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Payable in advance Telephones 'acific States, Main 68 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ EDITORIAL POLICY i advocate aid and sup- near at hand when these lesser tracts they are seeking on subjects he Images, statues, et encourage industries ♦ The move to recall Governor Pierce forgive sins; purgatory, and the vious letter. The person who would tively because he knows that inform­ stablish in Tillamook ♦ seems to have become “intoxicated Blessed Eucharist, etc. stupidly worship images or pictures, ed public would fully recognize its He speaks about “laundry sweat- or "p^y to them would violate the falsity. He knows that the endorse­ ♦ by its own verbosity,” and fallen i urge the improvement ♦ asleep. But like an epidemic of itch shops, or convent of the Good Shep express teaching of the church and ment of Prohibition is npt a matter port for Tillamook City, ♦ it may break out again. Meanwhile herd. I wish Mr. Phelps or any ot the testimony quoted by Mr. Phelps upon which party men or church i insist on an American ♦ the Governor serenely attends to your readers would visit a House of from the woman who was thirty members are in agreement. Those lard of labor. the Good Shepherd and see how it is [ years in a convent forms only an ad- opposing the present law are doing ♦ business at the state capitol. _____________ > be politically indepen- ♦ conducted. He or they would see ditional explanation of that poor wo­ so as individuals. This is particular­ but to support the can­ * MORE ON RELIGIOUS QUESTION how vile the insinuation he thus con­ man's fall. Either she worshipped ly true of Catholics and Mr. Phelps es for public office who veys. They are open to inspection at statues or she did not. If she did not knows it. That individual Catholics bring the most good to any time, in fact our public officials then she stands convicted of deliber­ join with individuals of other sects To the Editor: In his recent four I people of Tillamook * column letter, Mr. Phelps quotes the are visiting and inspecting these in­ ate mendacity. But if she did then and parties in the effort to change the ty and of the State of stitutions constantly. she was as false to the teaching of law, has nothing whatever to do with Pacific Christian Advocate (Meth- bn. There is perhaps no express com­ the church in this respect as in others. their church itself. Catholics have I odist) as charging that the Catholic church claims exclusive rights where mand in the Bible for any man or wo­ The grief of the matter is that some the same civil rights as all others in ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ _ it is in the majority. But in such man to entirely forsake the pleasures good, pure, noble non-Catholics have this regard. As to violators of the places as the Catholics form the ma- of the world and devote his or her listened to such falsehoods and be­ present prohibition law no one church AY, FEBRUARY 8, 1924 ’ ♦ * jority of the population today there life to the services of God as is done cause of prejudices previously instill­ or sect or class has a monoply on that 1 is liberal toleration of all forms of by members of the religious orders ed into them, have taken these state­ unsavory distinction. RATION PROPAGANDA religion; for instance Catholic Bel­ of the Catholic Church, but there are ments without analyzing or investi­ I do not think it profitable to Mr. 1 gium and the Catholic Irish Free many passages where such unseifish gating and have have had their un­ Phelps to go back three or four hun­ i State, while in several- instances service is commended, as when Christ just hatreds intensified. In the tiny dred years to show instances of in­ ly disguised propaganda is where the Catholics are heavily in the told the young man: St. Matt. 19-21 catechism which even children study, tolerance of Catholics toward here­ ilished by the “sucker” press majority the Catholic church has “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell this question is asked: “Is it allow­ tics or Protestants. I have no de­ ite which has been prepared nevertheless been persecuted by gov­ that thou hast, and give to the poor, ed to pray to the crucifix or to the fense for any intolerance towards corporation which hopes to erning powers in a marked degree. and thou shalt have treasure in heav­ pictures find images of Christ and of those of differing beliefs, but history lie opinion to such an extent Mexico for the past seventy years en: and come and follow me.” The the Saints?” To which any ten year certainly holds Protestants as guilty rill be able to seize all of and France for many years are noted sisterhood and other religious, who old child will reply: “It is not allowed as any others in that regard. There r-power on the public do- examples. It is a well-known histor­ of their own volition and desire con­ to pray to the crucifix or to the pic- is nothing in the annals more cruel [ in the states, and convert ical fact that in the colony of Mary- secrate themselves to works of char­ tures and images of Christ and of or more repacious than the persecu­ >wn use. One of the asser- (land, while it was under Catholic dom- ity, mercy and self-denial, whether as the Saints, for they have no life nor tions of Henry VIII and Elizabeth in le in the propaganda sent | ¡nation, laws insuring absolute relig- cloistered or as mingling in the act­ power tc help us nor sense to hear England and of Cromwell in his t the money spent by these j ious equality and tolerance were ivities of religious service in the us.” slaughter of Irish Catholics, and I •ns in improving the water­ written for the first time on Ameri- world, should challenge the admir­ A despicable subterfuge of Mr. do not remember anything more bit­ peeks and rivers as a source ,can soil into the statutes, and it is ation of every true Christian and sil­ Phelps is this: “I am wondering if ter or intolerant than the pronounce­ power, will help “the butch- 'also a historical fact that within a ence the tongues of slander. Mr. Davey thinks we do not know ments of Martin Luther and Calvin e baker," and the laboring ifew years, the non-Catholics who had will be able to grab a few ¡grown in numbers under those laws, imbs, while the big money repealed them and enacted laws te up all of the undeveloped 1 which denied civil rights to Catholics of now latent