PRIEST AND PURGATORY A FALLEN EMPEROR Derr Minter Hosmer: I bin thiiikin a good doel ubcut y-,u laitly, an' how the nitre uv kolumbus hoe bln a porsecutin’ you, an* cech time bluil hen biled feorful. 1 bin a having my oun trubblrn an* a preeat hen bin the kawa uv it. 1 blcjve I toald you bout how my Mah faird aina ahe bekum u kathcrlik. Well, wun day laitly 1 met up with the I reeat an’ i»e ard "howdo Zcckil?" an* i hc <) “purty well, but* i got u powerful oncertinty ex to where pur gatory ia lowcatod." The preeat looked at me suspicious an’ he red, “what yer talkin’ a bout?” “I'm n talkin' a bout purgatory," I aed, "an* I wieh you would tell me what country ia It situted in.” “Y ung mnn, air you erneat in your deaire to know where that place ia?" "1 certainly am," nod I. “I hoern you talk u bout gittin’ souls cuten purgatory by the meena uv masses an' i want« ter know how fur wun hea to g-» to git there an' back." "Hick homminua ao pujimua dum- mygub slapijo,” aed the preeat. “Gosh, ia thut fur away?" i aed to the precat. “Not too far for you to git there, yung man," aed the preeat. “Well, I hain’t ungahua to go there er uny uther now country," I aed, "apeahully whnir there ia ao much heet. But y ‘U hain't done tow Id me yit whair it la," aed I. “I hain't under no obligation tew tell anything a bout it, you uv little faith,” nod the preat.“Omnibua croak- erkuaa to hellibua,” he further re- plide. "Now Z^ekil," the preeat cor.tin- nered, “who'a bln a talking tew you agin the hoaly church?” "Nobody, only I bin a readin," I replide. “I bin rendin a bout the histry uv the chuch.” “What in?" aex he. "In the ’Wandrin Je.v’ an’ the 'mysteries uv the Peepul’ by Yougeen Soo," <ed I. "Oh you hairy tick," the preeat howld. “You hairy tick. You*) go to hell aure ef you reed auch awful rltlna.” "I dunno,” i aed, "I think ennybody thet could treet men, wimmin an* childrin ea them preeata did what Yougeen Soo telle a bout hex the frunt a<*eta in hell." Gee, but the preeat did bile over when I aed that, an’ I contlnnered, "Yougeen Soo writ hot stuff about Ignaahua Loyola an’ the crowd of preeata that burnt Jone uv Ark to doth tide to a stalk. An* he writ hot stuff a bout the poops an' how they orderd awl hairy tick« murderd be caws thay would not kisa the poupa big toe.’ Well jimminy criamua, you awter uv heern that preeat howl. He cawld m> hairy tick an infidul an uther kind namea, an now we dont apeek an he went to my boas an got me diachargcd becaws he sed i insulted him an the hoaly church. Mr. Hos mer, I hain’t got much respect fur eny church er reeligun that can’t anaer charges in eny way ceptin by killin an boy cottin them ea dairs to repeet what they knows is true. I think it ia as my grandad sex: “Truth don't need no dee fense," an Truth crushed to the soil will git up right away stronger than ever.” An grandad nwlso sed, "Ef thair wasn't enny thing rottin behind co'ivent walls the kathcrliks wouldn't be so a frade uv the inspeeshun bills wot a lot of folkses wants passt.” My Mah hain't so strong on bein a katherlik as she wuz. She hain't bawt enny hoaly water laitly. Yores truly, DAD’S FOOL. (Zeekil Dunkin.) THE FIGHTER. By Marguerite Head. Just before the battle rages. You may hear his wild huzzas; But through all the ancient story There is but a butcher’s glory In the war each fighter wages For the bloody monarch, Mars. Shall the lure of printed pages In our youth vile lust instill? Shall the sanguinary hero With the instincts of a Nero, Who has plied his trade for ages, Teach our children how to kill ? Still on battlefield’s broad stages, With his brazen, villians’ roles, He is dealing death and plunder, While behind machines of thunder Stands the gory fiend who gauges Guns to rend l.is brothers’ souls. Just before the battle ragec, You may hear his wild huzzas; But through all the ancient story There is but r. butcher’s gle.ry In the war each fighter wages For the bloody monarch, Mars. The only place of record that Jesus Christ ever permitted us to peak into the future existence is where he told of the rich man in hell being tor mented in flames. He nevsr, never, under any circumstances, gave n v/erd of comfort to a rich man. I challenge the world to show one text that does. Prtrach, the poet, and idol of Italy at the time, addressed King Charles IV of Germany: (who had humiliated himself before a Pope) “What more ignominious for an emperor than to be trumpled under foot by an au dacious priest, and to lie content with the title of Caesar without daring to inhabit his residence? Go to- -—you are fit to live at Avignon, (the French home of the Popes) that cjty which la the sink and the receptacle of all the vices. 