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Show j OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT. J Editor liiiwiountain Catholic: !' My I.:r Sir Ilej'ly ing to your faver asking my : approval of The liu nnountain Ci tl)olie since its es- j' tMili-Onia-nt in tins diocese, 1 vill stale that 1 consider . ' tli'- founding of a tthol;c paper in Salt Lake not the I: hast of the in.iiiy blessings bestowed hy Providence I n 1 'huivh here during: the past two years. Its J birth n.-i tilled at an opportune lime. Its zeal in prop- I. a gating Catholic truth has had, since its inception, j ;:,y ii..!rtj- ihough silent approval. I believe with ; fur Holy Father that "a good Catholic journal is a j r-nrptiial mission in a parish," ami that it wiil serve i f a uuestion hoy. at all times, for anxious inquirers. I In my isit.-i lions 1 shall hope to find The Intermoun- Ii' ta'n Catholic hi the home of every Catholic family. Ls mission is to pspiiiise truth, justice and morality, and h11 devoted priests will find it an able co-opera-, t..r in tinii- missionary -work. It is my wish that all my miosis and the laity entrusted to my charge should mcouiase your noble effort and that of the ; reus, rounder of The Intel-mountain Catholic. I" Yo-;;s -meerely, L. SCANLAX. j! Bishop of Salt Lake, j: Slt Lake City. Oct. 2, lt00. i CARD FROM BISHOP SCANLAN. I foel it my duty to protect Catholics and the pub- t H - general!- from fraud and imposition by notifying j them from limp to time that no person bearing- the I i ' name and garb of a priest or sister, or anyone else. I j; is authorized or permitted to solicit or collect in this 1 1 diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the j !'! Catholic Church without having: from me permission Jn writing, hearing: my seal and signature. Should I ' anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful work ' nr collecting without such a document, he or she as - I ' tno 'r,s" "'J!' be. should be regarded bv all as a fraud J and an imposter. SCANLAN, . - IA , Bishop of Salt Lake. Nov. 20, |