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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING
VOCATlONS.

There is no more important moment
in the life of young boy or girl
than when they put aside the things
of childhood and face the sterner
realities of life. With St. Paul they
had said: when | was child l
spoke as a child" but the days of
irresponsible childhood are gone for
ever, and now they must launch their
bark alone on the stormy waters Of
life and steer their course for eternity.
1t is a solemn moment, a time big
with possibilities for good or evil, for
the youth is face to face with the
question what he must do with his
merely his happiness on earth, but
even his eternal salvation, may de-
pend.
He has been made by his Creator
and given a precious gift to spend in
a certain, definite way, marked out
from all eternity by the hands OF
Divine Providence. What that life is
to be for many, circumstances and
surroundings clearly indicate. But in
the hearts of others arises violent
storm from the clashing of rival In
terests.
On the one hand comes the call of
the world, the pleading of human ma
ture for a life of ease and pleasure;
on the other the Voice Of Christ,
softly yet clearly, Come, follow me
Il have need of you'll have a work
for you too do"
This, then, is the meaning of his
life, the reason he has been drawn
out of nothingness, to work the
works of Him Who sent him. Is he
free to hesitate? Is it matter of in
difference for him to live in a God
chosen state of life or in self-chosen
one, now that his vocation is certain?
To this question st. Ligouri an
swers: mot to follow our vocation
when we feel called to the religious
state, is not mortal sin; the coun-
sells of Christ, from their nature, do
not oblige under this penalty. How
ever, in regard to the dangers to
which our salvation is exposed, choos-
ing a state of life against the Divine
Will, such conduct is rarely free from
sin, much more SO when a person is
persuaded that in the world he places
himself in danger of losing his soul
by refusing to follow his vocation"
Though no one would sin mortally
by refusing to follow clear vocation,
since it is an invitation, not COM
mand, person would certainly run a
very great risk of imperiling his sal
walton by so acting. God foresees the
temptations and dangers of each one;
some He knows would never save
their souls in the midst Of sinful
world and these He calls away to
protect them from it's danger To the
vocation He has attached helps and
graces to strengthen the weak soul,
but deprived of this help-for God
may refuse to give them in the world
the graces He would have granted in
religion many will find salvation ex-
tremely difficult.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
A RARE GIFT.

Money is not everything. Love is
the wine of life. The man who has
the affection of many friends, is rich,
even though he has little money! He
is richer than those among the
wealthy whose cold, repulsive natures
drive hearts away from them. The
ability to make people like us is a
wonderful gift. Some men possess it
in a marvellous degree; they make
friends without effort. But although
comparatively few are thus gifted, it
is possible for every one to develop
the power in greater or less degree.
cardinal Gibbons.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
TEE BLESSINGS OF DAILY MASS.

How strange it is, believing as we
do that the Sacrifice of the Mass is in
very deed the sacrifice of Calvary Of
fered again for our salvation, that we
do not crowd the churches every morn
ing, and come again and again to Holy
Mass One would think, says the
Queens Work" that even the most
busy and distracted men, if they even
family realized the wonder and price
of a single hearing of the Mass, would
manage somehow, even at the cost of
the greatest sacrifice, to get to Mass
every morning, SO that the churches
scarcely could contain them. How
more than strange to see, even in
good and fervent parishes, scanty
sprinkling Of worshippers, assisting at
this tremendous saeTifie not so
many as one would find at even the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
POPULAR APoLoeETIcs.
Adapted From the German of Rev.
Peter Mikes, S. j., by Rev.
James Watcher.

SECTION IL--MYSTERIES.e $3.50
Shameful prldet The blind man
follows the guiding dog; but man
no longer trusts his God. "a 81
w. Kreiten, S. ].
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
ROADS FOR PALO VERDE
VALLEY WILL BUILD HIGHWAYS
ON DISTRICT PLAN.
BOuntiful Crops Lead NeighbOrine
Valley to Take the Lead in
Road improvements.

