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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-06-15
The MiIIiOndire'S Caller

He was tall old man with a slight
stoop and thin gray hair. His gar
ments were shiny with wear, the
sleeves of his coat being fairly slip
perry in their threadbare state. But
there was little trace of the infirmities
of age in his strong features and the
sharp glance of the grey eyes beneath
the shaggy brows. Those sharp gray
eyes turned towards the dingy old
clock over the dingy old mantel 1t
was just noon. There was door that
opened into the counting room, and it's
upper half was glass. Through this
transparent medium the old man could
keep a watchful eye on his employees.
1t saved sudden incursions into the
outer room. Those clerks and book
keepers never knew when the sleepless
eyes of the grim old master was
turned in their direction There was
no lettering or any other form of re-
taxation in that busy counting-room
From the clock the old mans gaze
turned to the door. The desks were
deserts. 1t was the luncheon hour.
He arose from his creaky swivel chair
and crossing the room, pulled down a
shade that covered the glass Then
he turned back to his desk and pro
ducing small parcel wrapped in a
newspaper opened it and disclosed an
apple and few biscuits. He spread
| them out on the paper and fell to
munching them. He was gnawing al
the apple when light rap at the
| counting-room door drew his attention
At first he was inclined to believe that
his ears had deceived him Then the
rap came again-rat, tat, tat.
Come in" he cried, and there was
nothing suggestive of hospitality in
the peremptory tone. Come in
A hand fumbled with the knob and
then the door swung open. A child
was standing on the threshold, a little
girl with sunny curls and a dainty pink
frock.
How do you do?" said the astonish
ing vision. "Are you pretty well? Sc
am I, thank you" And she made him
a little bobbing courtesy and threw
him fascinating smile.
Where did you come from?'
groWled the old man.
Il coined from out here" replied the
little maid. Il peeked through the
glass under the curtain an saw YOU
She laughed merrily AN thought
you was a big ogre eating all by your
self. You don't eat little girls, dc
| your"
| He yielded for moment to the
Witchery of her smile. Not when theJ
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-06-15
THEOLOGY FOR EVERY MOTHER.

Father Hull, of the Bombay Exam
liner, crowds lot of theology that
many a mother must have ruminated
over, into these few lines:
(a) The soul is created at the first
moment of existence, that is, at con-
ception.
(b) Any unbaptized child, whether
born or unborn, is by Gods ordinary
dispensation consigned to a state of
natural happiness, free from all sense
of loss which it sustains by not being
incorporated in the supernatural sys-
tenn of grace. That is not revealed
truth exactly, but it is the opinion of
st. Thomas, generally followed in the
schools.
(c) An unbaptized child does not
receive Catholic rites at burial, be-
cause it has not been incorporated by
baptism into the membership of the
Church.
(d) 1t is certain that any baby who
has been baptized goes straight to
heaven, and therefore in strict logic
can be prayed to as belonging to the
ranks of the blessed. But it is not
cultus in vogue among Catholics.
Suppose somebody started new
devotion to the blessed company OF
the innocents in heaven" meaning to
babies dying after baptism, l can
hardly imagine that the Church would
countenance it, though it would be
quite logically sound. 1t strikes one
as psychologically strange and in
some way neutrality-suspicious., be-
cause one is quite unaccustomed to
the idea.
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tic scripture, the mind would have
to choose between two hypothesis:
Divine inspiration or human madness.
Yet this is what not only Scripture
attests but history affirms; and truth,
after almost two thousand years, says
to the world, holding up this i'm
mortal book: 'Is this text which de-
clares that the Church possesses the
Divine privilege of infallibility, writ
ten, or not? Did the Apostles and
their successors proclaim it, or not?
Has the Church itself, ever since
these words were written, upheld this
wondrous affirmation, or not? And
even today is it afraid to read out to
all mankind this Divine text, when
any day or hour may bring forth
fresh contradictions based upon the
assumption that the Church is only
a human creation?" To ask such
questions is to answer them to the
satisfaction of all who are acquainted
with humanity. But this is not ALL
The idea of infallibility has not only
possessed the soul of man and been
formulated in Scripture so that every
body can read it, but-what is more
wonderful and at the same time more
palpable-it has been incorporated in
facts, in history. If one tries to find
in history an epoch, year, a day
even, in which the Catholic Church
ceased to act as being infallible,-that
is, to define, judge, and condemn as
an infallible teacher-one can not do
so. But one can find in history the
unique, perpetual, and universal fact
of the Catholic Church defining, judg-
ing, and condemning as master in
vested with infallible authority tan
guam potestatem habens with
an unalterable sense of it's divinity
and an invincible conviction of it's in
fallibility. The Catholic Church never
hesitates or dissimulates and surren-
ders it's claim to and it's exercise of
infallibi1ity, no matter what may be
said about it by the outside world. 1t
continues on it's way undisturbed by
the doubts, the denials. and the re-
volts of human pride. Of it what was
said of Juno may be stated In truth:
'Tncessu patuit dea''-"she shows her
self to be goddess by her gait
Such is historic fact, both of the
past and of the present. If the Catho-
lie Church was not really infallible,
what would we have to think of the
fact? Indignant reason would have
right to exc1aim: What mon
strous usurpation! What an attack
on the liberty and the dignity of men
in the name of Cod" But, amazed at
the humanity inexplicable fact, we cry:
What a miracle! What a prodigy of
Divine wisdom and of human folly!
All, if our Church is not truly infalli-
BILE, sooner or latter what compromis-
ing things will happen to her in the
course of ages! What affronts she
will suffer at the hands of mankind!
What humiliations will be heaped
upon her by science! What contradic-
tons will be thrown in her face by
history!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-06-15
WHAT THE PRIEST Is.

