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The Irish standard., 1914-05-09

l have not seen your paper but
from now on shall get it if sold
here (l), as the immense circula-
tion of The Menace proves that
such papers are in demand.
There has been much talk of
starting such a paper here and
if you adopt this policy perma-
nently, I do not see why yours
should not fill the bill.
Mr.. Guilford short time ago
made the statement that he is a
Protestant and if persuaded that
the Catholic church was Offend
ing-as accused-would expose
them, and that although anxious
for information that would COIL
vince him, was unable to pro-
cure any from the Guardians of
Liberty. Thereupon I sent him
lists of quotations from their own
speakers and press-classifed-
"The Church in Politics." "The
Church and Public Schools"
"The Church as Religion" with
exhaustive statistics and general
facts. The next issues will indi-
cate what effect knowledge pro-
duces in his output. He has
been writing suspiciously like
Catholic (2).
We have a typical state of af-
fairs here where Romish meth
DDS prevail-the boycott.
L. S. Donaldson, since becom-
ing a Catholic has discharged
his Protestant help and Arch
bishop Ireland has ordered all
Catholics to trade at his store
thus boycotting the others.
When L. S. closed early Satur-
day nights the others declined to
be rounded up by the boycotter
and kept open. The Scandina-
vians have the mistaken idea
that Donaldson is, also one and
flock there in hordes.
Not daily will publish a word
even in defense of the schools
against Bird S. Coler's attack.
The manuscript OF the Rev. Mr..
Backus and my own were de-
stroyed in their Offices.
l shall send Mr.. Halbcrt cer-
tain testimony from their own
lips which cannot be gainsaid.
Let me urge you to continue
the good work and if the nature
of your propaganda were gener-
ally known, your circulation
would increase by leaps and
bounds.
remain yours very truly,
(MRS) MARIE C. CANFIELD.
903 Westminster St.
Q) The Forum will be on sale Z
he Century News Co., Minneapoli
t can be found in St. Paul at the S
Paul Book Exchange, Seventh nea
It. Peter.
(2) Guilford is not Catholic, b,
lis assistant, "ex-Policy King" 10
Reilly, is member of the "Holy
church.
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
Priests Who Are to BE CHARGED WITH
Care of Italian Emigrants to
Foreign Lands.

FOreign Lands.
An important "motu proprio" of
the Pope establishing College in
Rome for the training Of priests who
are to be charged with the care of
Italians emigrating to foreign lands.
and dwells upon the urgent necessity
of furnishing the emigrants with
priests who speak their own Ian
guage and who are acquainted with
their habits and needs. A desire for
such priests has been often expressed
by American bishops. whose solicit
tude for the welfare of these tmmi-
grants is gratefully acknowledged by
the Holy Father. A complementary
decree of the Consistorial Congrega-
ton lays down strict rules concern
Ing priests emigrating to America
and the Philippine Islands. In fu-
ture it will be necessary for each
emigrating priest to obtain from the
bishop Of his place Of destination a
guarantee Of his reception and his az.
signment to an ecclesiastical office.
and also to obtain from the bishop
Of the diocese he leaves q letter
granting his release. Each bishop is
to communicate with the other be-
forehand. 20 that the priest may be
definitely recognized. American
bishops are enjoined not to receive
into their dioceses priests who are
not furnished with such full creden-
tials. Regulations are also made for
priests leaving Italy on short visits.
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09

alton cable. leaving little room for
doubt. 1t is confidently expected that
they will be declared to be authenti-
Gated. Another meeting Of the con-
gregation in the presence Of the Pope
will be necessary before the decree Of
canonization will be drawn up. It is
expected that the Blessed Maid will
be accorded the honors of the altar in
1915.
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
MAY CANONIZE BLESSED JOAN
OF ARC IN 1918.

On April 21 the Sacred Congrega-
.tion Of Rites discussed two miracles
said to have been wrought through
the intercession Of the Blessed Joan
Of Arc since the date Of her beatifi-
cation. As the evidence is very
strong. says q Catholic press Associ-
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
EIGHT PRIESTS VOLUNTEER.