That the Palo Verde valley, made
prosperous by wonderful prices re-
eived for cotton and other crops, is
determined to go in earnest after bet
ter highways, was indicated by the
action yesterday i'm the acceptance Of
plans and specifications by the board
of supervisors Of that county for the
organization of second road dis
trict and the filing of petition for
District No. 4.
Several weeks ago plans were ap-
proved for Road District No. in the
valley, and tse good roads movement
has met with such spontaneous sup
port that four districts, which will
complete a comprehensive highway
system for the entire valley, are now
in line.
ROAD District No. 2 contemplates
the building of nineteen miles of i'm
proved highways east and north OF
Blythe. December 10 was set as the
date for hearing protests, and if no
large opposition arises, bids will
probably be advertised for the con-
struction work on that date.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
RUSSIAN ARMY
WITHOUT BREAD
RUSS TROOPS ON NORTH FRONT
ARE GOING HUNGRY.
FEAR COMING WINTER
SAID TO BE WITHDRAWING
TROOPS TO PREVENT FLIGHT
Cold Weather Comes and Finds Rus
sian Army Unprepared to
Meet the Situation.
(By Associated Press)

London, Nov. 27.-The Russian ar
my on the northern front has had no
bread for several days. according to
reports received at Petrograd and
transmitted here.
Only two or three days supply of
army biscuit is on hand, and other
foods are correspondingly low, ac-
cording to the report. The cold win
tire weather and SHOWS have started,
finding the army Totally unprepared,
and the winter is dreaded throughout
Russia.
Army delegates are reported as rec
ommending the withdrawal of the
troops on the northern front to pre-
vent general flight from starvation.
Instead of 100 cars of food arriving
daily at Dvinnk, which is the supply
station on the northern front, only
go are received.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
SELLING LIQUOR
TO INDIANS?
GOVERNMENT AGENTS HERE
TO PROSECUTE TWO MEN.
HELP WITH COTTON
HELP WITH COTTON
UNITED STATES TAKES HAND
IN BLIND PIG" SUITS.
Brawley Men Accused of Selling to
Campo and Martinez indians
Appear in Court.

That the United States government
will take a hand in the suppression
of blind pigs throughout the Valley
because of the large number of Indi-
ans at work in the cotton and milo
fields, was the declaration today of
Elmer E. Kinnet and 0. w. Blain,
United States special officers, who
arrived here today to assist in the
prosecution of Jose Carrillo and Co.'S
me Hernandez, of Brawley.
Garlic and Hernandez appeared be-
fore Justice Mayfield to be tried by
a jury on the charge of illegally sell
ling liquor.
A half-dozen Indians from the Cam
|po reservation near Campo, and from
the Martinez school, in the southern
end of the Coachella valley, were wit.
nesses for the state. United States
officers hint that if any more liquor
is sold to the charges of Uncle San
they will order all the aborigines bach
to their reservations and will allow
no more to come and help with the
crops.
Dan O'Reilly, a train butcher or
the Southern Pacific, was arrested ant
and fine $50, and lost his job, for
selling whisky to Indians in the val.
ley week ago, according to the Of
ficers.
O'Reilly, they said, carried a quart
bottle of "forty rod" under his pack
ages of candy and fruit. The liquor
was done up in square package ano
labeled Chocolate Drops" He was
taken from the train at Indio and
fined in that town
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
]. s. OFFICERS
WATCH FIGHTING
NEAR CAMBRIA
DECLARE THAT METHOD OF
FIGHTING SUITS THEM.
BATTLE is BLOODY ONE
MOST SANGUINARY YET FOUGHT
ON WESTERN FRONT.
Americans Decorated With French
- Crosses With Impressive
Ceremonies.
DECLARE THAT METHOD OF
FIGHTING SUITS THEM.
BATTLE IS BLOODY ONE
MOST SANGUINARY YET FOUGHT
ON WESTERN FRONT.
(Ry Associated Press)