We recognize the priest as one
chosen from among men to serve men
in the affairs of God, says Bishop
Conaty. He is the minister of
reconciliation with God, the teacher
of the truth, and one who offers the
Sacrifices, who administers the sacra-
ments, who prays for the people.
We distinguish in him that double
character of man and priest; we
recognize the divine character of the
priesthood which forces us to bend
the knee to him for the forgiveness
of sins and to receive from his hands
the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist.
His ordination has conferred upon
the man the character of the priest
hood of Jesus Christ.
In the parish he is the ambassador
of God, the administrator of the sac
raments, the guardian of the sacred
deposit of faith, the defender of the
peoples rights, and the unselfish
friend of everyone. From the cradle
to the grave he touches intimately the
lives of his people and brings to them
in all the circumstances of life the
blessings of the Divine Saviour OF
Whom he is the commissioned min
ister
The people fell that in the true
priest there is no faint of selfishness,
and that he is willing to sacrifice
his life in order that the spiritual
interests of his people may not suffer
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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER
PENTEcOST.

EPlSTLE: Dearly beloved,
be you humbIed, therefore, un-
der the mighty hand of God;
that He may exalt you In the
time of visitation: casting all
you soIicitude upon Him: for
He hath care of you.
GOSPEL: say to you, that
even SO there shall be joy in
heaven upon one sinner that
doth penance, more than upon
ninety-nine just who need not
penance.
, 1912-01-11
Installation Postponed

Saratoga Lodge No, 43, l. O. O..
F., was to install officers Monday
night but owing to the blizzard
that held forth that day even sew
eral town members were afraid to
venture out that night and no one
from the country could hardly get
in, even to the incoming Noble
Grand.
The committee on arrangements
had prepared an ample banquet
which was one of the finest that
has been spread in Saratoga for
some time and on which the eigh.
teen members present did moi
make much Of a showing in reduc'
, 1912-01-11
Sheepmen Calling for Hay

The conditions of things on the
Red Desert has become se%rious-al-
most alarming. Every sheepman
who does not own land. is getting
out of that country and driving
to some place where he can get
hay for his sheep. Some of them
are coming into this part of the
country and it is expected that
there will be very little hay left in
this part of the county by the lat
of April. One Saratoga firm has
an order for l9 cars of hay and
another firm has orders for 20
cars This shows that the hay
grown in this valley is in demand.
One merchant had a car of hay in
transit at Midway. A sheep
company being up against it"
for feed, simply confiscated the
hay for it's own use, paying for
the hay what it would have brot
at it's destination.
, 1912-01-11
School Children Suffer

Mondays blizzard worked a
hardship on the children that at
tempted to go to school, There
was an attendance of 50 pupils.
s in the primary, IA in the Inter
mediate, 10 in the grammer room
and 6 in the high room. Several
of the children frosted their faces
hands and one or two cases are
nipped pretty deep. Prof. Char
les WAS on hand at the door and
gave attention 20 each one, by
applying snow to the frosted mem
beers and was successful in doing
much good. If any one doubts
that we had some weather Monday
and a little Tuesday, they want to
ask the school children.
, 1912-01-11
W. B. Husus Buys Kelley Ranch

