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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W hat your profits are on live stoek and individual
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i ised for the (¡rain. Truck and Fruit Farmer, Stock
Breeder, iHiirv and Poultry Man. It costs hut little and
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Mr. K. .1. Novak. First National Bank B ldg, Chicago,
who operates a farm in the South, wrute me on August
10th, 1 it 12: ‘‘ Some time ago I purehaaetl one of your Farm
e r's Simplex Records ami consider that the beat invest
ment I have ever made. I d o n 't see how anybody ran
get along w ithout i t .”
As an owner of mv Simplex Record, you may writ« to
me ns often as you wish about thu Keeping Track of Tour
Business problems which confront you. And in answer
ing I will give you the benefit of years devoted to the
•lilting of the F arm ers' business difficulties.
W rite me today. Vou oblignte yourself in no way, and
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to you.
A. C. REICII, Dept. I. 8.. Rlverdale, Chicago. IU.
U. S. 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?
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