American Army in France, Nov. q.
officers who have been
visiting the famous Cambria sector
have been thrilled by the renewal of
the old type of warfare, and declared:
"That's the kind Of fighting that
the American troops like to be in, for
you are in the open, where you can
get at the enemy with cold steel"
The fight for the Bourbon wood
and village will be remembered
through all time as one Of the most
bitterly contested and the most san
culinary battle yet fought on either
the British or French fronts since the
start of the war.
Pershing There.
It is known that General Pershing,
with large staff Of American Of
ficers, viewed the struggles Of the bat
tie from points of vantage near the
actual conflict.
impressive CcIcLiOiiiCS maj hCu CiiS
decorating with French war crosses of
fifteen American officers who were
cited with their company by French
general commanding the sector where
the Americans withstood the first Ger.
man raid.
Officers Are Proud.
The proud officers were told to keeK
the crosses until Congress authorizes
the wearing of them" The regimenta
colonel has been entrusted with tht
keeping of the decorations until Con-
gress acts.
Decorations were presented fol
three men who were killed in actor
and will be sent to their relatives in
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
RAISE SHEEP ON
LARGE SCALE IS
VISITORS PLAN
MONTANA RANCHMEN HERE
LOOKING OVER VALLEY.
WANT MUCH PASTURE
PROPOSE TO SHIP 10000 SHEEP
TO IMPERIAL.
Consider This Section Ideal for the
Raising of Mutton and Wool,
and Will Invest.

Louis f. Kinsman, J. F. K!nsman
and Charles Steiner, of Lewiston,
Mont, owners Of several large sheep
ranches in their state, are in FL Cen
tro for the purpose of leasing suffi-
cient land for the moving Of 10000
sheep from Montana ranges to the
valley.
The Kinsman brothers are owners
of the famous "Big G" ranch near
Lewiston, which is almost entirely
given over to sheep raising. This ranch
consists of 1000 acres of grazing
land The problem of carrying their
sheep through the winter, however, is
"a more serious problem this year than
lit ever was, according to Louis Kins-
man, and if leases can be secured sew
eral trainloads of sheep will be moved
to this valley.
'I believe that this valley is an
ideal place for the raising of Sheep"
said Mr.. Steiner. "There is no win
ter housing problem, and the feed is
outdoors all the year around. They
have proved to me that winter lambs
are shipped out Of here to Chicago,
and that feature looks good to me. We
have two leases already, but desire
to get several more"
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
NAME TEAM Of
COUNTY STARS
ALL STAR ELEVEN OF HIGH
SCHOOL PLAYERS SELECTED
SEVEN LOCAL ARE ON
GOOD PLAYERS ON ALL TEAMS
OF COUNTY, AS WORK SHOWS
Parmalee, Perhaps Greatest Individ-
ual Star of Season, Comes
from HOltville.
SEVEN LOCAL ARE on
GOOD PLAYERS ON ALL TEAMS
OF COUNTY, AS WORK SHOWS

Quite a bit of discussion has arisen
during the season, up to date, as to
what kind of a stand an All-Valley
football team would make against
outside teams, and many conjectures
have been made as to the possible
lineup.
The following lineup has been Sc
lected, after much consideration. each
man from his seasons work. In some
cases individuals have shown among
their team mates, but, belonging to a
weak team, could hardly be chosen
on the All-Star lineup. In some
cases the race has been so close be-
tween two contestants that they are
both placed for the same position.
Thaanum of Central and Rice of
Calexico are given a tie for the left
end position. Both were Of great
value to their respective teams
heard, aggressive figh.rrs, both on
offense and defense.z IL two of the
most cool-headed 20 to in the Val
ley. Rogers of ~ co conn his star
defensive VIC hee ca - or "iven the
right end =, Nor : sucl
The le. |4c e position e ac' to Lau-
dor IF al He hastor correct
weigh II a good tackle Dis Dis plays
hard, 9TH on offense anO Dis ense-
oness {. the cogs in the stroIten CENTRAL
linsIi. d,
en- u Name Walker. th,
wicker of CalexicG was badly
the NTittiest and har ! lin@Ht ghter
of Il season and h \ give ~ mas,
sailable, ''eht to the,< tae !. po-
sition. cA-spavy buiHNw wo one
of the hardess;;.tir" naS IN tn Val
The fight for erh lard IN MFition
was not very hard this year. these
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
ANOTHER H|GHL|NE WELL
SECOND STRONG FLOW STRUCK
ON KUNZ RANCH.
More Wells Are Being Drilled in the
Favored East Side Section
Of the Valley.

