promoters. 1t might be added, soto
voce that the proofs of this spit being the Garden
of Eden have not yet been submitted to any
mission for determination.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
MAN OR DEVIL?

One DR.. B. G. Hyde Of Kansas City is charged
with numbering Colonel Thomas h Swope of the
same city. The motive for the awful crime, it is
alleged, was to secure an inheritance of $175,oOo
with expectations of much larger sum provided
other members of the family died at Q convenient
time. Early last October Colonel Swope died, pre-
surnably of typhoid fever. Two days before his
death his cousin and particular friend succumbed to
apoplexy, On December 6, two months after the
burial Of Colonel Swope, Chrisman swope,
nephew. died Of typhoid fever, and Mrs Logan
swOpe was Frustrated with the same disease but
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
GARD FROM BTSEnp- Sc9-IkN.

feel It 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 garb Of priest sister anyone else 10
authorized permitted TO solicit or collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
In writing, bearing my seal and signature. Should
anyone be found engaged IN doing this unlawful
work collecting without such a document he
she, the may be- should be regarded by all
u fraud and an 7imposter. y g~ l. SEAMAN Fl ~
E.a AHa. I'D aH .a. g sla Bishop Of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
/. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Tntermountain Catholic goes into nearly every
CATHOLIC home in this diocese. circulation Mon
tsna, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
iother states is larges0Hly reliable firms and
business men advertise In the paper. All subscribers
will find It to their advantas when about TO Invest
purchase consult business matters to read
the list OF our advertisers we not only recommend
but ask for them the patronage Of all our readers ~
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

: Philadelphia appeared in the newspaper dis
patches again this week, with the same old troubles
street. car strike in the result of which the people
of the city vitality interested, though they may
hate the company and the union as well
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

All the political capital the statesmen are try
ing to make out of the present high prices of foods
won't buy even a chuck steak or a mess Of carp.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

Congress might compromise on the matter Of
a suitable reward from Peary by giving him three
cheers and a tiger.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

That boycott on beef seems to have had salu-
tary effect the market. Prices have gone higher
but just think where they would have gone without
the boycott
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

It really doesn't make much difference what be-
comes of the postal savings bank bill if prices keep
on going up.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

1t may be that the present prices of the products
of the meat trust are only an aftermath of "The
Jungle
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

June is not SO very far ahead of US, and, you
know, Roosevelt is scheduled to come in June.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

When you are in Rome don't try to do as Mr.
Fairbanks did. Stick to the older and better way.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12

Still, cheap skates have not been affected by the
high cost of living.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

subscribers removing from one place to another.
Hnd desiring papers changed, sho1d always give for
Ensr as well as present address
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
RENITTANCEs.

Ren1ittances should be made by postoflce or en-
press money orders. drafts registered letters
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-03-12
CORRESPONDENTS SOLICITED

The Reverend Clergy are requested to send to TIE
CATHOLIC news contribution
OF interest to their respective parishes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-24
REPAIR OF BIG SEWER
WAS A DIFFICULT JOB
Work Has Been Successfully Com.
pleted Without Interruption
to Traffic.

The work of repairing 1.-THE weakened
trunk sewer from New York avenue to Fl
street on 18th street northwest is COM
pleted. 1t cost the District 1000 i'm round
figures. and was one Of the most unique
pieces of repair work attempted in the
local sewer system.
The old brick trunk which runs down
18th street weakened under the constant
humping of the two car lines which
cross at 18th and II streets. In order to
repair the underground tube without dis
turbing traffic Asa E. Phillips, superin-
tendent OF the sewer department, had his
engineers and Workmen burroW under
ground between two shafts placed at
either end of the block and a parallel
sewer of modern construction was laid
the course of the old sewer was turned
into the new tube, and the old lube was
filled up.
The filling up was in way as interesting
as the laying of the parallel sewer many
feet under ground without Il crack In the
pavement One end OF the discarded tun-
mel was sealed up with a brick bulkhead
small terra Gotta tubing was laid
throughout the old tunnel 10 take off
seepage and the drain from certain small
connections which could not he easily
run into the new section, and the work
men began to fill the old sewer up with
a mixture of cement pebbles and sand.
Now the old line is practically a tunnel
full of solid rock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-24
TIE VOTE ON WAGE BILL
HOUSE COMMITTEE REFUSES
FAVORABLE REPORT.
Navy Yard Matter to Be Taken Up
With Secretary Meyer and
Wage Board.