1 can speak of it for I know of its abominations. In that third Babylon, which has no equal but Rome, there exists no pity, no charity, no faith, no fear of God; there is nothing there holy, sacred, honest, humane. In a word, ahame, charity and cundor are banished from it; as for truth, it never entered it. How could it exist in a place where everything is fulse? The air, the earth, the houses, the palaces, the streets, the markets, the temples, the chumliera, the beds, the angles of the walls, the hotels, the seats of the Judges, the Pontiff’s Throne, and the ultars consecrated to God, are all peopled by knaves and liars. In this infernal labyrinth of frightful dun geons or sombre prisons, commands an imperious Minor, who agitates in a fatal urn, the lot of mortals. At the least signal from his master, a minotaur, under the form of a priest, casts himself upon the vic tims, and drags them into the tem ples of the shameless Venus. •••The sulvntion of the humun family lies in gold. It is gold alone wnich can appease the monster, enchain him, make him smile. With gold you may deflower your sister, murder your father, open heaven, buy the saints, the angels, the Virgin, the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and the Eternal Father himself. The Pope will sell you everything for gold except his Tiara. ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH Under the above caption the Catho lic Sentinel, April 29, Says: “The Divine Founder of the Catholic Church did not intend that the rank and file of its membership should have authority in it" We quite agree that the Catholic Church is an abso lute despotism; that the luyman has no more voice in it than a dead clam; but the Sentinel is wrong to charge the founding of such a mon- strocity upon Divinity. The article continues: "The Pope’s domination over the Church differs from that of the rul ers of other societies. He has direct authority over all Catholics, from the most exalted prelate to the humblest layman, and he is obliged to render on uccount of his administration to no other human being. None of his power is derived from or delegated by any one else. According to the Vutican Council he haB “the whole fullness of supreme power, ordinary und immediate, over all and each of the pastors and the faithful.” He is the supreme Judge in matters of faith. To him belongs the right to regulate all the Church’s discipline, and from hiB decision there is no ap- peul. He may enact laws for the whole Church, and dispense from them. He can reserve to himself'the power of absolving from certain sins. He can dispense from any vow, no matter how solemn and sacred. He can, by canonization, inscribe new names on the roll of the Church’s saints. Truly, a mighty and wonder ful power has been given by the All- Pvwerful to His Vice-regent upon earth.” "The Pope’s insignia of office are a straight crosier; the pallium which signifies his rank as primate; and the Tiara, or trippie crown which typifies his authority as Father of Princes, Ruler of the world, and Vicar of Christ." Some Jesuitical priests, and some half-baked Protestants say the Pope claims simply a spiritual rule, but all people who are intelligent on the sub ject know better. ‘His headgear em phasizes his claim to the rulership of the world. L. D. R. CLIPPINGS. The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin gives the names of seventeen m n in the United States whose total wealth is $1,995,000,000. The interest on this capital at 6 per cent yearly amounti to 1119,700,000. It would Uke the constant labor of 119,300 men at the rate of $20 per week, making fifty full weeks per year, averaging $1,000 per man to pay it. The man that averages 120 per week can afford to marry and raise three children, making five to the family; in other words, 598,500 human beings could live on the income of the seventeen holders of the surplus value of labor, taking from the pro ducer by seventeen men alone enough good condition to sustain life. SILVERTON DIRECTORY The first report of its study of in fant uiortality was made public re cently by the federal children's bu reau. It is based on conditions found by the bureaus* investigators in Johnstown, Pa. While it carefully avoids conclu sions, the report points out that in the poorer sections of Johnstown the deuth rate was 271 per thousand ba bies, or more than five times that in the best residential sections of the city. Babies whose fathers earned $10 a week or less, the report says, died at the rate of 256 per thousand, while those whose fathers earneo $z5 or more a week died at the rate of 84 per thousand. Only 46.6 babies per thousand died under 