A second fine artesian well has been
brought in at Higline by ]. d. Nc
Neil on the Willim Kuns ranch near
the Highline store.
Mr.. Kuns said. water was struck at
346 feet and the flow is yielding some
thing like so gallons of water min
ute. The water,g he said, is cool and
clear, lacking the yellow tinge COM
mon in artesiana water nearer Holt
vile.
The first we'll in the Highline Sec
ton was struck on the ground of the
Highline school. There flow Of
about 40 gallons minute was struck
at a depth Of 400 feet.
]. D. Mcneil is moving his drilling
rig to the c. F. Kamm ranch near
the Kuns place, where well will he
sunk next week.
| A number of other farmers are
planning wells
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
FOUND DEAD IN t::::lIp y
WILLIAM DANE PROBABL>rniaED
FROM HEART TROUBIh da
Coroner Signs Death Certifit Rein
the Case of Aged Wanderer NBlac
Passed Away at Imperial.et

Weary from wandering, William
Dane, aged SO, cast his bed roll in a
corner of room at the Commercial
hotel in Imperial last night and sought
his bed.
He failed to awaken this morning,
and occupants of the place opened the
doc rto his meagre apartment to find
him dead.
Coroner Peterson and Undertaken
Mulligan went to Imperial to investi-
gate the case, but the coroner was
satisfied that heart failure caused his
death and ne signed death certifi-
cate.
The body was brought to the Mul-
ligan parlors and will be buried this
afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
.GERMAN ATTACKS FAIL As
BRITISH RETA|N BOURBON
ENGLANDS TROOPS RETAIN HIGH GROUND
NEAR WOOD AS GERMAN EFFORTS FAIL.
French and British Troops Have at Last Reached the
Fighting Zone on the Italian North Front and
Reinforce the Italian Line.
(By Associated Press)

British Headquarters, November n.
The Germans have failed in
all new attempts to drive the British
from the Bourbon wood and from the
high ground dominating the Cambrai
region.
There was much severe fighting on
Monday around Moeuvres and in the
outskirts of Fontaine and Notre
Dame.
German artillery is active in the
Ypres and Verdun regions, and they
are heavily bombarding the British
positions at Paschendaele, but have
not attempted infantry attacks.
Allies in Italy.
The French and British have
reached the fighting zone on the north
Venetian plains to aid the Italians,
who are successfully withstanding
, enemy attacks of great violence be-
tween the Bretna and Piave rivers.
The British cavalry are within three
miles of Jerusalem, closing in on the
Turkish defense from the southwest
Russia Near Civil War.
Russias described as being on the
verge of civil war, with the Boil
sheviki continuing their efforts to ar
range an armistice. The second ar
my on the northern front is reported
to have removed it's officers. 1t has
pledged its support to the extremists,
and the Cossack leader, Kaledines, has
control of the situation, according to
a London dispatch. The party con-
trolls most of the grain growing ter
ritory in the south, and is said to hold
the Russian gold reserve, reported to
have been removed from Petrograd a
year before the war.
The Council of Peoples Comissar-
les has dated two months Inorator-
ium dated from the beginning of the
recent revolt, according to a Pet
rograd dispatch.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
ADMITS
SUB LOSSES
DUE To j. s.
OF u. S. NAVAL
PATROL is ADMITTED.
lis SUBMARINES SUNK
LARGE NUMBERS LOST BY ACCU-
RACY OF PATROL.
San Franciscan Receives Letter From
Brother Who Is With Pa
troll Service.
(By Associated I'ress)