W. b. Hugus has made a trade
with G. Q. Kelley for his ranch on
Pass creek, putting in his house
and lots here in town as a part of
the consideration. They will ex.
change abodes in a week or so, as
soon as the weather settles sufici-
emily SO the families can move. MI.
Kelley injured one of his feet IN
der IN overturned hay wagon
more than a year ago and has had
to give up ranching or lose his
foot, which has refused to heal 80
long as he was compelled to use it.
He will endeayer to keep off his
feet until the sprain has a chance
to heal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugus will try
rancbing and both are glad to get
out into the country for they en-
Joy farm life.
, 1912-01-11
Leek's Moving Pictures

s. N. Leek, the man with the
moving picture show of big game
in the jackson Hole country, arri-
we'd here late Thursday evening
but the big house that greeted him
was certainly compensation enough
for the efforts he made to get here.
Our people had a chance to see
something in the way of wild
game and their habits they may
never enjoy again. Leek's pict-
ures are fine and are the result of
much labor and painstaking work
stalking the game in their native
haunts. he has many other views
of the jackson Hole country and
seems in Yellowstone Park and
next to going to that part of the
country one can not do better than
to spend a couple of hours looking
at the pictures he puts on canvas
He left for Encampment Friday
morning and had a good honse at
that place as we'll,
, 1912-01-11

Miss Beulah Moore came down
from French Friday on the Sanger
stage and has been visiting friends
here this week.
Miss Katie Campbell who weut to
Rawlins to spend the holidays with
her friend, Misa Ella Daley. returned
home Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. F. Kincaid were
in Monday from the ranch. Mr..
KiDcaid came in to attend the install
lation of the +. o. o. f.
b. D. ~Blydenburg came in to go to
Rawlies and has been a guest at the
Hotel Wolf, waiting for the lifting of
the snow blockade ON the s. &. E.
Mr.. and Mrs. D.. S. Crawford en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Wilcox
and Mr.. and Mrs. Will Broadhurst at
a Mlrscope party Sunday evening.
Lou Carroll has been down this
week. He made the proposition to US
to stake a chaw terbaccer and spit
awhile" but we did not have time
just then.
Mr.. aud Mrs. A. l.. Norman an 4
Master Robert were down Saturday,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Hugus, and latter Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Pullum.
j. A. Schoonjans, he of diminutive
statuture and dainty, feminine outline
was t~ransacting business here Satur-
day. He looks like he wouldn't live
before spring.
Fred Plat came down from En-
campment on the train Saturday
morning, returning home that even
ing. He made the Sun a pleasant
| call while here.
G. w. Webb, who closed DIP his
saloon business here at midnight
Wednesday Of last week, left for Wal
don Friday going via Laramie and
the Plains line.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor Pennock were
in Saturday to do their weekly shop
ping. They remained in town ovei
night, at the Ainsworth residence
Mr.. Pennock going out home Sunday
morning. Mrs. Pennock visited Mrs
Tichnor this week.
, 1912-01-11
Rebekahs Install

The Rebekah Lodge installed
officers for the ensuing year Sat
urday night. After the i%nstalat-
ion the members went down in the
lower hall and enjoyed a nice sup
per and after which they spent the
rest of the evening in games and
music. There was a big attend
ance and all had a good time. The
Rebekahs certainly have a good
lodge and are doing we'll.
, 1912-01-11

Jess Barkhurst was in last week
with a load of fresh pork-the last of
the season, he says.
P. S. Browder and son Edward
we're up Saturday from the Pick
ranch to do some shopping and get
the weeks mail. Mr.. Browder left
for Denver Monday.
Mayor M. B. NicKillip, who went
to Cheyenne and Denver on a bust
ness visit. returned home Friday. He
reports encountering severe weather
while in Colorado.
Mrs. Eva Barnes, who was in Den
YER for several weeks, returned home
last week. She says they have had
very sever weather down there for
more than a month.
E. B. Winner, who is out at the
Wheeler ranch this winter, has taken
up trapping and we understand he is
doing real well as long as the cotton
tails and magpiss hold out.
]. B. Maghee came in Saturday for
some supplies and the mail. He says
the ice is two feet thick on North
Fork and is bulged up in the middle
Of the stream two feet high.
F. E. Wilson, representing the
Wyoming Tribune, has been looking
after subscribers aud making collect
ions here this week in the interest of
that paper. The Sun acknowledges a
pleasant call.
e. A. Kenneday and wife were in
from their Cedar creek ranch Satur-
day. Mr.. Kennaday is not used to
warm weather. He was tanning him
self with a straw hat while walking
along the streets.
! A. w. Ainsworth took up mail and
supplies and two or three men to the
tie camp Friday, returning Sunday
night. Several Of the men returned
With him as the weather was so bad
they didn't want to stay in the camp.
No mail since Saturday until this
noon, when Bert Lee arrived from
Walcott with a load of it. He brot only
fn It class mail, however. The paper
mail will be brot in on the train as
soon as il can opsn up communication
, 1912-01-11