1 year of age when breast-fed for at least three months, ax against 165.8 per thousand who died when fed wi‘h artificial foods. When mothers were employed a large part of the time in heavy work babies died at a rapid rate. George H. Thoma* W. R. C. No. 9. Meet first and third Saturday after noon of each mor.tnh at G. A. R. hall. President—Fanny D. Munson. Secre tary—Emma Cobb. In the Western Watchman, (Cath olic) issue of March 11, there is an editorial which closes with the ques- t.cn; “What is civil marriage but legal ized free love?" Every state in the Union has its marriage laws. The Catholic church claims the protection and privileges guaranteed the loyal citizens of each state. And she insists that when her ions run for office they are loyal to the flag, and should therefore be elected. But are they loyal to the flag? The flag stands for everything American, and civil marriage is our most sacred institution. The Cath olic church teaches that the American marriage altar is nothing but a license for free love, and that the children of all who are wedded out ride her jurisdiction are illegitimate. Members of the Catholic church sub scribe to Catholic teaching. There fore, the Catholic running for office is not in sympathy with our laws regulating marriage, and is not loyal to the flag. And to conclude that he is as eligible to office as is the man who recognizes the validity of the American marriage system is about is logical as it would be to conclude that vinegar is as palatable on straw berries and cream as sugar.—Ex. A genuine Roman Catholic is not only a traitor to the marriage system of uur great nation, but the very principles on which our government ire founded are far from their ideal. Government by a monarch, a pope, a priest—that is the real Roman idea, and no true Catholic can well ierve a government whose fund amental law is founded on the idea that all men are created equal. A VOICE FROM CHICAGO. Reply to Mr. McFadden. Do you know, Mr. McFadden, our school board is now controlled by Catholics, and that the president of it educated his children in a parochial ached »nd at present he is trying to raise funds to build a parochial high school on the west side? Do you know that in 1913 Cook county appropriated $183,222.28 for vocational schools and Rome got $135,656.64 of that? I may be a bigot or heretic, but I pay $125 a year taxes. Can you come up to this amount as a taxpayer? I am not a reader of The Menace, but I have read The Western Watchman several times, and if The Menace is any more vile than that Catholic paper it must be rotten to the core. But I don’t think it is granted any "I should like to ask my dear Pro special privi'eges.—J. Kimball, 5844 testant friends to suppose that some La Salle Street. one had spread false stories about Congressman Gallivan of Massa their particular faith, and to suppose the detractor was a minister whom chusetts, and Kittner, of California, they had kicked out of their pulpits are repotted using their franking for some gross misconduct.”—J. R. privileges for scattering a defense of Popery broadcast at public ex Buck, Forest Grove, Oregon. Impossible, Mr. Buck. Why? Be pense. DAD’S FOOL. cause Protestantism is not a c'oistered institution in which the »♦«♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦a temptation and the opportunity for YOUR PART lust and licentiousness are hrought -------- < ■ together and live toguther. The un < > ; I PUBLICITY IS THE ONLY 1 ! married priest domiciled with his housekeeper; the secret Confessional; ’ REMEDY FOR THE ROMAN THERE- «> tho House of Girls (convents) with o BLACK PLAGUE; FORE GET A SUBSCRIBER 'I no male association except priests— IFOR THE SILVERTON JOUR- those are features that suggest and NAL AND MAKE ARRANGE- j attest the stories of the ex priests. MENTS FOR EDITOR HOS- o A deposed Protestant Minister might ERM TO LECTURE IN YOUR J J talk his head off to no effect what TOWN. j ever, for Protestantism is not some thing hidden. ♦♦♦»••••♦♦♦•♦♦•♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦»a ' Silver Lodge No. 45, A. F. A A. M. Meet on or before night of full moon each month at Masonic Temple. W. M.—Arthur Johnson; Secretary— Roscoe Amos. Ramona Chapter No. 58, O. E. S. Meet second and fourth Tuesday eve ning of each month. W. M.