BY tie vote of to 8 the House COM
mittee on naval affairs today refused to
sustain the subcommittee which re-
Gently maue favorable report on the
DILL introduced by Representative
Pearre of Maryland. increasing the
wages of employees in the governments
big gun shops at the Washington navy
yard.
The Pearre bill proposes to raise the
wages of all classes of mechanics in
the gun factory and to fix a minimum
scale of compensation. 1t was favor
ably reported by the subcommittee of
the naval affairs committee of which
Representative Bates of PENNSYLVANIA
is chairman.
After the unfavorable action by the
committee today, due to the lack of
one affirmative vote on the proposition
another subcommittee was named. with
Mr. Bates at it's head. to take up the
matter with Secretary of the Navy
Meyer and request him TO call spe-
cial meeting of the wage board to con-
slider it.
Some members of the naval affairs
committee expressed disapproval of the
idea Of Congress fixing wages i'm the
washington navy yard by the enact
ment Of statute law. They think that
this matter and others like 1t should
be attended to by the Navy Depart
ment.
First-class mechanics under the
Pearre bill would receive an increase
from 1915 per day to S4.02 per day
a $ A minimum. The lowest wages for
fourth class workmen is fixed by the
bill at $3.50 per day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-24
OFFICE BUILDING SOLD,
Thirteenth Street Property Acquired
by a Local Capitalist.

The Collins Query building, No. 6o1
18th street northwest, one of the large
downtown Office buildings, on the east
streets, has just been sold to local
capitalist. The building is a gray brick
structure, with stone trimmings, and is
five stories in height. The building was
purchased by the Collins-Guerry Com
pany, corporation organized under the
laws of Arizona in 1901, and was the
headquarters of the company until IT.
relinquished its operation i'm local real
estate several years ago. The building
has d frontage of approximately 30 feet
on 18th street, by depth of 100 feet,
the building practically covering the en-
tire lot. with its area of little less
than 1000 square feet. 1t is understood
paid for the property.
The sale was made by the real estate
office of Willige, Gibbs IL Daniel, who
represented both of the parties to the
transaction
j. Louis Willige, president of the Will
ise. Gibbs IL Daniel Company, in COM
menting on the sale, stated that there
has been an abnormally brisk demand
within the past two months for large
downtown business properties, his com
pany finding it impossible to secure a
sufficient number of available properties
of this character to meet the demand
of its patrons. The company only with
in the past few days sold large block
of ground in Southwest Washington,
fronting the tracks Of the Pennsylvania
railroad. to Messrs. w. 3. Moses & Sons.
who Will erect at once a large modern
warehouse on the property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-24
COVE GETS ROGERS lob
NEXT PAYMASTER GENERAL UF
NAVY SELECTED.
Nan Chosen Was Educated in Pub
lie Schools of the DistriGs
of Columbia.

Pay director Thomas j. Cowie. United
.tates Navy, who has been for five years
on duty at Annapolis as general store
--eeper at the Naval Academy, will sue
coed Rear Admiral Eustace b. Rogers as
chief of the bureau of supplies and ac-
counts and paymaster general OF the
navy.
Pay Director Cowie was born in Iowa.
His appointment is accredited to that
state. He spent most of his early years
IN this city, and is a product OF the pub
lie schools of the District.
He was appointed to the navy as a
midslipman in June. 1880. and has nine
years to serve on the active list He has
had nearly nine years sea service and
aJout seventeen years ashore. He fin
lShei his last sea tour in 1904 and spent
a year On land before going to -Annapo-
lis IN January, 1905.
He has "a good record as an administra-
securing legislation providing for 10
per cent increase of pay of naval officers.
He has indicated his complete sympathy
with Secretary Meyers plans for the re-
organization of the naval establishment.
and will administer the affairs of the bu-
ieau of supplies and accounts in strict
conformity herewith
II was the lack of harmony between
Secretary Meyer and Paymaster General
Rogers in matters of administration that
resulted in the latter's application for re-
tirement.
The cnange will he made i'm few DAYS
The retirement of Admiral Rogers will
Immediately follow the passage of the
pending naval appropriation bill.
The passage of that bill in its present
shape will enable the paymaster general
to retire with the rank and pay OF Il
senior rear admiral. His retired pay will
about $4,000 year.