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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-26

Every square mile burned over
means a great loss to the landowner
who from now on you are going to
protect. It means less breeding
ground for game and less shooting
ground for you. Report fire to the
near town forest warden or to fish
and game warden if you can reach
him sooner. Help fight it. Break a
match in two before you throw it
9W9v
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-26
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ADVERTISING

Cards of thanks, SOC. Resolutions,
$1.OO. Reading notices, 1Oc per line
per insertion. Classified advertising
terms at top of column one, page one
Display advertising rates upon appli-
cation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-26
FIELD DEPARTMENT.

Don't shoot until you clearly see
your game, and not even then unless
you have your partner located. Stop
if some building is in line with your
shot. The only safe gun is the one
apart in your case. You can't be too
careful with it at any time. Give
your partner a few Of the shots.
Don't try for a 'hundred per cent 3"
The man never lived who could do it
day in and day out.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-09-26
THINK THIS OVER.

When you gather in camp on the
might BEFORE" or compare notes at
the end of the day, let the above prop
ositions sink in. Our desire is to
make Vermont more and more at
tractive to live in each year, and
among other things to increase and
perpetuate your sport. We wish you
good luck and wholesome recreation
when you go hunting.
Linus Leavens, Commissioner.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26

ceived the idea of making salt and built
series of cvaporating tanks. He sue
cccded in producing very beautiful
grade Of "red" salt. A little of this was
sold to cattle men, who eventually
stopped their purchase on account of
the color OF the salt
In August, 1901, !. &. Corey drilled a
water well in Cory's addition. Only
few hundred feet from the above
mentioned Lawrence well. Mr.. Cory
says "at about fifty feet there was a
showing OF oil which was placed in a
bottle and handed to man who
claimed he was i'll the employ OF larg,
oil company, and advised that he
would return soon and look over the
land around West RI Dorado. A few
months later, a geologist and survey
ing party were leasing land in the vi
cinity." A short time before the dis
covery of oil in the Cory well. a we'll
owned by K. F. Cory Just west Of this
location started up" with noise
like a compound engine. and would
chug chug for days at time, keeping
this up for many months. Following
these disturbances, the water from this
well would have a thin coating of oil.
Again was the god OF nature trying 10
arouse men to action Almost due south
OF this and in the vicinity of the pres
ent stand pipe, on the property still
owned by Mr.. Willard, a water well
gave the same evidence of the pres
ence OF gas as the we'll -helenRing TO
Bob Cory. The city then drilled on
the A. ]. Holderman farm in section
3-h-SE, going 500 feet and getting
dry we'll
Annother effort was made on the part
OF the city by drilling well in the
east side city parry to a depth OF 500
feet. Gas in considerable quantities is
said to have been discovered. but the
well was closed with cedar plugs and
sacks OF cement After a lapse of sew
eral years the gas is still coming on,
around the casing, in the form OF buh.
bles. Again an effort was made or
the part OF the city by drilling what is
known as the city well west Of Fl
Dorado in section lo-4 This well wa,
drilled by the contractor, Mr.. Crabh
to depth OF 2,H2S feet The city in.
deed was discouraged and sold their
leases, belonging to the city, to the
Wichita Natural Gas and Oil company
Tor a certain consideration, which /,
said to have included a jOoG loot test
well TO be drilled by the Wichita Fm
pre-. In the meantime, Captain Arthur
). McEinnis, a captain of Compan,
II oi Rooseveh's rough riders a for
mer county attorney of Butler county
and geologist who secured his prac
teal experience with the Dawes com.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
CEOLOCIST