G1Gk1T PRIESTS VOLUNTEER.
Names Of eight priests who have
volunteered to serve in the American
Mexico were sent to the President to-
day. They were as follows: The Rev.
John ]. Brady. New York; the Rev.
Hugh Ryan and the Rev. Theodore
Petersen. Of the Catholic University,
army or navy In case Of war with
Washington; the Rev. p. Sherman,
Freeland, Pa; the Rev. William Col
bert. Winnebago, Mimi; the Rev.
James A. Harvey. Crossingville. Pa. {:
the Rev. Leo .Panicki Christopher.
ILL.,; and the Rev. Francisco Vasquez
Gomez. New York. E1
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
POPE FAVORS "A. b. c." PEACE
PEACE PLAN.

Rome. April 2e.-The vatican in
structed the papal nuncios in Argen-
tina. Brazil and Chile to support any
action Of the governments to which
they are accredited. loking to q
peaceful solution Of the Mexican
crisis.
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL

The twenty-third annual session of
the Catholic Summer School of
America will open at Lake Cham
plain, N. Y. on June 20. and will
continue until Sept. IA. The course
will include nine lectures week by
some of the best known Catholic lee
turers in America and song and musi-
cal recitals by artists of national re-
pute.
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
ONE OF THE LAST OF THE IAN
GELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD."

GELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD."
Sister Catherine. one Of the last
surviving nuns who nursed the sick
during the Civil War. died at st.
Mary's convent. Notre Dame. Ind,
on Easter Sunday. The decedent was
among the first Sisters Of Holy Cross
who volunteered to offer her serv-
ices to the Union hospitals at the
time Of that war. She was hospital
nurse for four years. being stationed
at Memphis. Tenn, then at Paducah,
KY. and at Cairo. Ill. She Joined
the sisters of Holy Cross in 1856 and
at the time Of her death was eighty
four years old.
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
IMPORTANT WORK

New College to Be Established n
Rome.
The Irish standard., 1914-05-09

The audacity of bigots seems to
know no bounds. The st. Paul North
Star Forum whose editor seems to
be an understudy of the editor of
the Aurora, Missouri, sheet, came out
in most malicious attack upon the
Catholics and their methods of busi-
ness. Mr.. L. S. Donaldson conducts
the largest department store In the
Twin Cities employing regularly
sixteen hundred people and during
the holiday season this number is
increased to two thousand. Imagine
if possible man building up busi-
ness of such proportions by the tao
tics suggested in The Forum. Who
but person whose mind and con-
science is warped by religious hat
red could give credence to the
statement that the universally be-
loved Archbishop of st. Paul would
stoop to meddle in such matters as
the private business Of any individ-
ual. Absurd! Those who have
taken any pains to know the person
ality. generosity and public spirit OF
Mr.. Donaldson know that he has
given with a free and open hand to
every form Of public and private
charity without regard to religious
affiliation. '"The Donaldson Glass
Block" is a household word through
out the Northwest. Who shall com
ment upon the personality of the
broad-minded Archbishop Of st.
Paul? His name and ability is
known on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bloated with bigotry and hatred, the
editor of the Forum thinks he has
assumed proportions in the eyes OF
followers which justify him in his
malicious. unwarranted statements
We quote his article verbatim includ.
ing the letter as follows:
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
WORKING THE GOLD DUST

Things in mining way are moving
on Kruger mountain, and if mines can
be made on that elevation by the ap-
plication of energy they are going
to be made this year. Among the ac-
tive working properties just now is
the Gold Dust, in juxtaposition to the
Dividend-Lake View. J. w. Douglas
who has charge of the mine, has a
large force employed, and is working
a double shift A machine drill is
installed, and air is conveyed to the
Gold Dust from the Dividend-Lake
View compressor. Mr.. Douglass has
been at work on the Gold Dust since
the first of the month, but has given
out no information for publication un-
til this week. Like most of the hold
ings on Kruger mountain there is a
strong, well mineralized ledge, or sew
eral ledges, on the Gold Dust, and
work is now directed toward opening
up the leads, with the final object of
shipping. Workir~ in conjunction
with the Dividend-Lake View, which
has been pretty steady shipper for
months, the very promising properties
are being thoroughly explored. Mr..
Douglas expects at a later date, and
that in the near future, to increase the
means for carrying on DEVELOPMENT
of the Gold Dust, which will enable
him to increase the force and push
work more expeditiously.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
District No. l
PROTECTING MOUNTAIN SHEEP

