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PAGE TWO Catholic Priest Is on the Staff of a Railroad The Rev. Gueymard of Seattle. tana. As large in area as New York. Colonising Idea Practiced. Wash., has been appointed traveling I'cnnsylvania, Indiana, Maryland and "We arc willing and more than immigration agent for a great trails Connecticut; in agricultural possibili to do our share, and since continental system, the Milwaukee ty- in arable land alone, > 8 , 000.000 anxious Catholic- early recognised fac railroad. The appointment was made acre- iif \irgin soil awaiting anxious tors in the were development of the coun by Mr. Hibbard of Seattle. Wash., ly for the plow; in mineral resources try and now are among and was flashed across the entire hundreds of billions of tons of every valuable citizenship, we feel its that most we United States over the Associated species of minerals from gold to ce have the moral support and approval Press wires as a novel and unique ment, and the vast treasury barely our fellow citizens in bringing in step in the history of railroad trails touched with the little finger of de of The colonizing idea is the portation That a Catholic priest, velopment; in timber 50,000,000,000 others. most practical, it gives the Cath while still holding his clerical stand feet in virgin forests; in manufactur olic at once the for religions educa ing, should be detached by his bishop ing possibilities water power that tional advantages that he and had the to serve on the official staff of a would move the wheels of a hemi community which he leaves. in The railroad company and be registered sphere. question asked by a Catholic as an employee on its pay roll was "When these things and many first homeseeker is, 'Is there a church something quite unusual. Yet it was more on the same large scale are and a school?' which is often a simple illustration of the spirit of taken in consideration how can we added, 'Is there a to resident priest?' the great West, it was in line with avoid being enthusiastic and like high “It is to meet this demand that the policy of this railroad and quite mettled steeds hot at bit, ready to we opened the colony of St. Charles in accord with the missionary tradi run and proclaim the glad tidings of in the Smith River Valley. We have tions of the church. good news. Relative to his new work Father "I said it was in line with the pol- Iii.OOO acres of land in one body, sit uated in one of the best valleys in Gueyntard said in part: ; icy of the Milwaukee railroad. This the state This land is well within "The Western states exemplify as company is known as a great granger the range of the man of moderate, no other portion of this country does route. When it came to Montana means on terms that are enticing. the spirit of faith in its own vast ; industrially and commercially it was possibilities: the spirit of confidence like sending a fresh army corps com- It is handled by honest and conscien in its own unlimited opportunities , posed of crack regiments to solve a tious owners that have made every for those who have the energy and great problem of military tactics and provision to help and interest the talent to lay the foundations of ma | sweep the field. For such a big or homeseeker. We selected this par terial well-being. That faith makes ganization in such a tremendous work ticular territory in order to have of the average Westerner a typical it moved swiftly. It built H00 miles something tangible and definite to ‘booster.' Thoroughly convinced of of road through canyons and gorges offer to the Catholic homeseeker, the quality and quantity of his wares, and along rugged mountain paths, who. like others, is apt to roam aim he is an enthusiastic salesman, and as well as across rushing rivers and lessly, spend his money and return viewing the vast field of operation through long fertile valleys in less dissatisfied to settle in some isolated he generously welcomes the advent than three years. In that time it had district. of every newcomer. By nature and built twenty miles of bridges, pierced “The colonizing idea, when prop traditions and surroundings broad twenty miles of tunnels and laid 200,- erly carried out, is the most desir and hospitable and liberal he wishes 000 tons of 85-pound rail. It now able the man in a new coun to see others share in the proffered runs into Seattle on an almost per try, because no matter how favorable the gifts that the country, with its won fect roadbed two of the most beauti conditions may be, needs encourage derful resources, holds out only for ful and best equipped trains in the ment, support, counsel and advice. the asking. world, all steel. That was the spirit This he can get more easily in con “That spirit is so alive and so with which the work was begun and gregated groups than in isolated con common that it soon affects every carried on. ditions. one and converts the hardest pessi ‘‘The anecdotes and tales told about mist into an enthusiastic optimist. the Jesuit missionaries as they pushed “We are convinced