A geologist man, hot summers day
Peoked at his rocks just for pay
A farmer drove by and he said. look out
There's crazy man here Jest tearing about"
But the geoogiSt just kept at his work
And not for week did he shrk
lie looked at the ground and then at the sky
Tie wrinkled his brow, which a half-foo hugh
lie walked up a hill and then down again
He kept doing this till he hotter than sin
The farmer came back with OF his crowd
lie talked and talked till his language grew loud
Git out o this place as fast as you can"
lie yelled at the industrious geoogst
"Mebbe So yc can't do bad harm
But want nuts this here farm
II he be fecr what's huntin bugs
90 back tcw where officers keep jugs
We're doin some bcttern did down in Texas
Cause were maxim a livin an payin' our taxes
80 g right off an don't make no trouble
Or we'll bust yo outfit Jest like bubble"
The geoogist man deaf a mummy
But he gave the gnk coin just to be chummy
lie continued his magic with such perfect skill
That the mystified rube home with a chill
lie jusgled his aneroid and his little hand level
IN fashion that looked like the work Of the devil
lie found with his elinometer the dope OF the dips
But no word from his close sealed lips,
His eye glued TO his aldade
While the farmers slept in the shade
II took many days before the hghbrow was pleased
Then he flew to his den like a man who was creased
For day and night he worked like fool
Whilc the rest OF the world enjoying the cool
lie mapped out the logic OF domes and things
cSted the waters OF the brooks and springs;
Tie counted the freckcS a number of rocks
And took from Nature the keys to her locks
lie made his report TO the man with the tin"
And fell into bed feeling just about I'm"
The man with the tin rushed out a drill
And commenced to punch the crest Of hill
In lew months time gusher got busy
And gushed so hard 1t made the world dizzy
The higher up got million for his"
And the farmer went away for his "rheumatr-
The geological got his name in the paper-
But his portion of the swag resembled thin paper
Oklahoma City August l. ''''
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
Much Acreage Under Less.

kiNGLlNG, Okla, Sept 2-(Sm
c'al)--Iwelye oil companies now have
acreage in Lamar county, Texa, scat.
tered along an an'icline that geolopi,,,
say is better looking than the Electra
and Caddo fields Drilling ON several
locations will be under way within /,
few weeks Rains have supplied plenty
ct water for all oil operations Mime.
anons capitalists, represented BY J r.
hlocket OF Ardmore. have secured
leases IN the north end of ,hc county
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
American Into Coos. Ct.et F,.u

kiNGllNG, Okla, Sept 11-(Sp-.
cali he American oil Land com
pany OF Houston is one of the la,e,,
new organizations to enter the Goose
creek field of south Texas II ha,
e'gh'y-i've acres in leases, divided into
two tracts, and expects to begin opera
tons soon. Its capital stock Is sl0DOM
and the initial stakeholder, are A. d.
Powers, S A. lnglis and J c. Hoffman
.oi Houston, G.. A Elfers Of San An,o.
MO and Sergt Joseph Suer of Camp
Funston
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26

mission in Oklahoma, paid a visit to
ms brother, Walter F. McGinnis of FL
Dorado, In buggy behind Mr.. McGin.
ms $lO horse, as we had no automo
biics at this time, they drove west OF
III Dorado to the site of the last drilled
well. Captain McGinnis said, Walter.
Tor several years. ] have insisted on
your leasing all the acreage you can
carry IN this great antclinc that we
are now riding over, .and you have per.
slstently refused to believe my prophecy
mat this is the greatest anticlne in the
United States Arriving at the we'll.
captain McGinnis took "A spade from
their buggy and proceeded to turn over
,he contents of the sump pit and from
ms experience in the oil fields of Ok
lahoma, he recognized trace of oil
sand IN this debris, brought from he
very depths of the well. Showing he
same to his brother Walter. he ex-
claimed, Now get busy, and YOU will
be rich Further admonition was un-
necessary. Walter F. McGinnis hold
ing his counsel, leased thousands Of
acres OF land under the direction of his
brother, and /, today spoken of as the
OIL king of FL Dorado. In keeping
wfth their agreement with the city TO
build 5000 foot test well on a lease
assigned to them by the city, the Wich-
l'a Empire began drilling on the STABLE
ton lease. The following is believed
to be "log" of said we'll
4W feet, feet of oil sand.
900 feet, l8 feet of oil sand
SSO feet, showing of oil sand
l,l0 feet, gas.
i,lW feet, oil and gas sand.
i'M feet, oil and gas sand.
l,4l0 ieet, gas sand.
l,SoS feet, gas sand.
l,4hS feet, gas said
AND at $500 feet they went throuob
~ iect of oil sand and produced a
gusher, The oil world went wild The
numerous strata Of gas and oil pro-
ducing sand in this one well turned
the tide toward Fl Dorado, and from
a little city Of ZOO, in two wears time
we are now 5000 and would could
we furnish accommodations. be ci,y
ot NOn pcrchance at this date. Hun
dreds OF wells are now PRODUCING
Other hundreds are being drilled The
midnight hour in ri Dorado is a, busy
as the hour of high noon. when ri Do.
RADIO rs veritablc see,hing caldron NJ
commercial activity This field is only
III MS infancy. as the numerous nil
sands are opening up apparently in all
directions.
Geologists report that the Flint hill,
separated the FL Dorado and Eureka
helds, The latest developments fail 10
verify this opinion, as numerou, we'll,
between here and Eureka have ,,r,ck
the sands and are producing oil
Leologloally considered. the Furek,
held gives promise OF rivalnp the vi
Dorado pool, and II connected as wc
now hope and believe by sands running
under the said hills, this portion of ,hr
ma continent field will indeed surpaSs
all known oil pools.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26