-
San Francisco, Nov. 27.--Cermany
has admitted the loss of 1f5 subma-
rines of all sizes through the effec-
tiveness of the American naval patrol,
according to letter received by Su-
pervisor Power of San Francisco coun-
ty from his brother. Thomas Power,
who is in the American patrol service
on a destroyer.
Thomas Power believes that the ad-
mission by the Germans Of this loss
indicates actual losses far greater
since the United States entry into
the war. Power wrote:
"We have done wonderful damage
and destruction to the enemy since
we entered the fight. The other day
we picked up thirteen survivors cling
ing to a spar they had been hanging
to for four days. All were so near
exhaustion that when aid came they
released their hold, and we had to res
cue them anew. The Germans had
torpedoed their ship, made them enter
lifeboats and, after taking nearly all
their clothing, ordered them to pull
after, and after they were off short
distance the Germans fired machine
gun at the boats, killing at least thir-
ty-five."
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
GUARDS SHOOT NEW YEARS
HOLTVILLE INVITES THE HOME
GUARDSMEN OF VALLEY.
Marksmen Among the Guards Win
Now Hold Practice in Rifle
Shooting for Contest.

NV Years Day has been set as the
date on which Home Guard coEpa.
nies of the Valley will hold their com
petitive target shoot The place will
be Holtville.
These are the arrangements made
at meeting of captains of the val
ley companies at Imperial.
Captains Of the other companies
called Captain Keller into consultation
after the drill competition and sug-
gested that the drill contest be re-
peated at later date, giving them .
chance to prepare for it. Captain
Keller suggested that the rifle contest
be held on New Years Day instead.
His invitation was accepted.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
INVESTIGATING DEATH
CORONER LOOKS INTO MRS
WITHINGTON'S DEMISE.
CalexicO Woman Succumbs Under
Circumstances Which Are the
Subject of Inquiry.

Coroner Peterson is investigating
the circumstances surrounding the
death of Mrs. Carl Wilmington, wife
of one of the proprietors of the Owl
theatre. The body has been removed
to San Diego, but Coroner Peterson
believes he still has jurisdiction.
1t seems that Sunday morning Mrs
Wilmington was taken suddenly i'll
and died after being removed to a
Calexico hospital. The remains were
prepared for shipment by Undertak.
er Hens. Coroner Peterson was in
formed that death was caused by poi
son, self-administered. He may or
der the body brought back from Sar
Diego, as he thinks there was undue
haste in its removal.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
PEOPLES COUNCIL ACTIVE
DEMAND SUPPORT OF RUSSIAN
BOLSHEVIKI AND ARMISTICE.
Want Congress to Offer Peace With
out AnnexatiOns When the
Time Comes. t
(By Associated Press)


Parkston, S. d., Nov. 27.-The ex-
ecutive committee of the South Dakota
branch of the Peoples Council have
adopted a revolution demanding the
support of the Russian Bolsheviki and
their proposed armistice, according to
Attorney Rempfer, said to be promi-
nent in the affairs of the council.
Rempfer made public a resolution
which urged the president to have
Congress offer peace "without annex
ations and indemnities," and protest
ed "against depriving the people OF
the right of free speech" He de-
manded the conscription of wealth to
pay for the war, and insisted upon an
immediate relief for the South Dakota
coal situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
: MEXICAN IS DEAD
WOUNDED IMPERIAL LIQUOR
SELLER DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Broke Loose From St. Thomas HOspi-
tai and Caught Cold Last
Saturday.