H. M. Hale, forest supervisor, sends
to this office the following communi-
cation, which is notice to the world
that the hunting of mountain sheep
is strictly prohibited upon a large ex-
tent of territory in the north part OF
this county, between the Methow and
Sinlahekin valleys. 1t goes without
the saying that the forest officials will
strictly enforce the rules set down as
to protecting this species of game on
this particular reserve. In old days
it was no trick at all for experienced
hunters about Loomis to go out in the
mountains back of Chopaka, and in
the country designated as set aside as
a reserve, and kill sheep or goat
or late years The killing of one of
those animals has been of rare occur
rance Protected for a time and the
animals will no doubt rapidly increase
in numbers. If some protection is not
thrown around them the mountain
sheep, one of the most rare, nimble
and timid game animals known to the
sportsman, will be wholly extinct:
"Twenty-five thousand acres of the
Okanogan national forest has been set
aside as a retreat for the rocky noun
sheep, and all other kinds of stock, is
prohibited on this area, which lies ad-
jacent to and south of the internation-
al boundary line and between the
Horseshoe basin and Cathedral creek.
1t embraces the rocky ridge of noun
tains known as the Bauerman ridge
This location has long been recognized
as the natural habitat of this rare
species of animals, and is almost, if
not quite, the last stand of the sheep
in the United States. The action of
the forest service in setting this tract
aside is to assist in preserving speci-
mems of these animals and assist in
their propagation.
"The continuation of this ridge of
mountains in Canada Is known to be
inhabitated by the species, and should
the Canadian government establish a
preserve on it's side of the line,
will be assured.
"The area set aside is remote from
civilization and is so high and rugged
that it is seldom visited by parties of
campers and hunters. The greater
part of it lies above an elevation of
5000 feet and the highest points of
the range reach an elevation of 1000
feet. In former years portions of this
tract have been grazed during the
summer months by bands of domestic
sheep, which are supposed to drive
out the wild species, but by excluding
these bands, with the men and dogs
which are used to herd and care for
them, the region will return to its
original state of solitary wilderness
and the wild sheep will continue to
inhabit their natural home"
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
WON AT RIVERSIDE

The junior basket ball team of the
public school are coming to the fore
as Juvenile fiends at playing the
game, and in another year some of
them will be candidates for the high
school team, with records that will
entitle them to pose as stars, They
went down to Riverside Friday last
to meet the Riverside school kids,
while the high school team went to
Nelson to try conclusions with the
town team of that place. The jun
iors returned singing poems Of victory,
while the seniors trailed the banner
of defeat in the mud A hot game and
a tight game was the Riverside con-
test, and although Oroville won the
Riverside boys made the visitors play
for every point, and the result hung
in doubt until time was called. The
score at the close was 13 to IA, with
Oroville claiming the large end. It
was some game all right, and credit
alike to the victors and vanquished
The team from this place was made
up as follows: Mallory c, Mills rf, l.
Prince re-, Pratt If, Simpiar lg.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
OUT SCOUTING

A delegation of prominent Omak
business men, consisting of Messrs.
Dixon, O'ConnOr and Weatherstone,
spent several days in this place dur
ing the week, probing public senti-
Ment upon the proposition to move
the county seat to Omak. They found
the people almost unanimously in IA
vor of moving the county seat to the
railroad, but considerable hesitency
as to what particular point on the
railroad. The majority of the resi-
dents of Oroville advocate waiting the
result of meeting of representative
citizens from all parts of the county,
which will be called soon to express
a preference as to location, with tn :
hopes that all can concentrate upon
the point so favored. 1t is generally
conceded that with three candidates
in the field removal would be i'm
possible, and the experience of the
past winter has created a feeling
that removal to the railroad is i'm
perative, or the county will soon be
bankrupt,
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27