—Ethel Johnson; Secretary Elizabeth Nicol. Loyal Order Moose, Silver Lodge No. 1461. Meet every Wednesday night at Moose hall. Dictator—L. J. Adams. Secretary—L. J. Wo'fard. THE CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO. George H. Thomas Post No. 9. Meets second and fourth Saturday Silverton, Ore., Journal Bldg., has the following property for Sale: afternoon of each month at G. A. R. See Cascade Real Estate Co. for hall. Commander—Chas. Hicks. Sec Business Chance: A saw mill that bargains. retary—Garry1 Haynes. will cut 700 rail road ties in a day, List your property with E. W. Ross, ■ 250,000 feet of logs cut, 50,000 feet in the new manager ot the Cascade Real th* pond; all you have to do is to fire Beaver Camp No. 11110, M. W. A. up and go ahead. Price only $1100, Meet at Woodman hall on Wednesday Estate Company. Seven-rcom House and Lot in Gei half cash, chance to buy 500,000 feet evening of each week. Council—L. near the mill. ser Addition on installment plan. M. Larson. Secretary—N. D. Bailey. bine ix»t on Fitch Stioet, a dandy Four-room House and Lot, 70x210, ouuuing sight, close in, it ’Till not be on Mill Street. Good location, only McGrath Camp No. 5225, R. N. A. on the marxet leng, only $350. Come Meet on second and fourth Tuesday $1750. $200 :ssh, good investment. quick! Do you want a man to work? nights in each month. President— $2000 buys a nice little farm near Lady, how would you like to buy Sarah Sherlock. Secretary—Lottie Amsviiie, of 15 acres, all cleared. a dandy little business in Silverton. Shultz. Fruit, berries, house and barn; all We have it for sale. Write to Cas fenced. This is a bargain. Will ex cade Real Estate Company, Silverton, change for farm property near Silver- Pythian Lodge No. 35, K. of P. Oregon. ton. Meets in Castle Hall every Thursday Fins lot between Portland and Ore A 54-acre farm, 12 acres hops, fruit evening of each week. C. C.—Robert Mount. K. of R. and S.—June gon City on car line for sale for $800, trees, berrifes, garden, grain land, $50 down, $15 ¡er month. Tl_is is a tine house, hop house, barn and mac Drake. large lot 50xl38)k feet. It will in adam road, fine water, plenty of crease in value. pasture. Call in and get full partic Pythian Sisters. Home Temple Buy a lot in Geiser’s Addition— ulars. Lodge No. 21. Meets every second best buy in Silverton—must sell and $2,500 buys one of the finest homes und fourth Wednesday evening of you ge*. the advantage of the forced each month at K. of P. hall. M. E. sa'e. You can pay for this lot and you ever saw. There are eight lots, E.—Alice Jack. M. of R. and C.— the CASCADE REAL ESTATE CO lots of fruit, ten room house, etc.,etc., paved streets, city water—one of the Bessie Hartley. will bui'd you a bungiow—pay for it best places in a town that has a future, ir tead of paying rent to the other Scotts Mills, Ore. Pine Lodge No. 198, W. O. W. fellow. FOR SALE — 1500 lb. Draft H< rsc Meets every Monday night at W. O. Do you believe in dreams? Your Buy a dandy home in Oak Grove, W. hall. C. C.—J. M. Volgamorc. dream of a home will come true if you Oregon. Four-room house, 22 fruit Clerk—D. C. Kinney. will let the CASCADE REAL ES trees, lawn, on car line, good garden, TATE COMPANY tell you how to buy e’ese to church, school and depot. $200 Marian Circle No. 314, Women of a home on the installment plan. down, balance $20 per month. Price Woodcraft Meets first and third FORTY LOTS for sale in South $1800. Beautiful location. Monday night at W. O. W. hall. G. Salem—high and dry, fine location, 8 1-3 acres right in the city with N.—Mrs. Fanny D. Munson. Sec cheap rnd on easy terms. one of the best houses you ever saw, retary—Clara Durno. Fine Large Lots in Salem, sightly f.ne barn, chicken houses, all kinds of location, low price, small payment fruits, grapes, berries, walnuts, etc., Silver Lodge, I. O. O. F. No. 21. down and small monthly payments. cement side walk, paved streets, elec Meets each Saturday night at I. O. FOR SALE — A nice large lot, tric lights, sewer, city water. Can oe O. F. hall. N. G.—L. O. Harvey. 50x120, in the Capital Citiy. Fruits of subdivided. Close in. A dandy bar Secretary—M. M. Sayers. every kind, n Oregon Electric Line, gain at $7600. Half down. Long time 2 blocks f.om school, near church. on balance. Tryphena Rebekah Lodge No. 38. Good bargain at $250. Dandy building lot in Davenport Meets every Thursday night at I. O. $1500 buys seven acres, one mile Additio- ->n very easy terms. Will O. F. hall. N. G.—Leia Riches. Sec from Silverton, all in cultivation. take a good cow or a horse or both, retary—Frances Ho«mer. Hard mackadam road, small house. a little cash, and $5.00 per month A bargain, if taken soon. for balapce. See Cascade Real Estate Co. Brotherhood of American Yeomen $1200 — Three acres in Southern Silver Falls Lodge No. 12<X) Meets Now we have it. Lot at one half Calofomia, water for irrigation, every Friday night in M. W. A. hall. price to the person who will build a 3--oom house. $300 cash, balance to A. F.