NkLAliOMA paid the govern.
ment more individual neon,
tax last year than any other
state west of the Mississippi river
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04

ciate the meaning of the Catholic doc
trine of the Eucharist without feel
ing how earnestly it is to be desired
that the barriers which exist between
them and such devout souls should be
removed, observes the London Catho-
lie Times. And, in view of the situa-
lion in the Church of England, they
cannot help wondering how it is that
these Anglicans do not see that they
are not in their right place. The mem
bers of the Union are at variance with
the Bishops and large number of the
clergy and their congregations regard
ing Reservation, and are aware that
for this difference there is very seri-
Gus cause. ''The fact had to be faced"
said the Rev. III. P. Bull, at the an
nual meeting of the Church Union,
that there was in the Church of
England a clean-cut division of belief
in regard to the Presence of Our
Lord in the Blessed Sacramento
Protestant Interpretation and tradi-
ton, and Catholic Interpretation and
tradition"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04

and scientific. But, if an individual
member of the Christian Science cult
finds no such argument in the Bible,
but on the contrary finds that war is
always and essentially wrong, the con-
sistent reader must admit that he is
in conscience bound to act according
to his findings and refuse to go to war.
Verify, it is dilemma.
There is another angle which is
none the less embarrassing. 1t is the
natural side of the question. To re-
fuse to go to the front would be an
admission that bullets kill The good,
patriotic Scientist could not consist
emily allow the possibility that any
faithful follower of the cult could
come to harm while battling for his
country's flag.
1t is a supreme test for the Scien.
fist. He must obey the law because
obedience to the law is fundamental
of his religion. He cannot dodge the
responsibility for fear of personal
danger because that does not exist in
the code Of the Scientist. At the same
time the Spirit is telling him that
war is all wrong. The outcome will
be interesting.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
Christian Science Dilemma
FOLLOWERS OF STRANGE FAD
FIND THEMSELVES FACE TO
FACE WITH PRACTICAL PROB
LEM.

The Christian Scientists are up
against a stiff proposition. It may
mean a Reputation of SOME OF their
cherished theories or a new ana
serious split in the denomination.
Some Of their dealers are claiming
exemption from military service on
conscientious grounds as practitioners
and as readers, which is another name
for Christian Science preachers. The
board Of control in Boston, the birth
place and home of the Christian
Science faith, states that such rea-
sons are not valid and that they do
not properly represent Christian
Science. The question is not only
how can a Christian Scientist on
grounds of conscience or consistency
oppose war, but also by what au-
thority does the board of control at
tempt to settle the question when
their church teaches that the Spirit
will direct each individual and show
him the paths he should follow, OBJ
serves the Catholic Universe. The
Christian Scientist processes to be a
believer Of law. The basis Of his law
lis a belief in divine law, out Of which
all other laws spring. If civil authority
be Of God, and the Bible says it is,
then the federal CONSUMPTION act must
lbe obeyed. This is both Christian
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
knowledge in Confessional
VARIOUS RECENT CASES SHOW
SECRECY OF CONFESSION TO A
PRIEST AS lNVlOLABLE.

The seal of confession has incl
dentally figured in the case of the MUIR
der of Ruth Cruger, the finding of
whose body in New York City led
to the arrest in Italy of Alfred Cocchi.
Before quitting the United States
last February, Cocchi went to confess
sion to Father Gaspar Moretto. In
asmuch as Cocchi acknowledged the
commission of the crime to the civil
authorities, Father Moretto's knowl-
edge, if any such was impaired to
him, had no direct bearing on the
case. However, even, if Father Mo-
retto had been the only person to
know of the crime, he would not have
dlvulged his secret, nor would the law
have allowed him to do SO.
There is a rule of evidence that
anything told to a priest, minister,
lawyer, physician or trained nurse if
told to these persons in a profession
al capacity, is inadmissible as evil
dence. Such personal transactions
are known as privileged communica-
lions. Some non-Catholics are apt to
regard the immunity which a priest
enjoys in this respect as a show of
favoritism to Catholics, but such is
not the case. Dealings that penitents
have with priests are regarded by the
law in the same light as dealings of
clients with lawyers and physicians.
In the case of priests, not only
what is actually told to them in con-
fession is inadmissible as evidence,
but also knowledge of confidential ma
ture obtained outside the confession
| al.
In recent California case, Mgr.
Hartnett of Los Angeles was sub
poenaed in a divorce case. The priest
had written to woman who had be-
| come estranged from her husband, in
an effort to effect a reconciliation.
In the course of the divorce trial, the
| husband tried to have the wifes reply
to the priest admitted as evidence.
The priest declined to do this. Judge
| Wood ruled that confidential relations
between priests and people, even
| though these relations had no refer
ence to Sacramento Confession, were
nevertheless to be regarded as sacred
and inviolate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
NEW CODE OF CANON LAW