ton of the turkeys and good stuff.
In fact they would have been out
of the race if some of the good Re-
bekah's hadn't dropped in to see if
there was going to he any core left.
After all regular business was
completed the installation WAS post
poned until next Monday night to
allow the country members a
chance to get in,
, 1912-01-11
An Old Fashioned Snow Blockade

This country was visited with
one of the worst snow and wind
storms the past few days that it
has seen for many years. The
snow began falling on Sunday and
continued for about "a hours the
result being about six inches.
During Sunday. night, Monday,
Tuesday and Tuesday night, the
wind blew a gale. The snow WAS
light and fine and the gale piled
it up in heaps, filling all cuts and
depressions. 1t WAS quite out of
the question to do anything what
ever. There was no train on the
So E. Sunday. Monday the train
from Encapment came down about
noon, with the nov pillow and
passenger car, to which both en-
gines were attched. They were able
to get IS far as the Mead cut, down
near Pass creek. when the snow
pillow got stuck in the cut and hal
to De abandoned. The train at
tempted to return to Saratoga, but
found that the cuts near Lake
Creek, had drifted full and they
returned to Midway, where they
lay until yesterday morning.
Tuesday evening a force of 26 men
left here to go to their assistance
and help dig the cuts out. Bert
Lee went down from here Tuesday
evening with a four horse team.
Yesterday morning he took the
passengers twelve in alb
and the mail down to Walcott. 1t
was impossible to follow the road.
Fifteen inches of snow had fallen
in that part of the country and the
gale, always furious in that vic
iniiy, had obliterated all evidences
of roads OF trails.
The snow shoveIers have been
busy at the Mead cut, shoveling
their way thru it ever since yes
terday morning. Agent W. G.
Sammons went down yesterday
with a wagon-load of provisions
for the men and it is expected
they will be able TO get thru some
time tomorrow at the latest.
Word from Walcott yesterday
morning was to the effect that
there had been no freight trains
over the Z. P. lines for two days
Monday and Tuesday, and it was
not known then how soon freights
would BIZ running, but it was thot
that they would be in operation
sometime within twenty-four
hours.
Hunter, Casteel u Hunter have
a a load of fine two-year-old Her.
eford steers at Gus. Barkhurst
ranch, which they want to ship to
the Western international Stock
Show at Denver by Sunday at the
latest if they can get them thru,
as they are prize cattle and they
expect to take the Sweepstakes
Prize, as they did a year ago.
Davis & Carroll also have two
carloads of young hereford bulls,
all the way from 10 to 20 months
old, which they wish to ship to
the Stock Show at Denver, where
they are to be- sold by the Ameri-
can hereford Cattlemen's Associa-
ton. Every effort will be made
to have the s. & E. open in time
to moke these shipments and it is
believed they will succeed.
1t is reported that the U. P
will run a rotary snow pillow out
on the S. & E. and open up the
line.
, 1912-01-11

property, we only did what Mr..
hanchman, or any other ranch.
man In the Saratoga Valley would
do to protect his interests. We
had to have assurance that this
canal would be open for the deli
very of water by the beginning of
the irrigation season. w are
broad gagued enough to know that
1t these parties were to reclaim a
tract of land, within the Saratoga
Valley, it would enhance the value
Of our real estate.
Mr.. Fl. A. Hunter and myself
have spent more money and time
to try 10 develop irrigation on a
large scale in the Saratoga Valley
than any other individual or
set of individuals, in Carbon
County. We are aware there are
a few people in the Valley that
think the same as Mr.. Ranchman;
but they are too quick in passing
judgement and are not paticular
enough to inform themselves fully
MS to all the details in the case
| agree with Ranchman as to
some OF the conditions that exist
in the Valley, detrimental to the
best interests of everyone, viz:
The knocking, and a country be-
ing divided against itself. If you
would correct this Knocking, it
is not best to begin your good work
by hooking m of the largest COM
panies in the Valley. We believe
we have been a potent factor in
the development work. We look
favorably upon the building of
large irrigating conals, realizing
that it will be a factor in increas-
ing the valuation of real estate.
l believe that l have made my
self sufficiently clear in above
statements, and wish it to be un-
derstood that we are not using our
influence against the development
of the Valley or the injury Of any
individual.
Respectfully yours,
Ira B. Casteel
Mr.. Casteel's letter makes
plain why his company and r. w.
Wood stepped in and asserted
their rights to the Highline Canal.
MIR. Casteel says they stand ready
at any time to make a contract
with Mr.. Fitzgeral for the canal,
providing the latter will put up
a bond to have the work completed
in time in spring, SO that the use
of water in the canal for the Brush
creek ranch is not interferred with.
We know that both II. A. Hunter
and Mr.. Casteel have spent a great
deal of money trying to get a CON-
pany to come in and build canals
inthe upper country, all of which
goes to show that neither Mr..
Hunter, nor Mr.. Casteel are oppos-
ed to settlers but are, on the other
hand, doing all they can to make
it possible to bring settlers in.
, 1912-01-11
What is the Matter With
the Saratoga Valley?