—Nellie Sayers. Fecretary— $1500 house cn it, good location on cuit purchasei at 7 per cent. Alma Grinde. South Water Street. Also other 1 >ts We have land for sale in Cali in this part of Silverton with the un fornia, Washington, Idaho and Al derstanding that houses built must be berta; any place, tell us where you CHURCHES. of $1000 value or over. want it, and we place you right $12,000 buys a twenty-four acre where you want to live. We have Lutheran Synod Church. Corner of tract adjoining Silverton, all in culti land in Lake View for $60 per acre, Second and B Streets. Services at vation. Good buildings, stock and for a small payment down and bal 11 a. m„ every Sunday, except the farming implements can be sub ance 30 years time, 5)9 per cent last Sunday in each month. English divided. Would take $6,000 in ex interest. This is irrigated land and services second Sunday each month. change on other good property. This lies in the famous Goose Lake Val Rev. A. 0. White, Pastor. property should not remain in the ley, from 2 to 10 miles from Lake market long as it is guilt edge goods. View. Also a butcher shop and United Lutheran Church. Church Come quick! slaughter house in Laks View at a Street. Services Sunday at 11 a. m. $4,000 buys 20 acres, % miles from bargain. Sunday School at 10 a. m. Prayer Silverton, 14 in cultivation, balance in Do you want to buy a beautiful plot meeting every Wednesday evening. pasture. Four-room house, good barn, of ground w th fruit and berriei al Rev. Roseland, Pastor. all fenced. ready in bear.r.g, with wood shed luilt FOR SALE — Two Turbine Water and two tent houses? This is a bar Methodist Church. Main and Fisk Wheels, Shafting , Mortise Gear gain on the installment plan. Ti e Streets. Serv’ces at 11 a. m. Sunday Wheels, Boxing, Couplings, Rolle? property is three blocks from car line School at 10 a. m. Evening services reed Mill, etc. that runs inti Portland. Price $1800. at 7:30 p. m. 160 acres near Lyle, Wash, at $30. $100 down, $15 per month. Now’s the Rev. W. R. F. Browne. Pastor. per a re. Six acres cultivated, and 80 time and The Cascade Real Estate Co. acres easily cleared. It is right in are the people. Come and see! Christian Church. First and Park the orchard belt. See Cascade Real Grants Pass property, lot 150x200. Streets. Services at 11 a. m. Sun Estate Company. 5-room house, big barn, city water, day School at 10 a m. Young Peoples $4 000 buj s 20 acres \ of a mile lights, etc., only $1500. Terms. Meeting at 6:30 p.m. and evening from Silverton, 14 acres in cultivation $2400 buys a farm of 160 acres, se-vices at 7:30. with balance in pasture, four room six miles from Munson, Alberti, Rev. Albyn Essen, Pastor. houss, good barn and all fenced. See Canada. A” cleared. 145 acres in cul Cascade Real Estate Company. tivation; all in the famous wheat belt. Lutheran Free Church. Services 135 Acres for $85. per acre, 90 This land has been cropped twice. 11 a. m. every Sunday. Sunday acres in cultivât on, 60 acres in crop, $3800 buys twenty acres, one mile School at 10 a m. Evening services balance in pasture, six-room house, from Silverton, six in cultivation, r t 7:30 p. m. three barnes, four head of big horses, good water. Buildings cost $2000 Rev. B. A. Borevik, Pastor. c w and bull, nine head of hogs, wag and are all new. ons and plows, and all all machinery $85. an acre buys an excellent Wal Seventh Day Adventist Church. needed to run the place, all new. do Hills farm. This farm is worth Telephone shares go with the place. over $100 per acre. Meets every Sabbath at Chapel on Oak Street Sabbath School at 11 a. m. Regular services at 12 M. Every we are sincere in our work and that body welcome. we have sacrificed more time and money for the work of bringing lib Christian Science Church. Third Talk with your neighbor and get erty to the world than we have ever and Oak Streets, in W. O. W. hall. him interested in our work. We must asked anyone else to put up. In fact Sunday services at 11 a. m. Sunday have this kind of help or die and you we could pay al! our debts and be in School at 10 a. m. Testimonial meet ings every Wednesday evening at 8 can’t afford t let our work fail now the finest fighting trim financially for it is your work as well as ours. if every patriot who reads our paper o’clock. The enemies of The Journal man would put in one dollar where we have put in one-thousand dollars. We Catholic Church. Third and Jersey would make you believe that he is a mean business and will never give Streets. Services every two weeks bad man but we can furnish the best up the fight until our mind refuses at 11 a. m. evidence that this state affords that to act. Boost for a Free Press!