The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-16
TALK OF THE TOWN.

If the fates are propitious and energetic
work will count. Helena will have the
honor of entertaining another national
convention next year-the Supreme council
of the Catholic Knights of America. The
council will meet this yoar in Chicago May
3. The delegate from tho Helena branch is
VIM. Stuewe. and he, as we'll as members
of the order generally in Montana are max
ing every effort to have the council meet
here in 1894. The difficulty is to convince
the delegates from the other states that this
northwestern city is in every wa7 able to
care for the council. Luckily three other
national bodies have already ME. in Helena.
and the testimony of any of the members
Of those other conventions is highly eulo-
CYSTIC of tho facilities offered by Helena to
national gatherings. The supreme lodge of
the A. o. U. W., the nationa! mining con-
gress and the national convention of the
Sons OF Veterans all met in Helena in the
summer OF 1882. After the adjournment of
these bodies columns were written By the
visitors in praise of the hospitality of Hell
cna people AMI OF the facilities for social en-.
3oyment and public meetings. When the
conventions decided to meet here the city
built n $40. 600 auditorium, and this was used
free of cost by each of tho conventions.
For national gatherings it has not its gu
petior in the northwest. there being in nd
dition TO tue main ball an ample number of
convenient committee rooms. AS to hotel
accommodations, Helena can take care OF
5000 translents. in addition to the regular
travel. and not crowd it's visitors. When il
-u,, 4b,,,It 3bn National l1Iro,%;~,,I "a,
ISOLATION would meet here. accommode-
lions for 1900 visitors were guaranteed
and this could be given again.
Should the supreme council of the Cath
Ollie knights decide to meet in Helena /
1894 they will b. accorded Il truly westerl
welcome; the city will be theirs SO long a
they may remain, and they will find ever
Iatchstting on the outside. They will fin
in tho heat of the Rocky mountains
modernly appointed city. which they en-
reach by three transcontiEental railroads
and f ON which they can make trips to tn
greatest mining camp on earth. to the bi
smo1ters at Anaconda, to the Cataract city
and to the National park, placing befor
them such @ panorama as no other state i
the union can display; and from Helen
} they can WISH Gh6 scene OF tGe laDOF6 {
the greatest missionaries their church hn
: ever sent TO the west, and see the result {
, the work they did among the natives in IL
western part of tho state. And they wi
find that every man md woman in the Gil
will feel it q pef sonal duty TO SEQ hat the
/ are cour.eously received and %gencrous
/ entertained,
For two months or more there have bee
two ki%ndergnrtens in Helena. conducted
ladies who are graduates of noted trainin
schools. These are not the frat kindergai
tens established in the city, but they a
: the fist that heve been SO favorably sitr
o eted rs to give the general public a fla
opportunity TO visit them and SEQ the VOL
? done. Heretofore Undergraduates in Heller
have been compelled to rent quarters
which to conduct their schools. and the r.
suit has been that before they beca me fair
4 STA ted the expenses were 80 heavy as
u necessitate their closing. II SO happen'
6 that Mrs. German and Mrs. Powell. wi
: have tie k~indergartens now in Helen