The high school basket ball team,
with the substitution of Stansbury for
Powell, went to Nelson last Friday to
meet the town team of that place, and
the Nelson terriors did not do thing
to the visitors. The Oroville athletes
were hardly in the game at any stage
of the proceedings. 1t was an awful
slaughter, and the visitors did not
have a ghost of show. Nelson play
ed rings around the boys from the
valley, winning by score of "A to 10.
Services as usual in the Methodist
Episcopal church next Sunday. The
morning subject will be, "The Will Of
God for the People of God" In the
evening the subject will be, Jonah
on the Down Grade" Sunday school
at 10, as usual, all are expected to
be in the Sunday school-kindly come.
Epworth League at $50, as usual.
These meetings are very helpful and
we should make an effort to be pres
ent. Prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at 7:30. You are cordially in
vited to all Of these services. A. H.
Horton, pastor.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27

Every blossom so infected may in
turn become source OF infection;
since the germs multiply very rapidly
in the nectar and any insects visiting
such an infected blossom, even though
free at the time from germs, may be-
come contaminated and carry the
germs to other flowers. This fact will.
arc ount for the very rapid spread OF
til" blight over large areas from 4
single hold-over canker. ,.y
Actively spreading cankers also eH-
ude the germ laden ooze and insects
may spread the disease to wounds on
the branches or trunk at any tire
during the growing season Bark ncr
ing teetles may carry the disease in
this way. IL is probable that the
greater portion of the infection of
the twigs resulting in twig blight ma!
b. brought about by insect punctures
Aphids doubtless cause much of this
sirt of infection. The feet of birds
may become infected with blight germs
and the disease thus carried long dis
tances. Sap suckers may tap ar
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
A SUCCESSFUL ATTORNEY

e. ID. Reitter, of Spokane, spent two
or three days in Oroville during the
past week in company with J. l..
Harper, looking over the mining sit
uation in this vicinity. Mr.. Reitter
was not sizing up the nature and ex-
tent of the mineral deposits in the
capacity of an expert, for he knows
more about Blackstone and Coke, and
what the names Of those learned old
scouts stand for than lodges, veins,
spurs, dips, lenses and all the phrase
ology of the same import stands for.
Mr.. Reitter is an attorney by profession
and it may be parenthetically added q
bright and successful exponent OF the
law, although when the writer first
knew him he was so young in years
and shy of clientage that his practice
did not bother him to any extent.
But he has grown and expanded with
years, and now he can hold his own
with the best at the bar in the city in
which he lives. Mr.. Reitter Is now
dabbling in mines in conjunction with
Mr.. Harper as a side line, anticipating
a swifter swelling of his bank account
than through the slower income de-
rived from eXpounding law. Mr.. Reit-
ter served with distinction in the state
legislature a few years ago, and was
the parent of the railroad commission
bill. 1t hardly reached the present
limits of its power and activities in
the first draft as presented to the leg
islature from the pen of the author,
accepted by that body and subsequent
ly engrossed as law of the land, and
Mr.. Reitter can hardly recognize his
offspring in the measure as 1t Is now
applied. However, that is neither here
nor there as bearing upon Mr.. Reit-
ter's present interests, promises, pros
poets and hopes. The gentleman Is
eschewing politics and publicity just
now, and attending strictly to his
profession. He finds it pays better,
and although somewhat shorn of lime
light, is more satisfactory and far less
strenuous. Mr.. Reitter will probably
visit Oroville frequently in the future,
and those who may have the pleasure
of coming to know him will feet that
those visits cannot come too frequent
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS

A movement is on foot among the
property owners to create an improve
ment district embracing Main street
from Railroad avenue to Central ave-
nue., and on First avenue, from Spo-
kane street to the foot of the hill to
the school house. The object and
aim of the movement is to have the
streets macadamized, and a twelve
foot concrete sidewalk laid. So far
the suggestion has met with the hearty
endorsement of property owners, and
if no strong opposition develops the
plans will be carried out. Both the
streets and walks need improvement,
as in their present condition they are
a disgrace to the town. 1t will cost
money, but when once the work is
properly done it will be permanent,
and the cost of maintenance will be
trifling as compared with keeping up
plank walks, and constantly patching
mud holes
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27