A Mexican, whose name is unkonwn,
shot by Texan who disappeared aft
er a shooting affray last week, died
at the St. Thomas hospital last night.
Suffering from wounds in his side,
he lay in the hospital with good
chance for recovery. Last Saturday
at dinner hour, and when he was not
being watched, he escaped, only to fall
from exhaustion outside the hospital
Having contracted pneumonia, he
died last night.
Efforts are being made to locate
his home.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
THIEVES BIG HAUL
GET $4,000 IN CASH AND As
MUCH IN MERCHANDISE.
Bind and Gag Three Night Watch,nen
in a Cleveland Store Before
They Plunder 1t
(By Associate! Press)

Cleveland, Nov. 27.-Three night
watchmen were found bound and
gagged, locked in vault at the Highe
Company department store this morn
ing by employees of the place. An
immediate investigation showed that
$4,000 in cash, and ewelry and fms
valued at $4,000, had been taken
by the thieves. The plunderers blew
open the safe of the store after a
heavy Saturdays business. There is
no clue to the thieves.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
SAYS HOMES ARE OvERHEATED
Fuel Administration Says Americans
Use Too Much Fuel

Washington, Nov 27.--The Fuel
Administration has declared that
American homes are overheated and
urges householders to maintain a
temperature of not more than GO de-
grees, which is recommended by ply
sicians, and thus save fuel to meet
the enormous war demands.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
WAR WORK
FUND HERE
RED CROSS RECEIVES SHARE OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR WORK.
TO BUY M ATERIALS
GENERAL WAR RELIEF WILL BE
TAKEN UP.
Yarn and Other Supplies Will Be Sup
4 Piled From Local Chapter to
Auxiliaries and Chapters.

The amount of $2l95.60, the share
of the county Red Cross organization
from the subscriptions during the
war drive, has been received by the
Red Cross from the national head
quarters.
The money will be used for mate
rial for general war relief, such as
yarn and cloth for bandages, but none
of the money can be used for over
head expense. Several hundred
pounds of yarn, it is expected, will
be ordered for the county chapters
soon.
Name Perrins.
At meeting of the Red Cross last
evening John w. Perrins Of this city
was named chairman of the military
relief committee, the most important
committee in Red Cross work, and
he has accepted the honor.
w. I. Stone was named chairman Of
the committee which will have charge
of the new Red Cross drive which will
begin on December II, simultaneous
with similar drives over the nation.
Allotment II 2708.
The allotment of the county in the
next drive is 27O8 new members. At
present there are about 5000 members
in the organization. There are six
branches and twelve auxiliaries.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
STEAMER CARRIES CRABS.
But Crew Show That They Caught
Them to Eat and Are Freed.
(By Associate1 Press)

San Francisco, Nov. 27.-Agnts Of
the State Fish and Game Commission
searched the steamer Southeast on
it's arrival here today and found II
crabs. in violation of the state fish
and game laws. The crew maintained
that the crabs were taken lawfully
for their own use, and their story was
accepted.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
WOULD CONFER WITH ALLIES.
Hungarian Opposition Leader Wishes
to Explain Position to Them.
(By Associated Press>

Amsterdam, Nov. 27.-The Berne
correspondent Of the Budapest news
papers says Count arolyi, the Hun
garian opposition leader, explained
the main object fhis visit to Berne
as being "to get in touch with the
British and French in order to explain
to them that we are neither conquer
ors nor oppressors."
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-27
FIX SILVER PRICE.
Silver Producers of Nevada Expect u.
s. to Take Action in Matter.
(Ry Associated Press)

Reno, Nov. 27 27--Governor Boyle
expects to accompany representatives
of the Nevada silver producers leav-
ing tomorrow to confer with Wash
ington officials regarding the govern
ment's proposal to fix the price at
something less than SO cents an ounce.
They contend that SO cents leaves 2
narrower margin of profit than so
cents before the war, because of the
increase of the cost of production.