power. and also established a state Protes­ ly get these natural water- tant religion. s in their hands by pur- In going back to the Council of ase from the general gov- Trent and the Council of Toulouse r the states, the schemers and quoting in a garbled manner position to charge what some of the pronouncements then i for power, and the people made with regard to Bible reading, I no voice in the matter. Mr. Phelps fails, and I am afraid , to grab the water power purposely, to note that such action ; in and of the states, has was called forth not by any wish to ! ting for years, and in the forbid or restrict the reading of auth­ ordered state of things, enticated editions of the Bible, but to ■lorations will find a propi- safe-guard the people against spur­ to put over their pet ious and erroneous editions and pub­ lications which had appeared at var­ one reason of the fight ious times and which became more As Gover- •ernor Pierce, numerous with the advent of the ids in the way of the ex­ printing press. Upon the Latin copy it the natural resources of the Bible which all educated peo- i by the ruthless corpor- pie then could understand, no such i see in such a scheme! restrictions were ever made. tin for themselves. When Today, therefore, the fact that parts big corporations of the j of the bible are read from every EFORE explosives were used on the farm, clearing th ramifications in Ore-1 Catholic altar every Sunday; that land was heavy, costly work. Today, stumping can »on trifling pretext to re- | the Church grants a spiritual prem­ be done at a much lower cost. rnor whom they cannot ium or indulgence to those who read i time for the people to | the bible; that every Catholic family Many ranchers in this section are using Pacific Stumping, yes open,” and stand by has or is supposed to have the Bible the du Pont explosive, for clearing their stump land for is the champion of the in their homes; that millions of Cath­ profitable crops. Pacific Stumping does the job at lower pie of the state. When olic bibles are sold annually—these expense and does it ri^ht. Pacific Stumping gives you 5 the predatory interests, facts should satisfy the most skepti­ one-half more sticks per dollar—about the same strength, s big “bootleg” combines cal of our honest critics on this sub­ •tick for stick, as any standard stumping powder. It is an, there is but one logi-’ non-freezing and won’t give you a headache from handling, ject. n—they can’t utilize him How except for the zeal of her We carry complete stocks of Pacific Stumping and other ness. monks, who with infinite labor copied du Pont dynamites—recognized as standard wherever the scriptures by hand, would these explosives are used. Let us estimate on the cost of dear» WOODROW WILSON sacred writings have been available ing some of your stump land. before the invention of the printing I press ? During those centuries Bibles of Woodrow Wilson, the more per dollar War president, occurred were naturally rare and costly; but preaching, teaching, art sculpture, iturday, and while his , etc., were all effectively employed as jected by the tone of the conveyances of Biblical knowledge. illetins, the news of his When printing was invented about ng out, was a nation- 11440, one of the earliest, if not the of regret and sorrow, I first printed book was an edition of death was hastened by the Catholic Bible, printed by John n his mental and physi- ¡Gutenberg. It is reliably stated that TILLAMOOK GARAGE T the late war, when so 626 editions of the Catholic Bible, t and worry fell to the ' or portions thereof, had come from kief executive of this the press through the agency of the e who have ndt agreed church in countries where she reign­ tically, nevertheless will | NON-FREEZING ed supreme, before Luther’s German fact that he was a true j version appeared in 1534. Of these, I a man of genius and 198 were in various European lang­ luch he will be remem-| uages. Hence Luther’s "discovery” nation that was directed ' of the supposedly unknown Bible at Ms mind through the i Erfurt in 1503, is one of those strange Feat war. He will take wild calumnies with which anti-Cath- the hall of fame, along olic literature abounds. it men of our times. i Mr. Phelps asks for scriptural texts on many Catholic practices or es are becoming more doctrines; I hardly think the editor than for many years of this paper is prepared to give un- i especially true of the , liminated space to such a discussion. There are a number of But any one wishing this information ver, in Tillamook coun- and writing to the Catholic Truth smail tracts for sale, Society, 304 McKay Bldg., Portland, ieved that the time is Oregon will be furnished any facts against those who differed with them about their “Reformation.” Coming to our own shores, the early history of Protestantism is not very flatter- ing along the lines of kindness and toleration. And today, in the name of Protest- antism, those of Mr. Phelp’s type I would resurrect the various forms of persecution on account of religious belief They would deny a Catholic the right to hold either private or public position of profit or honor, the opportunity to conduct a business en­ terprise; the right to educate their children according to their conscience and many of the other rights and priviliges which are guaranteed by the Constitution of our country. I know that in public speech they deny this; but every informed citizen knows in every practice that is their in business, in society and in (Continued on page 4) Rose City Healthatorium 908 2nd St. Hillsboro, Oregon Mineral steam baths electricity, vibration, sweedish massage, spe­ cial treatment for catarrh and di­ eting. Prices reasonable. TILE YOUR FARM ASK THE MAN WHO HAS TILED TILLAMOOK CLAY WORKS = - Miss Sarah Hod- nett, an Instructor for the Dennison Manufacturing Co., will be at our store Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to give instructions in the making of crepe paper rope baskets, crepe pa- . per flowers, sealing wax craft and party favors SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Monday—Sealing Wax craft. Tuesday and Wednesday crepe paper work. Come in and learn to make a crepe paper costume for that Valentine Party. CHARLES I. CLOUGH CO THE REXALL STORE TILLAMOOK T/ i ¡ÌW'iWiì\"/ »W OREGON iW IW t Clear YOUR Stump Land at Lower Cost King-Crenshaw Hdw. Co. 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