Klumper, o. F. M; Monsignor Latini,
Roman Seminary; Monsignor Lega,
Congregation of Council; Father Lepi-
cier, the Rev. R. P. Lepidi, o. P; Mon
sfgnor LON bardi, Roman Seminary
Monsignor Lucid; Monsignor Lugani,
Holy Office; Monsignor Mannaioli
Monsignor Melata, Propaganda Mon
signor Nervegna; Father Laval, o. P;
Father Ojetti, S. j.; Father Dalmieri;
Monsignor Pezzani; Canon Pillet;
Monsignor Pompili; Monsignor Sebas-
tianelli, Auditor of Rota; Monsignor
Sill; Father Valenzuela, General of
the Order of Mercy; Father Van
Rossum, G. IS. R.; Monsignor Veccia,
Propaganda; Father Wernz, S. j.
Z. Of these Consultors seven be
came Cardinals, viz, Cardinal Gasparri
now. Papal Secretary of State; Cardi
nal De Lai, Secretary of S. Consistor
ial Congregation; Cardinal Giustini
Project of S. Congregation of Sacre
ments; Cardinal Lega, President Apos
| tolic Segnatura; Cardinal Lugar
| dead; Cardinal Pompili, " G., Of
] Rome; Cardinal Van Rossum, Grand
Penitentiary.
General Idea of Code.
The new Code of Canon Law con
sists of five books, viz.
/. De legibus ecclesiasticis, de Con
suetudine, ct de Rescriptis. A kind Ct
! special introduction.
2. De Persons, viz, clerics, Re
] ligious, laymen.
8. De Rebus, which treats on tht
Sacraments, Sacred times and places
Z benefces, ecclesiastical goods, etc.
A. De Judiciis, which deals will
legal procedure in the ecclesiastical
courts, etc.
+ 5. De Deficits ct POEMS, dealing
with offenses and their punishment.
This constitutes the penal code o
the Church., The code does not con
lcern the rite and the ceremonies G
Mass or of the administration of thu
Sacraments or other sacred functions
Therefore it leaves untouched all thu
laws or DEGREES contained in liturgica
works approved of by the Church.
Though the result of the labor o
thirteen years on the part of Cardi
nails, forty-two Consultors and Sec
rotary in Rome, as we'll as. that oh
tanned by the cooperation of the Arch
| bishops, Bishops and Catholic univer
stiles of Christendom is compressed
into $50 pages, the Code can yet b,
termed colossal. For it contains mere
ly, the cut-and-dried laws on which
iurists will give many year in writ
ing commentaries.
The Code is for the Latin Church
therefore the Oriental churches ar
not subjected to it's dispositions, out
side those cases in which they ar
expressly mentioned or where, by rea
4 son of the matter, it must be con
cluded the law embraces all subjects
- comprising Orientals = OF tn
/ Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04