that the asso It is so typical that one does not their way through every mining camp ciations, the intercourse, the society, feel himself in his right element until and trading post in Montana read tht combination that helps in attain the spirit is born in him, and when like a romance of energy, patience, ing this end is more quickly realized born it grows apace. In all positions bravery ami self-sacrifice. Many a in a colony than in segregated modes ir* life we Westerners not only desire priest in Montana is still living out of settlement. These are the rea to see all enjoy material prosperity, of whose life many acts of heroism sons why I have been temporarily but we wish to be factors—live, rec be culled for the basis of in detached from actual parochial du- ognized factors—in this history of might teresting stories. Furthermore, a t:es by a far-seeing and patriotic progress. A man is a stranger until spirit of kinship, of mutual help, of bishop; why a great, enterprising this happy contagion touches him; harmonious action with all creeds, railroad company is co-operating he is not fully assimilated until he bred in days of hardship and danger, heartily with us. and why all Mon becomes palatable with the ‘booster’ still lives and now aids in the devel tana has said, ‘God speed this new1 contingent. The spirit is exempli opment ( f our state. venture!’ "—Chicago Inter-Ocean. fied in a remarkable degree in Mon Quality I S Economy In the Varnish W orld the Murphy name is a Guarantee “Mmphy Varnish Company,” mi tlu* fan «ir mi tilt* lali«‘l of any Kinishing Material, settles thè qitoHtion of Vaine, It h u m u s flint thè Varnish, Color, Staili, Knainel, Konkreto, or whntever t*lsti, is thè Moat lieliahle Croduet of thè kintl. Tliis Itoputation lina heen Sedurci ut (Ireat Cost, through inany years of persistente in thè realizing of un Ideal. Voti needii't he ut all ufraid thnt thè Murpliy Standard will evcr he lowered. It is worth all it luta cost. Tliis Qualitv Iieputation must he lived tip to. Any f^ues- tioninK of it would saerifiee thè Itiggest Asset in thè Murphv Business. Murphy Varnish Company FRANKLIN MURPHY. P fid .n i * A M o rtalrd wrth D ou*«ll V arnish C om pany. I m ute.! M ontreal. C an a d a CHIC AGO. ILLS. NEWARK. N. J. 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Parcels Post a Popular Institution Will Form a New Alliance persons have deposited packages in' The consummation of a desire on the part of the American public, par Group o f Men at Washington Who Spent M any Arduous Hours Figuring Out Parcels Post Rates I ,rgc mail boxes on the street cor- From South America cotnes the ntrs stamped with ordinary mailing information that the three great ticularly in the country districts, for stomps and without a return address.! states of Argentina, Brazil and Chile legislative action in transportation There is but one avenue open for the are matters that would bring them in what is styled the A B C postal authorities in the communities union to form closer touch with the large business for their self-protec where these instances occur, namely, tion. The action mutual centers bore its first fruit on the of these powers in first day of the new year. The par send the package to the dead letter forming a union is actuated by re office for identification. This pre cent disputes with foreign powers cels post is now a thing of reality, and in the few days of its existence sents the possibility of loss to the which the single country involved sender, since, in the absence of writ in has already demonstrated that it is has found itself at a serious disad ing, it may eventually be destroyed. vantage. here to stay as one of the most The quarrel between Eng popular institutions ever established These instances, however, in com land and Argentina, that between the parison to the vast amount of good United States and Chile, and the dis by Uncle Sam. The fight for the to result from the new system are pute between Italy and Argentina establishment of the parcels post sys- : but few, and a few months of active are cited as examples of the difficul tern has extended over a period of operation will reduce the errors to a ties incurred by the unconsolidated forty years. Opposition to it on the minimum. part of the large express corpora- j republics. Frequently in times past tions has been very marked, while j these states and others of Central the public in general throughout that i She Felt Duly Qualified. and South America have been sub period has been slow to realize the j Dr. Harvey W. Wiley said the jected to humiliations because of the vast advantage that would result other day in Washington of a well- dictation of foreign powers. It is to from active competition by the gov- 1 known canning concern: avoid a recurrence of these humilia- ernment with the express companies. “These people, when we objected tions that the alliance is formed. Yet now that the parcels post is a ! tc some of the poisonous chemicals The principals in the formation of reality there exists a tendency among Used