If this is not done the germs will con-
tinue to multiply and spread the in
fected area. Where cankers occur on
small limbs or are SO extensive as
to nearly girdle the limbs on which
they occur, the whole limb or branch
should be removed In cutting Off
such limb it is important that the
cut should be made we'll below the
area of infection. For safety, the cut
should be made at least foot below
any apparent infection, since in ac-
lively growing cankers the discolora-
ton of the bark is frequently so slight
as to be easily overlooked.
In cutting off twigs of branches af-
fected with the blight, it is an ex-
cellent practice to examine very care
fully the cut end of the twig or branch
which has been removed to make GER
tain that the cut has been made well
below teh infected area. Great care
must be taken especially when cut
ting in the summer when the blight
is actively spreading, since 1t is fire.
quently difficult to determine the ex-
tent to which the blight has spread.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27
THE RABBIT PEST

One of the serious menaCeS to young
orchards in this valley, against which
growers do not exercise sufficient viii
igence, is the otherwise innocent and
harmless rabbit. These little animals
attack and are dangerous to trees only
in winter. 1t is difficult to catch them
in their marauderings, as they general
ly do their work at night. In the win
ter when feed is scarce the rabbit will
gnaw the bark from the trunks OF
young trees as high up as they can
reach. They girdle tree, and the tree
that is girdled dies. The rabbit is
not numerous in the valley, as a hun
ter might tramp around all day with
out jumping one of them, yet there Is
sufficient number to work havoc
with the young orchards, if the young
orchards are not protected against
such raids. There is no means of
knowing the extent of the damages
done by these animals this winter, but
there is evidence that all the orchads
have not escaped their attention. The
most extensive loss so far reported is
in the orchards owned by Chas. F.
Sigrist and j. Friis, on the bench along
the Similkameen river, short dis
tance west of town. That locality is
isolated. Few people live in the neigh
borhood or travel over the single road
that ends at the power plant, at the
falls, so the rabbit is not hunted, or
frightened off by the presence of men
The nimble little fellow can work
night and day without being disturbed
/ The orchards the rabbits have been
feeding on look as though the animals
had concentrated at that point foI
forage. According to our informant
about every tree in both orchards have
been girdled, which means that the
orchards have been almost entirely
destroyed. There are means to pro-
tect trees from the ravages of rabbits
The application of the preventative'
require the exercise of labor, but any
young orchard is we'll worth savins
at the expense Of time and labor. AT
| ter an orchard has reached the age o
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27

1tive canker and carry the germs to
p'jnfected trees. Typical cases IF
pdy blight have been traced by Waite
this sort of infection. Rain may
kash the germs from tie ooze Of ac-
|Ee cankers to WOUNDS, insect pune
y ,es, or growth cracks lower down
D the branches or trunk of the same
tre. Cankers are often formed in the
fotChes following this ode of in
a ton.
Ia ne of the most fruitful sources OF
bfection has been the pruning shears
saw. In pruning, if an active cank'
is cut into, the tools Bee ONE infrct-
and serve as inocC aring instru-
Enls to spread the disease through
u the orchard.
Conditions FavOring The Disease
lie disease is more prevalent in
chards which are rapidly growing
d in succulent condition due tc
turally rich soil, abundant cultiva-
n or application of heterogeneous fer
1zers. Heavy winter pruning has
tendency to stimulate rapid and sue
lent growth and renders the ;ree
pre subject to attacks of the blight.
figation should be reduced to the
himum in infested orchards.
Method of Control
The only method of treating dis
Jed trees is to cut out the diseased
ITS. Spraying is of no value as a
htrol measure. The only method of
htrolling the disease is by frequent
Inner cutting, thus preventing the
lead of the disease and the forma-
of the hold-over cankers. If hold
r cankers are formed, they must
removed before the trees blossom
the spring.
hummer cutting must be practiced
stantly. The trees should be fire.