IJtitot ~ II sNuu,
So Mr.. Ranchman has ATTEMPT.
ed to solve the problem. There is
no doubt bnt what in his own mind
he has arrived at the real facts;
but his remarks show narrowness
and selfopinionated ideas. His
article is contradictory. The
statement shows he has been i'll
advised, or mis-informed, as to
some of the conditions.
The question:: "Wbat Is The
Matter With The Saratoga Valley
is too much for me to attempt to
answer. 1t appears to me that
there are numerous unfortunate
circumstances that retard the real
development of the valley, that
none of us are able to answer in
diligently.
A few of Ranchmans arguments
| can, however, answer truthfully
and correctly, owe my own name.
You say: "One ditch started, and
stopped; or WAS stopped. Now, why
was it stopped, because some peo-
pie who could stop it was afraid
it might injure their business"
Yes some of the people Of the
Valley are to be held responsible
for the country's being held back.
Why did you not come out and
say that a certain large cattle com
pany, of which l am a member,
stopped the work on this ditch.
Yes, we did stop the work, with
the courts consent. For the bene-
fit of the general public, l here
with give the details of the en-
largement of the nighttime canal
controversy. While We have been
particular in the past to keep our
affairs confined to ourselves, and
having desired any puhlici-
ty, or notoriety, in the manage
ment of our affairs, but in justice
10 the firm of Hunter, Casteel &
Hunter Company, will deviate
from this rule. In the fall of 1911
the Saratoga Reservoir & Irriga-
ton Co. sent me a contract, or
permit for u signature, for the
right to our ca al. This permit
did not state they would carry our
appropriation or maintain suit
able headgates ON said canal, for
any specified time. In fact, they
did not agree to do anything that
We could have forced or compelled
them to do, after they once had
this permit from us. There was
no consideration. They did not
agree to put up d bond, that they
would have all of this work COM
pleted, SO we would be insured of
our water supply, in ample time
for next years irrigation. ! adj
vlsed the Saratoga Reservoir q
Irrigation Co. that we could not
See our way clear to sign such a
permit. Received no further ans
wer until the receipt of a letter in
which they stated that the State
Engineer had gwen them a per-
init to enlarge this canal: that the
canal did not belong to us; that
they already working aid
hoped We would not interfere with
the work by asking the courts for
a restraining order. Upon advice
OF our attorneys, we petitioned the
courts for an injunction which was
granted after a spirited coutro-
versy as to who the real wner of
the canal were. 1t was the opin-
Ion of the court that Hunter, Cas-
teel d Hunter Co. and R.. w.
Woods were the sole owners of the
Hlghline Canal. 1t was also shown
In court, that the State Engineer
has no authority to grant anyone
a permit to enlarge another party's
ditch or canal, unless a permit is
hled with the State Engineer
direct from the owner. The de-
fenlants wara told that fhis casa
, 1912-01-11
Saratoga Chips

Ntc9 anu UriRnt again.
Some blow, wasn't i'll
Paid your taxes yeti
G. G. Young is a guest at the Hotel
Wolf this week.
L. d. Peck was in from the ranch
on Cow creek Saturday.
Robert Corpening and family NOV
ed to the new tie camp last week.
Hans Chritensen is baleing hay
down at the Burdick ranch for An
drew Dahl.
Andrew Dahl is busy hauling In
baled alfalfa, which commands the
same price on the market-Sll pei
ton-as native hay.