The subject of the second official let
ter to- the members of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians and the Ladies' Aux
iliaries, by John O'Dea, national chair
man of the movement for the promo
ton Of the study of Irish history, is
"The Battle of the Books.Y
Mr.. O'Dea first calls attention to
the martial valor of the Irish race and
continues: But mightier conflict
than that of armed hosts is that waged
by books. Whenever reader opens
a book the eye carries into the mind
either truth or falsehood-the heart
is either nourished or poisoned.
False histories of Ireland had al
most destroyed the Irish people. They
were about to become submerged into
other races had not the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians, with keen-minded
vigilance wherever the race was scat
tered, reused the dormant perceptions
and alarmed Irishmen and Irishwomen
into action.
until about the middle of the nine
teenth century the enemies of the
Irish race had the ear of the world.
The libraries were full of anti-Irish
books. But here and there a voice of
protest was raised. Here and there
printing press labored to tell the truth
to the waiting world. The brilliant
leaders of the Young Ireland move
ment, first in the newspaper press,
and then in volumes of literature,
made gallant effort to stem the tide.
The writings of these men inspired
the following generation, until at pres
ent we are beginning to make some
Roadway
"This battle of the books will be
won by us. We have the unconquer-
able facts on our side. We shall never
rest until the truth is told, and until
| it is accepted by the readers of the
world, who are also the thinkers, the
rulers and the nation builders. We
shall never relinquish this duty until
the history of Ireland-the true and
noble tale-is known by the men and
women in the home, and taught to
every school child whose blood inn
poses on him or her the duty of ac-
curing a knowledge of a glorious an
cestry.
History as Cicero wrote, is the
witness of ages and we must have
this witness on our side. The lying
laspersions on the Church, which were
given credence for SO many genera
tions, have been vanquished by the
power Of truth, and the story of Ire
| land must not, as Cardinal Manning
lphrased it in speaking of false his
Itory, be handed on as a tradition Of
calumny and false Witness
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04
A BRIEF SKETCH OF IT'S INcEP-
TON AND COMPLETION-DlS-
TlNGUIsHED MEN WHO ASSIST
ED I'M IT'S PRODUCTION.

"a work so great and opportune
that through it our age must be cele-
brated by posterity," was the encom-
ium passed by Pope Benedict XIV in
his allocution to the Sacred College
at the Consistory of Dec. 4, 1916,
when he solemnly announced the near
PRONUNCIATION of the Code of Canon
Law. At last the great work for
the ruling of Christendom is at our
doors. The entire work, consisting
of $50 pages, will be sent first of all
to subscribers of the Acta Apos-
tolicae Sedis, on payment of 10 lire
| ($2OO), in the shape of one large
special number of the Vatican Bull
letin. Now that the colossal work
has come to an end, digest OF its
history may prove interesting.
l. Announcement of the intention
of Plus X to initiate the codifica.
ton of Canon Law, March IS, 1904.
2. Prefectship of the Commission re-
served to himself. In his absence
the senior Cardinal to act.
3. Choice of Cardinals Serafno and
Vincenzo Vannutelli, Agliardi, Satolli
Rampolla, Gotti, Ferrata, Cassetta
Matthew, Gennari, Cavichioni, Merry
de- Val, Steinhuber, Wives and Cav
agnis. After thirteen years only two
of the Cardinals survive, i.e., Car
dinal V. Vannutelli and Carolina
Merry del Val.
| 4. Letter of Cardinal Merry del Val
Secretary of State, on March %, 1904
| officially inviting all the Bishops o.
the world to participate in the mo
mentous work, and to inform the
| Holy See, within four months, or
| the achievement of the project.
5. Publication of list of first Con
sultors of the Commission of thu
| Code of Canon Law, seventeen IL
/ number. This was soon increased
since at their first meeting presided
lover by Archbishop Gasparri (nov
Cardinal, then Secretary of the S
Congregation of Extraordinary &c
Ecclesiastical Afiairs) forty-two Consul
tors were present.
List of ConsuItors.
6. These were Monsignor Befanl
| Auditor of Rota; Father Benedettl
lie. SIS. R.: Monsignor Binzecher; Faith
Ter Bucceroni, ST.; Monsignor Budinl
lCount Capogrossi-Guerna, Consistor
ial Congregation; Monsignor Checchl
Vicariate; Monsignor Costa; the Rev
Pie de Langogne, Capuchin; Monsig
Inor de Lai, Congregation of Council
Father Luca, S. j.; Monsignor a.
Montel; Father Eschbach, c. S. Sp.
Father Esser, O., P; Father Fernan
idez, o. S. A.; Monsignor Giorgi; Mon
Isignor Giustini; Father Janssens, 0.
b.: Father Kaiser, O. p; Fathe
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-04

angel is Interchangeable and irrevocable
whether for good or for evil. Hence
when the angels disobeyed God, their
disobedience was fixed and eternal,
and they could not recall their
choice. Moreover, you must remem-
Der that when man commits mortal
sin, it is only the great mercy OF Goa
that grants him a second chance;
man has no real right to that chance,
and if after his mortal sin, man were
condemned Immediately to eternal
punishments, it would be matter OF
strict justice. 1t is only because
Gods mercy overrules His Justice
that man is given an opportunity 10
repent and atone.