in their canned peas and aspar-! this union scoff at the objections of t t *- its opponents to take the matter agus, laughed at us. They said we outsiders that the alliance is foolish L e tt t i rig n ti Ueerge L e w , A. A. Fletter, R obert 6. Sharp, C . fci. H u r r y , Joh n C . Koons. philosophically, while its advocates \ were ignorant and inexperienced. in the absence of real perils threat hasten to declare its success. They pointed out that they had been ening them. But the old story of It has been charged by opponents Just how much the new postal to bear out the prediction in favor post means simply the extension of many years in business, and that the man who locked the door after they turned out millions of cans a o f the measure that the inauguration regulation will cut into the business of the government in the case ot the fourth class of mail matter by the horse was stolen seems to serve year o f the parcels post would kill the of the express companies is hard at smaller packages. making the weight limit in that class “It reminded me of a woman as a sufficient warning, and they smaller towns. The argument ad this time to predict. It seems to be The zone system seems to have 11 pounds instead of 4, as at present, whom I once saw in my young days point out that because the thief is vanced to support this charge is that th< general feeling, however, that on met with the least favor among w ri and the substitution of a sliding feeding a babe a few months old on not now in the act of stealing, he is of fried fish and pickle. the farmer would purchase his sup small packages, say five pounds and ters throughout the country. Advo scale of rates according to distances bits ” ’Don’t do that,’ I said. 'Don't do nevertheless ready to do so the first plies from the large department under, the Government will do the cates of a uniform rate for the for the flat rate of “one cent an that, madam! It's most unhealthy to chance he gets. stores of the cities in greater quan bulk of the carrying business on ac United States, regardless of distance, ounce or fraction thereof.’’ All •give fish and pickle to so young a The step taken by these republics tities than heretofore That the count of the lower rate. A com clamored loudly against the estab liquors, poisons, explosives or arti child.’ is an indication that, at least in their farmer will be brought into closer parative table of rates within the lishment of discretionary distances. cles having a bad odor are excluded "The woman frowned upon me. own estimation, they have reached ‘‘‘Huh!’ she said, ‘don’t you try touch with the large dealer in the eight zones established by the gov But the fight for the parcels post! from the list, while books n >w be- to teach me how to feed babies. Why, the age of political discretion and city cannoGbe denied, but it must ernment reveals a ratio of 1 to 5 in system has been a long one, and ac lrnging to the third class will not young feller, I’ve buried seven!” ’— need no longer live under the pro- also be remembered that the mer-1 favor of the government in the first cording to the leading authorities the be carried by parcels post. Country Gentleman. t<ction of Uncle Sam. As to what chant in the country town has at; zone and 1 to 4 in the second, the compromise was necessary in order With its few days of trial the sys his command the same splendid sys ratio diminishing to 1 to 2% in the to secure the passage of the meas tem has already presented some per- J President-elect Wilson has his effect it will have on their future re tem of rural delivery that the depart eighth and farthest. In the carry ure A natural consequence of the plexing problems, due to a misun-; hands full if he satisfies both the lations with tis and with foreign pow ment store has, while the new sys ing of 10-pound packages the advan zone system is to give the advan derstanding of the rules governing Fast and the West in his selection ers it is difficult to say. Will the tem permits of the carrying of many ; tage is in favor of the express com tage in territory to firms located in it. The new regulation demands the of a Secretary of the Interior. alliance resent Uncle Sam’s attempts farm products. The trasses of the panies by only a few cents in the the center of the country, houses on n*e of the special parcels post stamps to enforce the Monroe doctrine if in cost Uncle Joe Cannon $3012 to future people will of course receive the first three zones, while the govern the coasts being restricted to activ and the delivery of the package at be It fired, it becomes necessary to do so? but the shot was heard all greatest amount of good from the i ment holds the cheaper rate in the ity within a semicircle. the postoffice. Already instances are; over the country.—Wall Street Jour Or will not the union help Uncle system, which is as it should be. farther distances. This table seems In its final significance the parcels reported in the large cities where nal. Sam to enforce it? , - » . f a * uri. a .4— .- — —- yn • "W I» ------------ ■ .. — — .. ’ —I